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Pastor, Teacher, and Author
Dr. Josh W. Moody (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is the senior pastor of the historic College Church. He is the president and founder of God Centered Life Ministries, which proclaims God’s Word worldwide through podcasts, daily broadcasts on Moody Radio, One Place, and live-streaming on godcenteredlife.org.
His passion is the gospel. He is an expository preacher who seeks to bring God’s Word into the practical matters of the human condition and heart. He is a theologian shaped by his research in understanding the challenges of the secularization of the Enlightenment to Christian faith and the answers that influential pastor Jonathan Edwards brought, culminating in a doctorate in historical theology from Cambridge University, a research fellowship at Yale Divinity School, and a fellowship at the Jonathan Edwards College of Yale University. He is an evangelist who led Trinity Baptist Church to revitalization in New Haven, CT; was college pastor at the influential Eden Baptist Church in Cambridge, England; served as a missionary with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in the Republics of Georgia and Azerbaijan; and was president of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union at Cambridge University.
He is the author of nearly 20 books to date, including most recently The Joy of Jesus: 25 Devotional readings for Christmas (Christian Focus publications, 2024); Authentic Spirituality (CLC Publications 2022); Everyday Holiness: Becoming Who You Were Made to Be (Christian Focus 2022); a series of accessible guides to Christian living (How Christmas Can Change Your Life, Christian Focus 2019; How the Bible Can Change Your Life, Christian Focus 2018; How Church Can Change Your Life, Christian Focus 2015); a two-volume commentary on John’s Gospel (John 1-12 For You and John 13-21 for You, The Good Book Company 2017 and 2019); a popular exploration of the life-changing power of the gospel (7 Days to Change Your Life, Abingdon Press 2017); a biblical theology of the Bible’s teaching about Christ-centered promotion (Boasting, Christian Focus 2018); a guide for preachers about how to preach to the heart (Preaching to the Affections, Christian Focus 2014); an exposition of the Psalms of Ascent and their message of increasing joy (Journey to Joy, Crossway 2013); an exposition of Galatians and its call to gospel fidelity (No Other Gospel, Crossway 2011); an accessible guide to the practical application of the teaching of the great Christian leader Jonathan Edwards (The God-Centered Life, Regent 2007; IVP UK 2006); and a technical work with global Jonathan Edwards scholars on Edwards’ doctrine of justification as the right framework for expressing justification today (Jonathan Edwards and Justification, Crossway 2012).
He grew up in the London area and became a follower of Jesus in the Church of England. He is married to Rochelle, and they have four children. You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.