Board of Directors
The Board of Directors oversees all ministry of the CBR, including mission, vision, and long-range planning.
Matthew Y. Emerson
Matthew Y. Emerson (Ph.D., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Vice President of Academic Operations & Partnerships and Professor of Religion at Oklahoma Baptist University. His books include The Baptist Vision (B&H Academic, 2025), “He Descended to the Dead” (IVP Academic, 2019) and The Story of Scripture (B&H Academic, 2017). Along with R. Lucas Stamps and Christopher Morgan, he is the co-editor of Baptists and the Christian Tradition (B&H Academic, 2020). His research interests include biblical theology, early Christian interpretation, and Baptist catholicity. Matt is married to Alicia and has five beautiful daughters.
R. Lucas Stamps
R. Lucas Stamps (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Professor of Christian Theology at Anderson University (South Carolina). He has published several articles and essays in the area of systematic theology. He is the co-author of The Baptist Vision (B&H Academic, 2025) and, along with Matthew Emerson and Christopher Morgan, the co-editor of Baptists and the Christian Tradition (B&H Academic, 2020). Luke lives with his wife and five children in South Carolina.
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Brandon D. Smith
Brandon D. Smith (Ph.D., Ridley College, Melbourne) is Chair of the Hobbs School of Theology & Ministry and Associate Professor of Theology & Early Christianity at Oklahoma Baptist University. He also hosts the Church Grammar podcast and is the author of many books, including The Trinity in the Book of Revelation (IVP Academic, 2022) and Taught By God (B&H Academic, 2024). He was also an editor for the CSB Ancient Faith Study Bible (Holman, 2019). His research interests include the Trinity, canonical and theological interpretation, patristic theology and retrieval, and Baptist theology. Brandon is married to Christa and has four children.
Winston Hottman
Winston Hottman (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is an associate pastor at Lake Highlands Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. His research focuses on early Christianity. Winston is married to Bryn and has five children.
Support Staff
The Support Staff assists the Board of Directors in carrying out the ministry of the CBR.
Cody Glen Barnhart
Cody Glen Barnhart is a Ph.D. student in Divinity (Historical Theology) at the University of Aberdeen.
