About Spence

Spence is the Small Groups Pastor at the Summit Church in Durham NC. His role at the Summit consists primarily of two aspects. The first and most important is shepherding existing small groups towards spiritual health and maturity. The second is expanding the small group ministry through recruiting and training new leaders. God continues to burden Spence with the desire to see the people of the Summit, and of RDU, truly and lastingly transformed by the power of the gospel in its application to their lives.

Spence’s received a B.S. in business administration from UNC-Chapel Hill and is currently completing an MDiv in Christian Ethics from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. After UNC, Spence worked in sales management so he could say he used his degree for at least a year before heading into the world of theological study. His cubicle years will always be fondly remembered and drawn upon countless times for teaching illustrations.

Spence is married to one of the top ten women in human history, his wife Courtney. They have one son so far: Ezekiel, his friends call him Zeke. He was born August 8, and he is awesome. (as you can tell Spence wrote this paragraph)

Influences on Spence & the Summit’s small group ministry (no order):

• Creating Community by Andy Stanley
• Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Why Small Groups by C.J. Mahaney
• Leading Life-Changing small groups by Bill Donahue
• Simple Church by Thom Rainer & Eric Geiger
• Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life by Donald Whitney
• Nine Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever