Dr. Gerald Borchert has served as a Canadian Lawyer, an Ordained Baptist Minister, a Professor, and a Dean and Vice President of two Baptist theological seminaries in the United States in addition to having taught in many places. He is one of the translators of the New Living Translation and has written more than 150 articles and a score of books including commentaries on John, Galatians, Revelation, Thessalonians, two works on Jesus, one on Worship in the New Testament: Divine Mystery and Human Response which surveys the entire New Testament, two handbooks on visiting The Lands of the Bible, and most recently Christ and Chaos: Biblical Keys to Ethical Questions, a Webber Institute publication.

He has retired three times, and he and his wife Doris were installed as emeriti Professors at the Robert Webber Institute for Worship Studies. The Borcherts have two sons: Mark, a communications professor, and Tim, a graduate of IWS, and four grandchildren.