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Josh Moody is a British theologian, former Jonathan Edwards Fellow at Yale University, and currently the senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois.[1][2]
Josh Moody | |
|---|---|
| Born | London |
| Education | MA History, PhD Theology University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Pastor |
| Website | godcenteredlife.org |
Background and education edit
Josh Moody grew up in Greater London, England, in an Anglican family and attended Felsted School.[citation needed]
Moody received an MA (Cantab) in History and PhD in Theology from University of Cambridge where he was president of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union.[citation needed]
He did a Research Fellowship at Yale Divinity School.[3]
Career edit
Moody served with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in the Republic of Georgia and in Azerbaijan. He was on pastoral staff at Romford Evangelical Church in London and at Eden Baptist Church in Cambridge.
In 1999, Moody became senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in New Haven, Connecticut. At the time, the church had fewer than 30 members, but by 2006 it had grown to more than 300.[4]: 60
From 2007-2011, he was a Fellow of Jonathan Edwards College at Yale University.[3] His doctoral dissertation, later published as Jonathan Edwards and the Enlightenment: Knowing the Presence of God, was based in part on unpublished manuscripts of Jonathan Edwards that Moody had access to through the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.[5]
In 2009, he became senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton.[citation needed]
He is an author and writes a monthly column for Evangelicals Now.[6][better source needed]
Moody is the Founder and president of God Centered Life Ministries, whose Ministry Council members include David Dockery, Phil Ryken, Bill Pollard, Douglas Moo, Greg Thornbury, Andreas Kostenberger, Duane Litfin, Ed Stetzer.
Works edit
Books edit
- John 1-12 For You, The Good Book Company, 2017.
- 7 Days to Change Your Life, Abingdon Press 2017.
- How Church Can Change Your Life, Christian Focus 2015.
- Burning Hearts, Christian Focus 2014.
- Journey to Joy, Crossway 2013.
- Jonathan Edwards and Justification, (editor), Crossway 2012.
- No Other Gospel: 31 Reasons from Galatians Why Justification by Faith Alone Is the Only Gospel, Crossway, 2011.
- Authentic Spirituality; Finding God Without Losing Your Mind, 2009.
- The God-Centered Life: Insights from Jonathan Edwards for Today, 2007.
- Jonathan Edwards and the Enlightenment: Knowing the Presence of God, University Press of America, 2005.
References edit
- ^ "Ministry Staff". college-church.org. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ Eriksen, Charlotte. "Christmas in America—Observations from Wheaton". wheaton.patch.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "Meet the Fellows | Jonathan Edwards College". je.yalecollege.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ Hansen, Colin (2009). Young, Restless, and Reformed : a Journalist's Journey with the New Calvinists. Wheaton: Good News Publishers/Crossway Books. ISBN 978-1-4335-0411-2. OCLC 437220324.
- ^ McClenahan, Michael (2006-10-01). "Josh Moody, Jonathan Edwards and the Enlightenment: Knowing the Presence of God". The Journal of Religion. 86 (4): 685–686. doi:10.1086/509676. ISSN 0022-4189.
- ^ "Letters From America".
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