Pressure Points: Twelve Global Issues Shaping the Face of the Church
J. D. Payne (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as the pastor of church multiplication with The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama.  He has pastored churches in Kentucky and Indiana and served as a seminary professor for a decade.  He is the author of several books on missions.  J. D. and his wife, Sarah, live in Birmingham with their three children, Hannah, Rachel, and Joel.