Joseph Perry Martin, known publicly as Joby Martin (born September 5, 1973, in South Carolina), is an American pastor, author, speaker, and podcast host best known as the founder and lead pastor of The Church of Eleven22 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Since planting the church in September 2012, Martin has led one of the fastest-growing non-denominational churches in the United States, expanding from a single gathering into a multi-campus movement with tens of thousands of weekly attendees.
A self-described “happy Calvinist” with a Master of Divinity degree, he is known for his direct, expository preaching style, his deep commitment to discipleship, and his ability to reach people who have written off church entirely.
He is also the author of multiple books, including If the Tomb Is Empty and Stand Firm and Act Like Men, and the host of the Deepen podcast.
At a Glance
| Personal | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Perry Martin |
| Born | September 5, 1973 — South Carolina, USA |
| Age | 52 (as of 2026) |
| Nationality | American |
| Raised in | Rural South Carolina |
| Spouse | Gretchen Martin (m. February 2000) |
| Children | JP Martin (son); Reagan Capri Martin (daughter) |
| Education | |
|---|---|
| University | Jacksonville University |
| Seminary | Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (M.Div.) / also associated with New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary |
| Ministry | |
|---|---|
| Title | Founder and Lead Pastor |
| Church | The Church of Eleven22, Jacksonville, Florida |
| Founded | September 2012 |
| Denomination | Non-denominational (Evangelical / Reformed-leaning) |
| Network | Acts 29 Church Planting Network |
| Campuses | Multiple — Jacksonville area and Jesup, Georgia |
| Launch attendance | 3,000+ on opening Sunday |
| Podcast | Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin; The Daily Blade |
| Website | jobymartin.com / coe22.com |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Books | 5+ (adult and children’s titles) |
| Net Worth | ~$500,000 to $2 million (est.) |
Early Life and Growing Up in South Carolina
Joby Martin grew up in rural South Carolina, the kind of place where Sunday mornings meant hunting and fishing rather than church pews. His family had a loose connection to Christianity, they showed up at Christmas and Easter — but faith was not a daily reality in the house. By his own account, he knew of God but had no real understanding of the gospel.
He was athletic and competitive, eventually playing collegiate football. That physical toughness and competitive drive shows up in everything he does now, from the directness of his preaching to the energy he brings to a Sunday service.
He is not the kind of pastor who speaks in soft, careful tones. He talks like someone who played ball and grew up in the country — which is exactly what he is.
Conversion: A Youth Camp and a Crucifixion Reenactment
Martin’s life changed at a Southern Baptist summer camp during his high school years. The counselors staged a reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus and gave a gospel presentation and a salvation invitation. Something broke open in him that day.
He came back from that camp a different person. Within a short time, he was the one standing up and preaching to his peers. This was not a gradual drift toward ministry. It was fast and it was clear.
His football coach ran the camp, and when Joby returned to serve there in college, his coach told him he would be the main preacher. That was the first time Martin led a Bible study and preached to a crowd. He was not yet out of college.
He had originally considered studying medicine. But after his conversion and his early experiences in ministry, he says he felt an overwhelming sense that God was calling him to teach the Bible for the rest of his life. He dropped the medical track and pursued theology instead.
Education and Seminary Training
Martin attended Jacksonville University before going on to earn his Master of Divinity degree from Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, a serious, academically rigorous seminary with Baptist roots.
He has also been associated with New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, one of the Southern Baptist Convention’s six affiliated seminaries, and has taught at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
The seminary background matters for understanding why Martin preaches the way he does. He did not simply read popular Christian books and start a church.
He went through formal theological training in biblical languages, systematic theology, and expository preaching. That foundation is evident every Sunday at Eleven22. He knows his text, and he knows how to handle it.
Early Ministry: Youth Pastor, 15 Years in the Trenches
Before planting his own church, Martin spent roughly 15 years working in youth ministry and church leadership.
Those were not comfortable, polished years. They were years of driving vans, running camps, sitting with teenagers in the worst moments of their lives, and watching what actually works when you try to communicate the Bible to people who have no reason to care.
His early work included serving as a youth pastor in a Methodist church in Jacksonville. He was good at it. Within six months of his arrival, the youth ministry grew from 250 to 300 attendees to over 1,000, requiring additional services and more space. That kind of growth draws attention.
He later moved into an executive pastor role at Beach Church, a United Methodist congregation in Jacksonville. It was during this season that Martin began thinking seriously about planting his own church. He had watched how churches worked from the inside.
He had seen what made people feel welcomed and what made them feel judged. A particular experience stayed with him: a woman who worked as a stripper wanted to come to church with him. He brought her.
The church leadership pulled him aside afterward to question why he had brought her. On the drive home, she told him she had felt more degraded in that church than she ever felt at her job.
That moment, more than anything else, shaped what The Church of Eleven22 would eventually become.
Founding The Church of Eleven22
In September 2012, Joby and Gretchen Martin, along with a group of other Christian leaders, launched The Church of Eleven22 in Jacksonville, Florida. The initial cost to build the church was $2 million. On opening Sunday, more than 3,000 people walked through the doors.
That number is not a typo. Most church plants spend years trying to break 200. Eleven22 opened at 3,000. Part of that was Martin’s 15 years of built relationships and reputation in Jacksonville. Part of it was the clear gap he was filling: a church that took the Bible seriously and took broken people even more seriously.
The name Eleven22 has a layered origin. It began as a practical reference to the 11:22 a.m. service time at the Methodist church where Martin had previously ministered. When the church launched on its own, the name stayed, though Martin now ties it to Mark 11:22 “Have faith in God” as the theological anchor for the church’s identity.
Some sources also connect it to Romans 11:22, “Note then the kindness and the severity of God,” which captures the doctrinal balance Martin consistently preaches: a God who is simultaneously full of grace and absolutely holy.
Within a few years, Eleven22 had expanded to multiple campuses across the Jacksonville area, including Arlington, Baymeadows, Mandarin, and Fleming Island, as well as a location in Jesup, Georgia. By 2019, over 11,000 people were attending Sunday services across five campuses.
Today, the church draws tens of thousands weekly across its locations and online. The San Pablo campus alone was renovated at a cost of $15 million. It is one of the largest and fastest-growing churches in the southeastern United States.
What Does The Church of Eleven22 Believe?
The Church of Eleven22 holds to a standard orthodox evangelical statement of faith. It affirms one God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
It holds to the full inspiration and authority of Scripture, the virgin birth and physical resurrection of Jesus, salvation by grace through faith alone, and the reality of heaven and hell. The church practices baptism by immersion as a public declaration of faith, and observes communion.
Martin himself has described his theology as Calvinist, using the phrase “happy Calvinist” to describe where he lands on questions of salvation and sovereignty.
This places him within the Reformed evangelical stream — a theological position he shares with the Acts 29 church planting network, of which The Church of Eleven22 is a member.
Acts 29 was co-founded by pastor and author Mark Driscoll and is one of the most influential church planting networks in the world, known for gospel-centered, Reformed theology combined with cultural engagement.
Martin’s membership in Acts 29 situates him theologically with pastors who take doctrinal precision seriously while pursuing people the church has historically ignored.
The church’s four core values are Biblical Integrity, Spirit-Led Courage, Christ-Like Character, and Sacrificial Love. Its mission statement, to be “a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ”, is not marketing language.
It is the actual operating principle. The church deliberately positions itself as a place where people who have been hurt by religion, bored by church, or skeptical of Christianity altogether are welcome to show up as they are.
As Outreach Magazine put it, The Church of Eleven22 is “a cold drink of grace” in a Bible Belt city where many people have years of church experience — and most of it was not good.
Joby Martin’s Preaching Style and Sermons
Martin preaches expository sermons, meaning he works through books of the Bible passage by passage, explaining the text in its original context and applying it to everyday life.
He has taken his congregation through Romans, Philippians, James, Titus, John, 1 Samuel, the Psalms, and a multi-season series through the Gospel of Matthew that has been running for multiple years.
His style is direct, personal, and frequently funny. He does not hedge. He does not preach in careful, safe circles. He will say plainly what a passage means, what it requires of you, and why avoiding it is a bad idea.
He draws heavily on his South Carolina upbringing, his football background, his time as a youth pastor, and his honest observations about what it is like to be a man, a husband, and a father in the 21st century.
People who find most church services either shallow or inaccessible often describe his teaching as the first time the Bible made actual sense to them. That response is not accidental, it is the direct result of 15 years spent in youth ministry learning how to communicate truth to people who are not already convinced they need it.
His sermons are available for free through The Church of Eleven22 podcast and on the church’s website at coe22.com.
Personal Life: Marriage, Family, and Faith at Home
Joby and Gretchen Martin celebrated 25 years of marriage in February 2025. On their anniversary, Martin posted on Instagram:
Today marks 25 years of marriage with the most amazing wife. Thank you G for always putting up with me and being my biggest encourager. If you asked me 25 years ago, I would’ve said it wasn’t possible, but I love you even more today than I did then.
That kind of public honesty about marriage, acknowledging the work it takes without sugarcoating it, is typical of how Martin talks about his personal life from the platform.
He does not project an image of a perfect home. He speaks about his failures as a husband and father openly, which makes the people in the seats feel less alone in their own.
Gretchen Martin is far more than a pastor’s wife in the background. She is a singer, songwriter, and founding member of Eleven22 Worship, the church’s worship band.
The band formed at Beach United Methodist Church in 2010, two years before the church officially launched, and has released three independent studio albums.
Gretchen co-leads the church’s worship alongside her pastoral role in the community. The church would not be what it is without her.
Together, Joby and Gretchen have two children: a son named JP, who is around 20 years old as of 2026, and a daughter named Reagan Capri, who is around 16. Both are members of the church community.
Martin speaks regularly about biblical fatherhood and the specific pressures facing families in a culture that gives young men especially little to aspire to.
Books and Publications
Martin has published several books for adult and children’s audiences, all focused on applying the gospel to real life. His writing voice matches his preaching voice: plain, direct, and grounded in Scripture without being academic.
- If the Tomb Is Empty: Why the Resurrection Means Anything Is Possible (2022) — His most recognized book. It makes the case that the resurrection of Jesus is not just a theological doctrine but a present reality that changes how you face fear, failure, and the impossible. It draws on biblical and historical evidence for the resurrection and connects it to daily faith.
- Anything Is Possible — A companion to his resurrection teaching, examining nine miracles of Jesus across the Gospels, including the wedding at Cana, the healing at Bethesda, and the feeding of the 5,000.
- Stand Firm and Act Like Men (2025) — Based on 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, this book addresses biblical masculinity head-on. Martin argues that the culture’s confusion about manhood is not primarily a social problem — it is a spiritual one, and the answer is not tougher attitudes but genuine surrender to God. He covers what it means to be watchful, to stand firm in the faith, to act like men, and to let all things be done in love. His tone on the subject is characteristically direct: “Real manhood isn’t about driving the biggest truck or having the biggest gun collection — though he won’t say no to either.”
- The Big Brave Choice (2026) — A children’s book rooted in the church’s mission, using the story of twins Daisy and Dylan to teach kids about forgiveness. It is aimed at children ages 4 to 8 and is designed so parents can use it to disciple their kids in the home.
His books are available through the church’s website and major Christian booksellers. Reading any one of them gives you a clear picture of how he preaches: no wasted words, no spiritual-sounding language that means nothing, just the text applied to your actual life.
Podcasts and Media Ministry
Martin hosts multiple podcasts that extend the reach of Eleven22’s teaching well beyond Jacksonville.
Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin is a weekly companion to the Sunday sermon at The Church of Eleven22. Each episode, Martin brings in guests to go deeper into the passage he preached that week, exploring context, application, and questions the sermon raised but could not fully answer in 45 minutes.
It is one of the few pastoral podcasts that treats its listeners as people who actually want to understand the Bible, not just feel good about it.
The Daily Blade, co-hosted with Kyle Thompson of Undaunted.Life, is a short Monday-through-Friday devotional podcast aimed specifically at men. Each episode is brief and focused on applying Scripture to the specific pressures men face in work, marriage, family, and faith.
The church also produces Neighbors, a weekly storytelling podcast hosted by Ali Parsons, featuring conversations with people inside and outside the church community about how God is working in their lives.
All of Martin’s podcasts are free and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and the church’s website.
Theology: What Does Joby Martin Believe?
Martin is an evangelical Christian with Reformed theological leanings. He has described himself as a “happy Calvinist,” meaning he holds to the doctrines of grace, the Calvinist understanding that salvation is entirely the work of God, not a cooperative effort between God and human will. This places him theologically within the stream of Baptist Reformed evangelicalism rather than Arminian or Wesleyan traditions.
His preaching reflects this consistently. He does not shy away from the hard doctrines. He preaches the holiness of God and the sinfulness of man without softening either. He also preaches grace, relentlessly, specifically, to people who have been told in church and out of it that they are too far gone. The combination is what makes the church unusual: it is not soft on sin, and it is not cold toward sinners.
Martin has also spoken publicly about what he calls the danger of “church culture”, the version of Christianity that functions as a social club with religious language attached.
His ministry is explicitly designed to disrupt that version of church, replacing it with genuine disciple-making: people who know Scripture, who are growing in character, and who are actively passing what they know to someone else.
His life’s mission, stated publicly and printed on his ministry biography, is drawn from
Acts 11:24 — for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a great many people were added to the Lord.
That is the whole ambition: be a good man, full of the Spirit, and see people come to Jesus.
What Religion Is Joby Martin?
Joby Martin is a Christian. Specifically, he is an evangelical Protestant pastor with Reformed (Calvinist) theological convictions. The Church of Eleven22 is non-denominational, meaning it is not formally affiliated with a specific denomination such as the Southern Baptist Convention or the Methodist Church.
However, its theology is solidly evangelical, and its membership in the Acts 29 network aligns it with Reformed, gospel-centered church planting broadly within the Baptist tradition.
Martin grew up in a family with a loose connection to Christianity, was genuinely converted in high school, and trained formally for ministry in Baptist seminaries.
His faith is not cultural, it is the direct result of a personal encounter with the gospel that changed the direction of his entire life.
Was Joby Martin in the Military?
No. There is no verified public record of Joby Martin serving in the United States military. He grew up in rural South Carolina, played collegiate football, and pursued ministry training and pastoral work following his conversion in high school.
His pastoral career of more than 20 years in full-time ministry is well-documented, but no military service is included in any verified biography or public record.
Does Joby Martin Support Trump?
Joby Martin has not made public endorsements of Donald Trump or any other political candidate. He does not align himself publicly with either major political party and has not campaigned for or against any political figure.
His ministry and public platform are focused entirely on the gospel, discipleship, and biblical teaching. Like many pastors who preach to large, diverse congregations, he has kept his personal political views private and separate from his ministry platform.
It is worth noting that this question is sometimes confused with references to other public figures named “Martin” in political contexts. Joby Martin’s public record is pastoral, not political.
The Church of Eleven22: Growth and Scale
The numbers behind The Church of Eleven22 are worth pausing on. In 2012, it launched with over 3,000 people on opening Sunday. By 2019, more than 11,000 people were attending weekly across five campuses.
By 2026, the church operates campuses throughout the Jacksonville area, including Arlington, Baymeadows, Mandarin, Fleming Island, and St. Johns as well as in Jesup, Georgia, with tens of thousands attending weekly across all locations.
This makes it one of the fifty largest churches in the United States, and almost certainly the largest church in Jacksonville. It has also been consistently recognized among the fastest-growing churches in the country over the past decade.
The growth is not primarily driven by marketing or a polished production experience. Visitors to Eleven22 sometimes describe being a little surprised — it is not the most elaborate production they have seen. What keeps people is the teaching, the community, and a culture that is genuinely willing to sit with messy people rather than manage them toward appearing presentable.
The church has also developed a significant outreach operation, including Hope’s Closet, a community service initiative, and The Retreat Center, a ministry facility used for training and events. Eleven22 Outposts further extend the church’s reach by providing in-person gathering points where groups can watch and discuss services together, even in areas without a physical campus.
Joby Martin’s Influence and Legacy
Martin represents a specific and increasingly rare kind of evangelical pastor: Reformed in theology, culturally accessible in communication, and genuinely committed to reaching people who have given up on church rather than building a comfortable experience for people who already believe.
His influence on the church planting world through the Acts 29 network extends beyond Jacksonville. He speaks at Acts 29 conferences and at national events including Expo East and West, Sticky Team East and West, and various other ministry conferences.
His model of church doctrinally serious, relationally warm, deliberately uncomfortable for religious pride has influenced a generation of younger pastors watching what happens when you refuse to choose between substance and accessibility.
His podcast and media presence extends the church’s reach internationally. The Deepen podcast in particular has built a following among people who want more than a surface-level engagement with Scripture, and who appreciate a pastor willing to take the time to explain why a passage means what it means rather than just stating it and moving on.
Within Jacksonville, the church’s community impact through Hope’s Closet and other outreach initiatives has given it a visible presence in the city beyond Sunday mornings. The church is known not just for what happens inside its walls but for what its members do outside them.
Criticism and Reviews of Joby Martin
Martin is a respected figure within mainstream evangelical Christianity and does not carry major documented controversies. His theology is orthodox, his personal life is consistently described as stable and genuine, and his preaching is regularly praised for its clarity and substance.
Some within more progressive evangelical circles have raised questions about his emphasis on biblical masculinity, particularly around the messaging in Stand Firm and Act Like Men. These critiques tend to focus on whether a strong emphasis on distinctly male leadership and identity creates an unwelcoming environment for women or those who do not fit traditional gender categories.
Martin’s response to these concerns, in his own preaching and writing, is that biblical manhood as he defines it is built on surrender, sacrifice, and servanthood, not on cultural stereotypes of toughness or dominance.
Some online reviews of The Church of Eleven22 mention concerns about the difficulty of connecting personally with leadership at a church of this size, which is a common challenge for megachurches broadly rather than a specific criticism of Martin’s leadership style.
No major financial, moral, or doctrinal scandals have been associated with Martin or the church.
Joby Martin Net Worth
Joby Martin’s net worth is estimated at between $500,000 and $2 million. Figures vary across sources, with some estimates placing it toward the lower end of that range and others slightly higher.
His income comes primarily from his pastoral salary at The Church of Eleven22, book royalties from his published titles, speaking fees from national and international conference appearances, and podcast revenue.
The Church of Eleven22 does not publish detailed financial reports publicly. No official financial disclosures from Martin or the church have been made available, so all estimates are based on public information about comparable ministry leaders and income streams.
Martin is not associated with prosperity theology or any teaching that promotes financial wealth as a sign of spiritual favor. His message is consistently one of surrender, sacrifice, and the call to follow Jesus regardless of personal cost.
This is consistent with his Reformed theological framework, which is generally skeptical of any theology that treats material blessing as the primary evidence of God’s approval.
Interesting Facts About Joby Martin
- His full name is Joseph Perry Martin. Almost nobody calls him that.
- He grew up spending Sunday mornings hunting and fishing in rural South Carolina, not in church.
- He was converted at a youth camp after counselors staged a reenactment of the crucifixion.
- The Church of Eleven22 opened to more than 3,000 people on its very first Sunday in 2012.
- The name “Eleven22” started as a reference to the time his services began at a Methodist church, not a Bible reference. The Mark 11:22 connection came later.
- He describes himself as a “happy Calvinist” — a phrase that manages to be both theologically precise and genuinely warm at the same time.
- His wife Gretchen is a founding member of Eleven22 Worship, the church’s worship band, which formed two years before the church officially launched.
- He played collegiate football before pursuing ministry full-time.
- His life verse is Acts 11:24: “for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a great many people were added to the Lord.”
- He has been in full-time ministry for more than 20 years, with 15 of those years spent in youth ministry before planting Eleven22.
- He co-hosts a daily devotional podcast for men, Monday through Friday, in addition to his weekly expository sermon podcast.
- The San Pablo campus of The Church of Eleven22 was renovated at a cost of $15 million — a significant investment for a church that started as a single gathering in Jacksonville Beach.
Timeline of Key Events
| September 5, 1973 | Born in South Carolina |
| Late 1980s (high school) | Converted to Christianity at a Southern Baptist summer camp after a crucifixion reenactment and gospel presentation |
| Late 1980s – early 1990s | Began preaching to peers in high school; returned to the camp in college as the main preacher |
| Early 1990s | Attended Jacksonville University; original interest in medicine redirected toward ministry |
| Late 1990s | Earned Master of Divinity from Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond |
| Late 1990s – early 2000s | Began 15-year career in youth ministry, including role as youth pastor at a Jacksonville-area Methodist church where attendance grew from 250–300 to over 1,000 |
| February 2000 | Married Gretchen Martin |
| Early 2000s | Served as executive pastor at Beach Church (Beach United Methodist), Jacksonville |
| 2010 | Eleven22 Worship band formed at Beach United Methodist Church, with Gretchen as a founding member |
| September 2012 | Founded The Church of Eleven22 in Jacksonville, Florida; opening Sunday drew 3,000+ attendees |
| 2012–2019 | Church expands to five campuses across the Jacksonville area; attendance exceeds 11,000 weekly by 2019 |
| 2019–present | Further campus growth including Fleming Island, St. Johns, and Jesup, Georgia; tens of thousands attending weekly |
| 2022 | Published If the Tomb Is Empty |
| 2025 | Published Stand Firm and Act Like Men; celebrated 25th wedding anniversary with Gretchen |
| 2026 | Published The Big Brave Choice (children’s book); active in preaching, podcasting, and national speaking ministry |
Frequently Asked Questions About Joby Martin
What is Joby Martin known for?
Joby Martin is best known as the founder and lead pastor of The Church of Eleven22 in Jacksonville, Florida — one of the fastest-growing non-denominational churches in the United States. He is known for his direct, expository preaching style, his genuine focus on discipleship over church attendance, and his ability to reach people who have been burned by religion. He is also a published author, speaker, and podcast host through the Deepen podcast series.
What religion is Joby Martin?
Joby Martin is an evangelical Christian with Reformed (Calvinist) theological convictions. He leads a non-denominational church but has formal training in Baptist seminaries and is a member of the Acts 29 church planting network. He has described himself publicly as a “happy Calvinist.”
What is the net worth of Pastor Joby Martin?
Joby Martin’s net worth is estimated at between $500,000 and $2 million, based on his pastoral salary, book royalties, speaking fees, and podcast revenue. No official figures have been disclosed publicly. He is not associated with prosperity theology or any financial ministry, and his public teaching consistently emphasizes surrender over financial prosperity.
Was Pastor Joby Martin in the military?
No. There is no verified record of Joby Martin serving in the U.S. military. He grew up in South Carolina, played collegiate football, and has spent more than 20 years in full-time Christian ministry. His public biography contains no reference to military service.
Does Pastor Joby Martin support Trump?
Joby Martin has not publicly endorsed Donald Trump or any other political figure. He keeps his personal political views private and focuses his public platform entirely on biblical teaching and gospel ministry. He has not campaigned for or against any candidate or party.
What are Joby Martin’s best books?
His most widely read book is If the Tomb Is Empty (2022), which addresses the resurrection of Jesus as a present reality and makes the case that genuine faith changes how you face impossible situations. Stand Firm and Act Like Men (2025) is his most direct treatment of biblical masculinity. The Big Brave Choice (2026) is a children’s book on forgiveness. All his books are available through the church’s website at coe22.com and major Christian booksellers.
What is the name of Joby Martin’s church?
The Church of Eleven22, based in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in September 2012 and now operates multiple campuses across the Jacksonville area and in Jesup, Georgia, with tens of thousands of weekly attendees. The church’s website is coe22.com.
Where did “Eleven22” get its name?
The name originated from the 11:22 a.m. service time at the Methodist church where Martin previously ministered. When the new church launched independently, the name remained. Martin now ties it to Mark 11:22 — “Have faith in God” — as its biblical anchor. Some also connect it to Romans 11:22, “Note then the kindness and the severity of God,” which reflects the theological balance of grace and holiness that defines the church’s teaching.
What is Joby Martin’s age?
Joby Martin was born on September 5, 1973, making him 52 years old as of 2026.
What are Joby Martin’s podcasts?
Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin is a weekly podcast that goes deeper into each Sunday sermon at The Church of Eleven22. The Daily Blade is a short daily devotional podcast for men, co-hosted with Kyle Thompson. Neighbors is a storytelling podcast featuring conversations from inside and outside the church community. All are available free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and coe22.com.
Who is Gretchen Martin?
Gretchen Martin is Joby Martin’s wife of 25 years. She is a singer, songwriter, and founding member of Eleven22 Worship, the church’s worship band, which she helped form in 2010 before The Church of Eleven22 officially launched. She plays an active role in the church’s worship ministry alongside her husband’s pastoral leadership. Together they have two children, JP and Reagan Capri.
Read Also
- The Church of Eleven22 — a full church profile covering its campuses, community outreach (Hope’s Closet, The Retreat Center), worship music ministry, and growth story in detail.
- Eleven22 Worship — the worship band co-founded by Gretchen Martin, its three studio albums, and its place in the contemporary Christian worship music scene.
- Acts 29 Church Planting Network — its history, theology, founding, notable member churches, and influence on Reformed evangelical church planting globally.
- Gretchen Martin biography — she is a published musician, worship leader, and ministry co-founder with a public profile that warrants its own coverage.
- Biblical masculinity movement in American evangelicalism — the broader trend of which Martin’s Stand Firm and Act Like Men is a part, including related voices and the theological debate around the topic.
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