David Platt Net Worth 2024: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki

David Platt is a famous US author and preacher. He presently works as a pastor-teacher at McLean Bible Church. He earlier served as the senior priest at the Brook Hills Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and got the recognition of being the youngest pastor of any megachurch in the US. In 2014, he was appointed to the position of the President of the International Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention.

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Early Life & Biography

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Platt completed his graduation from Georgia University with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. Later, he attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He earned various degrees that include M.Div, PhD, and Th.M. After completing his doctorate, he began serving at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary as Dean of Chapel. Platt also worked at Edgewater Baptist Church, located in New Orleans. He stayed in a residence when Hurricane Katrina flooded the parsonage.

Personal Life

When talking about his personal life, David Platt is married to Heather Platt. The couple has four children as Isaiah, Joshua, Caleb, and Mara Ruth. Out of them, two are adopted. David frequently preaches on national and international levels spreading the teachings of God in churches and seminaries. 

On June 2, 2019, he prayed for the American President Donald Trump when he declared a spontaneous stop at McLean Bible Church in Sunday services. Platt also printed a letter mentioning the situation as well as his prayer, stressing the biblical instruction to pray for people in authority.

Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on July 11, 1979, David Platt is 45 years old as of today’s date 22nd December 2024. His height is 5 ft 8 inches tall, and his weight is 70 kg.

Career

David Platt became the head of the worshipers of a megachurch named “The Church” at Brook Hills. Being just twenty-six years of age, Platt became the youngest megachurch preacher in the US. In 2014, he was chosen as the president of the International Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention.

David is linked neither to a continuationist and a cessationist viewpoint. On August 27, 2014, he was appointed by one of the grandest missionaries who sent organizations, “IMB” to the President’s post.

In February 2017, he started serving as an interim teaching preacher at McLean Bible Church located in Vienna, Virginia. He continued his primary role as the “President” of the IMB (International Mission Board). In September 2017, he was recruited as a preacher-teacher of the McLean Bible Church. In February 2018, he resigned from the post of IMB’s President.

Awards & Achievements

David Joseph Platt is a recognized American pastor who became the president of the International Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention. In addition to being a pastor, he is also the author of the NY Times Best Seller “Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream.”

In April 2011, he published a follow-up book, named “Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God” for God.” In February 2013, Platt came up with another book, “Follow Me: A Call to Die. a Call to Live”. Platt has recently created a resource ministry named Radical.net, that aims to serve the church and make all countries.

David Joseph Platt has been a preacher-teacher at McLean Bible Church. He was the youngest preacher to have worked as a senior priest at a megachurch named “The Church,” Brook Hills, Birmingham, Alabama.   

Net Worth & Salary of David Platt in 2024

David Joseph Platt is a US preacher and author who has made his major earnings by selling his books. His net worth is estimated to be $2 million as of December 2024. He also earns a salary from working as a priest-teacher at McLean Bible Church. He became president of the IMB and the preacher for “The Church” at Brook Hills, Alabama. He has also founded a resource ministry, with the name “Radical.net,” promoting his sermons and books.

Between 2014 and 2017, he served as the president of a Baptist Christian missionary society named “the International Mission Board.” It is one of America’s biggest missionary-sending groups and is allied with the Southern Baptist Convention. Platt has published several books that include:

Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream in 2010

Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for God in 2011

Radical Small Group Study – Member Book in 2012

Follow Me Bible Study – Member Book, Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, What Did Jesus Mean When He Said Follow Me? in 2013

Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age in 2015

Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age in 2017, and

Something Needs to Change: A Call to Make Your Life Count in a World of Urgent Need in 2019

David has a podcast named “Radical with David Platt” that showcases his weekly sermons;

David Platt is one of the recognized preachers in America who has devoted his life to the noble cause of spreading God’s teaching among people. He has written and published several spiritual books that have enriched and motivated many people throughout the world.