Often humerus, sometimes poignant, occasionally controversial, Tom Campbell's stories are drawn from a lifetime of experience both inside and outside the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. What's more, all of them are preachable. Thomas D. Campbell was born in Decatur, Texas, on March 31, 1939. He grew up in McKenzie, Tennessee. He earned degrees from Bethel College and the Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He later earned two degrees at Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. He has been director of the Program of Alternate Studies for the denomination since 1994.