C.J. Mahaney was senior minister of Covenant Life Church of Gaithersburg, Maryland from 1977 until 2004. He is an Alliance Council member and is currently the president of Sovereign Grace Ministries, which exists to start, establish, and strengthen local churches with the gospel, for God's glory. He serves as a board member of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation. C.J. is the author of several books, including The Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing, and Christ our Mediator: Finding Passion at the Cross. He and his wife Carolyn live in Gaithersburg, Maryland. They have three married daughters and one son.