Voices and influences
John Burke
John Burke is an American evangelical pastor, author, and speaker.
Summary
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John Burke
- Era
- Gateway Church planted 1998 — Imagine Heaven 2015 — present
- Tradition
- Evangelical
- Portrait
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John Burke is an American evangelical pastor, author, and speaker. He is the founder (1998) and former lead pastor of Gateway Church (Austin, Texas) — a multi-site church grown to 4,500+ regular attendees since planting. (Note: this Gateway Church is distinct from the Gateway Church in Southlake, TX founded by Robert Morris.) Burke transitioned from skepticism / agnosticism to evangelical Christianity in his early adulthood; the catalyst was reading NDE research while keeping vigil at his dying father's bedside — the cumulative testimonial weight pushed him toward the evidential case for theism, then for biblical Christianity. He has authored No Perfect People Allowed (2005, on radically-inclusive evangelism), Soul Revolution (2008), Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You (2015, NYT bestseller), Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Revelation, and the Love You've Always Wanted (2023), and additional titles. He leads the Gateway Leadership Initiative for church planting and is a regular speaker on NDE-and-faith intersections.
6 works
How to read this voice
Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You
2015
NYT bestseller; the standard contemporary popular-evangelical NDE-and-biblical-revelation synthesis. Anchor work for Burke's framework.
Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Revelation, and the Love You've Always Wanted
2023
Burke's mature articulation focusing specifically on God's character and love as revealed in NDE accounts.
No Perfect People Allowed: Creating a Come As You Are Culture in the Church
2005
Burke's pastoral framework for radically-inclusive (in the welcoming, not theologically-relativist sense) evangelistic culture; standard text on attractional-but-truth-telling evangelism.
Soul Revolution: How Imperfect People Become All God Intended
2008
Burke's discipleship framework — the believer's transformation through ongoing experiential relationship with God.
Imagine Heaven Devotional
2018
Imagine the Afterlife of Jesus
Their whole shelf sits at Gateway Church (Austin).