The Summit Church

The Summit Church is a Baptist Evangelical multi-site megachurch, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and meeting at 12 campuses across the Triangle area. Regular attendance averages nearly 11,564 people weekly.

History[]

The Summit Church began in 1961 when Sam James preached the first service at what was then the Grace Baptist Mission in Durham.^[1] Within a year, the mission had grown into the new Homestead Heights Baptist Church. The Church grew to a membership of over 150 by 1965 and as it continued to grow, the congregation constructed a new church building in the 1980s to host close to 600 people. Although it briefly exceeded capacity, the 1990s saw little growth and eventually declined to a stable 400 members.

In 2002, Homestead Heights called its college pastor of a year and a half, J.D. Greear, to be pastor.^[2][3] Upon accepting the position, Greear called for the renaming and ultimately the re-launching of the church as the Summit Church. In the first three years, a large influx of members eventually led to the sale of its property located on Holt School Road, and in April 2005 the church began holding services at Riverside High School.^[1]

According to a census of the denomination published in 2020, it said it has a weekly attendance of 11,564 people and 12 campuses in different cities.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Pastor J.D.'s blog