Dr. Rod Mays was approved as adjunct professor of practical theology by the RTS Executive Committee on Sept. 2. Dr. Mays has served as the coordinator of Reformed University Ministries (RUM), the campus ministry of the Presbyterian Church in America for 11 years. Prior to assuming his current position, Rod served for nine years as senior pastor of the Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC. He has also pastored Presbyterian churches in St. Albans, WV, and Jackson, Miss. He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree and a Master’s degree in Education and Counseling.
As the co-author of Things That Cannot Be Shaken, (Crossway Books, Spring 2008) he also currently teaches “Pastoral Theology and Counseling” at RTS/Charlotte and will be an adjunct there. Dr. Mays has taught “Pastoral Ministry”, “Pastoral Counseling”, and a specialized class for the Institute for Reformed Campus Ministry called “Pastoral Ministry: Local Church and College Campus.” Going forward he will regularly teach “Pastoral Counseling” and “Pastoral Ministry: Local Church and College Campus.”
His wife Debra serves on the staff of Mitchell Rd. Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC, as a counselor to women and families. Dr. Mays and his wife have a daughter, Morgan, who is married.
Dr. Mike Milton, Chancellor/CEO Elect remarked, “Dr. Rod Mays has been an outstanding teacher for RTS/Charlotte in the recent years and has made an enormous impact in our department, in particular through biblical and pastoral counseling courses. His contribution to the Institute for Reformed Campus Ministry at RTS/Charlotte, along with his godly mentorship to our students and relationships with our faculty, have all pointed to this event, which we have prayed for: that Rod would be a part of RTS in an official faculty relationship. We praise God for his labors in the PCA and at RTS and look forward to many years of laboring together in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”