Maxwell Grant is the Senior Minister of the Second Congregational Church of Greenwich, Connecticut — a United Church of Christ congregation gathered in 1705. He has served as a hospital chaplain, a school minister and religion instructor at an independent school in New York City, and as a church pastor. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School, as well as a Master of Letters and a Ph.D. in Practical Theology from University of St Andrews.