Speaker Info
Vance Pitman
J.D. Greear
Bryan Loritts
Mark Lee
James Roberson
J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear is pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. Under Pastor J.D.’s leadership, Summit has grown from a plateaued church of 300 to one of over 12,000. He serves as a council member for The Gospel Coalition and recently served as the 63rd President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2018 through 2021. Pastor J.D. has authored several books, including 12 Truths & a Lie (2023), Essential Christianity (2023), Just Ask (2021), What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (2020), Above All (2019), Not God Enough (2018), Gaining by Losing (2015), Gospel (2011), Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart (2013), Jesus, Continued… (2014), and others. He hosts Summit Life, a 30-minute daily radio broadcast, a weekly TV program, and Ask the Pastor podcast.
Vance Pitman
Vance Pitman is President of Send Network, founding pastor of Hope Church, and author of UNBURDENED: Stop Living for Jesus So Jesus Can Live Through You and The Stressless Life: Experiencing the Unshakable Presence of God's Indescribable Peace. As a seasoned church planter and now leader of the largest church planting organization in North America, Vance seeks to inspire people to join in God’s eternal, redemptive mission of making disciples by multiplying the Church all over North America, that the nations may come to know Him. Vance and his wife, Kristie, have four children and four grandchildren and live in Georgia.
Bryan Lorritts
Bryan Loritts (D.Min, Liberty University) is teaching pastor of The Summit Church and serves as Vice President of Regions for Send Network. An award-winning author of seven books, Bryan has spent the bulk of his ministry serving and resourcing the multiethnic church. He co-founded Fellowship Memphis in 2003 and serves as President of The Kainos Movement, an organization committed to seeing the multiethnic church become the new normal. His ministry takes him across the globe annually as he speaks at conferences, churches, and retreats. Bryan is the husband of Korie and the father of Quentin, Myles, and Jaden.
Mark Lee
Mark planted VantagePoint Church 15 years ago. He didn't know how to raise support and didn't come from a megachurch. But, in God's grace, he has not only launched VantagePoint but also 10 other churches around the country. As Regional Director of the West Coast at Send Network, his greatest desire is to see the first ever revival sweep from west to east. He's happily married with five kids, runs ultramarathons, and is a recovering perfectionist.
James Roberson
James grew up in Westchester County, outside of New York City. James’s father worked for IBM before becoming a pastor, and James’s mother worked as a Social Studies teacher. In college, James played football for James Madison University, while majoring in Speech Communications and minoring in Theatre. James got his start in college ministry in 1999 at James Madison University, Howard University, and University of North Texas. He has developed programs on youth empowerment, AIDS, substance abuse, and domestic violence. In 2011, James graduated from Southeastern Seminary while simultaneously pastoring a church in Raleigh, North Carolina. James has since helped to plant churches in Maryland, Georgia, and New York. He started the Bridge Church in Brooklyn in 2014. James has been married to his wife Natarsha since 2003. In his spare time, he loves watching sports and going to the gym. James and Natarsha live in Brooklyn with their three daughters: Faith, Leah, and Sophia.