Dr. Greg McLaughlin has been the senior pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Huntsville, Alabama since August of 1979. He is a 1972 graduate of Illinois State University, where he received a BA in Business Administration. Having been called to preach in April of 1971, he attended Tennessee Temple Seminary. There, he received his Master of Divinity degree. He was honored by Maranatha Baptist Bible College in 1991 with a Doctor of Divinity degree. And in 1994 he completed his work for his Doctor of Ministry degree at Bob Jones University.
Dr. McLaughlin serves as a trustee for Maranatha Baptist University in Watertown, Wisconsin and for Baptist World Missions, Inc., located in Decatur, Alabama. During the years here at Calvary, he has led the church in two relocations and several major building programs. Along with the building programs he has led the church in three major debt reduction plans, which the Lord has honored. His ministry is centered upon the Word of God and expositional preaching. He believes that there should be a balance in ministry composed of old fashion evangelism / personal soul winning and edification / discipleship. With this balance the lay person is equipped for the work of the ministry.
