Kevin DeYoung | |
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Born | Kevin Lee DeYoung June 23, 1977 South Holland, Illinois, U.S. |
Education | B.A. Hope College, 1999 M.Div. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2002 Ph.D. University of Leicester, 2019 |
Spouse | Trisha |
Children | 9 |
Church | Christ Covenant Church (Matthews, North Carolina) |
Ordained | Presbyterian Church in America |
Website | clearlyreformed |
Kevin Lee DeYoung (born June 23, 1977) is an American Reformed theologian, pastor and author. He is currently the senior pastor at Christ Covenant Church, in Matthews, North Carolina. [1] The church he previously pastored, University Reformed Church (East Lansing, Michigan), shifted to the Presbyterian Church in America in March 2015 after having been a member of the Reformed Church in America. [2]
Presently, DeYoung is a member of The Gospel Coalition's Council. [3] He also contributes articles to various other evangelical organizations, such as World , 9Marks, and Desiring God. [4]
DeYoung was born in South Holland, Illinois, and largely grew up in Jenison, Michigan, where his parents Lee and Sheri DeYoung worked for Words of Hope, an international media ministry based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. [5] Both of his grandfathers were from Dutch Reformed backgrounds. [6]
DeYoung graduated from Hope College in Michigan in 1999 [7] and then received his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts in 2002. [8] He completed a Ph.D. in Early Modern History focusing on the theology of John Witherspoon at the University of Leicester (John Coffey served as his adviser), successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis on January 10, 2019. [9]
DeYoung first served as a pastor at First Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa. From August 2004 to June 2017 he served as senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan, near Michigan State University.
DeYoung has authored or co-authored many books and articles; his book Why We're Not Emergent (co-authored with Ted Kluck) won the 2009 Christianity Today book award. [10] His book Why We Love the Church (also co-authored with Ted Kluck) won the 2010 Christianity Today Book Award and Leadership Journal Golden Canon Book Award. [10] Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem was awarded the 2014 Christian Book of the Year by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). [11]
DeYoung is a member of The Gospel Coalition Council with John Piper and others. [12] [13]
He has been a keynote speaker to at conferences including Together for the Gospel, The Gospel Coalition, Shepherd’s Conference, and many more.
DeYoung joined the faculty at Reformed Theological Seminary Charlotte in 2017 as an Assistant Professor. On June 1, 2021, he was promoted to Associate Professor of Systematic Theology. [14]
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