M. Craig Barnes (born 1956) is an American

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and professor who serves as president of

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Biography and Career

Born on August 28, 1956, and raised on Long Island,"Shadyside Presbyterian Church" The Reverend Dr. M. Craig Barnes http://www.shadysidepres.org/blog/m-craig-barnes-bio (retrieved Dec. 3, 2013) Barnes attended The King's College in

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, where he graduated with a

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degree in history, in 1978."M. Craig Barnes: Vita" (pg. 1) http://www.pts.edu/UserFiles/File/faculty/CVs/Barnes.pdf (retrieved August 2, 2015) He went on to graduate from

, in 1981, with a Master of Divinity degree. Barnes then earned a

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degree in the

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from the

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, in 1992, under the supervision of

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. For his doctoral studies, he wrote a dissertation titled '' John R. Mott: A Conversionist in a Pluralist World''. In 1981, Barnes was ordained as a minister in the PC(USA), serving in PC(USA) congregations in

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, and

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. In 1993, he became senior pastor of

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, serving until 2002, when he accepted a teaching position at

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, in

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. One year later, while serving as Robert Meneilly Professor of Pastoral Ministry, Barnes accepted a call to

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as senior pastor. On October 8, 2012,

announced that Barnes was selected to succeed the retiring

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as president. Barnes took up his duties as president on January 1, 2013, and was formally installed as president on October 23, 2013. At Princeton Seminary, he also serves as professor of pastoral ministry. Barnes is married and has a grown daughter and two teenage sons.

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