Podcast: Rooted and Growing, a New Season at Regent

Sep 19, 2025
Paul Spilsbury
Regent’s new President, shares his vision of being “Rooted and Growing.” He emphasizes community, formation, and enrollment, offering hopeful insights for students in this new era of listening and learning.
Paul Spilsbury

Paul Spilsbury

President; Professor of New Testament

Dr. Paul Spilsbury joined the Regent College faculty in August 2015 as Academic Dean and Professor of New Testament and assumed the role of President in 2025. Paul's doctoral studies, undertaken at the University of Cambridge (Queens' College), focused on the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. Before joining Regent's faculty, he taught New Testament at Canadian Bible College and Ambrose University.

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