Martin B. Copenhaver

Martin B. Copenhaver is the President of Andover Newton Theological School--the oldest graduate school of any kind in America--located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. Before assuming this role, Martin was Senior Pastor of Wellesley Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where he served for 20 years. He is a graduate of Dickinson College and received his Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School in 1980. Martin served churches in Phoenix, Arizona, Burlington, Vermont and Westport, Connecticut before becoming Senior Pastor of Wellesley Congregational Church in 1994.

Martin is the author of seven books: Living Faith While Holding Doubts; To Begin at the Beginning: An Introduction to the Christian Faith; Good News in Exile (co-authored with Anthony B. Robinson and William Willimon); Words for the Journey: Letters to Our Teenagers About Life and Faith (co-authored with Anthony B. Robinson); This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers (Co-authored with Lillian Daniel); Jesus Is the Question: The 307 Questions Jesus Asked and the 3 He Answered; and, most recently, Room to Grow: Meditations on Trying to Live as a Christian. Martin is an Editor at Large at The Christian Century and a contributor to numerous other periodicals.