David F. Wells

For other people called David Wells, see David Wells (disambiguation).

David F. Wells
Born	David Falconer Wells (1939-05-11) May 11, 1939 Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
Occupation(s)	Professor, Author, Theologian
Title	Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Spouse	Jane
Academic background
Education	University of London, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Alma mater	Manchester University (Ph.D.)
Academic work
Era	20th and 21st Century
Discipline	Biblical research
Institutions	Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Main interests	Theology, Culture, Postmodernism, Evangelicalism
Notable works	No Place for Truth, or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?

David Falconer Wells (born May 11, 1939) is Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books in which his evangelical theology engages with the modern world. He has taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has served as the Academic Dean at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary's Charlotte, North Carolina campus.

Wells received his B.D. from the University of London; Th.M. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Ph.D. from Manchester University (England); and was a post-doctoral Research Fellow at Yale Divinity School. Wells is a Council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He also serves on the board of the Rafiki Foundation and as a member for the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. The Cambridge Declaration came about in 1996 as a result of his book No Place for Truth, or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?

Books

He has authored, co-authored, or edited numerous publications including:

• Wells, David; Pinnock, Clark, eds. (1972), Toward a Theology for the Future, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, ISBN 0-87784910-2
• ——— (1972), Revolution in Rome, Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, ISBN 0-87784910-2
• ———; Woodbridge, John, eds. (1975), The Evangelicals: What They Believe Who They Are Where They Are Changing, Nashville: Abingdon Press, ISBN 0-68712181-7
• ——— (1978), The Search for Salvation, Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, ISBN 0-87784706-1
• ——— (1979), The Prophetic Theology of George Tyrrell, Chico: Scholars Press, ISBN 0-89130375-8
• ——— (1984), The Person of Christ, Westchester: Crossway, ISBN 0-89107315-9
• ———, ed. (1985), Reformed Theology in America, Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., ISBN 0-80280096-3
• ——— (1987), God The Evangelist, Grand Rapids: William B Eerdmans, ISBN 0-80280271-0
• ———; Noll, Mark, eds. (1988), Christian Faith and Practice in the Modern World, Grand Rapids: William B Eerdmans, ISBN 0-80280279-6
• ——— (1989), Turning to God, Exeter: Paternoster Press, ISBN 0-80109700-2, republished Turning to God, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2012
• ———; Eden, Martyn, eds. (1991), The Gospel in the Modern World, Leicester: InterVarsity Press, ISBN 0-83081756-5
• ——— (1993), No Place for Truth, or, Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology, Grand Rapids: William B Eerdmans, ISBN 0-80283713-1
• ——— (1994), God in the Wasteland, Grand Rapids: William B Eerdmans, ISBN 0-80283773-5
• ——— (1995), The Bleeding of the Evangelical Church, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, ISBN 0-85151682-3
• ——— (1998), Losing Our Virtue, Grand Rapids: William B Eeerdmans, ISBN 0-80283827-8
• ——— (2005), Above All Earthly Pow'rs, Grand Rapids: William B Eerdmans, ISBN 0-80282902-3
• ——— (2008), The Courage to be Protestant, Grand Rapids: William B Eerdmans, ISBN 978-0-80284007-3
• ——— (2014), God in the Whirlwind, Wheaton: Crossway, ISBN 978-1-43353131-6