About Obbie
Obbie is pastor of Third Baptist Church of Marion, Illinois. He serves as adjunct professor of theology at Luther Rice College & Seminary and adjunct professor of church history at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Obbie holds a B.A. from the University of Kentucky, an M.Div. and a Th.M. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He enjoys reading American religious history, running outside, and hiking in Southern Illinois with his wife Kelly and their twins, Roman and Ruby. Obbie is a native of Kentucky and a lover of the Bluegrass State. He has been published in a dozen academic journals and written five books, including his most recent, The Beechers: America's Most Influential Family (LSU Press, 2024). Obbie is currently under contract with Oxford University Press to write John D. Rockefeller: The Baptist Baron, a religious biography of America's once richest man. You can contact Obbie at obbiett@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @obbietyler.