Jared Wilson - Lead Pastor

Jared’s mission is to challenge the Element community to treasure Jesus above all else and shepherd them to live out the good news of the kingdom as we follow Jesus together.
A Texas native, Jared moved from Houston to Nashville with his wife Becky in 1997.

A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in English, Jared has been a minister and freelance writer for nearly fifteen years. His first book, Your Jesus is Too Safe -- an adaptation of a 2007 Element message series on Jesus and the Gospels -- is scheduled for release by Kregel Publishers in July 2009.

Jared also leads pastoral research teams and conducts research for The Docent Research Group.

He is a prolific contributor to the popular group weblog The Thinklings and to his personal blog on the discipleship culture of evangelical churches, The Gospel-Driven Church.

Jared lives outside Nashville with Becky and their two daughters, Macy and Grace, where he drafts plans for doomsday devices in his basement.

Favorite verses:

“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes . . .” – Romans 1:16

“For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” – 1 Corinthians 2:2

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