EDUCATION:
  •  Doctor of Philosophy in History (The University of Stirling​
  • Institute for Early Christian History in the Greco-Roman World (Tyndale House Cambridge, England)
  • Master of Divinity in Theology-Higher Education Track (The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
  • BA in Theatre Arts (Mars Hill University)
Rev. Dr. Stephen Blair Waddell is currently serving as senior pastor at Providence Baptist Church in Huntsville, Alabama. He is also an adjunct professor at Birmingham Theological Seminary since 2014. He also serves in the Editorial Board of the Andrew Fuller Journal. Dr. Waddell’s research interests explores non-Conformity in the Victoria era. He is married to Lisa Rothe Waddell. They have 4 children: Amelia, Ella Grace, Olivia, Evie.
PUBLICATIONS:
Books
  • ____________ & Robert Strivens, eds. Shepherds After My Own Heart: Essays in Honor of Dr Robert Oliver. Durham, UK: Evangelical Press, 2016.
  • Waddell, Stephen,  et, al. Sage Advice; Stories from Seasoned Youth Workers. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 2003.
Journal Articles
  • “Early 19th Century Dissent in England: From Persecution to Prejudice” in Evangelical Quarterly (2021).
  • "The Biblicism of William Jay,"  Writing, Annual Magazine of the London Evangelical Library (2019).
  •  “William Jay: The Evangelical Attraction in a City Full of Attractions” in Bath History Journal  (2013).
  • “School Supplied,” Reaching Out Magazine (August 2000).
  • “Happy Hour for Christians,”  Reaching Out Magazine (November 1999).
Book Chapters
  • "John Martin: 1741-1820," In British Particular Baptists Volume 5 (Particular Baptist Press, 2020).
  • "Horatio Hackett: 1808-1875, Exemplary Scholar," in  A Noble Cause, Volume 10 (Particular Baptist Press, 2018)
Book Reviews
  • "George Bell, Bishop of Chichester: Church, State, and Resistance in the Age of Dictatorship by Chandler,"  in Evangelical Quarterly (2020)
  •  "Demanding Liberty: An Untold Story of American Religious Freedom by Obrien’," in Evangelical Quarterly 91.2 (2020)
  •  "Were We Ever Protestant? Essays in Honour of Tarald Rasmussen by Angel, et al." in  Evangelical Quarterly 91.2 (2020)
  • "Memoir of Samuel Pearce by Fuller," in Evangelical Quarterly 91.2 (2020)
  • "An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story," by Sabella, Themelios 43.1 (2018)
  • "Words, Works and Ways of Knowing: The Breakdown of Moral Philosophy
    in New England Before the Civil War," by Paretsky, Themelios 42.3 (2017)    .