Terrell Carter is an author, artist, pastor, professor, and former police officer specializing in addressing issues of race relations in the church and community. He is director of contextualized learning and assistant professor of practical theology at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee, Kansas, and is the pastor of Webster Groves Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri. Carter is the author of several books, including Leadership in Black and White: Practical Suggestions for the Church to Become a Healing Presence within Divided Communities and Walking the Blue Line: A Police Officer Turned Community Activist Provides Solutions to the Racial Divide. He is also a regular contributor for Ethics Daily, Baptist News Global, Word and Way, and Huffington Post. Carter was named an Emerging Scholar of the American Baptist Churches USA in March, 2016. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and children.