Craig Groeschel is a preacher, author, and speaker from the United States. He is the founder and senior pastor of Life Church. Church is a multi-site evangelical church with locations in ten states across the United States.
Pastor Craig Groeschel is a well-known American pastor, author, and speaker. He is the co-founder and senior pastor of Life.Church, one of the largest and most innovative churches in the United States. Life.Church is based in Edmond, Oklahoma, and has multiple campuses across the country.
Under Pastor Craig Groeschel’s leadership, Life.Church has gained recognition for its use of technology, online resources, and creative approaches to ministry. The church is known for its engaging worship experiences, relevant teaching, and outreach efforts.
In addition to his pastoral responsibilities, Craig Groeschel is also a prolific author. He has written several books on leadership, faith, and personal growth. Some of his notable books include “Liking Jesus: Intimacy and Contentment in a Selfie-Centered World,” “The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn’t Exist,” and “Fight: Winning the Battles that Matter Most.”
Biography
Groeschel grew up in southern Oklahoma and was born on December 2, 1967. Ardmore High School was his alma mater. He went to Oklahoma City University on a tennis scholarship after high school and was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
He has a marketing bachelor’s degree. They ordained Groeschel as an associate pastor in the United Methodist Church the same year. He got a Master of Divinity degree from Phillips Theological Seminary, which is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). During the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, he was an associate pastor at First United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City.
Age
Groeschel was born on December 2, 1967.
Family
Groeschel has six children and four grandchildren with his wife Amy: Catie and her husband Andrew, Mandy, and her husband James, Sam, Anna, Stephen, and Joy.
They live in Edmond, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, where Life.Church is based.Â
Career
Groeschel is a savvy businessman. He was a member of Gulfport Energy Corporation’s Board of Directors. On June 10, 2016, Groeschel received a grant of 3,824 equity shares with a value of $125,006.56 at the close of business. According to SEC filings, Groeschel sold 7,059 shares of Gulfport Energy stock for $85,837 on December 15, 2017. Groeschel resigned from Gulfport Energy’s board of directors in November 2019.
Ministry
Groeschel and a few others formed Life Covenant Church in a two-car garage in 1996. He later told Business Week that he began by conducting market research on non-churchgoers and then designing his church in response to what he discovered about the process of perplexing people.
Pastor Groeschel’s unconventional style proved successful, and Life Covenant quickly grew in size, eventually becoming the largest Protestant church in the United States (as of January 2019), with 32 (now 39) Life Covenant locations. Campuses of churches.
When his fourth child was born in 2001 and he was unable to attend the Sunday service, he began using video to give some of his sermons, discovering that his congregation well received the videos.
In 2006, he launched Mysecret.tv, a website where users may anonymously confess their secrets. On Easter Sunday 2007, Groeschel began offering his services in the virtual world of Second Life.
Outreach Magazine named life.Church America’s Most Innovative Church in 2007 and 2008. Life. Church innovations include a free resource library with sermons, transcripts, videos, and artwork[13] as well as a team that develops free software such as ChurchOnlinePlatform.com and YouVersion the Bible app, which had been downloaded over 200 million times as of December 2015 and will have reached 500 million downloads by November 2021.
Books
Craig Groeschel is the New York Times best-selling author of books
- Winning The War In Your Mind
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Dangerous Prayers
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Hope In The Dark
- Daily Power
- Divine Direction
- Liking Jesus
- Love, Sex, And Happily Ever After
- dare To Drop The Pose
- The Christian Atheist
- How Churches and Leaders Can Get It And Keep It
- Weird
- Soul Detox
- Altar Ego
- Fight
- The Power To Change
Net Worth
Craig Groeschel has an estimated net worth of $600,000 USD as at 2021. This includes his property, funds, and earnings. His income comes primarily from his work as a minister, author, and speaker. He has amassed a large wealth from several sources of income, but he prefers to live a humble lifestyle.
Social Media
You can find pastor Groeschel on any of the social media platforms:
Instagram: @craiggroeschel
Twitter: @craiggroeschel
Facebook: @CraigGroeschel
YouTube: Youtube.com/c/craiggroeschel/