Draft:Christian Dominic Boyd

The Rev’d Dr. Christian Dominic Boyd (born May 22, 1973) is a USA Presbyterian Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Early Life, Education, and Career
Dr. Boyd was born and raised in Joplin, Missouri. He descends from Ulster Scots who settled in the colonies and established Presbyterian Churches, as well as from English settles, such as his paternal Blood ancestors who settled in Massachusetts in 1648, his maternal Huddleston ancestors who were part of the Virginia Company, and Garrison ancestors who settled in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam and had a farm in what is today Brooklyn, New York.

He holds a Doctor of Ministry in Congregational Mission and Leadership, Organizational Development from Luther Seminary, a Master of Divinity in Practical Theology and Pastoral Leadership from Louisville Seminary, and a Bachelor of Arts in World Literature from Truman State University. He has also earned Graduate Certificates in Mediation and Negotiation from Northwestern University and Paralegal Studies from George Mason University.

Dr. Boyd was ordained as Presbyter and Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA) by the Presbytery of Mid-Kentucky in 2001 and has served as a designated pastor and installed, or tenured, pastor of congregations in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. He has also served as a state clerk, an elected regional church leader for the Presbytery of Milwaukee and the Presbytery of Ohio Valley. He has served the denomination by being elected in 2010 to the Episcopal Presbyterian Ecumenical Dialogue and was the principal author of a proposal for the orderly exchange of clergy that was considered by both national denominational bodies in 2024. Dr Boyd was also elected to the Advisory Committee on the Constitution of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Philanthropy
Dr. Boyd serves as Grand Chancellor and Chief Administrative Officer of the Sovereign Imperial and Royal House of Ghassan, a United Nations-registered non-government organization with special consultative status. The NGO works with Christians at risk in the Middle East and projects with the Republic of Lebanon.

Publications

 * Christian D Boyd. Formed and Always Being Reformed as a Community Under the Cross (O’Fallon, IL: Celtic Hound Press, 2010).
 * Book of Common Worship (2018), PC(USA) with Westminster John/Knox Press. Editorial Board, 2016-2017. Daily Prayer section.
 * “These Days, Daily Devotions for Living by Faith,” July 13-19, 2020. Published by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).