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Craig Walker

Pastor Craig Walker

About Craig Walker

Craig Walker is the Founding Lead Pastor of Upward Church, a multi-campus, multi-state church, with three locations in Norfolk, VA, Williamsburg, VA, and Pensacola, FL. Upward Churches are spreading across America as they aggressively make the Gospel relevant and accessible to our generation. Pastor Craig has been blessed to speak and travel around the world. He and his wife, Lezli, are former missionaries and together have planted churches in China, Czechoslovakia, and America.

He is the founder of Friends of Internationals Inc. and the author of the books, Born for the Extraordinary, Catch: The Art of Fishing for Souls, Secret: The Single Greatest Leadership Key, Taboo: God and Money, Right Message Wrong Method: Church Marketing in a Postmodern World, Forecast: Surviving and Thriving in the Coming Tsunami of Change, Last Minute God and #JOY. Craig holds a Master's Degree in Theology. He has been married to his sweetheart, Lezli, for 29 years, and they are blessed with two children, Christian and Candace. They currently live in Pensacola, FL.

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3 episodes

Episodes with Craig Walker.

Church35m

Building Eternal Strongholds – Pastor Craig Walker’s Kingdom Vision

Pastor Craig Walker of Upward Church in Pensacola, Florida joins Philip Cameron for a conversation that reframes everything most Christians think they know about the church. Walker, whose ministry has reached over 5 million people for Christ across 22 nations in Africa over the last decade, argues that the Western church has drifted from its primary calling. "We've become settlers instead of pilgrims," he says — trading the Great Commission for comfort, self-help sermons, and a faith focused entirely on this life. Drawing on Genesis 1:28, Psalm 110, Mark 16, and Ephesians 4, Walker unpacks what he calls the "mystery church" — a divine blueprint in which Christ, seated at the Father's right hand, extends His scepter of rule and reign through His people on earth. The conversation challenges believers to adopt an eternal perspective, invest in souls rather than retirement accounts, and recognize that the church is not a building or a coping mechanism but a strategic stronghold advancing the kingdom of God. Walker's book Mystery Church is available now on Amazon. Learn more about his global mission work through Upward Church at upwardchurch.com. This episode is essential viewing for pastors, church leaders, and anyone hungry for a kingdom-minded faith.

Aug 12 Craig Walker

Church34m

Daily Faith with Philip Cameron: Special Guest Craig Walker

Craig Walker, lead pastor of Upward Church in Pensacola, Florida, joins Daily Faith to share a remarkable encounter with Jesus on an airplane returning from Africa — and the divine download that followed. During a two-hour-and-46-minute experience in the presence of Christ, Walker received a clear mandate: the global church must return to God's blueprint for building the New Testament church, not the corporate-American model that has drifted from its core mission. Walker draws on Ephesians 4, Psalm 110, and Revelation 4–5 to reveal what he calls the divine pattern for the church — fivefold ministry gifts serving as the foundation, not the pinnacle, of church structure. "If you're a fivefold minister, you're at the bottom," he explains. "This is the foundation that the church is built upon." He warns that the American church has insulated itself from its primary calling: evangelism and disciple-making. Overseeing more than 16,000 churches across 22 African nations, Walker's ministry has seen over 3.25 million people come to Christ in six years — discipling each new believer for an average of just 83 cents. For more information or to partner with this global mission, visit upwardchurch.org or wifijeus.org.

Dec 18 Craig Walker

Missions28m

Spreading the Gospel Globally With Technology

Missionary evangelist Craig Walker joins Philip Cameron to share how his ministry has crossed the 2.5 million salvation mark by leveraging technology to bring the gospel to the world's most remote and unreached people groups. Craig describes preaching live from Pensacola, Florida, via screen into the deepest jungle refuges of Africa — including to the Pygmy people, who live in tree houses to avoid wild animals — and watching entire communities erupt in worship. "It's estimated that 66,000 people die every day without ever hearing the gospel," Craig says, "and we can't let that stand." Among the most gripping stories Craig shares is that of Jaja Rose, a witch doctor who surrendered her life to Christ at one of his video crusades after witnessing healing miracles. She handed over 25 children who had been destined for human sacrifice, went to prison, was miraculously released, and has since planted three churches. The village once known for child sacrifice is now called "the village of love." Craig also discusses his book Born for the Extraordinary — now part of university curricula across Africa and Pakistan — and a three-story printing press facility built in Kampala, Uganda, that has cut per-book costs from over $2 to just 80 cents. To support Craig's mission or order the book, visit www.wifijесus.org or search Born for the Extraordinary by Craig Walker on Amazon.

May 16 Craig Walker