Former campus minister of Christ in Action, a college outreach sponsored by the Broadway Church of Christ and instructor in Bible and Campus and Young Adult Ministry at Lubbock Christian University, Dean now serves as minister of the Word to the Family of God at Woodmont Hills, Nashville, TN. Before entering ministry, Dean earned a law degree from the University of Virginia and practiced civil litigation and constitutional law. In the meantime, he earned an MA in Christian Theology from Harding Graduate School of Religion. Dean is married to Melanie Barham, and he is the father of three children. His passion is to commission the next generation to tell the story of the Man who wouldn’t stay dead.