Early Life, Education, and Teaching Career
Boyd was raised as a Roman Catholic but became an atheist as a teenager. In 1974, at the age of 17, he became a Christian. After earning a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota he attended Yale Divinity School, graduating cum laude with a Master of Divinity degree in 1982. He then attended Princeton Theological Seminary, earning a Ph.D. in 1987, graduating magna cum laude. While at Princeton he was a classmate of Bart Ehrman and a student of Bruce Metzger. Boyd was then Professor of Theology at Bethel University for sixteen years, where he continues to teach on an adjunct basis. In 1992 Boyd co-founded Woodland Hills Church.
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