Sean Finnegan serves as the lead pastor of Living Hope Community Church near Albany, NY and teaches at the Atlanta Bible College as an adjunct professor. He’s also the host of Restitutio, a weekly podcast focused on restoring authentic Christianity and living it out today.
He holds a Masters of Theological Studies (MTS) in Early Christian History from Boston University, a BA in Theology from Atlanta Bible College, and a BS in Computer Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Sean studied koine Greek at his own church (2 semesters), at Boston University (2 semesters), and at Harvard University (3 semesters). He studied Hebrew under a teacher from the local Jewish synagogue before working on reading fluency at the Biblical Language Center.
Sean loves researching, teaching, and writing. His omnivorous appetite has led him to many fields, including bible, theology, apologetics, textual criticism, translation, ethics, and church history. However, his greatest passion is the Great Commission–reaching new people with the gospel message and helping Christ-followers deepen their discipleship (Matthew 28:19-20) both at home and on the mission field.
He lives in New York with his beautiful and talented wife, Ruth, and their four sons: Noah, Daniel, Wesley, and Ezra. He loves traveling, sailing, playing ultimate frisbee and disc golf, attending oratorios, apple picking, and skiing.
He has served as a missionary in Malawi, Mozambique, the Philippines, Kenya, and both Congo countries. Additionally he has traveled to many archeological sites in Turkey, Greece, and Israel.
If you would like to contact Sean, you can email him directly (sean@restitutio.org). Although he usually can read through all of his emails, due to the volume of emails received, Sean is not able to answer everyone.
