R. Albert Mohler
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| Born |
Richard Albert Mohler Jr. October 19, 1959 Lakeland, Florida |
| Residence | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Seminary president, scholar, preacher, theologian |
| Years active | 1983–present |
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| Era | Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries |
| Language | English |
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Richard Albert Mohler Jr. (born October 19, 1959), is an American historical theologian and the ninth president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He has been described as "one of America's most influential evangelicals".
Mohler is a native of Lakeland, Florida. As a child he attended Lake Yale, a Florida Baptist campground. During his Lakeland years he attended Southside Baptist Church. Mohler attended college at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton in Palm Beach County as a Faculty Scholar. He then received a Bachelor of Arts from Samford University, a private, coeducational Baptist-affiliated college in Birmingham, Alabama. His graduate degrees, a Master of Divinity and Ph.D. in Systematic and Historical Theology, were conferred by the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, also known as Southern Seminary.
In addition to his presidency at SBTS, Mohler was the host of The Albert Mohler Program, a nationwide radio show "devoted to engaging contemporary culture with Christian beliefs." He is former vice chairman of the board of Focus on the Family and a member of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.Christianity Today recognized Mohler as a leader among American evangelicals, and in 2003 Time called him the "reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement in the U.S." Mohler has presented lectures or addresses at a variety of conservative evangelical universities.
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