Biography

Dr. Clayton Cloer has served as the President of the Baptist University of Florida since January 1, 2023. Dr. Cloer served as the Senior Pastor of the Church at the Cross and the President of the Central Florida Christian Academy in Orlando, Florida October of 2003 to June of 2022. Dr. Cloer received his Bachelors in Management from Clemson University in 1991, Master of Divinity in 1995, and Ph.D. in Missiology in 2000 from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary.

Dr. Cloer is known for his faithful leadership, integrity, and biblical preaching. He served as the President of the Florida Baptist Convention’s 2009 Pastors’ Conference, the state pastoral leader for marriage in 2008, and the leader of the ReVision Task Force for all of Florida Baptists from 2011 to 2013.

He has preached extensively throughout the United States in college chapels, leadership conferences, and special meetings and has led church development, leadership training, and evangelism teams to Paraguay, Yemen, Belgium, China, South Korea, Moldova, Israel, Tanzania, and Thailand.

Dr. Cloer met his wife, Linda, at Clemson University more than 30 years ago. They have two grown sons.