After working for several years as an Associate Pastor and Minister to Students at First Baptist Atlanta, Andy Stanley and five others founded the North Point Community Church in 1995. The church has now grown to three campuses and over 40,000 attendees each week. North Point Ministries has also helped plant 14 partner churches in the US and Canada.

In 2006, Stanley was voted the 13th most influential Christian in America, and North Point Community Church was voted the 3rd most influential church in America.

Besides being a pastor, Stanley is also a writer. He has written a couple of books like 'Deep & Wide,' 'Enemies of the Heart,' 'The Next Generation Leader,' 'How Good Is Good Enough?' and 'The Grace of God.'

Stanley has also co-developed a chain of successful leadership conferences, like Drive and Catalyst. Catalyst is a secular, spiritual gathering, but with Christian overtones. The Drive conference is an event for church leaders who are constantly shifting gears to keep up with the cultural demands of ministry. At Drive, people attend sessions led by the staff and listen to Andy's latest thoughts on leadership.

For over two decades, he has been speaking at leadership events around the world. In high demand, he says to nearly 200,000 people at various annual events before audiences of both church and organizational leaders, including conferences such as Leadercast and the Willow Creek Association Global Leadership Summit.