J.D. Greear

Pastor | The Summit Church

J.D. Greear is the pastor of The Summit Church, in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.

The Summit is characterized by its gospel focus and sending culture. As Pastor J.D. often says, “The gospel is not merely the diving board off of which we jump into the pool of Christianity, it’s also the pool itself.” The deeper we dive into the extravagant love of Christ, the more our lives will be filled with unquenchable joy, reckless generosity, and audacious faith.  

Depth in the gospel also leads to width in the mission. Under Pastor J.D.’s leadership, the Summit has grown from a plateaued church of 300 to one of over 10,000, making it one of Outreach magazine’s “top 25 fastest-growing churches in America” for many years running.

Seating capacity, however, is not the church’s primary metric for success. Sending capacity is. Pastor J.D. has led the Summit in a bold vision to plant one thousand new churches by the year 2050. In the last 15 years, the church has sent out more than 1,000 people to live on church planting teams—in North Carolina, across the United States, and around the world.  

Pastor J.D. completed his Ph.D. in Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, writing on the correlations between early church presentations of the gospel and Islamic theology. Seeing Muslims come to faith in Christ has long been a burden of his, a burden that led him to serve in Southeast Asia with the International Mission Board.

Life:

Pastor J.D. and his wife Veronica live in Raleigh. Together they are raising four ridiculously cute kids: Kharis, Alethia, Ryah, and Adon.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO FAITH DRIVEN ENTREPRENEUR

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Episode 210 - Fruit At Work with Chris Evans
Episode 210 - Fruit At Work with Chris Evans

Chris Evans shares more about how we can successfully integrate Christian virtues with business. Co-hosting our conversation is pastor JD Greear, who is currently walking with Chris on his journey as a Faith Driven Entrepreneur.

Episode 118 - What is a Faith Driven Entrepreneur? with J.D. Greear
Episode 118 - What is a Faith Driven Entrepreneur? with J.D. Greear

Join J.D. Greear as he discusses the new Faith Driven Entrepreneur video series and why he believes entrepreneurs are crucial to the mission of the Church.

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Dear Entrepreneur: Don't Worship Work
Dear Entrepreneur: Don't Worship Work

Many of us entered entrepreneurial work to find a sense of satisfaction, meaning, and significance. Eventually, though, we all realize we can’t find those things there.

Going Global
Going Global

In the last on our series with JD Greear, we hear a call to the mission field, not as international missionaries in the traditional sense, but to loving people and sharing the gospel in word and deed in our workplaces.

What Does Your Identity Inspire?
What Does Your Identity Inspire?

JD Greear dives into the connection between the amazing reality of our identity as children of God and how that identity inspires us to love our neighbors through our vocations.

God is Our Sufficiency and Supply
God is Our Sufficiency and Supply

The story of Jacob in the Old Testament is a fascinating tale of pride, humility, success, failure and a man who (quite literally) wrestled with the Lord.

Faithful vs. Willful Comes Down to a Question of Identity
Faithful vs. Willful Comes Down to a Question of Identity

Achieve, work harder, be a go-getter, pursue. These concepts which are so familiar to entrepreneurs are not inherently bad but have the potential to knock us on our backs if not kept in the right context.

Faith Driven Entrepreneurs Are Called to Excellence
Faith Driven Entrepreneurs Are Called to Excellence

We do the work we are called to do, but more important than simply doing the job is how we do it. JD Greear explained that we have a call to excellence, for the sake of honoring the Lord, not simply getting the job done.

Counter Loneliness of Entrepreneurship with Joy in the Lord
Counter Loneliness of Entrepreneurship with Joy in the Lord

Entrepreneurship can be incredibly lonely. Investing for kingdom purposes may confuse peers in the industry and further isolate FDEs and FDIs.

Stewardship in an Abundance Economy
Stewardship in an Abundance Economy

God multiplies our resources to increase our standard of giving, not just our standard of living. Jesus consistently praises the stewards who give it away, who invest it widely, creating more value for everybody.

Finish This
Finish This

The thing this week that God has been pressing into my heart is what you began in the spirit you can't finish in the flesh. That's what Paul said to the Galatians.

Podcast Episode 118 - What is a Faith Driven Entrepreneur? with J.D. Greear
Podcast Episode 118 - What is a Faith Driven Entrepreneur? with J.D. Greear

Join J.D. Greear as he discusses the new Faith Driven Entrepreneur video series and why he believes entrepreneurs are crucial to the mission of the Church.

Announcing the FDE Video Series!
Announcing the FDE Video Series!

Announcing the brand-new eight-session video series with J.D. Greear and Henry Kaestner about what it means to be a Faith Driven Entrepreneur.

"Workism Making Americans Miserable" - Commentary by J.D. Greear
"Workism Making Americans Miserable" - Commentary by J.D. Greear

The Atlantic’s article, Workism Is Making Americans Miserable, is one of those where someone has a brilliant insight the Bible teaches as a core principle: the futility of making work an idol. However, the Bible’s presentation is more complete—man shall not live by work alone, but man was made for work.

The Work Rap
The Work Rap

HAPPY FRIDAY! We wanted to end the week on a fun note with a parody music video. For those of you familiar with the movie Office Space’s famous video… this is a great cheesy take on it :)

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