Champ and his wife, Robben, live in Newark, Delaware, have been married since 1996, and enjoy being parents to three energetic children. Champ is an Acquisitions Editor at Crossway, working with children’s books and content development.
He is also the author of numbers of books for kids and families, including The Radical Book for Kids, Why Do We Say Good Night? When You Are Afraid of the Dark, Wonders of His Love: Family Advent Devotional, and Pass It On: A Proverbs Journal for the Next Generation. Additionally, he hosts “In the Word, On the Go,” a ten-minute podcast for families.
Since seminary, Champ has served both in Christian publishing and also in churches in South Carolina, Ohio, and Delaware. He also earned at PhD in Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Additionally, Champ has served as director of SOMA, a ministry training school in Columbus, Ohio. And he’s contributed articles to The Gospel Coalition, Parenting Life magazine, Charisma, Credo, The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Matthias Media, and Today’s Christian Teen.
Champ enjoys hanging out with his family and friends, drinking coffee, listening to music, and reading theology, biography, and fiction. Some of his favorite authors include John Piper, D. A. Carson, Tim Keller, Michael Reeves, Marilynne Robinson, George Herbert, Robert Caro, David McCullough, Alistair MacLean, and C. S. Lewis. He has also been known to cheer for the NY Yankees and Tennessee Volunteers.