Matthew Aragon Bruce

Calvin Prison Initiative

Rev. Dr. Matthew James Aragon Bruce holds a PhD (in the History of Christian Doctrine) and a MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a MTh (in Theology in History) from the University of Edinburgh. His academic work focuses on the history of Christian thought with special attention to Reformed and ecumenical theology. He has previously taught at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University, Lindenwood University, and Wheaton College (Illinois). Presently he works for the PC(USA), serving as the Grant Director for Synod of the Covenant’s Cultivating the Gift of Preaching Initiative, a lay preacher training program funded through the Lilly Endowment’s Compelling Preaching Initiative. He is also the Theologian-in-Residence at First Presbyterian Church in Grand Haven, Michigan. He frequently serves as an adjunct professor for Western Seminary, Calvin University’s Prison Initiative, and the Hope Western Prison Education program, teaching classes in Historical and Systematic Theology, Theological Ethics, Church History, and New Testament exegesis.