Faith across the divide.

Helping Christians live with love in a divided world. Pastor, author and former NFL defensive lineman, writing and speaking on the gospel, leadership and the teams that carry both.

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Books

Purple book cover for “Untriggered: How the Gospel Heals Your Inner World So You Can Live With Love in a Divided One” by Léonce B. Crump Jr., coming in 2028.

Untriggered

Coming 2028

How the gospel heals your inner world so you can live with love in a divided one. Outrage, anxiety and identity, and the way back to peace.

Purple book cover graphic reading “Building Teams That Last,” coming in 2027, by Ryan Hartwig, Léonce B. Crump Jr., and Warren Bird.

With Ryan Hartwig and Warren Bird · IVP, 2027

A field guide for ministry leaders who want a team that performs, thrives and holds together under pressure. Foreword by Tod Bolsinger.

Building Teams That Last

Red book cover for “Renovate: Changing Who You Are by Loving Where You Are” by Léonce B. Crump Jr., with a foreword by Matt Chandler.

Multnomah, 2016 · Foreword by Matt Chandler

Changing who you are by loving where you are. A call to stay, to invest, and to love the city God sent you to.

Renovate

Choose a King, not a side.

Léonce B. Crump Jr. is a pastor, author and international speaker. He is the co-founder and senior pastor of United Church in Atlanta, a multiethnic congregation where people who vote differently worship the same King. Before ministry, he played defensive line at the University of Oklahoma and in the NFL, and was an All-American heavyweight wrestler.

He writes on leadership, the church and public life, serves on nonprofit boards that promote human flourishing, and coaches pastors across the country. He wrote Renovate and co-authored Building Teams That Last (IVP, 2027), and his next book, Untriggered, arrives in 2028. He and his wife, Breanna, are raising their four children in Atlanta. Meet Léonce

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Follow along

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