Wes Crawford is an Assistant Professor of Church History at ACU, where he also directs the Center for Restoration Studies and serves as the Vice Provost. He spent twenty years as a preaching minister in Texas, splitting time between the Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock and Glenwood Church of Christ in Tyler. His research centers on American religion and the intersection of race and religion, which is the theme of his book Shattering the Illusion. Wes and his wife, Kim, have been married for over twenty years and have four children.