Dr. Mateus de Campos

Email: [email protected]
First Year at Gordon-Conwell: 2018
Expertise: New Testament Studies

Biography:
Dr. Mateus de Campos serves as George F. Bennett Associate Professor of New Testament. His scholarly work focuses on Christology and discipleship in the Gospels, and the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament. He is the author of Resisting Jesus: A Narrative and Intertextual Analysis of Mark’s Portrayal of the Disciples of Jesus (Brill, 2021), and has written commentaries on 2 Peter and Jude (The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Commentary, IVP 2024), and Ephesians (Hendrickson, forthcoming), among other works. Currently, he is writing commentaries on the Gospel of Mark and on the discipleship narratives in the Gospels.

Dr. de Campos is an advocate for incorporating discipleship practices into ministerial training. He led the faculty in designing the Life Together model, an initiative integrating academic training, spiritual formation, and community, which emphasizes presence, intentionality, and relationships.

Originally from Brazil, Dr. de Campos previously served as a pastor for ten years at the Church of the Nazarene in Americana, Brazil, where he was involved in preaching, teaching, and ministry development. He has spoken at numerous churches and conferences both in Brazil and internationally. Even now, he remains actively engaged in preaching and teaching in local churches in New England, Brazil, and abroad, ministering across various denominations within the evangelical tradition.

Dr. de Campos resides in Middleton, MA, with his wife, Renata, and their children, Matt and Zoe Victoria.

Degrees

• BA (Seminário Teológico Nazareno do Brasil)
• MA (Regent College, Canada)
• PhD (University of Cambridge, UK)

Featured Podcasts

• TogetherPDX. “Gospel Gathering: Mateus de Campos”
• Grace Chapel. “Where Are You?”
• The Guys Like Us, Living as a Disciple of Christ. “Formation in Education with Dr. Mateus de Campos”
• Church in Action Podcast. “Ep. 92 “Best Of” Highlight: Every Christian a Disciple-Maker with Dr. Mateus de Campos”

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Selected Publications

• de Campos, Mateus F. The Preacher’s Greek Companion to Ephesians. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2024.
• de Campos, Mateus F. “Second Letter of Peter.” The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary. Edited by Esau McCaulley, Janette Ok, Osvaldo Padilla, and Amy Peeler. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2024.
• de Campos, Mateus F. “Letter of Jude.” The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary. Edited by Esau McCaulley, Janette Ok, Osvaldo Padilla, and Amy Peeler. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2024.
• de Campos, Mateus F. Resisting Jesus: A Narrative and Intertextual Analysis of Mark’s Portrayal of the Disciples of Jesus. Leiden: Brill, 2021.
• de Campos, Mateus F. “Markan Epistemology and the Problem of Incomprehension.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 64, no. 4 (2021): 745–766.
• de Campos, Mateus F. “The ‘Sign from Heaven’ and the ‘Bread from Heaven’ (Mark 8:10–13).” Biblica 98, no. 2 (2017): 234–256.
• de Campos, Mateus F. “Love and Ethics in Romans.” In Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Theological Essays. Edited by Douglas J. Moo, Eckhard J. Schnabel, Thomas R. Schreiner, and Frank Thielman. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2023.