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Stetzer in 2010
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Born | 1966 Long Island, New York United States |
Alma mater |
Shorter University Liberty University School of Divinity Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Beeson Divinity School |
Spouse(s) | Donna Stetzer |
Ed Stetzer (born 1966) is an author, speaker, researcher, pastor, church planter, and Christian missiologist. Stetzer is a contributor to the North American discussion on missional church, church planting, church revitalization, and Christian cultural engagement.
Stetzer was born on Long Island and grew up in Levittown, New York, outside New York City.
Stetzer is Executive Director of LifeWay Research, a division of LifeWay Christian Resources and LifeWay's Missiologist in Residence. Before that, Stetzer served as Director of Research and Missiologist-In-Residence for the North American Mission Board. He is a prolific author, and well-known conference and seminar leader. Stetzer has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches, trained pastors and church planters on six continents, holds two master's degrees and two doctorates, and has written many articles and books.
Stetzer currently serves as Senior Fellow of Wheaton College's Billy Graham Center, Visiting Professor of Research and Missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Visiting Research Professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has taught at many other colleges and seminaries.
Stetzer is a contributing editor for Christianity Today, a columnist for Outreach magazine, and is frequently cited or interviewed in national news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. He is also the Executive Editor of The Gospel Project, which is used by over one million individuals each week. Stetzer is Executive Editor of Facts & Trends Magazine, a Christian leadership magazine circulated to over 70,000 individuals each month.
He holds a bachelor's degree at Shorter University, two master's degrees (from Liberty University School of Divinity and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary), and two earned doctorates (a Doctor of Ministry from Beeson Divinity School and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary).