Pastor

Don Bryant has pastored the Coastal family since its beginning in 1995. Don is a graduate of Old Dominion University, receiving a B.A. in History. Following graduation he spent four years with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a Christian college campus ministry, at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. His next step took him to Philadelphia where he studied at Westminster Theological Seminary and was awarded the Master of Divinity degree. Since then he has been in local ministry in the Midwest and here in the Boston area. In addition to pastoring, Don is an adjunct faculty member of Eastern Nazarene College, Adult Studies Division, teaching Philosophy, Bible, Speech, Professional Business Communications, Christian Traditions and Living Issues. He is married to Sharon, a first grade teacher, and they have two sons, both in graduate school, Jon in Chicago and Ben in Santa Barbara, CA. Don posts regularly on his blog at www.donbryant.wordpress.com.