Sandy Willson

Sandy Willson (MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; DD, Crichton College) is interim president of The Gospel Coalition. He is also pastor emeritus at Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee, after serving as senior minister there for 22 years. Since then he has served two churches as interim senior pastor. He also pastored Memorial Presbyterian Church in Elizabethton, Tennessee and Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Sandy was a member of the original TGC Council and served on its board. He has also served as past vice-chair of the World Relief Board. Sandy earned a B.S. from the University of Virginia and an MDiv. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has also received honorary doctor of divinity degrees. Sandy and his wife, Allison, have been married 50 years and are deeply grateful for their five children, three daughters-in-law, two sons-in-law, and 14 grandchildren.