Dr. Jonathan Griffiths

President and Professor of Homiletics

Dr. Jonathan Griffiths serves as President and Professor of Homiletics at Heritage College & Seminary. His teaching focuses on expository preaching, equipping students to handle Scripture faithfully and proclaim it with clarity, conviction, and pastoral sensitivity.

Through his teaching, writing, and global ministry, Dr. Griffiths seeks to help students develop a deep confidence in the power of God’s Word to transform lives, fostering faithful preaching that serves the Church in every context.

Teaching Areas

  • Homiletics
  • Biblical Theology
  • Preaching

Courses Taught

  • Preaching l
  • Preaching Il

Research Interests

  • Hebrews
  • Preaching
  • Biblical Theology

Academic Affiliations

  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • Evangelical Theological Society

Ministry Experience

Dr. Griffiths has served in pastoral and teaching ministry in a variety of contexts, including:

  • Lead Pastor in one of Canada’s largest churches for nearly a decade
  • Global Bible teaching ministry through Encounter the Truth, with daily broadcasts across North America
  • Executive Director of Timothy Trust
  • Extensive conference and teaching ministry
  • Former ministry with the Proclamation Trust in London, UK

He is ordained in the Associated Gospel Churches of Canada and continues to serve the global Church through preaching, teaching, and leadership.

Selected Publications

  • Wisdom and Knowledge: God’s Grace in the Life of Solomon (Evangelical Press, 2026)
  • Gathered for Good: God’s Good Design for the Local Church (B&H, 2025)
  • Strangers and Aliens: Living as Faithful Pilgrims in a Faithless World (Evangelical Press, 2024)
  • Light of the World (10Publishing, 2023)
  • God Alone: His Unique Attributes and How Knowing Them Changes Us (Moody Publishers, 2023)
  • The King, the Cross, and the Meaning of Easter (10Publishing, 2022)
  • Living by Faith in Turbulent Times (H&E Publishing, 2020)
  • Preaching in the New Testament: An Exegetical and Biblical-Theological Study (Apollos/IVP, 2017)
  • Hebrews and the Trinity, in The Essential Trinity (Apollos/Inter-Varsity Press, 2016)
  • Contributor to Explore Bible reading notes (The Good Book Company, 2014-2016)
  • Hebrews and Divine Speech (Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014)
  • Teaching 2 Timothy: From Text to Message (Christian Focus/PT Resources, 2014)
  • Wholeheartedness: The Message of Haggai for Today (Day One, 2014)
  • The Ministry Medical: A Health-check from 2 Timothy (Christian Focus/PT Resources, 2013)
  • The Perfect Saviour: Key Themes in Hebrews (Inter-Varsity Press, 2012)

Education

  • B.A.University of Oxford
  • M. Phil.Theology and Religious Studies (New Testament)University of Cambridge
  • Pd.D.Theology and Religious Studies (New Testament)University of Cambridge

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