Steven H. Thompson
Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministry (Instructional Faculty)
At a Glance
Biography
Dr. Thompson currently serves as Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministry. Before coming to the seminary as Profiles of Ministry Director in the fall of 2003 as an adjunct professor for seven years, Thompson had served as a doctoral peer group leader for the seminary and as a consultant for form and style for dissertations. In the more recent past, Thompson has served as Registrar, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness, and Associate Director of Professional Doctoral Studies. He taught in the undergraduate and graduate integrative seminars and formerly taught the form and style portion of doctoral colloquium classes. He currently does some teaching online.
Dr. Thompson has been in the ministry in one form or another for almost 50 years—16 years as a minister of music and 24 years as pastor of a single church, plus two years of teaching at a private Christian school, with 10 years as a full-time member of the faculty at Midwestern.
Thompson received a Bachelor of Science in education from Southern State College in Magnolia, Arkansas; a Bachelor of Arts from Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia; a Master of Divinity from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; and a Doctor of Ministry from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Sherry, have been married since August 13, 1976, and have resided in Gladstone, Missouri, since 1984.
Education
B.S.E. in Social Studies, Secondary Education, Southern State College, Magnolia, Arkansas
B.A. in Vocal Music Performance, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas
M.Div., Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
D.Min., Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Publications by Steven H. Thompson
Midwestern Style Manual
Buy NowFaculty Q&A
I teach to help students at MBTS/Spurgeon College prepare for the rigors of Christian higher education with a view to aiding the next generation of Christian ministers so that they will be educated in how to minister to Christ’s church.
I love teaching at MBTS because of the chance to impact the next generation of Christian leaders and because of my love for the institution as one of its graduates.
So many of the next generation of pastors and ministry leaders appear to be bright, dedicated, and willing to live for Christ in the midst of greater societal animosity than has existed in our country for decades. Ministry is not easy today, so those who follow God’s call understand that there will be trials. An accredited education is not cheap. Some institutions may be less expensive than others, but none are cheap. Students are spending much (with or without loans) to get educations in ministry to serve our Lord, not seeking wealth to do so, but certainly expending it.
