Dr. Steven C. Riser was born in Cincinnati, Ohio (1946) and raised in White Plains, N.Y. (1951-64). He was married to Alyce Eversdyk Riser from Grand Rapids, MI. in 1971 and has three grown children: Stephanie Riser, Steven Riser Jr. and Summer Riser Berger.

Education

• Indiana University, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Psychology (1968)
• Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Master of Divinity (1971)
• Columbia Theological Seminary, Doctorate of Ministry (1981)

He is a perpetual student committed to personal and professional growth. He was listed in Who's Who in Religion in America.

Ordination

Dr. Riser received his call into the ministry in 1967. He was ordained in the P.C.U.S. in 1972, and later ordained in the E.P.C. in 1992.

Ministry Experience

During his college years he was affiliated with the Navigators, since then He has served in the following churches:

• Central Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, TN: 1971-1977
• Clairmont Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA: 1977-1984
• Raleigh Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN: 1984-1989
• Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Lakeside Park, KY: 1989-1992
• New Beginning Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Erlanger, KY: 1992 to Present

He is currently serving on the Permanent Judicial Commission (PJC) of the EPC.

Theological Perspective

Dr. Riser's life goal is "to know Christ and to make Him known." While his theological perspective may be expressed as progressive-conservative, evangelical, reformed, orthodox and traditional, his beliefs and expressions are in the context of honest-loving relationships.

To know Christ is to love Christ and to love Christ is to worship and serve Christ.

He has a deep trust in the sovereignty of God in all matters of life and death. He has a high view of Scripture as the final and infallible authority in faith and practice. He has great respect of the Church whom Christ has purchased with His blood. He has a strong dependence of the power of to Spirit in order to grow and serve.