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Cletus Hull

Cletus L. Hull, III, M.Div. (Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry), D.Min. (Fuller Theological Seminary), Ph.D. (Regent University), has served as a pastor with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for 39 years and psychiatric chaplain for 37 years. He has been an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies in the Oral Roberts University College of Theology and Ministry for 7 years. He has researched the growing Disciples of Christ churches in Puerto Rico and has an interest in the significance of the Stone-Campbell churches in American Christianity. His article, "My Church is a Mental Hospital" appeared in the Summer 2015 issue of Healing Line. He is the author of The Wisdom of the Cross and the Power of the Spirit in the Corinthian Church: Grounding Pneumatic Experiences and Renewal Studies in the Cross of Christ (Pickwick, 2018) and The Call: My Mission and Our Ministry at Trinity United Christian Church, Lower Burrell, PA (Word Association, 2019). X: @cletus_hull, Facebook.

Recent Posts

Igniting Faith

Pentecost Makeover

Thinking Precedes Thanking

Planting Seeds

Real Freedom

Spirit, Spring 2018

Embrace the Spirit this Pentecost

by Cletus Hull May 20, 2018 0

“After the Holy Spirit is come upon you…” Acts 1:8 May 20, 2018 is Pentecost Sunday. You’ve seen it before, an old house that goes through an extreme... Read more.

Ministry, Spring 2018

Joan Paddock Maxwell: Soul Support

by Cletus Hull April 22, 2018 0

Joan Paddock Maxwell, Soul Support: Spiritual Encounters at Life’s End (Resource Publications, 2017), 230 pages, ISBN 9781532618741. Having served as a chaplain... Read more.

In Depth, Summer 2017

David Courey: What Has Wittenberg to do with Azusa?

by Cletus Hull July 30, 2017 0

David J. Courey, What Has Wittenberg to do with Azusa?: Luther’s Theology of the Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism (Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015), 304 pages,... Read more.

Ministry, Winter 2017

The Power of the Cross and Healing in a Pastor’s Ministry

by Cletus Hull March 8, 2017 0

Introduction As a Christian youth, the first book I read from cover-to-cover was David Wilkerson’s The Cross and the Switchblade. For my senior paper in college,... Read more.

Fall 2016, Ministry

Pneumatic Medicine and Mental Health

by Cletus Hull December 2, 2016 0

I spoke with the Pennsylvania Society of Chaplains in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on October 11, 2016 about my ministry work with mental illness, patients, and staff... Read more.

Biblical Studies, Fall 2016

Frank Matera: God’s Saving Grace

by Cletus Hull November 3, 2016 0

Frank J. Matera, God’s Saving Grace: A Pauline Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012), 283 pages, ISBN 9780802867476. In Frank Matera’s God’s Saving Grace:... Read more.

Church History, Summer 2016

Gary Wilkerson: David Wilkerson: The Cross, the Switchblade, and the Man Who Believed

by Cletus Hull August 5, 2016 0

Gary Wilkerson, with R.S.B. Sawyer, David Wilkerson: The Cross, the Switchblade, and the Man Who Believed (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014), ISBN 9780310326274 David... Read more.

In Depth, Summer 2016

Basil the Great: On the Holy Spirit

by Cletus Hull July 14, 2016 0

Basil the Great, trans. Stephen Hildebrand, On the Holy Spirit, Popular Patristics (Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2011). In the fourth century after... Read more.

In Depth, Spring 2016

Two Spring 2016 Conferences

by Cletus Hull May 29, 2016 0

Cletus Hull presents papers at EGLBS 2016 and the Stone-Campbell Journal Conference. Recently, I presented papers at two different conferences. On March 10, 11,... Read more.

In Depth, Winter 2016

Ann Christie: Ordinary Christology

by Cletus Hull January 22, 2016 0

Ann Christie, Ordinary Christology: Who Do You Say I Am? Answers From The Pews (Ashgate, 2012), 224 pages, ISBN 9781409425359. In Matthew 16:16 Jesus asked his disciples,... Read more.