Torrey Memorial Bible Conference: SESSION A

Carolyn L. Gordon

Carolyn L. Gordon, (B.J, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism, MDiv, MAComm, and a MARE from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas and a PhD in Human Communication Studies, Howard University in Washington, D.C.)

Dr. Gordon is the Associate Professor of Mass Communication at Mississippi Valley State University.  Before relocating to MVSU she taught at Fuller Theological Seminary as the Associate Professor of Communication and Chair of the Preaching and Communication Department. Dr. Gordon has also served as the Director of Ministries in Higher Education for the District of Columbia Baptist Convention, a communications professor at Bowie State University and the Associate Pastor of Craig Memorial Community Church in Chapel Oaks, Maryland. She has also taught communications in the Junior Statesman Summer Program at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Dr. Gordon is the former national Vice-president for the Baptist Women in Ministry organization.  Dually ordained by both the Southern and National Baptist Conventions, She is a former columnist for The Beacon newspaper (A Courier-Life publication).  She has produced several television shows including, “Another Day” for KYFC-TV in Kansas City, Missouri and “A Point of View” for BSU-TV in Bowie, Maryland. Dr. Gordon made history in 2010 when she traveled to Tanzania, Africa to attend the first every Global Preaching Summit. She was the only female homiletician in the world invited to participate.   The City Council along with Mayor Robert A. Spiegel, officially proclaimed February 24, 2012, as Carolyn L. Gordon Day in the City of Palm Desert, California.  She is currently a contributing writer to the newly released fan-fiction book:  “The Death of Cliff Huxtable…”