Associate Professor of Ministry Studies
B.A., Western Kentucky University; M.Div., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Dr. Matthew Haste joined the faculty of CIU’s Seminary and School of Ministry in 2015. He oversees the 5-year B.A./M.Div. Program and teaches various courses. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and a Fellow of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies. Before coming to Columbia, Dr. Haste served as a College Minister and Adult Discipleship Pastor in Kentucky and taught at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Western Kentucky University. He is married to Cheyenne and they have three children: Haddon, Anna, and Adelyn.
Books:
With Robert L. Plummer. Held in Honor: Wisdom for your Marriage from Voices of the Past. Christian Focus, 2015.
Articles & Chapters:
“A Treasure Above All Treasures: Martin Luther on Dying Well.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 21.4 (Fall 2017): 103‒20.
“Pastoral Advice on Marital Strife: Wisdom from Two Millenia of Christian Thinkers.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 20.3 (Fall 2016): 97‒111.
“‘Nurseries of Heaven’: Samuel Stennett on Marriage and Family.” Churchman 129, no. 1 (Spring 2015): 55‒69.
“‘A Type of the Marriage of Christ’: John Gill on Marriage.” Puritan Reformed Journal 6, no. 2 (July 2014): 289–302.
“A Review of A. G. Roeber, Hopes for Better Spouses: Protestant Marriage and Church Renewal in Early Modern Europe, India, and North America.” Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Spring 2014): 40‒41.
“‘So Many Voices’: The Piety of Monica, Mother of Augustine.” Journal of Discipleship and Family Ministry 4, no.1 (2013): 6–10.
“Marriage and Family in the Life of Andrew Fuller.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 17, no.1 (Spring 2013): 28–34.
“Your Maker is Your Husband: The Divine Marriage Metaphor and the New Covenant.” Puritan Reformed Journal 5, no. 1 (January 2013): 15–28.
Papers & Presentations:
“Shepherds of the Heart: Comparing the Pastoral Ministries of Richard Sibbes and Richard Baxter.” 2018 ETS Southeast Region Meeting.
“Pilgrim’s Plight: Considering the Causes and Cures of Spiritual Depression in Bunyan’s Classic Allegory.” 2017 ETS Southeast Region Meeting.
“Make Your Calling and Vocation Sure: Toward a Puritan Understanding of Calling.” 2016 ETS Southeast Region Meeting.
“Pastoral Advice on Marital Strife: Wisdom from Two Millennia of Christian Thinkers.” Presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.
“‘Helped on our Way to Heaven’: The Puritan Tradition in Andrew Fuller’s Theology of Marriage.” Presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.
“Marriage as Spiritual Formation: Historical Reflections and Contemporary Proposals.” Presented at the 2015 Midwest Region Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.
“‘Nurseries of Heaven’: Samuel Stennett’s Vision for Marriage and Family.” Presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.