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Dr. Michael Spradlin, President of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, is only the second person to have served as the President of Mid-America. Dr. Spradlin was appointed to the office in 1997. Before then, he served as Director of the North East Campus of Mid-America in Schenectady, New York. A gifted speaker and preacher of God’s Word, Dr. Spradlin also hosts the Live by the Word podcast, a verse-by-verse study of books of the Bible.
Dr. Spradlin’s formal training began at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he earned a B.A. He continued his education at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee, earning a M.Div. and a Ph.D. with his major field of study being in Old Testament and Hebrew.
Dr. Spradlin is married to Lee Ann and they have three children: David, Thomas, and Laura Beth. He is a committed member of Faith Baptist Church, but spends many Sundays as a guest preacher at churches throughout the country.
Dr. Lee Brand Jr. grew up in Nettleton, Mississippi. He received the call to preach and preached his first sermon at Good Hope M.B. Church in Shannon, Mississippi, just prior to graduating high school in 1997. After earning his Bachelor of Science from Mississippi State University, Dr. Brand then went on to earn his Master of Divinity at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as Senior Pastor of Beth-el Missionary Baptist Church in Starkville from 2002-2019, overseeing much of its growth and ministry development, including campus outreach at Mississippi State and missions partnerships in the Philippines and Uganda.
Dr. Brand has worked in convention positions with the Northeast Mississippi Baptist Congress and the Whitefield District Association. He has also served his community. In 2010 he was appointed to the Starkville School District Board of Trustees and was selected as a chaplain for the Starkville Police Department.
In December of 2013 Dr. Brand earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree from Mid-America with a concentration in Practical Theology and minors in Theology and New Testament. His teaching experience includes an adjunct professorship at East Mississippi Community College and assistant instructor at the Starkville Extension of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Brand was blessed to marry his beautiful wife Tiffany in 2003. They have five wonderful children: Tre', Megan, Avery, Micah, and Matthew.
