![]() ![]() And the deepest longings of the human heart can be fully satisfied by pursuing that glory. You were made to know glory - God’s glory. You were formed for something awesome and magnificent. ![]() You were created for something greater than yourself. ![]() We aim to help people everywhere embrace a profound truth that changes everything about life and eternity: This is a tragedy.ĭesiring God is on a mission to change that. Most people in the world have no experience of deep and abiding joy.Įven though it is something we all desperately long for, the assurance that true happiness can be known - fully and forever - is a hope that billions of people live every day without. Today, John serves as lead teacher for the ministry. What started with tapes and John’s books, Desiring God has blossomed into an international web ministry with 14,000+ free resources and 3.5+million monthly users. ![]() In 1980, sensing an irresistible call of the Lord to preach, John became the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he ministered for almost 33 years.ĭesiring God began inauspiciously in 1994 when John handed off the church’s tape ministry to his assistant, Jon Bloom. His father was an itinerant evangelist, and his mother died in 1974 in a bus accident while visiting Israel. When John and his older sister were still small, the family moved to Greenville, South Carolina, where John spent his growing-up years. John Piper was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Bill and Ruth Piper January 11, 1946. ![]()
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