J.D. Payne emphasizes that the church’s mission flows from and participates in the broader mission of God. Using a biblical “pattern of purpose,” Payne outlines how God sends representatives to proclaim hope through judgment, invites people into covenantal relationship, and commissions them to live out and share His kingdom purposes in the world.
Published on August 18, 2025
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J.D. Payne serves as Professor of Christian Ministry at Samford University. Prior to this, he was the pastor for church multiplication with The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. Before moving to Birmingham, he served for ten years with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and as an Associate Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism in the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he also directed the Center for North American Missions and Church Planting.
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