Conversation with Rev. Dr. Sam Coddington

Sam Codington joined the McGregor family as pastor in February of 2025. He grew up as a pastor’s kid in a Presbyterian church in the Upstate of South Carolina. After college, he moved to California and received a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary. While he was a pastor in San Diego, he was the moderator of San Diego Presbytery (2023), and he served as a commissioner to the 225th and 226th General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church (USA).   He writes at the intersections of liberation theology, postcolonial studies, ecology, and poetry. He has written two books, Listening as Hosts: Liturgically Facing Colonization and White Supremacy (2024) and Searching for Speech: Preaching in the Ruins of the Anthropocene (2026). When he’s not doing churchy things or reading a good book, he enjoys running and walking at the Harbison State Forest and the Congaree National Park. He is married to Esther, and they have a son, Ezra, and a Golden Retriever, Marley