Alvin L. Reid (born 1959) serves as Professor of Evangelism and Student Ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, where he has been since 1995. He is also the founding Bailey Smith Chair of Evangelism. Alvin and his wife Michelle have two children: Joshua, a junior at Southeastern College,  and Hannah, a junior in high school.

Alvin’s passion is to equip leaders for the coming generation who will change the world for the glory of God and the sake of the gospel. He speaks extensively to college and high school students, and challenges churches and leaders to move to a more missional posture to reach the West. He loves to travel with a worship band featuring his son Josh as drummer as he ministers to young adults. He is a member of the Academy of Evangelism in Theological Education, the American Society for Church Growth, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Evangelical Missiological Society. He received the Excellence in Teaching Award at Southeastern Seminary and was selected to Who’s Who among America’s Teachers. He was formerly commissioned as a Home Missionary, taught at Houston Baptist University, and led the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana in evangelism. His hobbies include a collection of pet snakes