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Biographical Information
Stanley J. Grenz was born in Alpena, Michigan, on January 7, 1950,
the youngest of three children of the Rev. and Mrs. Richard A. Grenz.
Stan is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder (Bachelor
of Arts with distinction, 1973), Denver Seminary (M.Div. with honors,
1976), and the University of Munich, Germany (D.Theol. magna cum
laude, 1978), where he wrote a dissertation entitled “Isaac
Backus--Puritan and Baptist” under the supervision of Wolfhart
Pannenberg. Stan’s academic excellence as a student was applauded
through membership in Phi Beta Kappa (University of Colorado) and
by being the recipient of the Robert G. Kay Scholastic Award (Denver
Seminary). During his professional career, he has been the recipient
of a Fulbright Grant for sabbatical study in Munich, Germany (1987-1988)
as well as a Theological Research Fellowship awarded by the Association
of Theological Schools (1993), and he was named a fellow with the
Henry Luce III Fellowship in Theology program (1999-2000). Stan
has also been included in two editions of Who's Who in Religion,
as well as in the 2002 edition of Who's Who in U.S. Writers, Editors
and Poets.
On June 13, 1976, Stan was ordained into the gospel ministry. He
has worked within the local church context as youth director and
assistant pastor (Northwest Baptist Church, Denver, CO, 1971-1976),
pastor (Rowandale Baptist Church, Winnipeg, MB 1979-1981), and interim
pastor on several occasions. In addition he has preached and lectured
in numerous churches, colleges, universities and seminaries in North
America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia.
To date, Stan has authored or co-authored twenty-five books, the
latest of which is Rediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in
Contemporary Theology (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004). He has served
as editor or co-editor for two Festschriften, contributed articles
to over two dozen other volumes, and has seen to print over a hundred
essays and an additional eighty book reviews. These have appeared
in journals ranging from Christianity Today and the Christian Century
to Christian Scholars Review, Theology Today and the Journal of
Ecumenical Studies. Several of these essays and books have won writing
awards in the USA and Canada.
Stan has served as president of the National Association of Baptist
Professors of Religion (1989-90) and as a member of the national
board of the American Academy of Religion (1989-90), the South Dakota
Committee on the Humanities (1986-90), the editorial board of Perspectives
in Religious Studies (1985-88), the Baptist Joint Committee on Public
Affairs (1983-88), the steering committee of the Evangelical Theology
Group of the American Academy of Religion (1988-1995; co-chair,
1990-1994), the Ethics Commission of the Baptist World Alliance
(1986-2000), the Social Action Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship
of Canada (1994-1996), and the steering committee of the Canadian
Evangelical Theological Association (1996-2000). Currently, he participates
in both the Doctrine Commission and the Theological Education Committee
of the Baptist World Alliance, is a consulting editor of Christianity
Today, and sits on the advisory boards of several publishing companies
and Christian organizations.
For twelve years (1990-2002), Stan held the position of Pioneer
McDonald Professor of Baptist Heritage, Theology and Ethics at Carey
Theological College and at Regent College in Vancouver BC. After
a one-year sojourn as Distinguished Professor of Theology at Baylor
University and Truett Seminary in Waco TX (2002-2003), he returned
to Carey in August 2003 to resume his duties as Pioneer McDonald
Professor of Theology. In fall 2004, he assumed an additional appointment
as Professor of Theological Studies at Mars Hill Graduate School,
Seattle WA. Prior to his initial move to Vancouver, he was Professor
of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at the North American
Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls SD (1981-1990). While in the pastorate
(1979-1981), he taught courses both at the University of Winnipeg
and at Winnipeg Theological Seminary (now Providence Seminary).
From 1996 to 1999 he carried an additional appointment as Professor
of Theology and Ethics (Affiliate) at Northern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Lombard IL.
Edna Grenz is Minister of Worship at First Baptist Church, Vancouver,
where Stan has sung in the choir and played guitar and trumpet in
the worship team. Stan and Edna are the parents of two married children,
Joel and Corina (Kuban), and one grandchild, Anika Grace Kuban,
all of whom reside in the Vancouver area.
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