Nathan Samuel Peace (he/him) is a preacher, teacher, scholar, and organist based in New England. Born and raised Baptist in the Deep South, Nathan moves comfortably across liturgical and musical traditions. He has both preached and played the organ in small Baptist churches in Alabama and large Episcopal churches in New England. As a keyboardist, Nathan is equally skilled in the Anglican Choral Tradition, Southern Gospel, and Contemporary Christian Music. His academic work lies at the intersection of practical theology, liturgical studies, and music. Of particular interest are the history of evangelicalism, Methodism, hymnology, and the intersection of liturgical studies and homiletics. He is an active member of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and the Association of Anglican Musicians.

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Nathan holds a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, where he was affiliated with the Institute of Sacred Music and Berkeley Divinity School, receiving both respective certificates. The ISM awarded him both the Edwin Stanley Seder Scholarship and the prestigious Faculty Prize. While at YDS, Nathan worked as the research assistant for Professor Melanie Ross in Liturgical Studies, was a Chapel Minister for Marquand Chapel, and served on numerous committees. Nathan’s graduate thesis was titled Vital Religion: Devereux Jarratt and the Methodist Ministry of an Anglican Presbyter with Melanie Ross and Karen Westerfield Tucker (Boston University) as readers. He sang in the Yale Schola Cantorum for three seasons under conductors David Hill and Stefan Parkman, taking part in a UK tour of Bach’s Mass in B Minor and a recording with Hyperion Records in Yale’s Woolsey Hall.

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While at Yale, Nathan served for two years as the Seminarian at Saint Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, where he was a regular preacher, teacher, and class facilitator. Among his projects were Bible studies, topical classes, as well as the creation of a small group designed specifically for former and deconstructing evangelicals. In addition to his own work, he hosted a number of guest speakers and took part in a redesign of the 9AM service.

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Prior to divinity school, Nathan earned a Master of Sacred Music in Organ Performance summa cum laude from Boston University, where he studied organ with Peter Sykes and liturgy with Karen Westerfield Tucker. He was a Sacred Worth Fellow with the BU School of Theology. While in Boston, Nathan served as the Interim Organist at Emmanuel Church on Newbury Street before becoming the Organ Scholar at Trinity Church on Copley Square. Around Boston, he performed in venues such as All Saints Ashmont, Kings Chapel, Trinity Church, as well as appearing with the BU Symphony in Boston’s Symphony Hall.

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Nathan earned a Bachelor of Music in Music and Worship with a concentration in organ from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. At Samford, he spent four years as a member of the A Cappella Choir under Philip Copeland, performing for the American Choral Directors Association and winning top prize at the international Laurea Mundi competition in Budapest. Nathan studied organ with Fred Teardo and Jim Dorroh. He spent an academic year as the Organ Scholar at Birmingham’s Cathedral Church of the Advent, with whom he participated in a residency at Saint Paul's Cathedral, London.

 

In all things, Nathan’s work is centered around the person and work of Jesus Christ and the life and witness of his Church. He is passionate about enabling faithful engagement with Scripture, robust congregational singing, and theologically rich corporate worship.