About Caleb

Caleb Cray Haynes grew up in the hills of rural Tennessee where the love of God’s creation grew deep roots in his early life and experience. Tending to gardens and wandering in woods are still part of Caleb’s story. Following a call into ministry he attended Trevecca Nazarene University and received a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy. Afterward, Caleb served as a volunteer Nazarene missionary through Mission Corp in Mainz, Germany aiding in planting the church, Kirche in Aktion. In 2009, Caleb and his wife, Emily, planted Kaleo Nashville Church of the Nazarene in Tennessee, where they both still serve as co-lead pastors. Caleb is an ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene and studied Theology: Ecology at Nazarene Theological College in Manchester, UK. Caleb and Emily have two beautiful girls, Story and Daily.

Caleb’s advocacy for increased ecclesial care of creation and individual response to environmental injustice has been growing over the past decade as his calling has expanded. Caleb has co-vocationally operated Earthtone Reconstruction and Recycling (est. 2013), working to reduce as much waste as possible from landfills by recycling, repurposing, and reclaiming items for creative use. In 2019, he co-founded Nazarenes for Creation Care, a grassroots organization designed to equip the church for engaging in our call to “serve and keep” creation. Following this, he successfully organized the first creation care summit gathering of over 100 diverse U.S. Nazarenes to discuss matters of creation care in October of that year. He is a professional Partner with the Evangelical Environmental Network and has coordinated and facilitated trainings around the issues of creation justice in the church locally and regionally. He enjoys writing and speaking on these issues frequently and currently is the host of The ecoChristian Podcast.