Dr. Paul Jackson will serve Lynwood Baptist Church as interim pastor while the church is seeking a senior pastor.
Jackson has served as pastor of churches in Texas and Colorado and served as pulpit supply to almost 100 churches in Texas and Tennessee.
He received a bachelor's degree from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and a master's and doctorate degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.
He is associate professor of Christian Studies at Union University, where he taught New Testament and all levels of Biblical Greek.
He and his wife, Janet, have three children and live in Humboldt, Tenn.
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