M. Craig Barnes

A clergyman in the Presbyterian Church (USA), M. Craig Barnes (born August 28, 1956) is an author, professor, and currently president of Princeton Theological Seminary.

Biography and Career

Raised on Long Island,^[1] Barnes attended The King's College in New York City, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history, in 1978.^[2] He went on to graduate from Princeton Theological Seminary, in 1981, with an Master of Divinity. Barnes then earned a Doctor of Philosophy in the history of Christianity from the University of Chicago Divinity School, in 1992,^[3] under the supervision of Martin Marty.^[4] For his doctoral studies, he wrote a dissertation titled "John R. Mott: A Conversionist in a Pluralist World."^[5]

In 1981, Barnes was ordained as a minister in the PC(USA), serving in PC(USA) congregations in Colorado Springs, CO, and Madison, WI. In 1993, he became senior pastor of National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., serving until 2002, when he accepted a teaching position at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, in Pittsburgh, PA. One year later, while serving as Robert Meneilly Professor of Pastoral Ministry, Barnes accepted a call to Shadyside Presbyterian Church as senior pastor. On October 8, 2012, Princeton Theological Seminary announced that Barnes was selected to succeed the retiring Iain Torrance as president.^[6] Barnes took up his duties as president on January 1, 2013, and was formally installed as president on October 23, 2013.^[7] At Princeton Semnary, he also serves as professor of pastoral ministry.

Barnes is married and has a grown daughter and two teenage sons.^[8]

Books

• Body and Soul: Reclaiming the Heidelberg Catechism (Faith Alive Publishers, 2012)

• The Pastor as Minor Poet (Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008)

• Searching for Home (Brazos Press, A Division of Baker Book House Company, 2003)

• An Extravagant Mercy (Servant Publications, Vine Books, 2003)

• Sacred Thirst (Zondervan Publishing House, 2001)

• Hustling God (Zondervan Publishing House, 1999)

• When God Interrupts (InterVarsity Press, 1996)

• Yearning (InterVarsity Press, 1991) ^[9]

References

1. "Shadyside Presbyterian Church" The Reverend Dr. M. Craig Barnes http://www.shadysidepres.org/blog/m-craig-barnes-bio (retrieved Dec. 3, 2013)
2. "M. Craig Barnes: Vital" (pg. 1) http://www.pts.edu/UserFiles/File/faculty/CVs/Barnes.pdf (retrieved August 2, 2015)
3. "M. Craig Barnes: Vital" (pg. 1) http://www.pts.edu/UserFiles/File/faculty/CVs/Barnes.pdf (retrieved August 2, 2015)
4. "Shadyside Presbyterian Church" The Reverend Dr. M. Craig Barnes http://www.shadysidepres.org/blog/m-craig-barnes-bio (retrieved Dec. 3, 2013)
5. "Dissertation Notices" (PDF). UMI. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
6. "Princeton Seminary Announces M. Craig Barnes as Its New President", Oct. 8th, 2012, retrieved December 3, 2013 https://www.ptsem.edu/index.aspx?id=25769804591
7. "News & Notes: Princeton Theological Seminary installs new president M. Craig Barnes" Daily Princetonian Staff, Nov. 4, 2013, retrieved Dec. 3, 2013 http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2013/11/news-notes-princeton-theological-seminary-installs-new-president-m-craig-barnes/
8. "Shadyside Presbyterian Church" The Reverend Dr. M. Craig Barnes http://www.shadysidepres.org/blog/m-craig-barnes-bio (retrieved Dec. 3, 2013)
9. "Princeton Theological Seminary: M. Craig Barnes" http://www.ptsem.edu/index.aspx?id=25769804886 (retrieved Dec. 3rd, 2013)