INTRODUCTION

My name is Douglas M. Beaumont, I am an educator and manager with various qualifications in both areas. I earned a Ph.D. in theology from North-West University and an M.A. in apologetics from Southern Evangelical Seminary, where I taught for many years before coming into full communion with the Catholic Church. I have since served the Church as an author, speaker, catechist, and Director of Religious Education. I seek to faithfully influence the local Church through the use of my gifts and experiences as I fulfill my primary vocation to my family.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Experienced writer and verbal communicator.
Excellent managerial, customer service, organizational, and multi-tasking skills.
Adept at teaching, training, developing, counseling, and coaching team members.
Critical thinker who is degreed in psychology, philosophy, and theology.
Technologically knowledgeable and proficient in business / education software.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Theology, North-West University
M.A. in Apologetics with Philosophy, Southern Evangelical Seminary
B.A. in Psychology with Religious Studies, California State University Chico

PUBLICATIONS

Firm Foundations: Explaining Catholic Conclusions with Protestant Principles (working title, forthcoming, Catholic Answers) – Author.
The Message Behind the Movie: Engaging Film Without Disengaging Faith REBOOT (forthcoming, Ignatius) – Author.
Mind, Heart, and Soul: Intellectuals and the Path to Rome (TAN Books, 2018) – Contributor.
The Apologetics Study Bible for Students (Holman, 2017/2010) – Contributor.
Evangelical Exodus: Evangelical Seminarians and Their Paths to Rome (Ignatius, 2016) – Editor and Author.
Bumper Sticker Catholicism (LeanPub, 2015) – Coauthor
“A Consideration of Thomas Flint’s Position on the Thomistic View of Divine Sovereignty and Human Freedom” in The Christian Apologetics Journal (Vol. 10, no. 2, Spring 2012) – Author.
“The Hermeneutics of Eschatology: Preterism and Dispensationalism Compared”
in The Christian Apologetics Journal (Vol. 8, no. 2, Spring 2010) – Author.
The Message Behind the Movie: Engaging Film Without Disengaging Faith (Moody, 2007) – Author.
The Best Catholic Writing (Loyola, 2006) – Contributor.
Eternal Sobriety (Xulon, 2004) – Contributor

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Teaching

Academic Positions

Belmont Abbey College (Adjunct Professor)
Southern Evangelical Seminary / Bible College (Assistant Professor)
St. Andrew’s Theological College and Seminary (Online Instructor)
Queen City Bible College (Associate Professor)
Calvary Chapel Bible College (Instructor)

Courses

Christian Apologetics
Christ and the Media Culture
Ethics
Critical Thinking (Logic)
God’s Will
Hermeneutics
The Book of Revelation
Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Theology
Issues in the Pentateuch
New Testament Survey
Systematic Theology
World Religions and New Religious Movements

Religious Education

School of Ministry (Diocese)
St. Joseph Catholic Church (Religious Education Director, Catechist)
Dominican Institute (Instructor)
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church (Catechist)
King of Kings Anglican Church (Preacher)
Trinity Baptist Church (Adult Sunday School Teacher)
Institute of Biblical Studies (Teacher)
Southern Evangelical Church (Teacher)
Christianity Today (Online Moderator)
McKee Road Baptist Church (Adult Sunday School Teacher)
Mars Hill Discussion Group (Presenter)
Calvary Chapel Church (Preacher)
Fellowship of Christian University Students (Speaker / Teacher)
Southern Baptist Assoc. of Northern California (Preacher)
Precept Ministries (Teacher)
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (Crusade Counselor)
Wolf Mountain Summer Camp (Counselor)

Presentations & Interviews

2019 “Hands On Apologetics” with Gary Michuta – Deification: Can we Become God?
2019 Classical Theism Podcast – The Eucharist
2019 The Cordial Catholic Podcast – Proofs for Catholicism
2019 Classical Theism Podcast – The Great Apostasy
2019 St. Joseph’s Young Adult Group – The Church on Homosexuality
2019 Sacramento Apologetics Boot Camp – Ethics
2019 Stockton Ministry Day – Catholic after Confirmation, Attending Mass as Family
2019 Cordial Catholic – Understanding Paradigm Shifts: The Key to Evangelization
2019 Driving Home the Faith – Catechetical Ministry
2019 “Hands On Apologetics” with Gary Michuta – Sola Fide
2019 Catholic Answers Live! – Works and Salvation
2019 “Hands On Apologetics” with Gary Michuta – Sola Scriptura
2019 Classical Theism – Answering Apostasy Theories
2018 “True Faith Real Talk” with John Sablan – Conversion, Religious Landscape
2018 Stockton Ministry Day – Effective Protestant Dialogue and The Message Behind the Movie
2018 Patrick Coffin Show – How to Watch A Movie
2018 “Kresta in the Afternoon” on Ave Maria Radio – Catholic Conversion
2018 “Hands On Apologetics” with Gary Michuta – Evangelical Exodus and Conversion
2017 / 2018 Sacramento Apologetics Boot Camp – Logic
2017 Catholic Answers Live! – Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura
2017 “I Thought You’d Like to Know” with Bob Olson – Evangelical Exodus
2017 “Outside the Walls” with Timothy Putnam – Evangelical Exodus
2017 “Kresta in the Afternoon” on Ave Maria Radio – Evangelical Exodus
2016 Catholic Professional and Business Club of Modesto – Conversion and Education
2016 The Journey Home TV show with Marcus Grodi – My Conversion to Catholicism
2016 Mater Dei Radio interview with Dina Marie Hale – Evangelical Exodus
2016 “Jon Leonetti in the Morning” Iowa Catholic Radio – Evangelical Exodus
2016 National Catholic Register interview with Kathy Schiffer – Evangelical Exodus
2016 “Seize the Day w/Gus Lloyd” – Evangelical Exodus
2016 Catholic Answers: “Focus” – Evangelical Exodus
2016 Spirit Catholic Radio: “Spirit Morning” – Evangelical Exodus
2016 Relevant Radio: “On Call with Wendy Wiese” – Evangelical Exodus
2016 Radio Maria: “Meet the Author” – Evangelical Exodus
2016 Redeemer Radio: “Redeemer Mornings” – Evangelical Exodus
2016 Redeemer Radio: “Faithworks” – Evangelical Exodus
2016 The Son Rise Morning Show – Evangelical Exodus
2016 Mercy Unwrapped with Kristine Franklin – Catholic Conversion
2015 Evangelical Philosophical Society National Conference – Christian Businesspeople, Gay Weddings, and the Ethics of Cooperation in Wrongdoing
2015 Theology Matters – Purgatory
2015 Ratio Christi UNC Chapel Hill – Natural Law and Sexual Ethics
2015 Ratio Christi UNCG – God Talk
2014 Theology Matters – Justification
2014 Seize the Day w/Gus Lloyd – Why This Evangelical Professor is Considering Rome
2012 National Conference on Christian Apologetics – Christianity Without the Bible: Apologetics for the New Atheism
2011 National Conference on Christian Apologetics: The Message Behind the Movie
2009 NC Regional Christian Apologetics Conference: The Message Behind the Movie
2009 Ready for Answers Apologetics Conference: The Message Behind the Movie
2009 California Christian Apologetics Conference: The Message Behind the Movie & Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses Using Their Own Bible
2009 National Apologetics Conference – The Message Behind the Movie
2008 National Conference on Spiritual Discernment: The Message Behind the Music
2008 California Christian Apologetics Conference: Analogical God Talk & How NOT to Study Your Bible
2008 National Conference on Christian Apologetics: Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses Using Their Own Bible
2007 Spiritual Counterfeits Conference: The Impossibility of the Mormon God
2007 California Christian Apologetics Conference: Eschatological Apologetics, & Secular Music and the Christian
2006 Spiritual Counterfeits Conference: Seventh-day Adventism – Cultists or Christians?
2006 California Christian Apologetics Conference: Hollywood Discernment & Tactical Evangelism
2005 National Apologetics Conference: Discerning Music’s Message (aka The Message Behind the Music)
2004 Evangelical Theological Society – Paper: “The Hermeneutics of Eschatology: Preterism and Dispensationalism Compared”
2004 National Apologetics Conference: Hollywood Apologetics (aka The Message Behind the Movie)

Douglas Beaumont

Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics

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