Missional House Churches
J. D. PAYNE is a National Missionary with the North American Mission Board and Associate Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has written numerous articles and reviews in the area of missions and evangelism and is the author of Missional House Churches: Reaching Our Communities with the Gospel and The Barnabas Factors: Eight Essential Practices of Church Planting Team Members. He is also the founder of the web-based resource www.northamericanmissions.org. J. D. has served as a pastor and has worked with several church planting teams. He best describes himself as a "Barnabas" to church planters and pastors. His desire is to minister alongside others in order to see them equipped to become all that God desires for them as they multiply disciples, leaders and churches. He is married to Sarah, a physician in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, working part-time at a clinic for uninsured populations in Louisville, Kentucky. They have three young children, Hannah, Rachel, and Joel.