Joel Simpson
Pastor, Author, Speaker & Christian Leader
Joel Simpson is a pastor, author, speaker, and Christian leader whose work explores Christian faith, love, justice, religious diversity, and interfaith relationships. A believer in love and justice, he has partnered with faith leaders across different traditions and religions in an attempt to create a more loving and just world.
Saving Christians: The Gift of a Multifaith World
What if the religious diversity around us isn't a threat to Christian faith, but a gift?
This is what “Saving Christians” is all about. It’s not about other religions rescuing Christianity, or that Christians should abandon their own tradition.
It is an invitation to learn from other faith traditions, and allow them to help speak into our lives and our faith so that we can be more faithful, loving, and just. More about the kingdom heaven here on earth.
Drawing on storytelling and encounters with Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam, Saving Christians explores the basics of each religion and how relationships across religious boundaries can deepen Christian faith and strengthen our commitments to love, justice, humility, and faithful action.
Speaking & Teaching
Joel speaks at churches, conferences, college classrooms, festivals, and other gatherings about Christian faith, interfaith relationships, love, justice, amd faithful action.
More About Joel: Faith, Love, and Justice
Joel’s faith calls him to work for a more loving and just world. He is a United Methodist pastor, preacher, teacher, writer, and moral activist.
In 2017, he helped found Unity in Community, a non-profit committed to achieving racial equity in North Mecklenburg County, NC. His belief in love and justice has landed him in jail, testifying with church members before Congress, working with immigrants, and organizing people of faith across North Carolina for a more loving and just society where everyone can thrive.
His work has brought him into churches, classrooms, community organizing, interfaith relationships, and conversations about how faith can contribute to a more loving and just world.
For Churches and Small Groups
Saving Christians is designed to be read and discussed in community.
Each chapter includes discussion questions, and a six-week discussion guide will be available for churches and small groups that want to explore the book together.
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Joel writes and shares about faith, justice, and people working together to make a more loving and just world
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For speaking engagements, interviews, partnerships, church and small-group conversations, or other inquiries, I'd love to hear from you.