Faculty Spotlight: Dr. John Wind

Meet Dr. John Wind

Degrees and Experience
  • Ph.D., Missions (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
  • Adv. M.Div. Theology (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
  • B.A., Bible/Communications (Northwestern College)
Biography and Professional Achievements

Dr. John Wind has been married to his sweet bride, Rachel, since 1996, and the Lord has blessed them with five children. Before coming to CCU, he served with his family in China for eight years.

Earlier in life, Wind became a Christian while attending a non-Christian university and then, when later finishing his degree at a Christian college, was profoundly impacted by godly and wise professors. Wind now wants to help establish college students upon Christ through the written revelation of Scripture, even as God similarly used college professors in his own life.

Select Presentations and Colloquia
  • Walter Rauschenbusch and Social Holiness: The Promise and Peril of Public Theology," Evangelical Theological Society, November 2022.
  • "Introduction of Jay Richards," CCU Symposium Plenary Session, September 2022
  • CCU Chapel Speaker (Convocation Chapel) September 2021
  • "A New Covenant Mission for Social Justice? Covenantal Boundaries and Eschatological Restraint," Evangelical Theological Society, Far West Region, April 2021.
  • "Guilty by Association? Toward an Evangelical Theology of Systemic Sin," Evangelical Theological Society, November 2020.
  • CCU Chapel Speaker ("The Bride of Christ: Created, Fallen, Redeemed, and Glorified") October 2020
  • "Thus Saith the Lord? Biblical Restraint against Dogmatism in the Immigration Debate," Evangelical Theological Society, November 2019.
  • CCU Chapel Speaker ("Evangelism: A Conspiracy of Love") October 2019
  • "Introduction of and Q&A Session with Lee Strobel," CCU Symposium Plenary Session, September 2019.
  • "Human Flourishing and Pastoral Ministry," CCU Symposium Breakout Session, September 2018.
  • "Introduction of and Q&A Session with Bruce Ware," CCU Symposium Plenary Session, September 2018.
  • "The Gospel in the Public Square: Immigrants, Immigration, and the Church," CCU Symposium Breakout Session, September 2017.
  • "Introduction of and Q&A Session with Greg Gilbert," CCU Symposium Plenary Session, September 2017.
  • "Shedding Light on the Two Kingdoms Debate: The Importance of Covenant Theology," Davenant Trust Convivium, March 2017.
  • "Old Testament Immigration Policy for Today? Immigration as Primarily a Matter of Prudence," Evangelical Theological Society, November 2016.
  • CCU Chapel Speaker ("Learning to Love the Bride of Christ") November 2016
  • "The Good Deeds Mission of the Local Church: A Biblical-Theological Alternative to the Holistic Missions Paradigm," Evangelical Missiological Society, Rocky Mountain Region, Littleton, CO, March 11, 2016.
  • CCU Chapel Speaker ("The Wisdom of Sexual Purity," Proverbs 7:1-27) November 2015
  • "How We Got the Old Testament," CCU Symposium Plenary Session, September 2015.
  • "A House Built on Sand: The Impact of the Social Gospel on American Protestant Missions in China, 1900-1937," Evangelical Missiological Society, North Central Region, Deerfield, IL, April 5, 2014.
  • "The Keys to the Two Kingdoms: Covenantal Framework as the Fundamental Divide between VanDrunen and His Critics," Evangelical Theological Society, November 2013.
  • "Is Creation Care 'Authorized' by the Old Testament? Examining Christopher Wright's Paradigmatic Approach to Old Testament Ethics," Evangelical Theological Society, November 2012.
Select Professional Contributions
  • Faculty Advisor, CCU Cross Nations Refugee Ministry
  • Member, CCU Strategic Priorities Task Force (2020-21)
  • Member, CCU Science and Theology Task Force (2019)
  • CCU Local Church Liaison (August 2017-December 2019)
  • Fellow, CCU Centennial Institute
Select Publications
  • Do Good to All People as You Have the Opportunity: A Biblical Theology of the Good Deeds Mission of the New Covenant Community. Phillipsburg: NJ: P&R Publishing, 2019.
  • "Thus Saith the Lord? Biblical Restraint against Dogmatism in Immigration Debates," Journal of Global Christianity, 6.1 (April 2020), 59-72.
  • "The Church's Mission Constrained by the Covenants: Engaging Christopher Wright's Conception of the Bible's Covenantal Structure." Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 23.3 (Fall 2019): 61-75.
  • "Does the Old Testament 'Authorize' a Creation Care Mission of the Church? Examining Christopher Wright's Claims," Journal of Global Christianity 2.1 (2016): 33-47.
  • "Not Always Right: Critiquing Christopher Wright's Paradigmatic Application of Scripture to the Socio-economic Realm." Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 19.2 (Summer 2015): 81-104.
  • "The Keys to the Two Kingdoms: Covenantal Framework as the Fundamental Divide between VanDrunen and His Critics," Westminster Theological Journal 77.1 (Spring 2015): 15-34.
Professional Societies
  • Evangelical Theological Society
  • Evangelical Missiological Society