Greg Ogden

Greg Ogden is currently the Executive Pastor of the Grow Ministry at Christ Church of Oak Brook, IL. in the Chicago western suburbs. From 1998-2002, Greg served as Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Fuller Theological Seminary and Associate Professor of Lay Equipping and Discipleship. Prior to coming to Fuller, Greg enjoyed 24 years in pastoral ministry, primarily within Presbyterian churches, but most recently as Senior Pastor at the Saratoga Federated Church in the Silicon Valley, California. He is the author of four books: Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God (Zondervan, 2003), Discipleship Essentials: A Guide to Building Your Life in Christ (InterVarsity Press, 1998), Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time (Intervarsity Press, 2003); and with co-author, Daniel Meyer, Leadership Essentials: Shaping Vision, Multiplying Influence, Defining Character (InterVarsity Press, 2007). He is pleased to have been married to Lily for 41 years and has one married daughter who with her husband are practicing pediatricians in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Ogdens are now obnoxious grandparents to their 4 year granddaughter, Claire and a 1 year old grandson, Dylan. (Pictures available upon request.)

• Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program and Associate Professor of Lay Equipping and Discipleship, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA (1998-2002)
• Senior Pastor, Saratoga Federated Church, Saratoga, CA (1988-98)
• Associate Pastor, St. John's Presbyterian Church, West LA (1984-88)
• Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Burbank, CA (1977-84)
• Associate Pastor, Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA (1973-77)
  

Education:

• University of California at Los Angeles, BA in Sociology
• Fuller Theological Seminary, Master of Divinity (1973)
• Fuller Theological Seminary, Doctor of Ministry (1985)