James White (theologian)
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James Robert White is an American Christian apologist, Reformed Baptist theologian,<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> and public speaker. He is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, a Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a Christian scholar<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and has authored several books.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Early life and education
White graduated with a BA from Grand Canyon University (formerly known as Grand Canyon College) and an MA from Fuller Theological Seminary. His ThM, Th.D. and D.Min. degrees are from Columbia Evangelical Seminary (formerly Faraston Theological Seminary), an unaccredited online school.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The legitimacy of White's academic credentials has been questioned.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Career
White served as an elder of Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1998 until 2018. He became Scholar-in-Residence at Apologia Church in Tempe, Arizona in 2018,<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:CbignoreTemplate:User-generated source</ref> and was installed as one of the pastor/elders in 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:CbignoreTemplate:User-generated source</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, a Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. As director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, White also hosts a daily Dividing Line Podcast and radio show on the Alpha and Omega Ministries YouTube Channel. He was also a critical consultant for the Lockman Foundation's New American Standard Bible.<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
White often engages in public debate, having participated in more than 170 public moderated debates,<ref name="aomin2014">Template:Citation</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> covering topics such as Calvinism, Catholicism, Islam, Mormonism, Infant baptism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the King James Only movement, Jehovah's Witnesses, and atheism. His debate opponents have included Bart Ehrman, John Dominic Crossan, Marcus Borg, Robert M. Price, Gerry Matatics, Joe Ventilacion of Iglesia ni Cristo,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> Dan Barker, Jimmy Akin, and John Shelby Spong.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> James White has criticized fundamentalist views and King James Onlyism. He has argued that the King James version has multiple translation errors.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
White has written multiple books critical of Catholic theology, including the books; The Roman Catholic Controversy, Mary: Another Redeemer? and The Fatal Flaw.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
White supports Creationism and Theonomy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal life
James White has an elder sister, Patty Bonds nee White, with whom he has been estranged for many years. <ref>[1] Patty Bonds, her father, her mother and her brother James White, at Catholic Convert</ref>
He is married and he and his wife have two children. He also has five living grandchildren.<ref name="aomin2014" />
White is a Reformed Baptist<ref name=":0" /> and a Calvinist.<ref name=":1" />
Selected works
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