Rev. Carter's Bio

We are delighted to welcome the Rev. Nick Carter as our guest preacher on Sun., Feb. 23. One of the finest preachers in America, Nick has been president of the nation’s oldest graduate school of theology – Andover Newton Theological School – since 2004. Nick is passionately committed to the preparation of a new generation of religious leaders, with emphasis on what he calls “interfaith border crossing skills” – the ability to meaningfully engage and work with people who think, speak and worship differently. Under Nick’s leadership Andover Newton has developed a nationally recognized joint program in “Intercommunal Leadership” with Hebrew College and Rabbinical School, a unique transdenominational school which shares their hilltop campus in Newton Centre, MA.

Before ANTS, he was a Baptist parish minister in Beverly, MA., and was the Executive Director of SANE/FREEZE, the nation’s largest grassroots peace and justice organization. A pacifist and life-long activist, Nick was catapulted onto the national and international stages as he stepped in to lead a movement of millions of people, “The Nuclear Freeze,” in the search for a halt to the nuclear arms race. In 1985 he led a distinguished delegation to the first Reagan-Gorbachev summit talks in Geneva, Switzerland, meeting there face-to-face with Premiere Mikhail Gorbachev to discuss a halt to nuclear weapons testing.

Carter currently chairs the Interreligious Center for Public Life, and serves on the boards of the Boston Theological Institute, Ecclesia Ministry/Common Cathedral, Justice and Witness Ministry (UCC), and is a trustee of Old South Church in Boston. Nick’s wife, Rev. Dr. Deborah Carter, is the Interim Minister of the Eliot Congregational Church in Newton, MA. Their son, Isaac, is the Executive Chef of The Bull Run restaurant in Shirley, MA.