Justin Peters, author, speaker, and founder of Justin Peters Ministries, announced his role as senior pastor of Grace & Truth Community Church, a new church plant located in Laurel, Montana.
Peters has cerebral palsy and married his wife, Kathy, in 2010. He is best known for being a critic of the Word of Faith movement, a movement that includes well-known televangelists Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyer, and Joel Osteen.
“About five months ago, a small group of believers saw a need to plant a doctrinally sound church west of Billings, MT. Grace & Truth Community Church was born to meet this need,” Peters posted on X. “It is my honor to serve as pastor.”
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According to the church’s website, there are eight elders, but Peters is the only local elder. The other seven, which includes Grace To You executive director Phil Johnson, are described as remote elders.
“As a new church plant, in these early stages, we have only one local pastor/elder, Justin Peters. Our desire and prayer is that, in God’s timing, we will have a plurality of local elders,” the church explained. “Believing that the Bible teaches a plurality of local elders (Acts 14:23; 20:17; Titus 1:5; 1 Peter 5:1-2), until that time arrives, we have qualified men who have offered to serve as remote elders.”
Grace & Truth Community Church said “these men have been a source of wisdom and counsel in the months leading up to and time since our first meeting on December 28, 2025.” The church added, “Much as the Apostle Paul served as a source of wisdom, instruction, and accountability for multiple churches though he was not present, these men will serve GTCC.”
About five months ago, a small group of believers saw a need to plant a doctrinally sound church west of Billings, MT. Grace & Truth Community Church was born to meet this need. It is my honor to serve as pastor. https://t.co/EMvfqhZ9J3 pic.twitter.com/zbnABDiiHT
— Justin Peters (@JustinPetersMin) May 11, 2026
Peters received his Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Southern Baptist Convention seminary located in Fort Worth, Texas.
Although he had obtained the degrees and was holding seminars throughout his ministry, the expositional preacher has shared that he didn’t fully give his life to Jesus until 2011—a journey that started with listening to Ray Comfort’s sermon, “Hell’s Best Kept Secret” in 2007.
“I am so thankful for his ministry and enthusiastically recommend it,” Peters said in his testimony.
“So, here I was, Justin Peters—an evangelist with two earned seminary degrees, known by many around the world, and widely regarded to be the foremost authority on Word-Faith, one of the most egregious and widespread heresies in the world today,” he continued, “and I doubted my salvation.”
