Bruce T. Gourley Vita

   

6251 Pearl Drive, Manhattan, Montana 59741
Phone: (406) 599-1754
Web Site: www.brucegourley.com
Email: gourley_bt@mercer.edu or
 mailbox2006@brucegourley.com
 

CURRENT POSITIONS

         Internet Strategist/Marketer and Writer
         Owner,
Various web sites including Yellowstone Net and Montana History Net
         Interim Director
, The Center for Baptist Studies, Mercer University
         Editor, Baptist Studies Bulletin
         Online Editor, Baptists Today
         Outdoor/Nature Photographer
        

EDUCATION

         Ph.D. (ABD), American History, Auburn University.  Degree expected in 2008. 
         Dissertation:  Baptists in Middle Georgia During the Civil War
         Secondary Emphases:  Islamic History, Archival Studies
         Primary Advisors:  Ken Noe, Wayne Flynt

         Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1992.

         Bachelor of Arts, Christianity and English, Mercer University, 1988.
 

SELECT WEBSITES OWNED

         Yellowstone Net -- The leading non-government Yellowstone web site, providing Yellowstone National Park
                                          information and reservations since 1997.
         Park Reservations -- Providing reservation information for major national parks in the United States
         Montana History -- Chronicling the History of Big Sky Country
         Discovering Colorado -- Colorado tourism site
         SellHomesHere.Com -- FSBO Real Estate site
         Climate Change -- Guide to Global Warming
         Bedrooms.Net -- Bedroom Furniture Catalog
         BaptistLife.Com -- Discussion Forums, News and Information for Baptists worldwide
 

WEBSITES MANAGED

         The Center for Baptist Studies -- Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
         Baptists Today -- The nation's only autonomous Baptist news journal
         Baptist History and Heritage Society -- headquartered in Atlanta, GA
         William Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society -- preserving Baptist history
         First Freedoms -- Protecting America's First Amendment
         Yellowstone Innovators -- a ministry in Yellowstone National Park
 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Interim Director.  The Center for Baptist Studies, Mercer University, 2007 to the present.

Associate Director.  The Center for Baptist Studies, Mercer University, 2004 to 2007.

Graduate Teaching Assistant
.  IT Specialist, History Department, Auburn University
History Department, 2003 to 2004.

Instructor, Church History. Yellowstone Baptist College, Billings, Montana, 1995 to 2002.

 

MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCE        

         Director, Baptist Campus Ministries.  Yellowstone Southern Baptist Association, Billings, Montana, 1993 –
         2002.

         Campus Minister Intern.  Georgia Baptist Convention, Shorter College, Rome, Georgia, 1990 – 1991.

         Campus Minister Intern.  Kentucky Baptist Convention, Jefferson Community College, Louisville, Kentucky,
         1988-1990, 1991-1992. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

For a detailed listing of published works, go to www.brucegourley.com/writings

         Book:           The GodMakers: A Legacy of the Southern Baptist Convention? (Franklin,
                             Tennessee: Providence House Publishers, 1996).

         Editor:  Baptist Studies Bulletin, 2004 to present.

         Online Editor:   Baptists Today, 2003 to present.

         Editor:  Yellowstone Net Newspaper, 1996 to present.

         Columnist:    Baptists Today, 2003-2004, "The Lighter Side"

         Articles:       Various, including the following:                         
                             "The Christian Index and the American Civil War" - Visions Journal (2007)
                             "How Do We Tell the Generations Following of What Happened?" - Logsdon Window Journal (2006)
                             "These Days Are Fraught With Many Blessings: The World of Julia Stanford" - Visions Journal (2006)
                             "The Baptist Light: Free and Fragile" - Baptist History and Heritage Journal (2006)
                             "Baptist Missions in Recent Decades: Laity Involvement" - Baptist History & Heritage Journal (2006)
                             "John Leland: Evolving Views of Slavery, 1789-1839" - Baptist History & Heritage Journal (2005)
                             "Yellowstone Held Hostage by Million-Dollar Cheeseburgers" - National Forest Council (2001)
                             Monthly articles in the Baptist Studies Bulletin, 2005 - present
                             Other articles published online
                            

         Book Reviews:     Published in a variety of periodicals, including:
                                     Journal of Church and State
                                     Baptist Studies Bulletin
                                     Baptists Today
                                     Journal of Appalachian Studies

         Photographs:  Various photographs published, including in/by:
                               Georgia Conservancy (July 2007)     
                               Our State Magazine (June 2007 / July 2007)
                              
For the Love of Dogs (2006)
                              
24/7 North Carolina (2004)
 

PROFESSIONAL / PUBLIC SERVICE AFFILIATIONS

         Montana Historical Society

         Baptist History and Heritage Society
         Council of Advisors

         Fellowship of Baptist Historians

         National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion

         Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society
         Board of Directors 2006-2008

         Georgia Baptist Historical Society
         Executive Committee 2006-2008

         American Society of Church History