Walter R. Strickland II

Walter R. Strickland II (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is an educator who hails from a line of schoolteachers. He teaches theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, is Teaching Pastor at Imago Dei Church, and co-founded Aptree Learning. Viewing education as transformation, Walter is a published author who regularly teaches in a variety of environments as a professor, preacher, consultant, and conference speaker. His desire is to equip people to live with biblical wisdom, understand the African American theological tradition, and conduct education and business with cultural intelligence. Walter was born in Chicago and raised in Southern California. He and his wife live in the Raleigh area in North Carolina, they’ve been blessed with two daughters and a son, and a daughter named Hope who is waiting to meet them in glory.