For twenty-seven years, Dr. Lee Roy Martin and his wife Karen, ministered as pastors in his denomination, the Church of God (1977-2004). He was ordained in 1983, and has served in the Church of God as a District Overseer, State Youth and CE Board member, State Council member, State Director of Ministerial Development, and State Ordination Board member. Lee Roy currently holds the rank of Bishop in the Church of God. He has preached in Church of God State Conventions, Prayer Conferences, youth camps, and pastors' conferences.

Lee Roy is employed by the Church of God Theological Seminary as an Associate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages. He has taught Old Testament and biblical languages at the Seminary since 1992. He has taught Bible Institutes, Ministerial Development Institutes, and Ministerial Internship Seminars, as well as classes at Lee University, the Han Young University, and the Puerto Rico extension of the Church of God Theological Seminary. Dr. Martin also presented several lectures for the Church of God School of Ministry video series and presented "A Model for Pentecostal Preaching in the 21st Century" to the 2006 Church of God of Prophecy Leadership Development Institute. He has lectured at the annual ministers training conference of the Zion Assembly Church of God (2007).

Dr. Martin's educational credentials include the following:

• BA in Biblical Studies, Lee University.
• MDiv, Church of God Theological Seminary.
• Post-Graduate study in biblical languages (3 years), Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary.
• DTh in Old Testament, University of South Africa.

Memberships in Professional Societies:

• The Society of Biblical Literature.
• The American Schools of Oriental Research.
• The Wesleyan Theological Society.
• The Society for Pentecostal Studies.

Other Professional Roles:

• Associate Editor of the Journal of Pentecostal Theology.
• Editor and Publisher, CPT PressSociety for Pentecostal Studies.
• Biblical Studies Interest Group Leader.
• Editorial Board member of the The Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research (Wipf & Stock)Editorial Board member of the The Journal of Biblical Studies.
• Member of the Board of Advisors for the Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship (http://www.tffps.org/)Research Fellow, University of South Africa.
• Contributing Faculty, Church of God School of Ministry.

While Lee Roy was a student at Lee College (now Lee University), he married Karen Arlene Luke, who is from Rocky Mount, NC. They have three children: Stephen (b. 1979), Michael (b. 1984) and Kendra b. 1995). Stephen and his wife Marilyn have two boys, Joshua and Caleb.

The Lee Roy Martin Website.