Steve Hudson serves as professor of leadership for Piedmont International University and has served in church plants and revitalizations in Alabama, Kentucky, and Arkansas. He currently resides in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, with his wife, Robin, a pediatrician, and his two children, Ellie and Joseph. His research and writing focuses on church revitalization, ecclesial leadership development, and sometimes pirates and princesses for his kids. He is a two-time graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.