Dr. Doug Cushing, Pastor

Hi, I’m Doug Cushing and I’m the founding Pastor of the Tyger River Presbyterian Church in Moore, SC. I’m interested in getting to know you. Here’s a chance to get to know me a little bit better. I was born and raised outside of Milwaukee, WI. which makes me a huge Green Bay Packer and Wisconsin Badger fan. I graduated fromCarroll College in Waukesha, WI with degrees in Psychology and Communications. After graduation I worked for six years as a Youth Minister at the First Presbyterian Church in Deerfield, IL. While I was in Deerfield I earned an M.A. degree in Christian Thought fromTrinity Divinity School.

After six great years in Deerfield I traveled to Princeton, NJ where I enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary. After I earned my Master of Divinity degree from Princeton I came south answering a call to be a Pastor at the St. Giles Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC. In 1997 I was asked to be the Organizing Pastor of the Tyger River Presbyterian Church. For the past 11 years it’s been my great joy to lead the people of God at Tyger River as we have grown our church into a really cool place to experience God.
I’m very interested in new church development. I received my Doctoral degree in new church development from Columbia Theological Seminary and have studied new church work at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. I’m also a certified by my denomination to be a coach to pastors of new churches. My coaching interests have led me into a partnership with the folks at Pinnacle Leadership Associates where I am one of the associates who leads workshops and coaches interested clients.

My wife, Sharon, and I have been married for 7 years. We are the proud of parents a wonderful four year old Cocker Spaniel, Mattie. I am a PADI certified scuba diver and an ASA certified sailor. I love to travel – especially to places where I can sail and dive. Some authors I enjoy reading are Malcolm Gladwell, Eugene Peterson, Khaled Hosseini, Leslie Newbigin and Steven Covey. The coolest thing I’ve done in the past few years is summitting Mt. Kilimanjaro.