Edward John Stetzer (born 1966) is an American author, pastor, and Christian missiologist. He is Dean and Professor of Leadership and Christian Ministry at Talbot School of Theology at

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. He also serves as Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Wycliffe Hall at

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. Stetzer is Regional Director for Lausanne North America and editor-in-chief of ''

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Early life and education

Stetzer was born in

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and grew up

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, outside

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. He holds master's degrees from Liberty University School of Divinity and the

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, a Doctor of Ministry from

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, and a Ph.D. from the

Ministry

Stetzer was Executive Director of LifeWay Research, a division of LifeWay Christian Resources, and LifeWay's Missiologist in Residence. He worked as Dean of the Graduate School of Mission, Ministry, and Leadership, as well as Professor, Church, Mission, and Evangelism at Wheaton College and Executive Director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton. He has also served as Director of Research and Missiologist-In-Residence for the North American Mission Board. Stetzer served as interim senior pastor at

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from 2016 to 2020, after the retirement of longtime pastor Erwin Lutzer."About Us: Pastors"
''Moody Church Media'', accessed March 21, 2024 Stetzer became Visiting Professor of Research and Missiology at

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in 2019.Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Faculty: Ed Stetzer, PhD
, accessed May 23, 2019.

Published books

* Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age ( B&H Publishing Group, 2003) * Perimeters of Light: Biblical Boundaries for the Emerging Church (with Elmer Towns, Moody Publishing, 2004) * Breaking the Missional Code (with David Putman; B&H Publishing Group, 2006) * Planting Missional Churches (B&H Publishers, 2006) * Comeback Churches (with Mike Dodson; B&H Publishing Group, 2007) * 11 Innovations in the Local Church (with Elmer Towns and Warren Bird; Regal Publishing, 2007) * Compelled by Love: The Most Excellent Way to Missional Living (with Philip Nation; New Hope Publishers, 2008) * Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them (with Richie Stanley and Jason Hayes; B&H Publishers, 2009) * MissionShift: Global Mission Issues in the Third Millennium (with David Hesselgrave; B&H Publishing Group, 2010) * Viral Churches: Helping Church Planters Become Movement Makers (with Warren Bird;

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, 2010) * Transformational Church: Creating a New Scorecard for Congregations (with Thom S. Rainer, B&H Publishing Group, 2010) * Subversive Kingdom: Living as Agents of Gospel Transformation (B&H Publishing Group, 2012) * Compelled: Living the Mission of God (with Philip Nation, New Hope Publishers, 2012) * The Mission of God Study Bible (with Philip Nation, B&H Publishing Group, 2012) * Transformational Groups: Creating a New Scorecard for Groups (with Eric Geiger; B&H Publishing Group, 2014) * Igrejas que transformam o Brasil: sinais de um movimento revolucionário e inspirador (with Sérgio Queiroz; Mundo Cristão, 2017) * Christians in the Age of Outrage: How to Bring Our Best When the World is at its Worst (Tyndale, 2018)

References

External links

Ed Stetzer's website

ChurchLeaders.com

Talbot School of Theology
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