JD Greear

J.D. Greear is the lead pastor of The Summit Church, a rapidly growing church of three thousand in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. He did his degree work in Christian and Islamic theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, after having served in a Muslim context with the International Mission Board. J.D. is committed to the local church and church planting, having undertaken the goal of planting a thousand churches in the next fifty years. Currently, they have twelve plants around the world, seven of which are in Muslim contexts. He has authored a number of publications, including Breaking the Islamic Code. He lives in Durham, NC with his gorgeous wife Veronica and his three ridiculously cute kids, Kharis, Alethia and Ryah.