Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey is pastor of First Baptist Church of Spanish Fort, Alabama where he has served since 2004. He was born on November 22, 1961 in Mobile, Alabama and was born again on May 16, 1965 in Citronelle, Alabama. Kirksey was called to the ministry after high school graduation in 1979 and has been a pastor for over twenty years. He has served churches in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina.
He received his B.A. degree (cum laude) from William Carey University, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1983 where he was inducted into the Alpha Chi National Honor Society; he was selected Most Promising Student in Psychology in 1981; the M.Div. degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1986; the D.Min. degree from Southern Baptist School for Biblical Studies, Jacksonville, Florida, in 2001, where he received the President's Scholarship and served as a Research Assistant to Dr. Charles A. Williams, president. He was inducted into the R.G. Lee Society of Fellows at Union University, Jackson, Tennessee on January 2, 2002.
Kirksey was a writer for Adult EXTRA! of the Biblical Studies Department, LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention for five years (1995-2000) and is an approved writer for dated curriculum with the Leadership and Adult Publications, LifeWay Church Resources, a Division of LifeWay Christian Resources. He has contributed numerous articles, illustrations and sermon outlines to the following: PastorLife.com (Georgia Baptist Convention); SermonCentral (Outreach Web Network, Vista, California); Pulpit Helps magazine (Chattanooga, Tennessee: AMG Publications); PreachingNow and Preaching Magazine (Salem Publishing, Nashville, Tennessee). He writes columns in the Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama) and The Call News (Citronelle, Alabama) and the Washington County News (Chatom, Alabama) and has self-published several gospel tracts. Kirksey is the author of Sound Biblical Preaching: Giving the Bible a Voice with Foreword by Dr. Stephen F. Olford and Preface by Major W. Ian Thomas (North Charleston, South Carolina: BookSurge Publishing, An Amazon.com Company, 2004) it is also available on the WORDsearch 7 Preaching Library CD-ROM (Austin, Texas, WORDsearch Corp., 2005), the WS7 Expository Preaching Library CD-ROM (Austin, Texas, WORDsearch Corp., 2007) and the WS8 Preaching Library DVD (Austin, Texas, WORDsearch Corp., 2007) . Sound Biblical Preaching has been reviewed by the following: Dr. Michael Duduit, PreachingNow online May 3, 2005; Ted Kyle, Pulpit Helps magazine, August 2005; Dr. Walter G. Nunn, The Alabama Baptist, October 20, 2005; Dr. James Bryant, Criswell Theological Review, Fall 2005 edition; Dr. Michael Catt, Volume 07 Number 13 of www.2ProphetU.com .
Sound Biblical Preaching is listed in "How Does a Pastor Build His Personal Library" under the "Books on Sermon Preparation and Delivery" section of The New Guidebook for Pastors p.251 (Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2007), by Dr. James W. Bryant & Dr. Mac Brunson. Dr. David L. Olford has listed Sound Biblical Preaching in his bibliography of the syllabus for his course titled "Communicating Biblical Truth" at Union University ( Syllabus Available from: http://www.uu.edu/personal/keasley/MCS%20535%20Syllabus%20Communcating%20(Summer%2007).doc Accessed: 05/24/07). Dr. George William Garner cited Sound Biblical Preaching in his doctoral dissertation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. It is available from www.g2management.com/ george garner / Complete Dissertation .pdf .
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http://www.webspawner.com/users/franklinlkirksey and http://soundbiblicalpreaching.faithweb.com
Kirksey married Sharon Margaret Swartz of Columbia, South Carolina, on May 18, 1991. Sharon is a wonderful helpmate, who faithfully, effectively and submissively serves as a partner in ministry. To God be the glory!
