Greg Brothers was born in Toppenish, Washington, in 1957, but grew up in Portland, Oregon. While in high school, he decided to enter the ministry because of the influence of his pastor, Dan Smith, although the idea of becoming a nuclear physicist also had intrigued him. Greg graduated with honors with a Bachelor's degree in Theology from Walla Walla College in Washington, and a Master of Divinity from Andrews University in Michigan.

While at Andrews University, he met and married Narelle Toepfer, who was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. They have two children. Narelle is an organist.

Greg has pastored churches in Montana and Oregon. Speaking of his pastoral work, Greg says, "The three things that struck me were the incredible diversity, the incredible pain, and the incredible grace of people. Diversity, since you are dealing with everything from convicted felons to the governor's chief of staff.

"I think the second thing that surprised me was the unbelievable pain that people have, that you find educated, bright, articulate, well dressed people carrying overwhelming burdens of illness, of worry about their family, of wondering whether their life is worth living, whether it is worth going on.

"I think the third thing that surprised me was grace God's ability to work even with very broken people, even with very evil people in some situations. In college you get this mindset that you have to be the best before God can use you, that you must be bright and articulate and sharp or God simply is not able to do anything. Learning that God is able to use broken, mediocre, fouled up people, is probably the most surprising, certainly the most difficult, but I think the most worthwhile thing that I learned in the ministry."

Greg was the Editor of Signs of the Times^« Magazine for Pacific Press^« Publishing Association. He has been published in the Adventist Review, Collegiate Quarterly, Gleaner, Insight, Guide, and many more publications. He currently pastors in Lincoln City, Oregon.