Band of Bloggers

Justin Taylor (Facebook | Twitter) is vice-president of editorial and associate publisher for Crossway Books in Wheaton, IL. Prior to that, he served for five years as the theology director and executive editor at Desiring God Ministries in Minneapolis. Taylor has a B.A. in the study of Religion from the University of Northern Iowa, and is an M.A.R. candidate at Reformed Theological Seminary. He has co-edited and contributed to several books, including Beyond the Bounds, Reclaiming the Center, Sex and the Supremacy of Christ, A God-Entranced Vision of All Things, Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, Overcoming Sin and Temptation, Communion with the Triune God, and The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World. Justin lives with his wife and three young children outside of Wheaton. He enjoys reading, blogging, and spending time with his family.  His blog, Between Two Worlds, is a mix of faith, books, and culture, and is one of the most widely read blogs in the blogosphere.

Jonathan McIntosh (Facebook | Twitter) has a passion to equip churches to understand the great riches of the gospel and learn how to better contextualize that gospel for a variety of cultures & people groups.  He was on staff for five years as a pastor and teacher at The Journey, a missional church in St. Louis that is part of The Acts 29 Network. He also worked closely with Acts 29, co-leading a region to recruit, coach, and encourage church planters throughout the Midwest.  Jonathan and his wife Ashley met and married in Tupelo, Mississippi where they lived for seven years prior to moving to St. Louis. You can find them often laughing and dancing with their two young daughters, Cora & Nola.  Jonathan and his family are currently in the process of planting a new church in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee.

Trevin Wax (Facebook | Twitter)  is the Associate Pastor for Missions and Education at First Baptist Church in Shelbyville, TN. He has a Master of Divinity from Southern Seminary. He is the author of Holy Subversion: Allegiance to Christ in an Age of Rivals (Crossway: 2010). His wife is Corina and they have two children.  Several of Trevin’s articles have been picked up by notable publications, including Christianity Today and Baptist Press.

Jared Wilson (Facebook | Twitter) is the pastor of Middletown Church in Middletown Springs, Vermont and the author of the books Your Jesus is Too Safe: Outgrowing a Drive-Thru, Feel-Good Savior and Abide: Practicing Kingdom Rhythms in a Consumer Culture. He also blogs at The Thinklings and Evangel. You can also visit him online at JaredCWilson.com.

Owen Strachan (Facebook) is the Managing Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is a PhD student in Historical Theology under Jonathan Edwards scholar Doug Sweeney at TEDS. Owen cherishes life in Highland Park, IL with his wife, Bethany and his daughter, Ella Rose.  He is a member of CrossWay Community Church of Kenosha, WI.  With Doug Sweeney, he has recently written five books for Moody Press on the life and thought of Edwards for laypeople.

Timmy Brister (Facebook | Twitter) is associate pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida and creator of the Band of Bloggers fellowship. He is a master of divinity student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he is completing his degree in church planting and missions.  A stated desire of Timmy’s is to network gospel-centered and missionally-minded bloggers for the purpose of elevating the standard of Christian discourse and advancing the Gospel with unity of purpose and passion for Christ’s Church.