Alex McFarland

President, Southern Evangelical Seminary

As a speaker, writer, and advocate for Christian apologetics, Alex McFarland has spoken in hundreds of locations throughout the US. and abroad. He has been interviewed by Billy Graham’s Decision radio broadcast, James Dobson (Focus On The Family radio), The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chuck Colson’s Breakpoint broadcast, CBS, FOX, NBC news, etc.

In 1998, Alex was named one of North Carolina’s “Forty Leaders Under The Age of Forty,” by the Jaycees. Through the “50-States-In-50-Days Tour Of Truth” in 2000, Alex and his ministry team made headlines as they conducted a crusade throughout every US state.

Through the “Truth For A New Generation” apologetics conferences, Alex has assembled the world’s premier Christian apologists (such as Josh McDowell, Ravi Zacharias, Lee Strobel, Norman Geisler, and others), with a goal of introducing new audiences to the truths of Christianity.

Since 2000, Alex has been a weekly host for “Truth Talk Live,” a Christian call-in radio program heard in numerous parts of the nation. Alex serves Focus On The Family, Colorado Springs, CO, speaking and writing as their “Spokesperson for Teen Apologetics.”

In 2006, Alex was named the third President of Southern Evangelical Seminary and the Veritas Graduate School of Apologetics, located near Charlotte, NC.

Alex McFarland earned an M.A. in Christian Thought / Apologetics from Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Southern Evangelical Seminary.