Ted A. Campbell was born in Beaumont, Texas, and was educated at Lon Morris College, the University of North Texas, Oxford University, and Southern Methodist University, where he received the Ph.D. degree in 1984. He served as a faculty member at a variety of theological institutions including Duke Divinity School and Wesley Theological Seminary, and also as president of Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. He currently serves as Associate professor of Church History at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.