J.D. Greear is the pastor of The Summit Church, in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. Under Pastor J.D.’s leadership, the Summit has grown from a plateaued church of 300 to one of over 13,000. Pastor J.D. has led the Summit in a bold vision to plant one thousand new churches by the year 2050. So far, Summit has planted over 700 churches and sent over 2,000 church members to be part of those church plants, including 744 members who have been sent internationally.
Pastor J.D. Greear has authored several books, including Everyday Revolutionary (2025), 12 Truths and a Lie (2023), Essential Christianity (2023), Just Ask (2021), What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (2020), Searching for Christmas (2020), Above All (2019), Not God Enough (2018), Gaining by Losing (2015), Gospel (2011), Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart (2013), and Jesus, Continued… (2014). He also hosts Summit Life, a daily, 30-minute radio broadcast and weekly Ask the Pastor podcast.
Pastor J.D. completed his Ph.D. in Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Chick-fil-A since January 2022 and was the 63nd president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Pastor J.D. and his wife Veronica have four awesome kids: Kharis, Alethia, Ryah, and Adon.
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