Black Church Studies Program Team

Faculty & Staff

Associate Professor of Christian Scriptures Director of the Black Church Studies Program

Dr. Jamal-Dominique Hopkins joined the faculty of Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary as Associate Professor of Christian Scriptures in the fall of 2022. He is concurrently serving as director of the Black Church Studies Program. Prior to this, he was the founding Dean and Associate Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature at Allen University’s Dickerson-Green Theological Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Hopkins holds a Pedagogy Fellowship with Yale University’s Center for Faith and Culture, where he is part of the Christ and Being Human Project focused on revitalizing Christian higher education. He is also a Fellow with the Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies, where he is part of the research group on The Post-Secular Conception of Science and was a contributor to the Defending Religious Freedom Initiative from 2015-2018. He has published numerous articles related to the Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical studies, and black religious thought.

j_hopkins@baylor.edu

Student Associate

MADISON PATTON, MDIV STUDENT

Program Graduate Assistant

Madison Patton is currently pursuing her Master of Divinity at Truett with an interest in African American Theology and Old Testament Studies. At Truett, she is a member of the Truett Black Seminarians Association, which aims to build a community for Black students while sharing their identity across Truett. Madison is a native of Lexington, Kentucky. She attended Georgetown College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. At Georgetown, Madison was also a Bishop College (Dallas, TX) Scholar, which helped her find her way to Truett. Additionally, she has been licensed to preach the Gospel at her home church, Consolidated Baptist, under the leadership of Pastor Richard Gaines.