Todd Wilson

Biography

Dr. Wilson brings a rare combination of pastoral, scholarly, and executive leadership experience to this new role. Over the past two decades, he has served as a senior pastor, nonprofit founder, university vice president, and thought leader in evangelical leadership formation. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Special Advisor to the President at Southern Wesleyan University, where he led a record-setting advancement strategy, shaped key institutional initiatives, and provided senior-level counsel on organizational and presidential-level strategy.

Dr. Wilson has authored or edited numerous books spanning theology, spiritual formation, leadership, and cultural engagement. He is widely recognized as a leading voice in the “pastor-theologian” movement.

Education

University of Cambridge
Ph.D., New Testament

Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
M.B.A.

Wheaton College
M.A. Biblical Studies/Biblical Exegesis

Wheaton College
B.A. Philosophy

Books, Chapters, Peer-Reviewed Articles

Mr. Lewis Goes to Washington: Seeing American Politics Through C. S. Lewis’s Eyes (2027, under review).

Godly & Dysfunctional: How to Live an Integrated Life in a Fragmented World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2026 (under contract).

Kingdom Politics, edited with Gerald Hiestand and Joel Lawrence. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2026.

“Medicine, Not Food: C. S. Lewis on the Purpose and Perils of Democracy,” in Kingdom Politics, edited with Gerald Hiest and and Joel Lawrence. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2026.

Techne: A Christian Vision for Technology, edited with Gerald Hiestand. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2022.

The Enneagram Goes to Church: Wisdom for Leadership, Worship, and Congregational Life. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2021.

“The Integrated Pastor: Toward an Embodied and Embedded Spiritual Formation,” in The Art and Science of Spiritual Formation, edited with Gerald Hiestand. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019.

The Art and Science of Spiritual Formation, edited with Gerald Hiestand. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019.

Zealous for Good Works: Mobilizing Your Church for the Good of Your Community. Chicago: Moody Press, 2018.

“Mere Creation: Ten Theses (Most) Evangelicals Can (Mostly) Agree On,” in Doxology and Creation: The Beginning and End of God’s Good World, edited by Gerald Hiestand and Todd Wilson. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2018.

Doxology and Creation: The Beginning and End of God’s Good World, edited with Gerald Hiestand. Downers Grove, IL: IVP
Academic, 2018.

“Scripting and the Rhetoric of Wilderness in Galatians,” in The Crucified Apostle: Essays on Peter and Paul, edited by Todd A. Wilson and Paul R. House. WUNT II; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017.

The Crucified Apostle: Essays on Peter and Paul, edited with Paul R. House. WUNT II; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017.

Beauty, Order, and Mystery: The Christian Vision of Sexuality, edited with Gerald Hiestand. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2017.

“Mere Sexuality,” in Beauty, Order, and Mystery: The Christian Vision of Sexuality, edited by Gerald Hiestand and Todd Wilson. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2017.

Mere Sexuality: Rediscovering the Christian Vision of Sexuality. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017.

“The Pastor Theologian as Cruciform Theologian,” in Becoming a Pastor Theologian: New Possibilities for Church Leadership, edited by Todd Wilson and Gerald Hiestand. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016.

Becoming a Pastor Theologian: New Possibilities for Church Leadership, edited with Gerald Hiestand. Downers Grove, IL: IVP
Academic, 2016.

Daniel. Knowing the Bible Series. Wheaton: Crossway, 2015.

The Pastor-Theologian: Resurrecting an Ancient Vision, with Gerald Hiestand. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015.

Real Christian: Bearing the Marks of Authentic Faith. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.

Galatians: Gospel-Rooted Living. Preach The Word; Wheaton: Crossway, 2013.

Professional Memberships and Board Service

Beeson Divinity School Advisory Board (2019-2022)
Clapham Christian School, Wheaton, IL (2013-2015)
Society of Biblical Literature
Evangelical Theological Society