Michael Catt

Michael Catt has been senior pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church since 1989. Since that time, more than 5,000 people have joined Sherwood in a community with a declining population and high rate of job transfers.  The church has members from twenty-nine surrounding communities.

Sherwood has three campuses covering 130-plus acres—the main church campus, the lower school campus and the upper school campus. The church is currently developing an 82-acre sports complex using Upward sports to reach the community.  Sherwood operates a 24/7 cable channel.  Path to Truth, their weekly service, is currently seen in over ninety markets around the nation on FAITH TV, many FamilyNet stations in the southeast, and by webcast on sherwoodbaptist.net.

Michael has been interviewed by Leadership Journal and has appeared on The Fox News Channel, CNN Headline News, The Glenn Beck Show, Janet Parshall’s America, American Family Radio, The 700 Club, Richard Land Live! and Citizen Link.  Sherwood’s media and movie ministry, Sherwood Pictures, has been featured on The Drudge Report, Baptist Press, AP radio, American Family Radio, Focus on the Family, Good Morning America, Agape Press, Christianity Today, CNS News, National Public Radio, The Laura Ingraham Show, The Michael Reagan Show, The Conservative Voice and The LA Times.

Michael is the author of several books, including: I Left My Mind in Mississippi…But I Still Have My Ministry, I May Be Wrong…But I Doubt It and Reflections on the Gospels by Vance Havner (editor).  His newest book, Prepare for Rain, is the story of how a church positions itself spiritually and creatively to impact their world.

He is the editor of www.2ProphetU.com, a resource website for pastors developed with Warren Wiersbe, as well as the official Vance Havner website, www.VanceHavner.com. He served as Executive Producer of Flywheel, Facing the Giants and Sherwood Pictures’ latest film, Fireproof, set for release in the fall of 2008.

He was elected in 2007 to serve as President of the 2008 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference to be held in Indianapolis.  He has served the Southern Baptist Convention as an IMB trustee, president of the Georgia Baptist Convention Preaching Conference and vice president of the Georgia Baptist Convention, as well as numerous committees.  He is the recipient of The Martin Luther King Award, The MLK Unity Award and a Georgia Senate Resolution in recognition of his work in the community and in racial reconciliation.

Michael is the founder of ReFRESH, a conference on revival and awakening and a co-founder (with Warren Wiersbe) of Bridge Builders, a conference for pastors.  He has been a coach for John Maxwell’s equipping ministry and has preached in churches, conferences and revivals in sixteen states.

Michael and his wife, Terri, have been married since 1974 and have two grown daughters, Erin and Hayley.