EDUCATION​
A.S. (Walters State Community College)
B.A. (Eastern Kentucky University)
M.Div. (Liberty University)
M.Min./D.Min. (Andersonville Theological Seminary)
PGCert. (Harvard University)
PUBLICATIONS
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“Jean Jaures: What Could Have Been” in Tennessee Mosaic: Regional Literary Anthology (03/2018).
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“As For Me and My House: The Death of Jingoism in America” in Tennessee Mosaic: Regional Literary Anthology (03/2018).
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"Mit Gott für Köenig und Vaterland" in Archive After Dark: Unleashed Creativity (04/2019).
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“Watchtower Under Siege: The Swiss Experience of World War I,” History Matters: Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research 16 (05/2019).
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“The Lost Cause: The State of Franklin and the Constitution,” The Mildred Haun Review: Journal of Appalachian Art, Culture, and Scholarship 5 (2019).
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“Taking Dominion to End Dominion: The Mennonite Influence on the End of Russian Serfdom,” Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History 6, no. 1 (2023).
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"Fighting for the Right to Pacifism: Proposing and Exemplifying Cooperative Pacifism" Ecclesia Militans 1:1 (Winter 2023).
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"Scriptural Answers for Parents with Empty Arms" in Image Bearers: An Anthology (Nashville: Honey Soul Press, 2024).
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The History of Antioch Baptist Church (Lewisburg, KY: Antioch Baptist Church Press, 2024).
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"Defending the Fixed-Period Perspective of 'Generation' in Matthew 24:34: An Engagement with the Dispensational-Ethnic Approach of J.B. Hixson" The American Journal of Biblical Theology 25:40 (October 2024).
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"Louie DeVotie Newton" in Dries Vanysacker and Brian Heffernan, eds., Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Paris: Letouzey et Ane, 2025). [Forthcoming]
H. Michael Shultz Jr.
Associate Professor of Church History | Director of Institutional Advancement
ABOUT
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Dr. H. Michael Shultz Jr. began preaching and teaching itinerantly in 2007, and accepted his first pastorate in 2011. In 2019, he accepted the call to pastor Antioch Baptist Church in Lewisburg, KY., and in that time he and his wife have been blessed with two precious daughters and a son.
A firm believer in the mission and work of Forge Theological Seminary, Dr. Shultz has served as Associate Professor of Church History since 2022, General Editor of the Seminary’s Academic Journal, Ecclesia Militans, since 2023, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2024. Aside from his work as a pastor and professor, Dr. Shultz has also worked as a Senior Editor for a Bible translation society and a Chaplain (Captain) for the United States Air Force Auxiliary.
As an academic, Dr. Shultz maintains a consistent publication record. He maintains two areas of expertise in historical studies. In secular history, he specializes in Trans-Atlantic African-American history during the Progressive Era. In Church History, he specializes in Southern Baptist History from 1919-1968 and Russo-Baptist relations from the time of Empress Catherine the Great through the end of the Cold War.
Courses taught​
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Church History I
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Church History II
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Calvin and Luther
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Introduction to Old Testament IV
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Capstone