Dr. Melissa Archer

• Instructor of Greek and New Testament, Ashland Theological Seminary 1996-
  200
• Instructor of New Testament, Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee, 2001-2011
• Part-time faculty, Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland, Tennessee,
  2003-2011
• Professor of Biblical Studies, Southeastern University, Lakeland, Florida, 2011-
  2024
•  Co-director of the MA Bible and Theology degree and Professor of New
  Testament, Trinity Bible College and Graduate School, 2024-present
• College and Career Co-Pastor, 2003-2011
• Co-Pastor, 1988-2001
• Guest lecturer (Staley Distinguished Scholar Lectures at Bethel College, Kansas,
  2019; Pentecost Church Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018;
  BewegungPlus Church conference, Bergdorf, Switzerland, 2017; Women in
  Ministry Conference, São Paulo, Brazil, 2016; Abbott Lectures at Pentecostal
  Theological Seminary, Cleveland, Tennessee, 2016)
• Member of the Society for Pentecostal Studies Executive Committee (2 nd VP,
  2018-2019; 1 st VP, 2019-2020; President, 2021-2022; Past-President, 2022-
  2023)
• Department chair of the School of Divinity at Southeastern University, Lakeland, Florida, 2017-2022
• Assistant Editor of the Journal for Pentecostal Studies Supplement series, 2023- present
• External Examiner for PhD, University of Bangor, 2024

Volunteer Involvement:

• Professional Societies’ membership:
  • Society for Pentecostal Studies
  • Society for Biblical Literature
• Peer-Reviewer for the Pneuma journal and Journal of Pentecostal Theology

Books:

• Archer, Melissa, Revelation in Word and Spirit New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, Baker Academic (forthcoming).
  Archer, Melissa, James in Pentecostal Commentary Series. Boston; Leiden: Brill (forthcoming).
  Sisters, Mothers, Daughters: Pentecostal Perspectives on Violence Against Women, edited by Kim Alexander, Melissa Archer, Mark J. Cartledge, and Michael D. Palmer. Boston; Leiden: Brill, 2022.
  Archer, Melissa,“‘I Was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day’: A Pentecostal Engagement with Worship in the Apocalypse.” Cleveland: CPT Press, 2015.

Chapters in Edited Books:

• Archer, Melissa, “ ‘Be Warm and Well Fed’: Reading James 2:14-26 in Light of the Global Refugee Crisis.” In I Was a Stranger and You Took Me In: Pentecostal Responses to the Refugee Crisis, edited by Lois Olena, forthcoming.
  Archer, Melissa, “Was the Spirit Poured out on Women to Remain Silent in the Church? Reading 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11-15 in the Light of Pentecost.” In Grieving, Brooding and Transforming: The Spirit, the Bible, and Gender, edited by Cheryl Bridges Johns and Lisa Stephenson, 123-134. Boston; Leiden: Brill, 2021.
• Archer, Melissa, “Worship in Spirit and Truth: The Role of Worship in the Fourth Gospel in Concert with the Liturgy of the Apocalypse.” In Spirit and Story: Pentecostal Readings of Scripture. Essays in Honor of John Christopher Thomas, edited by Blaine Charette and Robby Waddell, 88-100. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2020.
• Archer, Melissa, “Women in Ministry: A Pentecostal Reading of New Testament Texts” In Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministry: Informing a Dialogue of Gender, Church, and Ministry, edited by Margaret English De Alminana and Lois E. Olena, 35-56. Boston; Leiden: Brill, 2017.
• Archer, Melissa, “Worship in the Apocalypse.” In Towards a Pentecostal Theology of Worship, edited by Lee Roy Martin, 113-138. Cleveland: CPT Press, 2016.

Journal Articles:

• Archer, Melissa, “What the Apocalypse Reveals About Worship: Lessons from the Book of Revelation.” Influence 37 (Winter 2022): 74-76.
• Melissa Archer and Robby Waddell, “The Spirit in John’s Apocalypse: Vision Prophecy, Discernment.” Pneuma 43 (2021): 553-566.
• Melissa Archer and Kenneth J. Archer, “Complementarianism and Egalitarianism -Whose Side are You Leaning On? A Pentecostal Reading of Ephesians 5:21-33.” Pneuma 41, no. 1 (2019): 66-90.
• Archer, Melissa, “Pentecostals and the Apocalypse: A Survey of Recent Pentecostal Biblical Scholarship on the Apocalypse.” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 24, no. 1 (2015): 57-91.
• Archer, Melissa, “The Worship Scenes in the Apocalypse, Effective History, and Early Pentecostal Periodical Literature.” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 21, no. 1 (2012): 87-112.
• Archer, Kenneth and Melissa Archer. “Doctrine of the Trinity.” Church of God Evangel 96, no. 11 (November 2006): 6-8.