Aubrey Malphurs is the Senior Professor of Pastoral Ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary. His academic areas of expertise are church planting and revitalization, leadership in general, strategic planning, and board governance. He is also the President and founder of the Malphurs Group, a leadership training and consulting organization. He has had several books published including Leading Leaders, A New Kind of Church, and Money Matters in Church. One of his books, Developing a Vision for Ministry in the 21st Century, was listed as one of the top ten books on church-management by Your Church Magazine in 1993.