Jason Shepherd grew up in Houston, Texas, the son of US Attorney Jack Shepherd and his wife Joyce. The youngest of five children, he graduated high school in 1987 and went to Kansas University on a football scholarship. A year later he transferred to Texas A&M where he played another season before "retiring" from football. He stayed at A&M and earned his undergraduate degree in ancient history and classical studies. He then went to Dallas Theological Seminary where he earned a master of theology degree (ThM) and won the J. Elwood Evans Award in Pastoral Ministries his senior year. After graduating, Jason moved to California and wrote Bible studies for Insight for Living and then returned to Texas and taught biblical studies to middle- and high-school students for thirteen years. He served as the pastor of First Christian Church of Buffalo, Oklahoma 2015 - 2023.
As a traveler, Jason has been to the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Spain, Morocco, and Ireland. He has visited the Ann Frank house, the Normandy beaches, the Eiffel Tower, Checkpoint Charlie, The Brandenburg Gate, the Parthenon, Mars Hill, the Pantheon, the Al-Hambra, the Grand Bazaar, and the Cliffs of Moher.
Pastor Shepherd is passionate about helping people walk as disciples of Jesus Christ. His favorite leisure activities include spending time with his family, reading and writing, gardening, cooking, and watching Texas Aggie sports.
The photo shows Pastor Shepherd preaching on the Areopagus (commonly called Mars Hill) in Athens where Paul preached to the Greek philosophers. Pastor Shepherd's bible is open to Acts 17, where Paul's sermon is recorded.
