Randy Mayer ‘94

Randy Mayer graduated from Andover Newton Theological School in 1994.

Deeply influenced by his time studying and living in Latin America, Randy Mayer and his family moved to the Borderlands 21 years ago so he could serve as Senior Minister of a UCC church just 35 miles from the US/Mexico border.  Randy and his congregation have helped develop many of the humanitarian groups that give food, water, and medical care to migrants in the desert – for no one should be dying in our deserts. Randy has also guided his congregation in creating a foodbank, as well as the Javarita Coffeehouse - a progressive theological lecture series, and Common Ground on the Border – a three-day cultural event using arts to foster conversation around struggles of immigration and border life.  Randy received his Doctorate in Ministry from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 2012.

Randy was awarded the Spirit of the Hill in 2019 when he was Andover Newton Seminary’s convocation speaker.