GREG COOTSONA

Greg is a former pastor at Bidwell of twelve years, holds a Ph.D. in Christian Education, and is an author, researcher, and guest lecturer at CSU Chico. He studied comparative literature at U.C. Berkeley and theology at Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv), the Universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg, and Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union, where he received his Ph.D. Greg has also served as an associate pastor at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian in New York City. He has been interviewed by CNN, the BBC, the New York Times, and The Today Show. Greg is married to Laura and has two young adult daughters – Melanie and Elizabeth.