We are a school of preaching located in Memphis, Tennessee
(in case you couldn’t tell from our name)
3950 Forest Hill-Irene Road
Welcome to MSOP, where we pour over God's Word in order to proclaim it in the world. We seek to steward an unchanging faith in a rapidly changing world, being "instant in season, out of season" (2 Timothy 4:2).
We've been at this since 1966
For almost sixty years, we have been "holding fast the faithful word as we have been taught" (Titus 1:9). Today, we seek to uphold a legacy of doctrinal fidelity, beloved community, and practical training, bringing the Holy Word to a world in need of God's Truth.
Values
Here’s one of our values.
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Here’s another.
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And a third…and we’re just getting started.
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Meet Our Faculty
We're a studied, driven, and experienced team committed to helping spread the truth in love. We work with whomever is interested to grow together in the Lord.
“Faithful men training faithful gospel preachers to preach the faith to a lost and dying world.”
Jason MooreAlumnus
Bradley Joseph (B.J.) Clarke was born in Canton, Illinois, the son of Ted and Sherrie Clarke. His father is also a Gospel preacher, and educator of preachers. B.J. Clarke attended Noblesville High School (Noblesville, Indiana) and was voted by his classmates to be the male student most likely to succeed. After graduating in 1979, brother Clarke attended Freed-Hardeman College (now University) and received a B.S. degree in Bible. In 1985, he was selected as one of the Outstanding Young Men of America. He earned a M.A. in New Testament Text from Freed-Hardeman University in 1997. In 2006, he was named an honorary alumnus of the Memphis School of Preaching.
On September 24, 1983, he married his college sweetheart, Tish, the former Tamela Suzanne Hall. They have three children: Daniel, Holly, and Michael. He and his wife Tish have conducted a number of weekend marriage seminars. Sister Clarke is also a regular speaker on Ladies Day programs.
B.J. Clarke delivered his first sermon at age 9. He began full time preaching in 1983, and has preached in numerous youth rallies, gospel meetings, and lectureships. He has preached for local congregations in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. For 16 ½ years, he served as a preacher for the Southaven church of Christ, Southaven, Mississippi. During that time he edited the POWER magazine, directed the annual POWER lectureship, and edited the annual lectureship book.
In 1987, brother Clarke held a public debate on Baptism and Apostasy. He is the author of one book, A Closer Look At Promise Keepers. He has participated in two nationwide Gospel meetings, (GBN at the Ryman, and GBN at the Tivoli) which were nationally televised by satellite by the Gospel Broadcasting Network. Brother Clarke also contributed to the Searching For Truth DVD, which is used as a personal evangelism tool.
Brother Clarke was a member of the adjunct faculty of the East Tennessee School of Preaching and Missions from 1989-1990. In the fall of 2006, he became a member of the faculty at the Memphis School of Preaching, where he served as Instructor and Dean of Admissions until 2012. On January 1, 2013 he became Director of the Memphis School of Preaching. Brother Clarke is also the director of Foundations, a weeklong annual training camp for young men (13-19 years old), conducted on the campus of the Memphis School of Preaching.
Billy Bland was born in Oxford, Mississippi. An alumnus of Memphis School of Preaching (1977), he returned in January 1992 as a full-time instructor.
He earned the B.A. and M.A. from Southern Christian University (now Amridge University). He also earned the Graduate Diploma from Memphis School of Preaching in 1991.
Brother Bland married Terry Collums in 1974, and they have two children, Anna and Jared (deceased), and three grandchildren, Abby Haynes, Kara Johnson and Layla Johnson. Brother Bland served in the United States Army from 1971-73 as an Army Medic, and until entering Memphis School of Preaching in 1975, worked in Mississippi.
Brother Bland served as located preacher for the churches in Henning, Tennessee (1977-78); Monticello, Mississippi (1978-82); and Coldwater, Mississippi (1978-1994). He preached part-time in Independence, Mississippi, while teaching in the Memphis School of Preaching. He began serving as Dean of Students for Memphis School of Preaching in 1992, and then Administrative Dean and now as Associate Director. He heads campaign work for the School that entails several campaigns per year. He is director of the mission work with the Far East / World Evangelism which involves Russia, Singapore, and many other countries in the Far East. He served as co-editor of “The Bible Beacon”; has held meetings in several states, Canada, Peru, Russia, Singapore, India, Malaysia, China; spoken on Spiritual Sword, Memphis School of Preaching, Mississippi Annual, Power, Nesbit, Schertz, Lubbock Lectureships and other lectureships overseas. He has experience both in television and radio preaching. He serves as one of the elders of the Coldwater Church of Christ in Coldwater, Mississippi, where he formerly preached for 12 years.
Brother Bland teaches New and Old Testament; The Preacher and His Work; Missions, etc. He is much involved in teaching and missions.
Keith A. Mosher, Sr. was born in Waterford, Pennsylvania. An alumnus (1975) of the Memphis School of Preaching, he returned in 1978 to begin part-time, and in 1984 to full-time teaching.
Brother Mosher served in the United States Navy and received his early education at Cleveland State University and the University of Louisville. He was then employed as a metallurgical lab technician in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
He and his wife, Dorothy Carol, from Louisville, Kentucky, have been married since 1961, and have three children: Keith Jr. an M.D. in Memphis, Tennessee, and living in Jackson, Tennessee, married to Cindy and having one son–David; a daughter Karen Marie; and Kenyon Mark, who graduated from Memphis School of Preaching in 1988, and preaches in Malvern, Arkansas. Mark has three daughters: Caiti, Cassie, and Callie. Caiti is married to Don Garey, MSOP graduate, and they have two children. Mark has a Masters Degree in family therapy, and is licensed in Arkansas.
The Moshers enrolled in Memphis School of Preaching in 1973 from which he graduated as Outstanding Student in 1975. Since then, brother Mosher has earned the Bachelor of Arts, the Master of Arts, and the Master of Theology degrees from Amridge University. He earned the Doctor of Ministry from Harding Graduate School of Religion in 1990.
Since 1965, brother Mosher has successfully served churches in Columbia, Indiana; Walls, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; and Southaven, Mississippi. He has held gospel meetings in forty states and overseas in Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Africa, and Russia. He has appeared on a number of lectureships such as Phillips Street (Dyersburg, Tennessee); Power; Schertz; Lubbock; Spiritual Sword, Memphis School of Preaching; Beeville, Texas; Freed-Hardeman; Pulaski, Tennessee, etc. He participated in the Harding Graduate School Preacher’s Forum (1992) in a discussion with Rubel Shelly concerning grace and law.
Brother Mosher teaches Greek, General Biblical Introduction, Holy Spirit, Bible, Logic, Expository Preaching, Hebrew History, and Parables at Memphis School of Preaching. He is a staff writer for the “Gospel Journal” and has written “Can One Trust His English Bible” (a tract), “Romans: A Study Outline,” and “The Book God Breathed,” a three volume in one tome study of biblical inspiration, canonicity, and how the Bible came to be. The volume on inspiration has also been published in Russia. He is also the author of “The New Heavens and New Earth,” and “Faith Development Tools,” and has numerous articles in periodicals and lectureship books.
Brother Mosher conducts personal work workshops and workshops on humanism, marriage, the book of Daniel, and teachers. He is also an adjunct professor at Amridge University. His most popular seminars are on grief management, which is a week-end seminar held on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Bobby Liddell began his work with MSOP, as Dean of Admissions and instructor, in 1994. In 2002, he became Associate Director, and on March 27, 2007, the Forest Hill elders named him Director of the Memphis School of Preaching. On December 31, 2012, brother Liddell stepped down from being Director, and became Administrative Dean, in order to be able to preach and teach more.
Brother Liddell received his earlier education at Walker College and the University of Alabama in Birmingham. In 1977, he entered Memphis School of Preaching, and received the Outstanding Student Award upon graduation in 1979. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree as valedictorian (Summa Cum Laude) from Alabama Christian School of Religion (now Amridge University) in 1985, and received his Masters of Arts Degree in 1986. He has continued his education beyond the MA Degree. In 1997, he was given the Alumnus Of The Year award from the MSOP Alumni Association.
The Liddells have been involved in local work since 1979, working with congregations in Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee. Bobby has been associated with several publications, as associate editor, or editor, and has served as a staff member of other brotherhood publications. He has written articles for various papers and bulletins, numerous chapters for Bible study books and lectureship books, and has produced materials for Bible class use (unpublished). He directed lectureships in Florida and at MSOP, editing eleven lectureship books.
Liddell has experience in both radio and television preaching. He was involved in Christian youth camp work for more than fifteen years. He speaks in numerous Gospel meetings and lectureships yearly, and has made preaching trips to Singapore, the Philippines, Latvia, and Canada.
Dan Cates is married to the former Shelly Jones (1993). Together they have two children: Maggie who was born in 1996 and Conor who was born in 2002. He is the son of Curtis A. (Sr.) and Annette Cates. He is a native Georgian (born May 2, 1970) who was reared in Alabama, Oregon, and Tennessee. His father and grandfather were Gospel preachers as are his brother, father-in-law, and brother-in-law.
Dan Cates began preaching in 1983; he currently serves as evangelist and one of the elders of the Independence, MS, Church of Christ. Formerly, he worked with congregations in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas. In 1999 he began teaching at the Memphis School of Preaching on a part-time basis; he was moved to full-time in 2013 and soon after was appointed Dean of Communications. He has taught various other classes in the two and three year programs, but is now teaching English Grammar; I, II, Thessalonians, I, II Timothy, Titus; New Testament Greek; Wisdom Literature; Christian Evidences; Revelation; Bible Archaeology; and the Inter-testament Period to the two-year students. He has also served as archivist for the Memphis School of Preaching.
Dan Cates is a 1994 (two-year program) and 2002 (third-year program) graduate of the Memphis School of Preaching who also holds a B.A. (2000) and an M.A. (2004) from Amridge University (formerly Southern Christian University). He received other training David Lipscomb University, the University of Memphis, and the University of Arkansas Little Rock.
In 2009 he joined his father in working with Cates Publications producing books, charts, tracts, and other Bible-based material. In his community, he serves on the board of the Independence Arts Conservatory and volunteers his time in teaching the young people who are involved in that program and in writing and co-directing numerous of her productions.
Kevin V. Rutherford was born in Zambia, Africa to missionary parents Rod and Brenda Rutherford. Kevin began preaching sermons for the church at the age of twelve while his parents were actively involved in evangelism in Tasmania, Australia. He graduated from David Lipscomb University and the Memphis School of Preaching before devoting his full time to the work of evangelism and edification. Kevin Rutherford preached for thirty-one years after his graduation from MSOP before being asked to consider a position on the faculty. During that thirty-one-year period Kevin preached for three congregations.
Kevin Rutherford has taught preacher training courses for various congregations, has been a guest speaker for the school of preaching in Zambia, and has taught for the North Carolina School of Biblical Studies. He has also been the co-founder and co-director of two youth camps and a family camp. His work with youth camps has spanned a period of about twenty-five years. In addition, he co-founded, and administered a home-school co-op, while also teaching speech and Bible for the co-op.
Kevin has been blessed to grow up in the mission field and to participate in various mission campaigns in Africa, Europe, Australia, and the United States.
Family has been one of the greatest gifts God has given Kevin. His wife and three adult children are actively involved in the Lord’s church to the glory and praise of God. Additionally, Kevin has been given the tremendous blessing of knowing his granddaughter is being raised to know the Lord.
Kevin’s father graduated from the Memphis School of Preaching and later served as an instructor in the school. Kevin’s brother and Kevin’s son are also graduates of MSOP.
Everything good in Kevin’s life is a gift from God to whom deserves all the glory and praise.
PERSONAL: Allen Webster was born in Anniston, Alabama, on April 25, 1966. He was baptized in Ohatchee, Alabama, on April 25, 1978 (during meeting preached by James Boyd). He has three children—Daniel (born 2000), married to Curry; David (2002); and Lois (2003). There are six preachers in his immediate family.
EDUCATION: Allen Webster was in the first graduating class of the Freed-Hardeman University Master of Ministry program (1989-1990). He studied under Wendell Winkler at Faulkner University (B.A. in Biblical Studies, 1986-1988) and under Curtis Cates at the Memphis School of Preaching (Undergraduate Diploma in Biblical Studies, 1984-1986; graduate diploma, 1989-1991)
PREACHING: Allen Webster does “Reigniting the Fire” seminars, “The Bible’s Big Picture” weekends, and is on the road about forty weeks a year in meetings, lectures, special Sundays, and Wednesday series. He has preached the gospel since 1984, working in Jacksonville, Alabama (1995-2020), Tiplersville, Mississippi (1989-1995), Oxford, Alabama (associate, 1986-1988), and as a student in Somerville, Tennessee (1984-1986).
TEACHING: Allen Webster teaches in the Memphis School of Preaching and the Georgia School of Theology. In Memphis, he teaches Old Testament and New Testament classes, homiletics (preaching), expository preaching, New Testament Survey, and New Testament Church. In Georgia, he teaches Daniel, the Life of Christ, First/Second Thessalonians, First/Second Peter, homiletics, Sermon Preparation and Delivery, and other Bible books.
WRITING: Allen Webster is editor of House to House/Heart to Heart, a paper reaching about fifteen million families each year. Four thousand churches of Christ have mailed more than 300,000,000 copies since 1994. He has written about 500 tracts (five million in print), five Bible Courses, and three class books. He is a staff writer for the Spiritual Sword.
EVENTS: Allen Webster is a director of the Polishing the Pulpit Conference, attended annually by about 5,000 Christians, and PTP Sparks (various locations across the U.S., India, and the Bahamas).
MISSION WORK: Allen Webster has done mission work in Scotland, Great Britain; Aruba, Dutch Caribbean; Guyana, South America; New Zealand, Tasmania; Tanzania, Africa, as well as several U.S. locations.
Michael R. McDaniel began preaching at the age of fifteen in his hometown of Dyer, TN. He graduated from the Memphis School of Preaching in 1985 at the age of twenty. He has engaged in local work in Samburg, TN, Dunmor, KY, Greenfield, TN, and has served as the evangelist for the Central church of Christ in Caruthersville, MO since August of 1999. He was the editor of a monthly gospel periodical called The Sower from 1991 until 1999. He is the moderator of the A Bible Answer television program which he helped start in 2004. He has been an instructor for the Online Academy of Biblical Studies since 2002. Mike served as President of the MSOP Alumni Association from 2006 until 2010. He was invited to join the faculty of the Memphis School of Preaching in 2009 as a part time instructor and later began serving as Alumni Liaison in 2010. Mike is the editor of a two volume set of books entitled: Expositions of the Expositor ~ J. Winfred Clark and also of Instrumental Music In Worship Today. Mike and his wife, Martha, have two children: Ryan and Kayla.