MEET OUR PASTOR

Dillon Thornton has served as the Lead Pastor of Faith Community Church since 2017. He was born and raised in Birmingham, AL, saved at a young age, and called to pastoral ministry at the age of sixteen. Dillon has over two decades of diverse ministry experience. He’s served in small, medium, and mega churches; shepherded nationally and internationally; and participated in church planting, church revitalization, and theological education. Dillon’s wife, Jamie, is his co-laborer in ministry and co-adventurer in life. His two sons, Aidan and Cullen, reluctantly supply him with the arsenal of illustrations he uses in his preaching, teaching, and writing.

Education

Ph.D., New Testament, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
M.Div., Focus in Biblical Languages, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
B.A., Biblical Studies and Christian Education, Leavell College, New Orleans, LA

Writing Ministry

Dillon is a senior fellow of the Center for Pastor Theologians. He has authored numerous articles and four books:

Deathly (De)Vices: Our Ever-Present Portals to Seven Ancient Sins. Eugene: Cascade, forthcoming.
Long Story Short: Dwelling in the Good News of the Great Story. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2022.
Give Them Jesus: Raising Our Children on the Core Truths of the Christian Faith. New York: Hachette, 2018.
Hostility in the House of God: An Investigation of the Opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy. BBRSup 15. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2016.

Fun Facts

Favorite Book of the Bible: Whichever one he’s preaching through at the moment
Favorite Aspect of Ministry: Expository preaching
Favorite Author: C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien
Favorite Director: Christopher Nolan
Favorite Artist: His wife
Favorite Pastimes: Running, reading, writing, watching movies
Favorite Places on Earth: New Zealand, the Cotswolds, his study