Tom Crenshaw grew up in Watertown New York and he attended Virginia Military Institute, Washington and Lee University, Monmouth University (teaching certificate) and Princeton Seminary. Following graduation, Tom coached and taught at the Manlius Military Academy in Syracuse, N.Y.

He has served seven churches in his 53 years of ministry. He came to know Christ through the ministry of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in 1962, and since then he has not only pastored, but he has taught, coached, and served as an athletic director at Calvary Chapel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Prior to that, he served the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fl.; The First Presbyterian Church in Red Bank, N.J,; The First Presbyterian Church in Greenville, Pa.; Cedar Park Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pa.; and the Pompey United Church in Syracuse, N.Y. He is presently serving as Connections pastor of the New Monmouth Baptist Church (non denominational) where he previously served as a three year interim.

A three sport athlete in college, Tom captained his football and baseball teams at Washington and Lee University as well as leading the Fellowship of Christian Athletes ministry.

He has been married to Jean for almost 50 years, and they have four children, all of whom are teachers.
Tom loves perennial gardening, umpiring high school baseball, coaching baseball and football, fishing for small mouth bass, rooting for his favorite team, the Cleveland Indians, and listening to ‘real’ country music, the classic kind.

He loves people and enjoys connecting and building relationships with people. His gifts are leadership and encouragement, and his ministry goal is “to equip God’s people for the work of ministry” (Ephesians 4:11-12).

Tom writes a daily blog on Leadership which is made available Monday through Friday. For more information on this blog or to get in touch with him, you can reach him via email.