David Platt (born July 11, 1978 ) is an American evangelical Baptist pastor. He was senior pastor at the Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama, from 2006 to 2014. At the time he was the youngest megachurch pastor in the United States. From 2014 to 2017, Platt was president of the International Mission Board. He became pastor-teacher at McLean Bible Church in 2017. In late 2025 he is lead pastor at McLean. He is the author of the 2010 New York Times Best Seller Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream.
David Platt
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David Platt (born July 11, 1978 ) is an American evangelical Baptist pastor. He was senior pastor at the Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama, from 2006 to 2014. At the time he was the youngest megachurch pastor in the United States. From 2014 to 2017, Platt was president of the International Mission Board. He became pastor-teacher at McLean Bible Church in 2017. In late 2025 he is lead pastor at McLean. He is the author of the 2010 New York Times Best Seller Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream.
