Josh Moody is Senior Pastor of College Church

College Church

College Church is an independent church in Wheaton, Illinois with "strong historic ties" to Wheaton College. The church is led by a number of pastors, directors, and a board of elders. Dr. Josh Moody currently holds the position of Senior Pastor of College Church...

 in Wheaton, Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois

Wheaton is an affluent community located in DuPage County, Illinois, approximately west of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Wheaton is the county seat of DuPage County...

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Education and career

Moody was born in Epsom, Surrey, England and reared in an Anglican family. He lives in Wheaton, Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois

Wheaton is an affluent community located in DuPage County, Illinois, approximately west of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Wheaton is the county seat of DuPage County...

 with his wife Rochelle and their children Josiah, Sophia and Elianna.

He holds his undergraduate degree and PhD

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 from Cambridge University  where he was president of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union

Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union

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Moody served as a missionary in the Republic of Georgia and in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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. He was a pastor at Romford Evangelical Church in London and at Eden Baptist Church.

Until 2008 he was senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven, Connecticut

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. He is an associate fellow of Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University

Yale University

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, and the author of The God-Centered Life: Insights from Jonathan Edwards for Today.

Books

• No Other Gospel: 31 Reasons from Galatians Why Justification by Faith Alone Is the Only Gospel, Crossways, 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.