Donald W. Sweeting

Donald William Sweeting (born 1955) is an American university president, professor, and pastor. He is currently the President of Colorado Christian University, having previously served as President of Reformed Theological Seminary, in Orlando, Florida.
Education.
Donald Sweeting attended Moody Bible Institute from 1973 until 1976 and received a degree in Bible-Theology. He later went on to attend Lawrence University from 1976 until 1979 where he earned a Bachelor's of Arts in History. Sweeting earned his Bachelors and Masters from Oxford University, from 1981 until 1984 where he led the Theological Students Fellowship. From 1992 until 1998 he earned his doctorate in Church History and Historical Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School . His dissertation focused on the changing relationship between Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States between 1960 and 2000.
Experience.
Sweeting served as an intern for U.S. Congressman John B. Anderson in 1976. After college (1979), Sweeting served for a year with Chuck Colson and Prison Fellowship in Washington, D.C. where he coordinated early efforts in prison reform, worked on public policy, and served as a traveling assistant to Colson.
In 1986, Sweeting helped plant a church in the Chain of Lakes area and served as its first full-time pastor, and senior pastor until 1997. He was ordained at Christ Church of Lake Forest, Illinois in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Sweeting served as senior pastor of Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church in southeast metro Denver and in addition, taught church history at Denver Seminary.
Donald Sweeting has co-authored two books, How to Finish the Christian Life and Lessons from the Life of Moody, both co-written with his father, Dr. George Sweeting. He has also published numerous articles for well-known magazines and scholarly journals.
Sweeting was the president of Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida, from 2010 until 2016, and then appointed as President of Colorado Christian University in October of 2016.
Personal life.
Donald Sweeting and his wife, Christina, have four adult kids together, three sons and one daughter.