Pastor's Bio

Pat Bailey is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and has been an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) since 1987.  He has done advanced academic work in comparative religion and spiritual direction and has served as a local pastor and as a chaplain in the U.S. Army.

Pat, his wife and partner, Debbie, and their two children have lived in Madrid, Spain; Seoul, Korea; Mannheim, Germany; Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, California, and Alaska.  Their son, Brian, is now a pilot with Air Wisconsin, and their daughter, Loren, is attending Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Degrees that Pat has earned include a BA in religious studies from Lee College, a Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary, and a Master of Theology in comparative religion from Emory University.  He is currently finishing his dissertation for a Doctor of Ministry in spiritual direction from San Francisco Theological Seminary.

From 1987 to 1992, Pat served as pastor of the East Point Presbyterian Church, a congregation in an urban suburb of Atlanta.  Beginning in 1992, he served as a chaplain in the U.S. Army, retiring in late 2008.   From 2002 to 2005, Pat taught world religions at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California.  From 2005 to 2008, he served as a  brigade chaplain at Fort Richardson, Alaska during which he spent fourteen months deployed to Iraq.

Pat returned to local church ministry as the Pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Telluride, Colorado in October 2008.