Dr. Stan Wallace serves as the President and CEO of Global Scholars. He began serving in ministry with Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru) in 1985, initially ministering to students and then faculty on university campuses in the U.S. In 1999, he founded Cru’s Academic Initiative in order to aid faculty in integrating biblical truth into their research, publishing and teaching. In 2001, he joined InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA’s Graduate Student & Faculty Ministries, serving as National Director of Faculty Ministry. He also established the Emerging Scholars Network to help students prepare to serve Christ as university professors. He joined Global Scholars as Executive Vice President in 2010, and was appointed President and CEO in 2014.
He holds a BS in Secondary Education from Miami University, an MA in Philosophy and Ethics for Talbot School of Theology, Biola University (summa cum laude) and a D.Min (Doctor of Ministry) in “Engaging Mind and Culture,” also from Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, where he studied under Dr. J.P. Moreland. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in apologetics, ethics and Christian thought, as well as published in professional and ministry journals, contributed to several books and edited several others on these subjects.
Stan and his wife, Lori, live in Olathe, KS. They have four children — two daughters and two sons. Stan is passionate about playing, watching and discussing all things football as well as enjoying time with my family, reading, doing home improvement projects and traveling.