Chris Castaldo - Lead Pastor
Chris Castaldo (BA, Moody Bible
Institute; MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; PhD, London School of
Theology) was raised on Long Island, New York. Since 2002, he has served
in the Chicagoland area, first at College Church in Wheaton, and then at
Wheaton College, where he directed the Ministry of Gospel Renewal, which
equipped evangelicals for constructive engagement with Catholic friends
and loved ones. Since November 2014, Chris has served as Lead Pastor of New
Covenant Church, Naperville.
Chris has authored and
contributed to several books, including The Unfinished Reformation: What
Unites and Divides Catholics and Protestants after 500 Years (Zondervan,
2016, cowritten with Gregg Allison), Talking with Catholics about the
Gospel: A Guide for Evangelicals (Zondervan, 2015), Journeys of Faith:
Evangelicalism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Anglicanism (Zondervan,
2012), and Holy Ground: Walking with Jesus as a Former Catholic (Zondervan, 2009). He has written for Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Touchstone
Journal, Credo
Magazine, Themelios, First
Things, and The Gospel Coalition.