Craig M. Watts

Craig M. Watts is the author of over two hundred articles and essays. They have appeared in such periodicals as Cross Currents, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Word and World, Encounter and more. In addition, dozens of his sermons have been published in magazines and resource books. He periodically writes blog articles for the Red Letter Christian site. He is the author of two books, Bowing Toward Babylon: The Nationalistic Subversion of Christian Worship in America and Disciple of Peace: Alexander Campbell on Pacifism, Violence and the State.

Watts holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Vanderbilt University and Boston University. He has served as minister of Royal Palm Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-national congregation in Coral Springs, Florida since 2000.

He is currently working on a book dealing on the beatitudes of Jesus as a response to what Watts believes is a prevalent Jesus-less Christianity in America.