David W Hester

David W. Hester has been preaching the Gospel since 1978. His father, Benny W. Hester, was a Gospel preacher for over 50 years; he passed away in 2012. David’s late grandfather, John Sherlie Foster "S. F." Hester, preached the Gospel for over forty years before his passing in 1982. All of David’s uncles preached the gospel as well.

David received the B. A. cum laude in Bible from Freed-Hardeman in 1987, the M. A. summa cum laude in Bible from Amridge University in 1990, and the Ph.D. in New Testament summa cum laude from the Turner School of Theology at Amridge in June 2013. David is the first recipient of the Ph.D. in New Testament from any university affiliated with churches of Christ.

David has written two books about the “change movement” among churches of Christ: Among the Scholars (1994) and Tampering With Truth (2007), and is also the author of the book Does Mark 16:9—20 Belong In The New Testament? (2015) David serves as Lecturer for the V. P. Black College of Biblical Studies and is on the faculty of the Kearley Graduate School of Theology at Faulkner University. David is Education Director and Involvement Minister for the Eastern Meadows church of Christ in Montgomery. He is also the Director of the Faulkner Lectures. David has had two debates with Don K. Preston on the subject of Realized Eschatology—one in Ardmore, OK in 2016, and one in Montgomery, AL in 2017. He also had one debate with Roman Catholic theologian Robert Sungenis on Authority in 2011. David is a member of ETS and SBL, and has presented on both the regional and national level. David has written peer-reviewed articles and book reviews for PNEUMATIKA and the Stone-Campbell Journal.