When LifeWay Christian Resources awarded LeRoy Ford the title, "Father of Interactive Writing for Southern Baptists," Ford quipped, "At my age, I should be the great-grandfather instead of the father." Ford has done extensive work in the development of curriculum designs and plans in theological education. His book A Manual for Curriculum Design in Theological Education: A Learning Outcomes Focus, was the first publication of its kind.
He has led teaching and curriculum design workshops in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuala, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and in seminaries, Bible schools, and denominational organizations in the United States. Author of fifteen books on learning theory and methods, Ford developed a cartooned-writing technique for a series of books on instruction methodology. While professor in the Foundations of Education Department at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, For taught curriculum design, curriculum writing, and principles of teaching.
