Dorothy Kelley Patterson resides with her husband Paige Patterson, the President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a former President of the Southern Baptist Convention, at Pecan Manor in Fort Worth, Texas. She describes herself as first and foremost a homemaker, and that task has always commanded her priority in time, energies, and creativity. Dr. and Mrs. Patterson are proud of their children: son Armour and his wife Rachel are living in Arizona; daughter Carmen and her husband Mark Howell reside in Daytona Beach, Florida, with their daughters, Abigail Leigh and Rebekah Elizabeth.
Dr. Patterson has traveled to more than 125 countries; she met with Pope John Paul in his private apartment in the Vatican; she served as Chair for President Ronald Reagan's Presidential Bible Committee and was received in the Oval Office; she has had coffee with former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in his Knesset office; she's been the guest of Yaser Arafat at a midnight banquet in Saddam Hussein's palace guest house in Baghdad.
Dr. Patterson is a widely used free-lance writer and speaker. Currently she is Professor of Theology in Women's Studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is the author of The Family, BeAttitudes For Women, A Woman Seeking God, A Handbook for Parents in Ministry, and A Handbook for Minister's Wives published by Broadman Press, Where's Mom?, published by Crossway books, and Touched By Greatness: Women in the Life of Moses. She is also the General Editor for the Women's Evangelical Commentary on the New Testament and a second volume on the Old Testament published by B&H, and The Woman's Study Bible, published by Thomas Nelson. She regularly contributes chapters and articles to books, journals, and periodicals.