s.sprinkle@tcu.edu
817.257.7585

TCU Box 298130
2855 South University
Office 206
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Stephen V. Sprinkle, a native of North Carolina, is an Ordained Minister of the Alliance of Baptists. He serves on the national Board of Directors of the Alliance. He is a member of CityChurch of Dallas, where he serves as Theologian of the Congregation. He is partnered to Rob Rodriguez, and lives in the Mid-Cities. Dr. Sprinkle was educated at Barton College, Yale University Divinity School, and Duke University where he received the Ph.D. degree in Systematic Theology. He has pastored or co-pastored five congregations in North Carolina, Connecticut, and Texas. He holds membership in the Association of Theological Field Education and the Academy of Religious Leadership. Since 1994, he has served Brite as Director of Field Education and Supervised Ministry, and holds the rank of Associate Professor of Practical Theology. He is an avid student of politics, a Civil War buff, loves the cinema, and enjoys activities such as travel and saltwater fishing. Lately, he and his life partner have taken up whitewater rafting.
B.A., Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College), 1974
M.Div., Yale Divinity School, 1977
Ph.D., Duke University, 1997
Alliance of Baptists
books and articles
Disciples and Theology Disciples and Theology: Understanding the Faith of a People In Covenant. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1999.
Ordination: Celebrating the Gift of Ministry Ordination: Celebrating the Gift of Ministry. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2004.
Comprehensive Bibliography
Courses
research interests
Dr. Sprinkle's current projects are the Theology of the Lord's Supper and GLBT History.
suggested reading
Edward Farley, Practicing Gospel: Unconventional Thoughts on the Church's Ministry (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2003)

Louis Crompton, Homosexuality and Civilization (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2006)

William T. Cavanaugh, Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ (London: Blackwell, 1998)