W. Madison Grace II serves as Associate Professor of Baptist Heritage at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Madison was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi and grew up in south Florida. While in college he felt called into full-time, vocational ministry and now holds a B.A. (Christian Studies) from Mississippi College, along with an M.Div. (Biblical Languages), and a PhD (Systematic Theology) from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Madison has served in a variety of ministry positions at churches in Mississippi and Texas in children, youth, educational, and pastoral training ministries. Madison is the proud husband of Shareen, and the father of three wonderful boys.