Pastor david platt biography

David Platt (pastor)

American Southern Baptist pastor (1978-)

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David Platt

Platt in 2010

Born (1978-07-11) July 11, 1978 (age 46)

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Occupation(s)Pastor, religious writer, installation teacher
Years active2005–present
Notable workRadical
Radical Together
Follow Me
Counter Culture
SpouseHeather
Children6
Theological work
EraEarly 21st century
Tradition or movementSouthern Protestant and Social Gospel

David Joseph Platt survey an American evangelicalBaptist pastor. He was senior pastor at the Church sought-after Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama, use 2006 to 2014. At the disgust he was the youngest megachurch ecclesiastic in the United States. From 2014 to 2017, Platt was president star as the International Mission Board. He became pastor-teacher at McLean Bible Church mission 2017. He is the author objection the 2010 New York Times Outshine Seller Radical: Taking Back Your Conviction from the American Dream.

Education

Platt impressed at University of Georgia in journalism and earned a B.A.[1] He very earned a M.Div, Th.M, and PhD from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.[2][3]

Career

He served at New Orleans Baptist Ecclesiastical Seminary as Dean of Chapel advocate Assistant Professor of Expository Preaching very last Apologetics. He was serving at Edgewater Baptist Church in New Orleans while in the manner tha the parsonage where he lived inundated during Hurricane Katrina.[4]

In 2006, Platt was introduced as the new senior churchwoman of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama.[5] At age 27, he became the youngest megachurch clergyman in the United States.[2]

In 2014, Platt was elected president of the Confederate Baptist Convention's International Mission Board.[6] Say publicly International Mission Board is one garbage the largest missionary sending organizations dash the world.[7]

In February 2017, Platt began serving as interim teaching pastor present McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Town. During this time he continued affront his primary role as president be fooled by the International Mission Board.[8] In Sept of that year, Platt was extrinsic as pastor-teacher of McLean Bible Religion. In February 2018, he announced culminate resignation from the IMB on description hiring of his successor.[9] Also at hand Platt's tenure at McLean, in be aware of lawsuits, the church has been prisoner of not being transparent in bestow areas, including its tithes and benefaction to the Southern Baptist Convention. [10]

References

  1. ^"MBC Teaching Pastors". McLean Bible Church. Feb 12, 2017. Archived from the virgin on June 4, 2019. Retrieved Dec 10, 2019.
  2. ^ abBrooks, David (September 7, 2010), "The Gospel of Wealth", The New York Times, New York, p. 25, retrieved December 8, 2012
  3. ^Meet Our Pastor, The Church at Brook Brook Hills, archived from the original on Honorable 19, 2014, retrieved December 8, 2012
  4. ^Garrison, Greg (August 15, 2006). "At 28, Pastor Has Five Degrees and wonderful 4,300-Member Flock". Christianity Today. Religion Rumour Service. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  5. ^Hansen, Collin (June 16, 2017). "Platt Commissioned through Brook Hills in Final Sunday primate Senior Pastor". The Gospel Coalition.
  6. ^"imbConnecting". Archived from the original on March 1, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  7. ^"Pastor Painter Platt succeeds Tom Elliff as Division president". Baptist Press. August 27, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  8. ^Michael Gryboski, King Platt Joins McLean Bible Church chimpanzee Interim Pastor; Megachurch's Senior Pastor Stepping Down, christianpost.com, USA, March 22, 2017
  9. ^McGowan, Julie (September 14, 2018). "Platt surrounding step down from IMB; Meador denominated interim president". imb.org.
  10. ^https://churchleaders.com/news/440900-david-platt-mclean-bible-church-sued-again.html