Rev. Dr. Elizabeth "Ebby" Arnold

Denomination: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF)
Organization: Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Elizabeth "Ebby" Arnold is the Scholar in Residence for The Candler Foundry at Candler School of Theology, part of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Emory, where her dissertation focuses on the wilderness in Luke-Acts. Through both The Candler Foundry and Candler’s M.Div. and D.Min. programs, Ebby teaches courses on a variety of subjects, including the Gospels, 1 Corinthians, Luke-Acts, and preaching.

Her research areas include the literary interpretation of Scripture, humor and emotion in the Bible, and the intersection of the church and the academy. She completed seminary at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity in 2015 and has been an ordained minister in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship since 2019.

In her work through The Candler Foundry, Ebby has had the opportunity to preach and teach in churches of many different denominations and worship styles. This ecumenical engagement has fostered a deep desire to bring all expressions of Jesus’s church together to learn, grow, and explore Scripture as a shared spiritual inheritance.

Ebby and her husband Adam have three hilarious teenagers—Lilianna, Gabriel, and Noemi—as well as a snake named Houdini. As a family, they enjoy traveling the world, cooking and hosting gatherings for friends and family, and enjoying musical and comedy theatre.