Bryan Loritts

Dr. Bryan Loritts is the privileged husband of Korie and the graced father of three sons--Quentin, Myles and Jaden. He serves as a teaching pastor at The Summit Church in North Carolina.

He is the president and founder of The Kainos Movement, an organization committed to seeing the multi-ethnic church become the new normal in our world.

Dr. Loritts is an award-winning author of seven books: Right Color Wrong Culture, Letters to Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., A Cross-Shaped Gospel, God on Paper, Saving the Saved: How Jesus Saves Us From Try-Harder Christianity into Performance-Free Love, which was given the Christianity Today Award of Merit, Insider Outsider, and his latest release, The Dad Difference.

Dr. Bryan Loritts co-founded Fellowship Memphis in 2003, and later founded The Kainos Movement. In addition to his responsibilities as a Pastor, Bryan travels extensively throughout the world preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ at conferences and events, as well as serving on the Board of Trustees for Biola University and Pine Cove Christian Camps. He has also received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Leadership from the Thriving Organization.

Episodes appearing in

What Is a Legacy?

with Bryan Loritts, Crawford Lori...more
June 4, 2022
What will be left in your wake when you are gone? Louis Upkins, Crawford Loritts, and Bryan Loritts talk about different kinds of legacies, and challenge us to make sure to leave a legacy that's godly. View Show Notes →

A Father’s Integrity

with Bryan Loritts, Crawford Lori...more
September 23, 2020
Bryan Loritts joins his father, Pastor Crawford Loritts, to talk about the value of a father's integrity. View Show Notes →

Fathering RITE

with Bryan Loritts
September 22, 2020
Fathers provide innumerable gifts to their children, but the best gifts don't fit in a box. Bryan Loritts talks about the "RITE" gifts good fathers give to their children. View Show Notes →

The Headwind vs. the Tailwind Dad

with Bryan Loritts
September 21, 2020
Bryan Loritts talks about the difference between a headwind father and a tailwind father. He explains which one sets his child on a trajectory for success by inspiring them to their God-intended destiny. View Show Notes →

Why Jesus Came

with Bryan Loritts
December 25, 2018
Bryan Loritts turns to Isaiah 9 to remind us of who Jesus is, what He came to do, and what He came to deliver us from. View Show Notes →

Herod and Me

with Bryan Loritts
December 24, 2018
Herod knew there could only be one king. He was right. Pastor Bryan Loritts talks about the sovereignty of God at work--even in the ugly parts of the Christmas story. View Show Notes →

Love Lays Down Its Rights

with Bryan Loritts
May 11, 2018
Hosea could have left his adulterous wife, Gomer, but chose instead to illustrate the extravagant love of God by continuing to pursue her. Bryan Loritts points out where we fit into the story of Hosea. View Show Notes →

Love Looks Strange

with Bryan Loritts
May 10, 2018
God called the prophet Hosea to marry the prostitute Gomer. Pastor Bryan Loritts walks us through the biblical account that illustrates how counter-cultural true love really is. View Show Notes →

Slow Cooker Marriage

with Bryan Loritts
March 6, 2018
Bryan Loritts asserts that God's "kitchen" for building marriages is not equipped with a microwave. God delights in putting us in "slow cooker" situations where we learn patience with our spouse. View Show Notes →

Forgiveness Is Not Optional

with Bryan Loritts, David Stoop, ...more
March 14, 2017
From the FamilyLife Today vault, hear classic conversations from Dave and Ann Wilson, Shaunti Feldhahn, David Stoop, and Bryan Loritts about the nature of biblical conflict resolution, and the value of forgiveness. View Show Notes →

Navigating Difficult Relationships

with Bryan Loritts, Lou Priolo
November 26, 2016
Sometimes families are filled with more dysfunction than fun. Bryan Loritts and Lou Priolo help us to know how to forgive, and to check our own hearts as we encounter difficult people. View Show Notes →

Forgiving the One You Love

with Bryan Loritts
June 21, 2016
Pastor Bryan Loritts agrees that forgiveness is irrational and costly, but reminds us that it's also incredibly liberating. View Show Notes →

Forgiveness Is Freedom

with Bryan Loritts
June 20, 2016
How do we practice forgiveness in a world of great evils? Pastor Bryan Loritts tells why the parable of the man who owed 10,000 talents is so significant for believers today. View Show Notes →

Your Role in Racial Reconciliation

with Bryan Loritts
February 18, 2005
What part can you play in racial reconciliation? View Show Notes →

God’s Thoughts

with Bryan Loritts
February 17, 2005
Bryan Loritts talks about the need for racial reconciliation in the Body of Christ today. View Show Notes →