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Dr. Zack Eswine

Scholar-in-Residence, the Francis Schaeffer Institute

Adjunct Professor of Homiletics

Dr. Zack Eswine is Scholar-in-Residence with the Francis Schaeffer Institute and also an adjunct professor in the Homiletics Program. He also serves as Lead Pastor at Riverside Church (EPC) in Webster Groves, Missouri, where he has served since 2008. Previously, Dr. Eswine served as the Director of Homiletics and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program.

In addition to his service at Covenant and Riverside Church, Dr. Eswine and his wife, Jessica, serve ministry leaders and those who doubt by opening their home and pursuing the wisdom of Jesus for the questions of life. Dr. Eswine serves on the board of Pastors in Residence Ministries and on the board of Webster-Rock Hill Ministries. As past moderator of Mid-America Presbytery (EPC), Dr. Eswine teaches advanced-level courses in pastoral leadership, apologetics, and preaching at various seminaries.

Dr. Eswine is the author of several books, including The Imperfect Pastor, which received Christianity Today’s Book of the Year Award in Church/Pastoral Leadership, and Preaching to a Post-Everything World, which received Preaching Today’s Book of the Year Award. His book Spurgeon’s Sorrows: Realistic Hope for Those Who Struggle with Depression and his book Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes express Dr. Eswine’s heart for the care of souls.

Education

BSW
Ball State University
Muncie, IN

Faculty member since 2015

Select Courses

• Communicating the Scriptures

• Exegesis & Homiletics Lab