The Nashville Convocation
The Nashville Convocation of August 13th and 14th, 1984, consisted of two groups.
The larger group was composed of distinguished Christian leaders whose counsel was sought on proposed finishing touches to the New King James Version after it had been in print for two years.
Most of the smaller group, the translators, had already been active in the production of the NKJV, but two eminent New Testament scholars, Dr. Borland and Professor Hodges were invited to join this select group.
New King James Bible Review Committee
Dr. Paul Alford
President
Toccoa Falls College
Dr. Bill Bright
President
Campus Crusade for Christ International
Mrs. Jill Briscoe
Author, Lecturer
Rev. Joseph Brown
Director, Speaker
Grace Memorial Hour
Dr. Harold Buls
Professor of Exegetical Theology
Concordia Theological Seminary
*Dr. Richard Chase
President
Wheaton College
Mrs. Evelyn Christenson
Chairperson
United Prayer Ministries
*Dr. Robert Coleman
Chairman
School of World Mission and Evangelism
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Dr. Billie Friel
Pastor
First Baptist Church
Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Mr. Alan George
President
Child Evangelism Fellowship
*Ben Haden
Pastor, Speaker
First Presbyterian Church
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dr. Jack Hayford
Senior Pastor
The Church on the Way
Van Nuys, California
*Dr. E. V. Hill
Senior Pastor
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Los Angeles, California
*Dr. Herschel H. Hobbs
Pastor Emeritus
First Baptist Church
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dr. Peter Kreeft
Professor of Philosophy
Boston College
Dr. Billy Melvin
Executive Director
National Association of Evangelicals
Dr. Stephen Olford
President
Encounter Ministries, Inc.
*Dr. Earl Radmacher
President
Western Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary
Dr. Charles C. Ryrie
Author, Lecturer
Dr. R. C. Sproul
President
Ligonier Valley Study Center
Dr. Charles Stanley
Pastor
First Baptist Church
Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. George Sweeting
President
Moody Bible Institute
*Dr. Howard (Tim) Timmons
Pastor
South Coast Community Church
Newport Beach, California
Mrs. Juleen Turnage
Secretary of Information
General Council of the Assemblies of God
Dr. Paul Van Gorder
Teacher, Lecturer
Radio Bible Class
Dr. Jack Wyrtzen
Founder, Director
Word of Life Fellowship
*Dr. Thomas Zimmerman
General Superintendant
General Council of the Assemblies of God
*Participants marked with an asterisk were also members of the North American Overview Committee.
New King James Translation Committee
Dr. Arthur L. Farstad
Executive Editor
New King James Version
Dr. James D. Price
Chairman
Old Testament Translation Committee
New King James Version
Dr. William H. McDowell
English Editor
New King James Version
‡Dr. James Borland
Professor of Theology and Bible
Liberty Baptist Seminary
Dr. D. David Garland
Professor of Old Testament
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Dr. Paul R. Gilchrist
Professor of Biblical Studies
Covenant College
Dr. R. K. Harrison
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Wycliffe College University of Toronto
‡Prof. Zane C. Hodges
Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis
Dallas Theological Seminary
Dr. G. Herbert Livingston
Chairman, Division of Biblical Studies
Asbury Theological Seminary
Dr. Alfred Martin
Professor of Bible
Dallas Bible College
†Dr. Harry Sturz
Professor of Greek
Biola College
Dr. Curtis Vaughan
Professor of New Testament
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
‡Dr. Borland and Prof. Hodges joined the New King James Translation Committee after the first printing of the NKJV had been available for two years. The other scholars listed here participated from the 1970’s on. The Convocation was chaired by the Executive Editor.