About Nathan
I am a mission strategist and local church pastor, focused on equipping Christian leaders to lead in an increasingly secular and globalized world.
Since 1998, I have been translating urban and diaspora missiology into practical frameworks for church planting, revitalization, and discipleship across diverse metropolitan contexts, including Boston and New York City. Currently, I serve as the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Bay Shore, NY.
My goal is to strengthen your ministry by faithfully communicating the Word of God while delivering actionable strategies for creating truly multicultural and multiplying congregations.
My wife, Kim, and I met in 2005 and married July 21, 2007. We have three children, Zoe, Zachary, and Caleb.
A RECENT SERMON
TOPICS
Below is a sampling of seminars and sermons I have delivered that have fueled my own faith and have resonated within my own church setting and with other audiences. If you have a specific topic or text in mind for your church service or conference, please let me know.
❤️ | Loving Our Brothers, Sisters, and Neighbors: Renewing the Local Church Witness in Every Neighborhood
Many churches have lost their voice and their influence in their own neighborhoods. Basic biblical practices of bold gospel preaching, hospitality, and captivating acts of kindness can restore what has been lost. This seminar can be preached as a stand-alone sermon or a break-out session. This content can also be presented as a micro-coaching event personalized for church leaders.
✖️| Becoming a Disciple-Making Pastor: 11 Practices to Develop for Fruitful Ministry in the Local Church
The pastor or pastoral team must model and communicate fruitful disciple-making. First, we need to begin with the realization that discipleship and disciple-making are not the same. The Great Commission is to make disciples. This process of making disciples starts before a person is converted and continues as they are baptized into the church and are taught to observe Jesus’s commands. You might say that a disciple has truly made a disciple when that disciple is making disciple-making disciples. This seminar can be taught to a more general audience under the title: Becoming a Disciple-Making Disciple: 5 Practices to Develop for Fruitful Ministry through your Local Church.
⛪️ | Elders, Deacons and the Body of Christ
There has been a lot of confusion regarding the role of elders and deacons. Some churches have a solo pastor model with deacons functioning like overseers. Others have a plurality of elders, but they have become “yes” men for the senior pastor. Still other churches are asking the question about the role of women in pastoral ministry. By focusing on what the Bible says about these issues we can instill in our churches a more faithful and biblical pattern for leadership and service in the local church.
📈 | Guiding Your Church Through a Revitalization Process
There are 9 marks of a healthy church. Or is it 12 characteristics of a biblical church? Or is it 8 systems? 14 essentials? After studying through the Gospels and the 9 Testament and looking at half a dozen of the top research based summaries of what a healthy church should look like, Pastor Nathan will explain how he arrived at 11 biblical systems necessary for church revitalization. These 11 systems are similar to many of the other marks/characteristics/essentials that others have put together but now put together in a way that any church leader of any size can implement.
💒 | Biblical Submission and Authority in the Home and in the Local Church
Unfortunately, there is a lot of abuse in Christian homes and in Christian churches. Of course, it happens in the world as well. But part of the problem within the Christian community is that we have distorted the Bible’s teaching on male headship and submission. What is the responsibility of a husband to his wife? How should a pastor lead the local congregation? When we get this wrong, we either have abuses of power or an abdication of responsibility. The biblical guidance for husbands and wives and local church leaders and members is much more hopeful than that. Christians should experience joy and flourishing in our relationships with one another.
ORGANIZATIONS WHERE I’VE SPOKEN
+ Auburn University Baptist Campus Ministry, Auburn, AL
+ Auburn University of Montgomery Baptist Campus Ministry, Montgomery, AL
+ Baptist Convention of New England, Northborough, MA
+ Boro Pregnancy Counseling Center, Bayside, NY
+ Brasher Springs Camp Meeting, Gallant, AL
+ Carbon Hill First Baptist Church, Carbon Hill, AL
+ Celebration Church, Saugus, MA
+ Christian Fellowship Baptist Church, Londonderry, NH
+ Christian Student Union at Northeastern University, MA
+ City Life Church, Ridgewood, NY
+ City Synergy, Metropolitan New York Baptist Association, New York, NY
+ Concord Baptist Church, Concord, AL
+ Dudley Shoals Baptist Church, NC
+ Duncanville Baptist Church, Duncanville, AL
+ First Baptist Church, Jackson, AL
+ First Baptist Church, Tallassee, AL
+ Fusion Collegiate Conference in New England, Hartford, CT
+ Gear Up Vines Family Camp, Spruce Lake Retreat Center, Canadensis, PA
+ Global Impact Celebration, First Baptist Church Montgomery, Montgomery, AL
+ Global Impact Celebration, Oak Hill Baptist Church, Griffin, GA
+ Grace Baptist Church, Woodhaven, NY
+ Grace Community Church, Marblehead, MA
+ Grace & Truth Church, Yonkers, NY
+ Hartselle Camp Meeting, Hartselle, AL
+ International Mission Board Missions Forum, FBC Trussville, AL
+ Intervarsity at Boston University, MA
+ Johnson & Wales Christian Student Fellowship, RI
+ Judson College, Marion, AL
+ Kennebec Community Church, Augusta, ME
+ Maranatha Baptist Church, Ridgewood, NY
+ New Hope Fellowship, Tarrytown, NY
+ North Shore Baptist Church, Bayside, NY
+ Northport Baptist Church, Northport, AL
+ Northwood Hills Baptist Church, Northport, AL
+ One Night at University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
+ PowerPlant, Boston, MA and Chicago, IL
+ Pursue Student Conference, Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, Montgomery, AL
+ Ridgewood Baptist Church, Ridgewood, NY
+ Real Life at Boston University, Boston, MA
+ Refuge Baptist Church, Tallassee, AL
+ Siloam Baptist Church, Marion, AL
+ Talladega Creek Baptist Church, Talladega, AL
+ The Church at the Gate, Boston, MA
+ Troy University Baptist Campus Ministry, Troy, AL
+ University of Alabama Baptist Campus Ministry, Tuscaloosa, AL
+ University of Connecticut Baptist Campus Ministry, Storrs, CT
+ University of Mobile Campus Ministry, Mobile, AL
+ Walker Baptist Association, Jasper, AL
+ Woodside Community Baptist Church, Woodside, NY
+ Worcester Polytechnic Institute Baptist Campus Ministry, MA
+ World Vision (Boston AIDS Africa event), Boston, MA
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Nathan gave an engaging message and a clear Gospel presentation.
Theresa Lupo
Boro Pregnancy Counseling Center, Queens, NYThe preaching ministry of Nathan Creitz is very effective. Simple to understand. Practical.
Rowel Del Mundo
The Vines Church, Paramus, NJNathan's teaching...brought cultural context into focus. He encouraged me to study my bible, as opposed to just racing through it!
Ben Arnoux
Massapequa, NYOur students were engaged and left our training time better prepared for the task at hand as a result of Nathan’s teaching.
Pat Gillen
PowerPlant Project Coordinator, Boston, MA