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Joseph M. Stowell

Joseph M. Stowell
DR. JOSEPH M. STOWELL has a distinguished career in higher education and church leadership. He is the former President of Moody Bible Institute and Cornerstone University. Following his time at MBI, he served as a teaching pastor at a church in suburban Chicago before assuming the presidency at Cornerstone in early 2008. Before going to Moody he served as pastor of several churches in the midwest.He has also served on the boards of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Wheaton College and currently serves on the boards of CURE International, ELIC and International Aid.An internationally recognized conference speaker, Joe has written devotionals for Our Daily Bread and authored several books, including Strength for the Journey, The Trouble with Jesus, Simply Jesus, and Redefining Leadership: Character-Driven Habits of Effective Leaders.He is a graduate of Cedarville University and Dallas Theological Seminary and was honored with a doctor of divinity degree from The Master’s College in 1987 and Huntington University in 2011.

Joseph M. Stowell's Books

  • Strength for the Journey
  • This Light of Mine
  • Shepherding the Church
  • The Moody Handbook of Preaching
  • The Weight of Your Words
  • The Trouble with Jesus