He earned a B.A. from Wheaton College, IL in 2008, and M.Div. from Gordan-Conwell Seminary in 2012, and a Ph.D. from Baylor University in 2017. Brendan taught at Central Texas College and Baylor before coming to NGU. He currently has a book under a contract with Louisiana State University Press. Brendan loves exploring the Upstate, which reminds him and his wife, Catherine, of their childhood homes in the Pacific Northwest. He also enjoys board games, reading, and walking state parks and Greenville's river trail with Catherine.