Brent L. Top is Professor Emeritus of Church History & Doctrine at Brigham Young University and former Dean of Religious Education. Immediately prior to his retirement from BYU he was the Richard L. Evans Distinguished Professor of Religious Understanding at Brigham Young University. In his thirty-five years on the Religion faculty at BYU, Brent has authored or co-authored more than 20 books and numerous articles on doctrinal, scriptural, historical, and sociological. subjects.
Dr. Top and his family lived in Israel when he taught Old and New Testament at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near-Eastern Studies. He has traveled extensively in the Holy Land and has led scores of tours. Most recently, Brent served as mission president/site leader at the Mormon Battalion Historic Site in San Diego (2022-2024) and was president of the Illinois Peoria Mission (2004-2007). In both of these capacities he and his wife, Wendy were continually immersed in the people, places, and events of Latter-day Saint History. He has led several tours to those important sites where foundational events of the Restoration transpired. He is a popular speaker at BYU Campus Education Week and has often presented at BYU Women’s Conference and many other settings. He and Wendy love to travel with Bountiful Travel and from those tours have made many new life-long friends. Brent and Wendy currently live in the St. George, Utah area surrounded by red rocks and plenty of adventures.
