David Allen serves as the Dean of the School of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition, he is a Professor of Preaching and the Director of the Center for Expository Preaching. He and his wife Sherri, of 31 years, have four children- Jeremy, Jared, Melody, Kali, and one grandson. The Allen’s reside in Irving, Texas.

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bachelor of Arts - Criswell College, Dallas, Texas 1978
Master of Divinity - Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort
Worth, Texas, 1981
Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities - University of Texas at Arlington, 1987
Major: Linguistics, Minor: Philosophy. Dissertation Title: "An Argument for the Lukan Authorship of Hebrews”