Pastor Profile:
Justin Holcomb
Executive Director of Resurgence and Leadership Development, Lead Pastor at Mars Hill U-District
Justin is the Lead Pastor at Mars Hill U-District and also serves as Executive Director of the Resurgence and Leadership Development. He is also Adjunct Professor of Theology and Culture at Reformed Theological Seminary and previously taught at the University of Virginia. Justin holds two masters degrees from Reformed Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Emory University.
He and his wife Lindsey are the authors of Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault (Crossway, 2011). He is also the editor of Christian Theologies of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction (NYU Press, 2006) and the author of On the Grace of God (Crossway, forthcoming in 2013).
Since 2001, Justin has traveled to southern Sudan to train chaplains in the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army. He and Lindsey founded Mosaic, a nonprofit that initiates projects to alleviate suffering in southern Sudan and Uganda.
Justin serves on the boards of REST (Real Escape from the Sex Trade) and GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in Christian Environments). He also serves on the council board of the Biblical Counseling Coalition.
