Greg Welty was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., Philosophy), Westminster Theological Seminary in California (M.Div.), and the University of Oxford (MPhil, DPhil, Philosophical Theology; Oriel College). He was a teaching assistant for John Frame at Westminster (1993-1997), a stipendiary lecturer in philosophy at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford (2000-2001), assistant professor of philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas (2003-2010), and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina (2010-present). He is also the Program Coordinator for the MA in Apologetics and Christian Philosophy at Southeastern, and served as a pastor for over ten years. He specializes in the relation between abstract objects and God, the problem of evil, theories of divine providence, theistic arguments, and philosophy of religion more generally.