David F. Wells
David Falconer Wells (born May 11, 1939) is Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books in which his evangelical theology engages with the modern world. He has taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has served as the Academic Dean at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary's Charlotte, North Carolina campus.
David F. Wells | |
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| Born | David Falconer Wells May 11, 1939 Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Author, Theologian |
| Title | Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
| Spouse | Jane |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of London, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School |
| Alma mater | Manchester University (Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 20th and 21st Century |
| Discipline | Biblical research |
| Institutions | Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
| Main interests | Theology, Culture, Postmodernism, Evangelicalism |
| Notable works | No Place for Truth, or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology? |
Wells received his B.D. from the University of London; Th.M. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Ph.D. from Manchester University (England); and was a post-doctoral Research Fellow at Yale Divinity School. Wells is a Council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He also serves on the board of the Rafiki Foundation and as a member for the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. The Cambridge Declaration came about in 1996 as a result of his book No Place for Truth, or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?