Eddie Cloer attended Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas; Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City; and Harding University Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, Tennessee. He holds the B.A., M.Th., and D.Min. degrees. His dissertation focused on evangelistic preaching.

Having begun preaching at age fifteen, he has preached the gospel for over forty years, serving congregations in Clarksville, Hot Springs, and Blytheville, Arkansas. He has preached in more than 850 gospel meetings in thirty-five states of the USA and in several other countries including England, Singapore, and Ukraine.

Cloer teaches Bible and preaching classes at Harding University. He is the author of What Is "the Church"?; God's Design for "the Church"; "The Church": The People of God's Purpose; and "Thus Far the Lord Has Helped Us."

Since 1981, Cloer has edited and published Truth for Today, a monthly publication for preachers and teachers. In 1990, with World Bible School teachers and the Champions church of Christ in Houston, Texas, he began Truth for Today World Mission School. Its expository Bible studies assist 40,000 preachers and teachers in more than 150 countries who annually convert as many as 400,000 around the World.