About J.R.

Dr. J.R. Briggs lives with a clear and focused calling: to help hungry leaders who want to grow healthier and get better.

In 2011, he started Kairos Partnerships, an organization committed to serving hungry kingdom leaders through leadership coaching, consulting, speaking, teaching, equipping, and writing.

For more than 15 years, J.R. served in pastoral roles in mega-churches, church plants, and house church networks. Since starting Kairos Partnerships, he has served and invested in pastors and leaders in over 40 denominations throughout North America.

In addition to serving pastors, he has also invested in a wide variety of leaders, including business owners, university administrators, non-profit directors, entrepreneurs, attorneys, U.S. Olympic athletes, and Division I college coaches.

He serves as affiliate faculty member of practical theology at Missio Seminary, and as a guest instructor at Friends University in the Masters of Arts in Spiritual Formation program. He has guest lectured, taught and spoken at over a dozen colleges, universities, and seminaries around the U.S.

He also serves as the Director of Leadership & Congregational Formation for The Ecclesia Network and as a National Trainer and Strategist for Fresh Expressions U.S.

He has written or co-written thirteen books on a wide variety of topics and served as one of the contributors to the Abide Bible. He has had his articles published, both online and in print, with Christianity Today, Huffington Post, Preaching Today, American Bible Society, N.T. Wright Online, Missio Alliance, Boundless.org and Relevant Magazine, among others (see full list here).

For seven seasons he served as co-host of the Monday Morning Pastor, a podcast created to provide space for pastors to talk about ministry and leadership in raw and hope-filled ways. He currently hosts the Resilient Leaders podcast, a weekly podcast equipping leaders in a wide variety of backgrounds to grow in their resilience and health.

He serves on the Board of Directors with Jerusalem University College and the Board of Advisors for the Institute for Bible Reading.

J.R. and his wife Megan have been married for 20+ years and have two sons, Carter and Bennett. They live in Lansdale, PA in the greater Philadelphia area.