Terry Cross

Dean of the School of Theology & Ministry and Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Lee University

Terry L. Cross (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1991) is the Dean of the School of Theology & Ministry and Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Lee University, Cleveland, TN. He has served as Dean for 23 years and has been a professor for 28 years. Prior to his tenure at Lee, Dr. Cross pastored churches in Ohio, New Jersey, and Connecticut. He is an ordained bishop with the Church of God (Cleveland, TN) and serves on its Doctrine & Polity Committee. Recently, he has written two books on ecclesiology published by Baker Academic:  The People of God’s Presence: An Introduction to Ecclesiology (2018) and Serving the People of God’s Presence: A Theology of Ministry (2020).  Since 2007, Dr. Cross has served as a Translation Fellow for the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary.  He is married to Linda and has one child, Tara, and two grandchildren.