Dr. James O. Davis is the founder of Cutting Edge International and Global Church Network (GCNW.tv), a growing coalition of more than 2,600 Christian ministries and denominations who synergized their efforts to build a premier community of pastors worldwide, helped to plant five million new churches for a billion soul harvest and mobilized the whole body of Christ toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission. With more than 700,000 churches, the Global Church Network has become the largest pastors' network in the world. Currently, GCN is focused on Finish 2030: The Completion of the Great Commission by the 2000th Birthday of the Church (www.Finish2030.com).
Christian leaders recognize Dr. Davis as one of the leading networkers in the Christian world. More than 80,000 pastors and leaders have attended his biennial pastors' conference and leadership summits across the United States and in all major world regions. Dr. Davis is considered to be in the Top Ten Christian Influencers in the World. In October 2017, Dr. Davis spearheaded and hosted The Wittenberg 2017 Congress in Berlin, Germany. The Wittenberg 2017 Congress celebrated the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's nailing his 95 Theses on Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany.
This historic congress brought together more than 650 influential leaders from more than 80 different denominations and every world region. Dr. Davis served 12 years leading 1,500 evangelists and training thousands of students for full-time evangelism as the National Evangelists' Representative at the National Office of the Assemblies of God. Ministering more than 45 weeks per year for 40 years, Dr. Davis has now traveled over 10 million miles to minister face-to-face to millions of people in more than 130 nations. Dr. Davis earned a Doctor of Ministry in Preaching at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and two master's degrees from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. He earned his Bachelors in Bible from Central Bible College.