About Caleb

Caleb Cray Haynes is a speaker, writer, and advocate on issues of environmental justice for the church at large. He is co-founder of Nazarenes for Creation Care, an organization designed to equip the church for engaging in the call to “serve and keep” creation, which he currently serves as Director. Caleb is an ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene and received a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy from Trevecca Nazarene University and studied Theology: Ecology (M.A.) from Nazarene Theological College in Manchester, UK. He is host of The ecoChristian Podcast, having exploratory conversations about what it means to be Christian on planet Earth and is the Community and Creation Pastor at Kaleo Nashville church which him and his wife planted in 2009. Caleb is the author of Garbage Theology – The unseen world of waste and what it means for the salvation of every person, every place and everything and co-author of Keeping Creation a 5-week study on creation care. Caleb co-operated Earthtone Reconstruction and Recycling for many years in the city of Nashville working to reduce waste from landfills by recycling, repurposing, and reclaiming. He serves on the board of Creation Justice Ministries and is a Partner with the Evangelical Environmental Network and One Home One Future. Tending to his backyard garden and wandering in the woods are a big part of Caleb’s hobbies. Caleb and his wife Emily live in Nashville, TN with their two daughters, Story and Daily.