Sean DeMars is the lead pastor of Glory Community Church in Decatur, Alabama. After serving five years in the military, he and his family worked as missionaries in Peru before returning to the United States in 2015. He is also an author and speaker whose work addresses missions, the prosperity gospel, suffering and life in the local church. He lives with his wife, Amber, and their two daughters.
Thabiti Anyabwile discusses The Front Porch, Christian hip-hop, race, Black theology, minority representation and his decision to plant a church in Washington, D.C. Read More
A father reflects on Christian persecution in Iraq, the horror facing parents in Mosul and the hope of God’s justice, presence and promised restoration. Read More
A California pastor discusses minority representation in Reformed circles, lessons from church planting, developing elders outside seminary and pursuing a Ph.D. to better serve the church. Read More
Christians should confront racism honestly, but Sean DeMars asks whether the church’s race conversation also leaves room to recognize progress and celebrate God’s grace. Read More
A Blueprint Church pastor discusses entering ministry at a young age, planting churches in Atlanta, minority representation in evangelicalism and why church planters must be evangelists, not merely entrepreneurs. Read More
Sean DeMars recounts how the prosperity gospel shaped his earliest years as a Christian, nearly cost him his life and eventually came crashing down. Read More