Craig Swanson

Senior Pastor

Craig has been involved in local church ministry for over 35 years. He served as a youth pastor for almost 5 years, and as a senior pastor for 14 years in a number of churches in the Chicago area. He began his ministry at FirstCovGR in May, 2004. Craig and his wife Susan are both natives of the northern suburbs of Chicago. They have two children, Scott and Alita. Scott works in the Grand Rapids area and Alita is a college student in Atlanta. 

Craig studied political science at Wheaton College, before getting his Master's degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL. He has done further study at North Park Theological Seminary (the Covenant seminary) in Chicago and at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, CA.  He loves to run and work out, and enjoys traveling and hiking…and reading, music and movies. Most of all, he loves Jesus and his wife and kids…and FirstCovGR.