Greg is a native of New Orleans and lives in New Orleans with his wife, Michelle. They have six children (Isaac, Emma, Luke, Elijah, Elizabeth and Katy) and seven grandchildren (Paul, Amadee, Jones, Moriah, Ella, Ophelia, and Abel). Greg is completing his seventeenth year at NOBTS, where he serves as the Coordinator for Worship and Church Music studies. He is Professor of Conducting and Worship and holds the Lallage-Feazel Chair in Church Music. Greg recently completed a post-doctorate degree in biblical studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, focusing primarily on language study and theology. He has presented several papers at the Southwest Regional Evangelical Theological Society on the topic of worship. Greg had the honor of contributing a chapter on worship and evangelism to the 2019 publication of Engage, a festschrift dedicated to the former President of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Charles Kelley. He recently published a second edition of a textbook on conducting and worship band leadership,The Millenial Cantor and Conductor: From Jewish Cantillation to Contemporary Contexts, available through Rakuten Kobo. He also recently published a short review of graduate music theory with a view toward historical context; this work is titled Graduate Music Theory: A Sacred Context Based Approach also available through Rakuten Kobo. Greg is currently researching and writing on the topic of worship in the Old Testament,completing a doctoral Hebrew seminar on the book of Isaiah as recently as the spring of 2025. Greg’s research interests in the Old Testament include Davidic themes, Second Temple worship practices, and eschatological framework toward the arrival of Messiah.
Greg completed his Doctorate of Philosophy in Music Education at Florida State University. He holds an MME and BME from the University of Southern Mississippi and began his educational career at Jones Junior College in MIssissippi. Greg has served churches in Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana. He is currently serving as pastor of a NAMB replant church in New Orleans. He was on faculty at Truett-McConnell University in GA, taught as a graduate student at Florida State University, and began his teaching career at Pascagoula High School in MS.
