Welcome! You’ve reached the digital home of Mantua Creek Church, an Evangelical Presbyterian Church, that’s in the process of being planted in Gloucester County, NJ near Rowan University and the Mantua Creek Watershed.
Water is an essential source of life for all communities, as well as plants and wildlife. In the same way, water is primary in the name of our church.
Besides being associated with a real geographic place, as you’d suspect, there’s spiritual significance as well.
Dr. Greg Austen
Greg is a part-time church planter and pastor in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, and author of Irreplaceable: Recovering God’s Heart for Dads and How I Became a Christian Despite the Church.
Greg also works full-time as Care Net’s Executive Director of Church Outreach & Engagement. In that role, he leads Care Net’s Church Engagement team, equipping pregnancy centers and churches in their desire to offer compassion, hope, help, and long-term discipleship to women and men facing pregnancy decisions.
Before coming to Care Net, Greg worked for National Fatherhood Initiative for eleven years. A seasoned communicator and community strategist, Greg holds a D.Min. from Westminster Theological Seminary, an M.Div. from Southern Seminary, and a B.S. from Cairn University.
Greg writes a weekly blog at carpentertheologian.com and lives in the Greater Philadelphia area with his wife, Pam. Together they have three children and seven grandchildren.