Julia B. Higgins was born in Florence, Ala. and grew up across the Tennessee River in Tuscumbia. She graduated from the University of North Alabama and attended Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary where she obtained a Master of Divinity in Christian Education. She lived and worked in the Memphis area for 18 years, serving on staff at Bellevue Baptist Church, as well as serving as Director of Campus Life and Dean of Women at Mid-America.

In 2011, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership and Christian Higher Education through a non-residential cohort program at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2018, she moved to North Carolina to serve at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary as Assistant Professor of Ministry to Women and Associate Dean of Graduate Programming.

She is passionate about equipping women to teach the Bible, make disciples, serve their local church, and be on mission. She co-edited and contributed to The Whole Woman: Ministering to Her Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength (B&H 2021) and she is the author of Empowered and Equipped: Bible Exposition for Women Who Teach the Scriptures (B&H Academic 2022). She has taught at various events, including Lifeway Women Academy, the Lifeway Women’s Leadership Forum, and The Gospel Coalition’s “How to Teach the Bible” cohort. Additionally, she serves as a doctrinal reader for ‘Missions Mosaic,’ a publication of the Women’s Missionary Union (WMU).

She and her husband, Tony, love cooking, traveling, and watching college football. Their most recent travels include a trip to Cyprus and Turkey to serve missionaries as well as tour the seven churches of Revelation. You can find them on a fall Saturday cheering on the Auburn Tigers and the Georgia Bulldogs, alongside their loveable Shih-tzu, Charlie.