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{{Short description|American theologian}}
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| name        = Owen Strachan
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| birth_name    = Owen D. Strachan
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1981|5|14}}
| birth_place  = [[Maine]], U.S.
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| occupation  = Pastor, author, theologian
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| genre        = Theology, culture
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| spouse      = Bethany Strachan
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| website      = {{URL|https://owenstrachan.wordpress.com}}
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'''Owen Strachan''' (pronounced "Stran"<ref>https://cbmw.org/2013/01/07/owen-strachan-named-new-cbmw-executive-director/</ref>) is an American [[Calvinist]] theologian. He is [[Provost (education)|provost]] of Grace Bible Theological Seminary in [[Arkansas]] and became the Senior Director of the Dobson Culture Center in June 2024.


Strachan studied at [[Bowdoin College]], [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]], and [[Trinity Evangelical Divinity School]].<ref>https://gbtseminary.org/gbtseminary-faculty/owen-strachan/</ref> He previously taught at [[Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] and served as president of the [[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]] from 2014 to 2016.<ref>https://cbmw.org/2014/05/12/owen-strachan-appointed-president-of-cbmw/</ref><ref>https://cbmw.org/2016/07/12/cbmw-announcement-owen-strachan-resigns-as-cbmw-president/</ref><ref>https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/trinity-issue-not-tied-to-cbmw-pres-resignation/</ref>
Strachan is a critic of both [[wokeness]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Giatti |first1=Ian M. |title=Author, theology professor Owen Strachan says feminism, 'wokeness' behind cultural 'war on men' |url=https://www.christianpost.com/books/owen-strachan-says-feminism-wokeness-behind-war-on-men.html |access-date=24 January 2024 |work=[[Christian Post]] |date=3 October 2023}}</ref> and [[Christian nationalism]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smietana |first1=Bob |title=Calvinist activist warns that white nationalism is invading Reformed churches |url=https://religionnews.com/2023/08/23/calvinist-author-and-professor-warns-that-white-nationalism-is-invading-reformed-churches-owen-strachan/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |work=[[Religion News Service]] |date=23 August 2023}}</ref> His podcast "Grace and Truth with Owen Strachan" is hosted by the [[Salem Podcast Network]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Salem Podcast Network Announces the Launch of "Grace and Truth with Owen Strachan" |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/salem-podcast-network-announces-launch-232900607.html |access-date=24 January 2024 |work=[[Business Wire]] |date=3 October 2023}}</ref> Mark Wingfield, writing for ''[[Baptist News Global]]'' in 2022, suggested that Strachan "remains an influential person among the right-most flank of the [[Southern Baptist Convention|SBC]]."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wingfield |first1=Mark |title=Has God really 'staked everything on men'? |url=https://baptistnews.com/article/has-god-really-staked-everything-on-men/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |work=[[Baptist News Global]] |date=6 April 2022}}</ref>
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