Committed to the exposition of Scripture, the church plant grew to include several thousand households. In September of 2026, Stephen will have served 40 years as the pastor/teacher of this wonderful ministry and church family (shepherds.org).

In addition to his pastorate, Stephen serves as the president of Shepherds Theological Seminary. Shepherds has earned full membership status with ATS and enjoys a growing student body, taught by an outstanding faculty. Shepherds currently meets on the beautiful campus of The Shepherd’s Church where Stephen enjoys interacting with the students, as well as teaching pastoral theology and homiletics.

Stephen also serves as the principal Bible teacher for the Wisdom International media ministry heard globally via radio and internet. His Bible teaching programs are now translated into many languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili, Mandarin, French, Korean, Russian, Telegu, Italian, Ukranian, and Arabic. Wisdom’s website offers his entire sermon transcripts and audio teaching, free of charge (wisdomonline.org).

More than 40 books, study guides, commentaries, and booklets have been authored by Stephen, published by Ambassador/Emerald House, Kress Biblical Resources, Charity House, and LOGOS. Stephen is scheduled to release a commentary on James in the New Testament Exposition Commentary series, published by Regular Baptist Press.