Joe M EasterlingDr. Joe M. Easterling has been blessed with an incredible ministry in teaching and church ministry for more than 25 years. His education began at Wingate University, where he graduated with a Bachelor's in Communication Studies (1995). He then went o to earn his first Master's degree in Christian Education from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (2000). After serving for more than a decade in a local church, he returned to Southeastern Seminary to receive a Master of Divinity degree with Biblical Languages (2007) and then a Doctor of Education (2010). Finally, in 2020, he earned a Ph.D. in Theology and Apologetics from Liberty University. For the last twenty-five years Dr. Easterling has faithfully served in a local church--as Associate Pastor at Mount Vernon Baptist Church (Raleigh, NC; 2007-2014) and as Discipleship Pastor at Northside Church (Wilmington, NC; 1995-2006, 2014-present). He has also enjoyed over a dozen years of investing in students in higher education, serving as Instructor of Religion at Sampson Community College (Clinton, NC) and as Assistant Professor for Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA). He is the author of Big Things Start Small: How Small Groups Helped Ignite Christianity's Greatest Spiritual Awakenings, as well as the 30-Day Discovery devotional for new believers and has provided discipleship, theological, and ministry training in the United States and abroad in Romania, Guyana, Haiti, and Kenya. Joe has been blessed with his wonderful wife, Anne, for over 26 years, and they have two beautiful girls, Noelle and Moriah. He is an avid sports fan, particularly of the Atlanta Braves, UNC Tarheels, and Carolina Panthers. Read More Read Less