Podcast: Rooted and Growing, a New Season at Regent

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 originally came to Canada from South Africa in 1984 to attend Prairie Bible College. Subsequently, he also graduated from Regent College and then completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge (Queens’ College). After the conclusion of his doctoral work on the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, Paul joined the faculty of Canadian Bible College in Regina, Saskatchewan, where he became Professor of New Testament and was an integral part of the early formation and development of Ambrose University in Calgary.

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