# Jacob Haywood

- **Website:** <https://jacobhaywood.com>
- **Primary alias:** `jacobhaywood.com`

## Description

Jacob Haywood is a pastor, author, and Christian apologist whose work focuses on helping people explore questions of faith, suffering, and hope. He serves as pastor of First Baptist Church in Portland, Tennessee, and has more than fifteen years of pastoral ministry experience. His academic background includes a PhD in Christian Apologetics from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, along with master’s degrees in applied theology and Christian ministry.

Haywood founded Reason for Hope to equip followers of Jesus to explain and defend their faith. Through the ministry, he offers teaching and speaking for churches and groups, addressing challenging questions about Christianity in clear, accessible ways. Hope amid suffering is a central theme in his work.

His publications include Battles in the Promised Land: Suffering, Hope, and the Abundant Christian Life, a children’s book co-written with others, Uncreated God, and articles for Lifeway Research and Decision magazine. He also has an academic article in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.

## Industries

- 🎗 Community and Society
- 🎗 Faith and Beliefs _(under Community and Society)_

## Links

- [twitter](https://twitter.com/jacobhaywood)
- [youtube](https://youtube.com/channel/UCS2UQtYic3BEeNSEDD4V-iA)

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| Celery | #9bbe4b | accent |
| Mine Shaft | #3d3d3d | dark |
| Gold Sand | #e7c393 | light |

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