Dr. Kenneth Waters, Sr., PhD, is professor of New Testament and associate dean of the division of religion and philosophy at Azusa Pacific University. He specializes in gospel studies, the Pauline Epistles, apocalyptic literature, biblical ethics, New Testament and early Christian literature, and African American religious history. In addition to being an active overseas missionary, he’s also served as a senior pastor for over 28 years.
He’s authored several books, including Afrocentric Sermons: The Beauty of Blackness in the Bible (Judson Press, 1993) and I Saw the Lord: A Pilgrimage through Isaiah 6 (Upper Room Books, 1996). He’s also written numerous articles and essays that have appeared in the Journal of Biblical Literature, the Expository Times, the Lexington Theological Journal, and more. He’s a program chair of the New Testament Epistles and Apocalypse section of the Pacific Coast Region Society of Biblical Literature.
Dr. Waters is a contributing scholar to The Voice Bible project of the Ecclesia Bible Society and Thomas Nelson publishers. He’s been a featured presenter on The History Channel and It is Written Oceania TV broadcasts.
His wife, Deborah, is an elementary-school teacher in the San Bernardino School District and associate minister at the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church.