| | | Tom Theriault | | | | Tom Theriault, D. Min., currently serves as associate pastor for mission and outreach at the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church, Solana Beach, California (in north San Diego County). A congregation of over 1600 members, Solana Beach Presbyterian supports a wide range of mission activities, including the support of missionaries around the world and a food truck ministry that handles some 10 million pounds of food a year. Dr. Theriault has spearheaded his church's commitment to plant the gospel among a group of Muslims in the Ethiopian desert and is very involved in the expansion of the congregation's ministry to Hispanics. He also chairs the mission committee of the Presbytery of San Diego, leading these 35 congregations to make a commitment to frontier missions. Dr. Theriault earned his doctorate from the School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary, doing research on the topic "The Influence of Universalism in Presbyterian Mission Policy and Practice in the 20th Century." He and his wife have three children--Anna, Julie, and Steve--a wonderful son-in-law, and an adorable grandson. | | | | |
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