[2][3] Fisher graduated from Bryan College in 1967 and then received a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and later he received his Ph.D. in New Testament Interpretation from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with further graduate study at Hebrew Union College and Indiana University.
[4] Fisher's academic focus is the Jewish background of early Christianity.
Fisher's almost doubled the membership of the congregations and implemented new programs that advanced the mission of the church.
[7] Fisher has published a popular book entitled The Twenty-First Century Pastor: A Vision Based on the Apostle Paul, which is in its eighth printing and cited by dozens of other publications.
[8] In addition to Fisher's many academic and popular articles and publications, interviews and articles about Fisher have appeared in news sources, such as the New York Sun, Boston Globe, and CNN.