Joel Rainey

Joel O. Rainey, Ph.D. is a pastor, missionary, and mobilizer of churches to accomplish God's global mission. He has been involved in planting more than 100 new churches in North America, has trained pastors and church planters nationally, and internationally, and has intercultural experience on five continents.

Dr. Rainey is currently Lead Pastor at Covenant Church in Shepherdstown, in the northeastern panhandle of West Virginia. He is a sought-after speaker, and in addition to his pastoral duties, serves on the adjunct faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina. In addition to the books on this page, he was also a contributing author to the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Broadman & Holman, 2003), and has written numerous articles for publication related to the church and its global mission.

His writing has appeared in the Great Commission Research Journal, SBC Voices, The Gospel Coalition, Evangelical Missions Quarterly, churchleaders.com, The Christian Post, and the Washington Post, and he has represented the evangelical perspective to news outlets such as Al Jazeera America, and the Baltimore Sun.

He currently resides in the mid-Atlantic with his wife, and their three children.