John Pavlovitz

John Pavlovitz (born June 1, 1969) is an American former youth pastor and author, known for his social and political writings from a liberal Christian perspective. and was raised as a member of the Catholic Church. He studied graphic design at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Ministry After college, Pavlovitz joined a Methodist church, where he married his wife Jennifer. Pavlovitz later worked for nearly a decade as youth pastor, in a program serving several hundred students

Writing Pavlovitz began a blog Stuff That Needs To Be Said in 2012, and was fired from a Raleigh, North Carolina, church in 2013 in response to "provocative" articles he had posted. He later became a youth minister at North Raleigh Community Church. and media attention for articles he has written on the subjects of acceptance of homosexuality ("If I Have Gay Children", 2014), the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton ("Thank You, Hillary", 2016), and the character of Donald Trump ("It's time we stopped calling Donald Trump a Christian", 2017).

In 2017, Westminster John Knox Press published his first book A Bigger Table: Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual Community, His second book Hope and Other Superpowers: A Life-Affirming, Love-Defending, Butt-Kicking, World-Saving Manifesto offers advice for individuals seeking to counter "the highly partisan cultural climate", and was published by Simon & Schuster in November 2018.

In the wake of Donald Trump's win in the 2024 United States presidential election, Pavlovitz posted on social media in doubt of the results.

Personal life Pavlovitz and his wife, Jennifer, have two children.

In October 2021, Pavlovitz underwent surgery to have a noncancerous pituitary tumor removed from the base of his brain.