Rev. Dr. Tyshawn Gardner

Rev. Dr. Tyshawn Gardner is a respected homiletician, author, and scholar of preaching.  Dr. Gardner is the author of Social Crisis Preaching: Biblical Preaching for Troubled Times, a preaching textbook written to help preachers leverage the power of the Written Word against the most serious social crises of our times. He teaches in the areas of expository preaching, narrative exposition, preaching from the Old Testament, social crisis and prophetic preaching, and delivery methods.  Dr. Gardner currently teaches preaching at Samford University and has taught preaching at Beeson Divinity School, Western Theological Seminary, and has lectured on preaching at seminaries and churches across the nation.  His passion is helping preachers deliver sermons under the power of the Holy Spirit, that are faithful to the Bible, and that are rich with imagery and relevant to the needs of the hearer. 

Pastor Gardner is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in both Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.

He is married to Shonetay Gardner and they have 4 children, and 3 beautiful grandchildren.