Rev. Chad Delaney

mcccadmin
02/20/2023

MCCC Senior Pastor
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 330-569-4926

Our Lead Minister, Rev. Chad Delaney, has been the pastor at Mantua Center Christian Church since August 2008. He was born and raised in the Disciples of Christ tradition, growing up at the First Christian Church of Stow, OH.  He has a wonderful and supportive wife, Christin, who teaches Kindergarten at Crestwood and involves herself in many ways in the church and community.   They live in Hiram with their three growing kids–C.J., Josh, and Avery.  

Chad and Christin both graduated from Hiram College in 2002. Chad majored in Religious Studies and Christin in Early Childhood Education. Chad received his Masters of Divinity at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, TN and was ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in June 2005 at his home church.

You can contact him at [email protected], call/text 330-569-4926, Twitter @chadbdelaney, or on Facebook.  

THE THINGS YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CHAD

  • Favorite Music – The Weepies, Indigo Girls, Nickel Creek, The Wailin’ Jennys, Oldies, Caedmon’s Call, Jars of Clay, MXPX, Rage Against the Machine, 311, Weezer, John Fogerty
  • Favorite Movies – The Goonies, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Truman Show, Contact, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Dumb and Dumber, Napoleon Dynamite, The Matrix
  • Favorite TV Shows – The Office, Parks and Recreation, Modern Family, 30 Rock, Cavs Game, Indians Game, Browns Game. SPORTS.
  • Theological Interests – Bible and Modern Interpretation, Science and Religion, Politics and Religion
  • Some Favorite Books – The Bible, Theology of a Nuclear Age (Kaufman), Rilke’s Book of Hours, Song of Ice and Fire Series (Martin), Mistborn (Sanderson). Five Love Languages (Chapman), Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries (Tyson, Neil deGrasse)
  • Hobby Interests – Basketball, Karate, Astronomy, following Cleveland Sports
  • Favorite Quote – “Justice cannot be attained, until those who aren’t hurting are as indignant as those who are” — Thucydides
  • Favorite Bible Verse – Psalm 62:2…look it up!