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Clayton Schmit
Arthur DeKruyter/Christ Church Oak Brook Professor of Preaching and Academic Director of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts
School of Theology
Contact Information:
cjs@fuller.edu
626-584-5494
Education:
BA, University of Wisconsin
MDiv, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary
PhD, Graduate Theological Union

Biographical Information:
Clayton Schmit joined Fuller’s faculty in 2000 as the Arthur DeKruyter/Christ Church Oak Brook Associate Professor of Preaching and was appointed academic director of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts in 2001. He teaches homiletics and a variety of courses in liturgical arts. Along with the experience he brings in the field of preaching and worship, he is an accomplished choral music director and published composer. He has been commissioned to compose hymns or anthems for several churches, as well as songs honoring the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers U.S.S. Carl Vinson and U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.

Schmit has published numerous articles and several books including Praying the Hours in Ordinary Life (co-authored with Lauralee Farrer, 2010), Sent and Gathered: A Worship Manual for the Missional Church (2009), Too Deep for Words: A Theology of Liturgical Expression (2002), and Public Reading of Scripture (2002). He received a Calvin Institute for Christian Worship grant to co-edit a research book called Performing the Word: Bringing the Sermon to Life (2008), and under a Luce grant, he is currently editing a Brehm Center/Cascade Press publication entitled A Teaching Hymnal: Ecumenical and Evangelical (2010). He has recently received a Luce grant in support of a Global Preaching Initiative that will create online and print resources for preachers around the world without access to seminary educations (www.globalpreaching.org)

Schmit is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and served as an associate pastor for 13 years. He was awarded the Luce Postdoctoral Fellowship at Duke Divinity School in 1998-2000. Schmit belongs to the Academy of Homiletics, Societas Homiletica, the North American Academy of Liturgy, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, and the Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada.
Areas of Expertise, Research, Writing, and Teaching:
Preaching and worship, aesthetics of preaching and liturgy, composing, conducting and performing liturgical music
Additional Information:
Visit Clay Schmit's personal website at www.ClaySchmit.org 
 


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