J.D. GREEAR

Aug 4, 2021: Capstone Report: Guy who attends Woke J.D. Greear’s church sides with Wokesters in attack on Voddie Baucham.
And at this point, there is little doubt Greear is a driver of that Leftward Drift of the Southern Baptist Convention. One black pastor left the SBC directly because of J.D. Greear’s Wokeness. Also, Greear promoted the ideas of white privilege and systemic injustice as present in America today. Further, Greear’s leadership of the SBC embraced racial identity politics through appointments that focused on racial diversity as the primary purpose.

July 8, 2021: Baptist Global News: Where’s the line between finding inspiration in another pastor’s sermon and plagiarizing it?
His assessment explains, in part, why such a furor has arisen over accusations that newly elected SBC President Ed Litton has copied some sermons from his predecessor, J.D. Greear. The accusations and responses are flooding social media, especially on Twitter, among SBC leaders.

July 21, 2020: Christianity Today:  From N.T. Wright to J.D. Greear: How J.I. Packer Shaped My Faith and Work
J. D. Greear, PhD, president of the Southern Baptist Convention:God used J. I. Packer, along with a few of his contemporaries, to establish the theological core for our generation. Knowing God remains one of the most important books I’ve ever read, one I have returned to many times and one that I have taken many others through. Packer showed me that loving God with all my heart necessitated loving him correctly with my mind. His warning—about how offensive it was to God to worship him wrongly or according to the dictates of our imaginations—was a thunderbolt to my soul. May God raise up another J. I. Packer for the rising generation.

Aug 26, 2019: Tennessean: ​Russell Moore: Southern Baptist churches must prevent sexual abuse, care for victims
​Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear's sexual abuse advisory group and the ERLC issued a call to action in June during the denomination's big annual meeting, asking churches to take the Caring Well Challenge.

June 15, 2016: Gospel Coalition: Why J.D. Greear Is Withdrawing His Name from Contention for the Presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention
J. D. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, writes:

Mar 30, 2016: JD Greear: Crossways: God Accepts One Set of Terms: Absolute Surrender

Dec 31, 2015: Christian Today: 3 questions that Christians should ask themselves to determine what is more important - God or money
Summit Church Pastor J.D. Greear says the subject of money is a touchy one for many individuals. Even though a person might profess to be generous, his or her habits will always reveal the true story.

Aug 6, 2015: Christian Post: NC Megachurch Pastor: I'd Rather Live in a 'Pro-Choice United States' Than a 'Pro-Life Soviet Union'
J.D. Greear, senior pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, gave a speech Wednesday as part of an event in Tennessee hosted by the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

Mar 26, 2015: Between the Times: Why God Doesn’t Remove Our Sinful Cravings Immediately
J. D. Greear recently discussed why God often slowly removes sinful cravings from his people. Here’s an excerpt:
Every Christian I know has had the experience of coming up against the same sin--again—and wondering, “Will this struggle ever end? Why doesn’t God just remove this?” (If you haven’t had that experience, just give it time.) This seems to be a frustration common to all believers, and not just with sin, either. When we experience any prolonged suffering or pain or discomfort, we have to ask, Why?

Feb 18, 2015: Liberate: Grace from Beginning to End | Part 1
On this episode, J.D. Greear of Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, gives a talk about recovering the power that made Christianity revolutionary. This talk was recorded at the 2014 LIBERATE Conference.

Jan 5, 2015: JD Greear: jdgreear.com: Avoiding the Two “Sins” of Multi-Site

Mar 25, 2014: Vimeo: SNAEXP // JD Greear

SNAEXP // JD Greear from Resonate Church on Vimeo.

J.D. Greear, (born May 1, 1973) is the Pastor at The Summit Church of Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, a position he has held since January 2002. Before coming to work at the Summit he had worked with a Muslim unreached people group with the International Mission Board. He entered the Ph.D. program at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1999, graduating in 2003 with a doctorate in Philosophy, concentrating primarily on Christian and Islamic theology. He is also a graduate of the Word of Life Bible Institute and received his Bachelor of Arts from Campbell University. Greear comes from Winston-Salem, North Carolina