Greg Austen

Incoming President

A mission-driven executive leader with more than 35 years of
experience, Greg is passionate about listening conversations,
training and empowering fresh generations, and a compassionate
and intellectually rigorous pro-life movement that is reconnected to
character, civility, and a holistic understanding of human life
rooted in the Imago Dei.

Recently and coinciding with his work as a church-planter for the
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), Greg spent 6.5 years as
Care Net’s Executive Director of Church Outreach and
Engagement providing leadership, messaging, and strategy for a
national seven-member team that equipped pregnancy centers and
churches to offer compassion, hope, help to women and men
facing pregnancy decisions. Serving in this role, he was the
primary author and editor of Care Net’s main ministry resource for
churches, Making Life Disciples 2.0, as well as numerous articles.

Prior to that, Greg served for 11 years at the National Fatherhood
Initiative (NFI), where he was Senior Director of National
Programming, leading a highly successful, multi-year initiative
funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). (You can view
some of the work associated with this project by watching the 8-
minute inspiring story of Troy and Xavier Gaines here.)

Besides strengthening fathers and families, Greg also has a special
heart for those who’ve been hurt by the church or are
deconstructing their faith. He writes a regular blog at
carpentertheologian.com and is the author of several books
including How I Became a Christian Despite the Church, Christian
Nationalism: A Constructive Conversation, and Irreplaceable:
Recovering God’s Heart for Dads.

A seasoned communicator, pastor, and community strategist who
has worked with a variety of denominations, Greg is licensed
Teaching Elder in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and holds a
Doctor of Ministry from Westminster Theological Seminary, a
Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, a Bachelor of Science from Cairn University, and a
certificate from Cornell University in Financial Sustainability for
Nonprofits.

Greg lives in the Greater Philadelphia are with his wife, Pam, near
their three children and eight grandchildren. His hobbies include
walking; cycling; reading; writing; exploring new towns with Pam;
their black lab, Domino; making playlists on Spotify; and scuba-
diving.