Marty Schoenleber

Marty Schoenleber, Jr. is a church planter, teaching pastor and published poet. Over the years he has worn a number of hats, from business owner and entrepreneur, to seminary professor, traveling speaker, missionary, consultant, mentor, coach, pastor, but his favorite title is "Dad." He loves Jesus, his wife, his children, church planting, books, baseball, Philadelphia Eagles football, the music of U2, Caedmon's Call, Andrew Peterson, Nickel Creek, Josh Garrels, and Rich Mullins, Philly cheese steaks, and more books. Since the Fall of 2008 he has been coaching church planters around the world and working on expanding his writing career. Oh, that's him on the right standing with the mayor of Bolingbrook, IL who came to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the church he and a few intrepid souls helped to plant there. In November of 2016, he became the Senior Pastor of Manchester Creek Community Church in Rock Hill, SC, an Evangelical Free Church of America. Presently, he serves pastors in crisis through the ministry of Standing Stone Ministry and lives in Rock Hill, SC. Books: 1. LOSS OF A JOB: DEVOTIONS FOR YOUR TIME OF NEED, (Broadman & Holman, 1995) 2. EXPERIENCE THE PASSION OF CHRIST, (The Sojourning Press, 2005) 3. PICKING A PRESIDENT: OR ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, (CrossBooks, 2012) 4. SETTLERS OR SOJOURNERS? A MEDITATION ON CHRISTIAN IDENTITY (The Sojourning Press, 2015) 5. EXPERIENCE THE PASSION OF CHRIST, 2ND EXPANDED EDITION (Sojourning Press, 2015) 6. AN ORDINATION SERMON BY ROBERT M. MCCHEYNE, editor, (The Sojourning Press, 2015) 7. FINDING A JOB IN A JOBLESS ECONOMY, (The Sojourning Press, 2017) 8. COUNSELING THE WORD IN THE LOCAL CHURCH, (The Sojourning Press, 2018) 9. THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF NAMES: THE NAMES OF GOD IN ALL THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, (Sojourning Press, 2022)