Lead Teaching Pastor

Dr. J.B. Hixson is the founder and president of Not By Works Ministries (NBW Ministries), where he has served since 1999. NBW Ministries and Plum Creek Chapel form a strategic alliance for advancing the clear, accurate, and urgent Gospel message in the world today. As the Lead Teaching Pastor at Plum Creek, Dr. Hixson is in the pulpit about 40 Sundays each year. When he is not in the pulpit, he is usually traveling for speaking engagements across the country.

J.B. has more than thirty years of ministry experience in the pastoral and academic arenas. He has a passion for communicating important theological truths from God’s Word in a clear and easy to understand way, and for helping others learn how to study the Bible effectively for themselves.  Dr. Hixson has served on the faculties and adjunct faculties of nine colleges and seminaries.

He earned his B.A. degree from Houston Baptist University, Th.M. degree from Dallas Theological Seminary, and Ph.D. degree from Baptist Bible Seminary. He is the author of eleven books and has contributed to many theological journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles, and other print and online media.

J. B. and his wife Wendy have been married for thirty-one years and have six children and one granddaughter. For more information about Dr. Hixson please visit www.NotByWorks.org.