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Christian Dominic Boyd is ordained presbyter (Teaching Elder) in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He is currently the Pastor and Head of Staff for Southminster Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Waukesha, Wisconsin, as well as the Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Milwaukee.

Boyd was ordained and set aside for the ministry of teaching, preaching, and celebrating the sacraments by the Presbytery of Mid-Kentucky on behalf of the whole PC(U.S.A.) in 2001. He is a noted pastor, church leader, and practical theologian in the areas of Presbyterian church history, polity, organization development, and missiology. He has worked as a designated pastor with congregations in transition, as well as the chief ecclesial officer for the Presbytery of Ohio Valley (southern Indiana), before taking the staff position at of the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy (St. Louis metro) as the New Church Development Pastor designated to the New Creation congregation in O’Fallon, IL.

Boyd grew up in southwest Missouri and is a graduate of Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. He earned a Master of Divinity from Louisville Seminary, and Doctor of Ministry in Congregational Mission and Leadership at Luther Seminary (St Paul, MN). He also completed post-graduated studies in Spiritual Formation from the Epiphany Academy and Mediation Skills from Northwestern University.

He is married to Dr. Karen Selbert, who is a veterinarian with emphasis in urgent care and animal behavior, and a notable authority on Addison's Disease and treatment in dogs.