Dr. Joshua Hutchens serves as President of Gospel Life and Shepherds Academy in Zomba, Malawi, where he trains Malawian and Mozambican church leaders to make disciples and grow healthy churches. Dr. Hutchens and his wife Stacy Leigh founded Gospel Life in 2016 and were appointed missionaries to Malawi, moving to Zomba in 2018.
His academic research and writing focuses on the theology of New Testament letters and missiology. He also serves as a theological review editor for Zondervan Bibles, working on various projects, including The Grace and Truth Study Bible.
Previously, Dr. Hutchens pastored two churches in Kentucky and served for two years as a missionary in Moldova. Dr. and Mrs. Hutchens are members of Hardin Baptist Church in Hardin, Kentucky. They have five children. Dr. Hutchens enjoys hiking with his family and smoking meat on his Weber Kettle Grill.