Timothy Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. His first pastorate was in Hopewell, Virginia. In 1989 he started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City with his wife, Kathy, and their three sons. Today, Redeemer has nearly six thousand regular Sunday attendees and has helped to start more than three hundred new churches around the world.He is the author ofThe Songs of Jesus,Prayer,Encounters with Jesus,Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering,Every Good Endeavor,andThe Meaning of Marriage, among others, including the perennial bestsellersThe Reason for GodandThe Prodigal God.