👋 Hi, I'm McKay!
Originally from Memphis, I spent my high school years in Mississippi and now live in Dahlonega, GA, where I love to spend time with my family and hike the southern Appalachian mountains of north Georgia. As a former pastor of 26 years, seminary professor, and author, I now lead a new 501c3 nonprofit ministry, Cross-Tethered Preaching.
If you're a pastor or lay teacher, you'll want to check that out.
Of course, I still write what I hope are practically helpful books, which you'll find here at mckaycaston.com.
Here's some more info about me.
FAMILY
- Kristy and I have been married for 32 years.
- We are grateful parents to three adult children (28, 26, and 20).
MINISTRY JOURNEY
- My ministry path has taken me through various contexts:
- Memphis, TN (urban)
- Tupelo, MS (small town)
- Greenwood, MS (rural farming community)
- Atlanta, GA (suburban)
- Dahlonega, GA (small college town), where I spent 12 years as a church planter and founding pastor.
- In addition to leading CTP, I teach homiletics and theology for Metro Atlanta Seminary.
EDUCATION
- I graduated from the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 1991 with a BA in history and literature.
- I completed an MDiv at Covenant Seminary in 1994.
- I also have a PhD in Expository Preaching and DMin in Gospel Renewal.
PHILOSOPHY OF MINISTRY
My life mission is to help people, especially pastors like me, help others come alive to the wonder, beauty, and transforming power of God’s grace by tethering every sermon, lesson, Bible study, devotion, etc., to the cross of the risen and reigning Jesus.
Of course, for preachers to communicate this way, we need to be tethered to the cross ourselves—as sons before servants, abiding in Jesus as our perfect righteousness. In this way, preaching the cross of Jesus becomes the overflow of a grace-saturated, Jesus-centered, Father-dependent, Spirit-filled life.
To that end, my hope is that mckaycaston.com and Cross-Tethered Preaching will not only help you preach cross-tethered sermons but also live a cross-tethered life.