JAMES (JIM) R. SIBLEY, PH.D.

 

Ministry Statement

Having had a particular interest and involvement with the Jewish people from the age of fourteen, I have come to understand that the Jewish people are the key to understanding Scripture, theology, and missions. I have a passion to mentor and train those who are called to Jewish ministry, as well as to teach believers the importance of a biblical theology of Israel, the Messiah, and missions in their own ministries.


Academic Credentials

  • Ph.D. (Missions/Evangelism/Biblical Theology) “The Blindness of Israel and the Mission of the Church,” Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Fort Worth, Texas; 2006–2012
  • S.T.M., Dallas Theological Seminary; Dallas, Texas; 1987–1988 (graduated in absentia, 1989)
  • Additional Study: Institute of Holy Land Studies and Hebrew University; 1984–1986
  • M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Fort Worth, Texas; 1970–1974
  • B.A. (Religion), Baylor University; Waco, Texas; 1968–1970
  • Howard Payne University; Brownwood, Texas; 1966–1968


Teaching Field Concentration

My teaching has focused on subjects related to missions to the Jewish people: Biblical Basis of Missions, Biblical Theology of Israel and of Messiah, History of Jewish Believers in Jesus, Jewish Evangelism, Jewish Literature, and Messianic Prophecy.


Professional Memberships

  • Evangelical Theological Society
  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • Institute of Biblical Research
  • Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism


Ministry Assignments

  • Research Professor of Biblical Studies, Israel College of the Bible; 2019–
  • Consultant, Baptist Convention of Israel, responsible for training new personnel; 2016–2018
  • Professor of Biblical Studies, Israel College of the Bible (Netanya, Israel), 2015–2018
  • Co-founder and Director, Pasche Institute of Jewish Studies (a ministry of Criswell College), Dallas, Texas; 2005–2013 (full-time, since June 16, 2006)
  • Associate Professor of Jewish Ministry, Criswell College; 2006–2013
  • Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Mishkan (an international journal relating to the Jewish people and the gospel); 2007–2013
  • Led four student mission trips to Israel and two to New York City
  • Coordinator of Jewish Ministries, North American Mission Board (SBC); 1996–2006 [In this capacity, I taught adjunctively at institutions in the US and Canada]
  • Congregational Planter & General Evangelist, Foreign Mission Board (SBC), Israel; 1982–1996
  • Missionary Guest Professor, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fall 1995
  • Pastor, Palma Sola Bay Baptist Church, Bradenton, Florida; 1975–1982
  • Pastoral Intern, Plymouth Park Baptist Church, Irving, Texas; June 16, 1973–1975
  • Instructor, Criswell Bible Institute, September 1, 1974–1975
  • Associate Pastor, George W. Truett Chapel, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas; June 6, 1971–June 15, 1973


Additional Responsibilities

  • Steering Committee, Messianic Jewish Study Group, Evangelical Theological Society
  • North America Coordinator, Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, 2006–09, 2019-2023.
  • Board of Directors, Church’s Ministry among the Jewish People [Anglican], United States Chapter (CMJ-USA), 2007–2022.
  • Member, Board of Directors, The Friends of Alexander College (Jerusalem), 2005–2007
  • Participant, Consultation on Progressive Dispensationalism, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, February 17–18, 2012
  • Member, International Coordinating Committee, Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, 1991–1995
  • Member, Editorial Committee, Mishkan, 1989–1993


Honors

  • Missionary Guest Professor, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1995.
  • Lottie Moon Missionary Citation, First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, 1987.