Josh Graves
Preaching & Teaching Minister
Office: (615) 690-2580
Beginning 2009, Dr. Josh Graves has served as preaching and teaching minister for the Otter Creek Church. He loves telling Jesus stories to anyone who will listen. Josh holds a D.Min. from Columbia Seminary where he studied the relationship of postmodernism and Christianity. He has written four books: The Feast: How to Serve Jesus in a Famished World, Heaven on Earth (with C. Seidman), and How Not to Kill a Muslim: A Manifesto of Hope for Christianity and Islam in North America. Recently, Josh released The Simple Secret: Choosing Love in a Culture of Hostility with Cascade Publishers.
Josh's work has been featured on NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Patheos, PBS Religion, Preaching Today, Church Leaders, The Tennessean, Missio Dei, The Contributor, and Christian Standard. Josh is currently helping to lead Pepperdine University's Compelling Preaching Initiative as well as The Gathering for Telemachus Mentoring held each year in Boca Grande, Florida. Previously, Josh taught New Testament courses for Rochester University (2005-2009) and Lipscomb University (2012-2023). Josh is married to Kara – the real theologian in the family. Josh and Kara have three life-giving sons: Lucas, Finn, and Oliver.