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About
the Author of Promise Unfulfilled: The Failed Strategy
of Modern Evangelicalism
Dr. Rolland D. McCune has been
Professor of Systematic Theology at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, Allen
Park, Michigan, since 1981. During that time he was also President for ten years
and Dean of the Faculty for six years. He was born and raised near Berne, Indiana,
and was graduated from Hartford Township High School in 1952. He earned the Bachelor
of Arts degree at Taylor University, Fort Wayne (Indiana) Campus, and the Bachelor
of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Doctor of Theology degrees at Grace Theological
Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana. He has made five trips to the Middle East, visiting
such countries of the Bible as Italy, Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt.
Twice he participated in the Bible Geography Seminar at the Institute of Holy
Land Studies in Jerusalem. He was ordained to the ministry by the First Baptist
Church of Warsaw, Indiana.
Dr. McCune pastored churches in Missouri and Indiana, and has had numerous interim
pastorates in Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa, and Michigan. For fourteen years he was
on the faculty of Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis, serving
as Professor, Registrar, and Dean. He at one time was on the Board of Trustees
of the Minnesota Baptist Association and on the faculty of Indiana Baptist College
in Indianapolis. In 1977 he was chosen by his college alma mater for honorary
membership in Delta Epsilon Chi, the honor society of the American Association
of Bible Colleges. In 1986 he was conferred with the honorary Doctor of Divinity
degree by Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, Owatonna, Minnesota.
Dr. McCune has written numerous articles and extensive course syllabuses in Systematic
Theology, Apologetics, New Evangelicalism, History of Israel, Basic Bible Doctrine,
and Dispensationalism, as well as a handbook on the Book of Daniel.
Dr. McCune is married to the former Daisy Heller of Berne, Indiana. The McCunes
have three married children. He teaches during the fall semesters at Detroit Baptist
Theological Seminary. The rest of the year he resides in Bonita Springs, Florida,
where he is doing research and writing on subjects he has taught.
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