About Justin McLane

Justin McLane is an author, speaker, combat veteran, and Lead Pastor whose ministry is built on a single, urgent conviction:

We need to have a better relationship with God and speak the whole Gospel.

In a world drowning in digital noise and religious performance, Justin offers a voice of authenticity and hard-won hope. He speaks from a unique authority, having experienced life on both sides of the faith—as an outsider searching for meaning and as an insider called to lead.

I was raised in a home that actively opposed Christianity and spent nearly three decades searching for truth in all the wrong places. I explored every path that promised meaning—from Wicca to Druidism—yet nothing brought peace. What I found instead was a growing sense of emptiness and a deep-seated bitterness toward a faith I thought I knew.

As a combat veteran with two tours in Iraq, I know the weight of fear, loss, and the relentless search for purpose. Those experiences shaped my heart for those who feel distant from God or wounded by religion. I know what it means to be hardened by the world and to be searching for a truth that can withstand the weight of real-life trauma.

Everything changed in August 2021 when I encountered Jesus Christ. What began as resistance became surrender, and what I thought was religion became a living, personal relationship. That transformation was so complete that it cost me my closest family ties, but it gave me a mission: to help others discover that same personal connection with God that rescued me from confusion and bitterness.

My past as an outsider is now the foundation of my ministry. I know what the world sees when it looks at the Church, and I am committed to closing the gap between the cultural label of "Christian" and the transformative life of a "Follower of the Way."