Rev. Dr. Tony Stiff is a California native. He is married with two teenagers and two soft-coated wheaten terriers. He has been in ministry for over 26 years across the USA and Scotland. Has a PhD from the University of Aberdeen, and a Doctor of Ministry from Western Theological Seminary in Holland, MI. He has presented at academic conferences at Cambridge, Durham, St. Andrews, and Aberdeen; and publishes in peer-review academic journals.

Over the years he has served as a pastor at churches with over 1,000 people and churches under 100 people in weekly worship. Those churches have included high-steeple congregations (regionally well-known churches) as well as young mobile church plants meeting in several rented facilities. He has been part of the NCCP presbytery since 2022, and is joining the Presbytery of Redwoods soon. You can learn more about him at his pastor’s website, which links to a video sermon library with over 330 sermons: https://www.tonystiff.com/.