VITA. M. Ed. Middle Tennessee State University, 1975 Major: Educational Administration and Supervision Minor: History

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1 VITA John L. Carter 6133 South Riverbend Drive Nashville, TN Home phone: (615) Office phone: (615) EDUCATION: M. S. Pensacola Christian College, 1978 Major: School Administration M. Ed. Middle Tennessee State University, 1975 Major: Educational Administration and Supervision Minor: History B. A. Free Will Baptist College (Welch), 1973 Major: Bible Minor: Christian Education Diploma Coffee County Central High School, 1969 Further graduate studies Tennessee State University, 1993 Middle Tennessee State University, 1993 The College of William and Mary, 1980 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2004-Present 2002-Present Chairman, General Education Department (Now Arts and Sciences) Welch College Coordinator, History Program Welch College

2 Adjunct, History and Government Trevecca Nazarene University 1994-Present 1981-Present Chairman, Teacher Education Admissions Committee Faculty, Welch College Principal, Peninsula Christian School Newport News, Virginia Secondary School Teacher, Principal Faith Christian Academy Goldsboro, North Carolina COLLEGIATE RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES Sponsor, Alpha Chi Society, Business Manager Sponsor, LUMEN, Licensure Committee, Representative from General Education and History Curriculum and Catalog Committee, by assignment from Academic Dean and Provost Instructional Practices Committee Social Committee Sponsor of first organized debate team from Welch College Accreditation committees PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Conducted Faculty In-Service, Pleasant View Christian School, 1983 Pre-Law Advisor, Southern Association of Pre-Law Advisors, , Coordinator, Project PENCIL (Adopt-A-School) Partner with Metro Davidson County Schools, Welch and Tom Joy Elementary School, Commence Speaker, Trinity Christian School, Greenville, North Carolina, 1996 Moderator, Christian Educator s Conference, (Welch College)-Panel composed of public and private school teachers and principals, 1994

3 Seminar, Classroom Management, Christian Educator s Conference (Welch College) 1983 President, Southeastern Association of Church Schools Academic and Athletic Competitions, Newport News, Virginia, 1980 Seminar, Self Discipline, Southeastern Association of Church Schools, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 1977 Educational Tour-Israel and Rome, 1976 Educational Tour with high school students-gettysburg, PA 1980 Educational Tours-Ramesses the Great, Catherine the Great, Napoleon 1987, 1989, 1993-Memphis Convention Center, Presented by WONDERS: Memphis International Cultural Series Educational Visits-James K. Polk House, Andrew Jackson (The Hermitage) House, Belle Meade Mansion, Frist Cultural Center, The Athenaeum, The Parthenon, Chickamauga Battlefield, Stone s River National Battlefield, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Reenactment of Battle of Franklin, Carter House (Franklin, TN), Carnton Plantation, Fr. Sumter, Ft. Monroe, Monticello, Shakertown, Land Between the Lakes, Denver, Winsor, CT, Cape Canaveral, FL, Dearborn, MI, New York, Richmond, Fredericksburg, VA, New Orleans, Ft. Worth, Tulsa, Natchez Trace, Smyrna Air Show, Pike s Peak, Dead Sea Scroll Exhibit, Oakland Mansion, Sam Davis Home, Arlington, White House, U. S. Senate, U. S. House of Representatives, World War II Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Declaration of Independence Exhibit in Nashville, Jewish synagogues in Nashville Summer visits recently-colonial Williamsburg, Mt. Vernon, Stratford, VA, Monticello, University of Virginia, Richmond, Gettysburg, Historic homes in central and eastern Virginia ( ) RELIGIOUS AND COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE Wednesday night adult studies, Current Issues and the Church, Cross Timbers FWB Church, 2004

4 Workshop leader, Teaching Adults, Christian Workers Conference, Welch College, 2001 Workshop leader with my wife Martha Carter (public school teacher in Metro Davidson County), Teaching Early Elementary Students, Christian Workers Conference, 2000 Board Member, Woodbine Christian Academy, Board Member, Christian Action Council of Middle Tennessee, Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, Church Treasurer, Cross Timbers FWB Church, Instructor of Reading, Nashville Union Mission, 1983 Institute teacher, Northern Quarterly of Free Will Baptists, 1996 Deacon, Cross Timbers Free Will Baptist Church, Welch College Representative, Virginia State Association of Free Will Baptists, Summer 2008 Christian School Representative, Ronald Reagan Political Rally, Scopes Convention Rally, Scopes Convention Center, Norfolk, VA, 1980 Attended Introduction to Judaism class at Nashville synagogues, 2004 Family housed international student from Spain for three weeks, 2005 Assisted in building Habitat for Humanity house, 2006 Sponsor of child through WORLD VISION, 1993-Present Sunday School teacher-older adults class-cross Timbers FWB Church, 2011-Present Chairman, Pastoral Search Committee, Cross Timbers FWB Church, February

5 ARTICLES Cultural Issues Faced by the American Church-Terrorism Paper read at Symposium on Commission for Theological Integrity, Fall 2007 The Power of the Vote, ONE Magazine, Fall 2008 Christian Liberty/Gray Areas BRINK Magazine, March 2012 Revisiting the Scopes Monkey Trial Helwys Society Forum, October 6, 2013 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Association of Christian Schools International Nashville Fellowship of Christian School Administrators Organization of American Historians (past membership) Tennessee Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Tennessee Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education Updated February, 2014