Michael Sharp is retired professor of worship studies in the Division of Church Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where he taught for twenty-six years. He has also served on staff in many local churches as well as an international missionary to Venezuela. He holds degrees from Louisiana State University (Ph.D.), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (MCM), and Ouachita Baptist University (BM). He and his wife, Leanne, are the proud parents of three grown children. They have ten grandchildren.