Greg Boyd (b.1957)

Gregory A. Boyd has been listed as one of the top 20 most influential Christians of the 20th century.

As a child he went to a Roman Catholic school where he was taught by nuns. In his testimony he thinks the nuns tagged him as ’ a demon child’.

In June, shortly after his 17th birthday, he went to a revival meeting. A young female student, after her sermon, did a timid altar call. *I rushed forward, It was then that I finally surrendered my life to Christ. *

Degrees
He received from the University of Minnesota a B.A. (1979). From Yale Divinity School he received his M. Div. (1982). From Princeton Theological Seminary he received his Ph,D (1988)

For 16 years he was professor of theology at Bethel University there he received the Teaching Excellence Award and Campus Leadership Award.

In 1992 he co-founded Woodlands Hills Church (WHC, an evangelical mega church in St Paul’s Minnesota. He is senior pastor there and weekly speaks to 1000s .

In 2000 he founded Christus Victor Ministries (CMV) , a non profit organization that promotes his writing and speaking ministry outside WHC

Greg is an internationally recognized theologian, preacher, teacher, apologist and author. He has authored or co-authored 22 books and numerous academic articles. His best selling book is Letters from a Sceptic.

He has appeared on the front page of The New York Times. He has been heard on the radio and seen on the television.

His main vision is to help the Church become the Kingdom of outrageous loving servants God called it be, and for non-believers to discover the transforming power of Jesus Christ.

In 2010 Greg was listed as one of the 20 most influential * living* scholars.

I have include part of Greg’s testimony - page 1 school, page 10 conviction
(For full testimony go - reknew.org/ 2007/12/testimony/Greg Bond)

Sources used
REKNEW
The work of the People
wikipedia