Dr. Barry Howson

VP of Academics, Dean of Seminary

Dr. Barry Howson serves as Vice President of Academics and Dean of the Seminary, and Professor of Theology at Heritage College & Seminary. His teaching integrates biblical, historical, systematic, and pastoral theology, equipping students to serve the Church with theological depth and pastoral wisdom.

Through his teaching, scholarship, and decades of pastoral ministry, Dr. Howson seeks to form students who are grounded in Scripture, attentive to church history, and committed to faithful gospel ministry in contemporary contexts.

Teaching Areas

  • Theology
  • Worldviews
  • Church History

Courses Taught

  • Worldviews and culture
  • Biblical Theology
  • Theological Foundations I
  • Theological Foundations II
  • Theology of Church and Ministry
  • Moral Theology

Research Interests

  • Baptist History
  • Eschatology
  • Reformation History

Academic Affiliations

  • Evangelical Theological Society

Ministry Experience

Dr. Howson has served in pastoral ministry for over four decades, including:

  •  Teaching Pastor, Heritage Fellowship Baptist Church, Ancaster ON (2007-present)
  • Interim Pastor, Westside Baptist Church, Hamilton ON (2005-2006)
  • Interim and Senior Pastor, Vankleek Hill Baptist Church (1997-2001)
  • Senior Pastor, Dalesville Baptist Church (1985-1995)
  • Senior Pastor, Lachute Baptist Church (1985-1990)
  • Youth Pastor, Wilmar Heights Baptist Church under Pastor John Crozier (1980-1985)

He is ordained with FEB Central and has contributed to denominational leadership, including service on the Affirmation of Faith Committee (2023-2025).

Selected Publications

  • Erroneous and Schismatical Opinions: The Question of Orthodoxy Regarding the Theology of Hanserd Knollys (c.1599–1691), Barry H. Howson. Brill, 2001
  • Zealous for the Lord: the Life and Thought of the 17th Baptist Hanserd Knollys. Eugene Or: Pickwick Publications, Wipf and Stock (2019). Co authored with Dennis Bustin.
  • Christ Exalted: The Pastoral Writings of Hanserd Knollys with an essay on his eschatological Thought, edited by Barry H. Howson
  • “What does a sixth century Catholic Pope have to say to twenty-first century evangelical pastors? An examination of Gregory the Great’s Pastoral Care”
  • “Science and the age of the Earth”
  • “Slave Spirituals”
  • “The Fusion of Politics and Religion in 17th Century England: The Fifth Monarchy Men”
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Education

  • B.A.HistoryUniversity of Waterloo
  • M.Div.Central Baptist Seminary
  • M.A.Church HistoryMcGill University
  • Ph.D.Church HistoryMcGill University

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