CJ Mahaney

CJ Mahaney started Covenant Life Church in Gaithersberg, Maryland in 1977. In 2004 he handed over his role as Senior Pastor to Joshua Harris, himself the author of bestsellers such as I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello To Courtship, Sex Is Not The Problem (Lust Is) and Stop Dating The Church.

Since that time, CJ's role has shifted to concentrate on overseeing the church-planting family of churches Covenant Life has developed called Sovereign Grace Ministries, a movement which has a close friendship with Newfrontiers. Books by CJ Mahaney include:

Humility: True Greatness
The Cross Centered Life
Christ Our Mediator
Sex, Romance & The Glory Of God: What Every Husband Needs To Know

CJ's wife Carolyn and their three daughters run a blog called Girl Talk, which is a discussion of biblical womanhood. In 2006, CJ partnered with the leaders of three other streams of churches to host Together For The Gospel 06, a conference with the gospel at it centre, uniting men and women across many different traditions and practises. Guest speakers included John Piper and John MacArthur. The four hosts of the conference continue to run the Together For The Gospel Blog.