David Wells is the senior distinguished research professor of theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books in which his evangelical theology engages with the modern world. In addition to teaching and writing, Wells has been involved with a number of ministries, including the Rafiki Foundation, whose goal is to establish orphanages and schools in 10 African countries in order to raise and train orphans within a Christian framework. Wells and his wife, Jane, live in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.
