About
Our Pastor
Meet Dr. James Merritt, senior pastor of Cross Pointe Church.
Senior Pastor
James Merritt
James Merritt is the senior pastor of Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Georgia, and the host of the nationwide and worldwide broadcast ministry Touching Lives.
He earned a Master of Divinity degree and a PhD in Evangelism from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and served as President of the Southern Baptist Convention — the largest Protestant denomination in the country.
He and his wife, Teresa, have three sons and five grandchildren.
Speaking Requests
Invite Pastor Merritt
Pastor Merritt often receives requests to speak or preach at events across the country and around the world. While he would love to accept every invitation, his first and foremost duty is to his ministry at Cross Pointe, so he is seldom away from the pulpit on Sundays.
He accepts speaking engagements with direct flights to and from major cities and 90 minutes or less of travel to the event, or within a two-hour drive of Atlanta.
Fill out the Speaking Request form and a staff member will contact you.