Instructor Profile: Keith Evans
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Dr. Keith Evans teaches Theology and Secular Counseling
Conversion
Dr. Keith Evans was born and raised in a mainline Christian church. Despite the liberalization of the denomination, his parents raised him to understand his need for repentance from sin and trust in a Savior in order to be saved. From the earliest of ages, he recalls calling upon Christ as his Savior and Lord. He publicly professed his faith in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in high school, and his time in the EPC began his journey into Reformed theology. Around that time, he began pursuing the possibility of full-time ministry. Throughout the next decades, the Lord continued to reform his understanding of the Scriptures and now ministers in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).
Family
Dr. Evans is married to his wife, Melissa of 18 years, and they have four daughters (and even their dog is a female!).
Vocation
Associate Professor of Christian Counseling, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC.
Hobbies
Keith and his wife Melissa enjoy doing home improvement projects together, as they both find themselves handy and crafty. They also greatly enjoy traveling the country with their children and exploring the beauty of God's creation, especially national parks.
Church Ministry
Dr. Evans, while holding the position of seminary professor, is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He is serving "out of bounds" of a local congregation and is instead laboring full time at the Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte campus.
Ministry Experience
Prior to serving at RTS, he was professor of biblical counseling, director of the Biblical Counseling Institute, and academic dean at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prior to beginning his seminary teaching career in 2018, Keith pastored in Lafayette, Indiana, for seven years.
Education
Grove City College, B.A.; Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, MDiv; The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, ThM & Ph.D.
Publications
Dr. Evans' publications can be found on his academia.edu page: https://rts.academia.edu/KeithEvans
He regularly contributes to the Biblical Counseling Coalition website, has multiple articles posted to The Gospel Coalition, Ligonier.org, and TableTalk magazine, and has contributed several peer reviewed journal articles to the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Journal.
Teaching Experience
Dr. Evans has taught at the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary as a regular visiting professor in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He formerly held the position of Professor of Biblical Counseling at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and is a regular speaker with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC).
Research Interests
Dr. Evans' Th.M. in Christian Ethics focuses on how Ethics and Biblical Counseling are overlapping and mutually contributing fields. His Ph.D. dissertation was on reclaiming a reformed understanding of demonology as applied to pastoral counseling. His research interests are therefore counseling, ethics, and spiritual warfare.
