The Rev. Kevin Vandiver (he/him) is the senior pastor of Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Pastor Kevin attended Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C., where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in music. After he completed his undergraduate studies, he earned his Master of Divinity from the Duke University Divinity School, Durham, N.C., where he was a Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar.

Pastor Kevin holds a doctorate in practical theology with a specialty in homiletics from Princeton (N.J.) Theological Seminary. He was a Princeton Seminary Doctoral Fellow, and a recipient of the prestigious Doctoral (2020) and Dissertation Fellowships (2022) at the Louisville (Ky.) Institute. In addition to pastoring, he also serves Virginia and General theological seminaries, respectively, as the Martha Horne Visiting Professor of Preaching.

Pastor Kevin is married to Dr. Marci Vandiver(she/her), a prolific author, speaker and tenured professor at Towson (Md.) University, and they have two children, Ethan and Miles. For fun, he enjoys reading fantasy and science fiction novels, listening to NPR and other podcasts, being near a body of water somewhere, playing ping-pong and spending time with family.

Pastor Kevin has a passion for the last, lost and least, and he believes that God’s love is lavishly offered as free gift to all.