Harding School of Theology Faculty

MINISTRY INVOLVEMENT

• Preaching Minister, Southside Church of Christ, Fort Worth, TX; 2006-2021
• Campus Minister Apprentice, Highland St. Church of Christ, Memphis, TN; 2003-2006
• Associate Minister, Cave City Church of Christ, Cave City, AR; 2002-2003

Steve Cloer, assistant professor of ministry, teaches courses in congregational ministry, mission, and leadership. He also directs the Doctor of Ministry program. His research and writing interests include missional theology, church leadership, ministry in urban contexts, and racial reconciliation. Steve has served in youth ministry, campus ministry, and preaching ministry. Most recently, Steve was the preacher for Southside Church of Christ in Fort Worth, TX for 15 years. This historic congregation was located two miles south of downtown. For most of his time there, Steve and his family lived in an urban neighborhood near the Southside church building. Steve and his wife, Lindsay, have three children, Joshua, Lydia, and Bethany. Steve enjoys sports, outdoor adventures, spending time with family, and cheering for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

SELECT PRESENTATIONS

• “The Rhetoric of Condemnation in the Book of Job,” Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Fall 2017
• “The ‘Low-life’ Mockers of Job: Job 30:1-8 as an Extended Animal Metaphor,” Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Fall 2015
• “Metaphor Coherence and Competition in the Joban Discourse: ‘Proverbs of Ashes’ in Its Conceptual Context,” Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Fall 2014

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Hebrew Bible, Wisdom Literature, Poetry

MINISTRY INVOLVEMENT

Shepherd, Sycamore View Church of Christ, Memphis, TN.

Past ministry involvement includes mission work in Wisconsin.

Presentations

• “Teaching Preaching via Rhetorical Criticism,” Evangelical Homiletics Society Conference, 2024, Lancaster Bible College, Lancaster, PA (forthcoming)
  
  
• “‘Christ is Speaking’: The Psalms as the Grammar of Augustine’s Sermons,” Academy of Homiletics Conference, 2023, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  
  
• “Preaching Colossians,” Neller Preaching Lectures, 2023, Harding University, Searcy, AR
  
  
• “Preaching in Place: Reflections on the Sermons of Oscar Romero, Dislocated Pulpits, and the Dangers of an Incarnate Word,” Christian Scholars’ Conference, 2023, Houston, TX
  
  
• “Preaching with Beautiful Words: George Herbert and the Beautiful Sermon,” Christian Scholars’ Conference, 2023, Houston, TX

Ministry Involvement

• Preaching Minister, Beebe Church of Christ, Beebe, AR, 2015–Present
• Youth Minister, Beebe Church of Christ, Beebe, AR, 2010–2015 

Keith Stanglin, Professor of Historical Theology, teaches courses in the history of Christianity and theology. He specializes in Reformation and post-Reformation theology, the history of biblical interpretation, moral theology, and Arminianism. A prolific author, Keith has written or edited eleven books and numerous articles for both scholarly and popular audiences.

Keith is the Executive Director of the Center for Christian Studies in Austin, Texas and the editor of the Journal of Christian Studies. He has served churches in a number of ministry roles, most recently as an interim preaching minister.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
The Catholic Arminius: Theological Influences and Contexts in Early Modern Protestantism.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, under contract.

Super-Abundant Grace: Reflections on Romans. Eugene: Cascade, 2022.
Ethics beyond Rules: How Christ’s Call to Love Informs Our Moral Choices. Grand Rapids:
Zondervan Reflective, 2021.

After Arminius: A Historical Introduction to Arminian Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2021. (Co-authored with Tom McCall.)

The Letter and Spirit of Biblical Interpretation: From the Early Church to Modern Practice.
Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018.

The Reformation to the Modern Church: A Reader in Christian Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress
Press, 2014.

Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. (Co-authored with
Tom McCall.)

The Missing Public Disputations of Jacobus Arminius: Introduction, Text, and Notes. Brill’s Series
in Church History, vol. 47. Leiden: Brill, 2010.

Arminius, Arminianism, and Europe: Jacobus Arminius (1559/60–1609). Brill’s Series in Church
History, vol. 39. Leiden: Brill, 2009. (Co-edited with Th. Marius van Leeuwen and Marijke
Tolsma.)

Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation: The Context, Roots, and Shape of the Leiden Debate,
1603–1609. Brill’s Series in Church History, vol. 27. Leiden: Brill, 2007.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Reformation and post-Reformation theology, the history of biblical interpretation, moral theology,
Arminianism

MINISTRY INVOLVEMENT
Executive Director of the Center for Christian Studies in Austin, Texas and the editor of the
Journal of Christian Studies. Has served churches in a number of ministry roles, most recently as
an interim preaching minister.