Brian Kaylor serves as Editorial Assistant for the Baptist General Convention of Missouri, Contributing Editor for EthicsDaily.com, and Assistant Professor of Communications Studies at James Madison University (where he teaches political communication, rhetorical theory, and public speaking courses). 

Brian has won several awards for news and academic writing, including some from the Baptist Communicators Association, the National Communication Association, and the Religious Communication Association. In addition to news and editorial writing for the BGCM, Brian has written pieces for Ethics Daily, Word&Way, and other publications. He has been quoted in the Associated Baptist Press, Baptist Message, Baptist Press, CAFNR Corner Post, Columbia Missourian, Columbia Tribune, Ethics Daily, Florida Baptist Witness, Omnibus, Springfield News-Leader, Texas Observer, The Pathway, The Winchester Star, Vox, and Word&Way. He has also presented over forty papers at academic communication conferences.

Brian has a B.A. in Communication and Christian Ministry from Southwest Baptist University, an M.A. in Communication from the University of Missouri, a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Missouri, and studied at a Baptist seminary. He has also taught communication courses at the University of Missouri, Southwest Baptist University, and for the Junior Statesman Program at Northwestern University.

Brian previously served as pastor of Union Mound Baptist Church and worked for Mountain Country Ministries of Tri-County Baptist Association. You may contact Brian at bkaylor@baptistgcm.org, and read his blog at ForGodsSakeShutup.blogspot.com. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/briankaylor.

He and his wife, Jennifer, were married in June of 2004, and later got their dog Poco (a little black cocker spaniel).