About
So, what is a geekpreacher? Well, a geekpreacher is someone that realizes that geeks need a pastor too. Yes, often geeks feel ostracized by the mainstream church and find themselves feeling awkward or left out. Many geeks have been told that to be a good Christian they have to give up those things they enjoy as a geek.
They couldn’t be more wrong! The purpose of this site is to allow geeks of all stripes to realize that there is a preacher out there that understands and owns his geekdom. Yes, this geek wants to let all the other geeks know that there is a voice in the Christian community that understands your love for all things tech, SciFi, Fantasy, gaming, collectible, comic or just outright odd!
Now, you ask, who is the geekpreacher? Well, the geekpreacher is Derek W. White who serves as a Full Time Local Pastor within the United Methodist Church in the Memphis Annual Conference while also finishing his Master’s of Divinity at Memphis Theological Seminary. He also has served as a minister with a variety of other denominations since 1991. If you ask him whether he is Methodist, Baptist, Pentecostal or Catholic, he will most likely answer, “I’m a Christian.”
Where geekiness is concerned, he’s pretty much been a geek from his earliest years. Comic books were the beginning, seeing Star Wars in the theater as young boy, learning to play D&D in the early 80s, seeing the rise of video games along with a passion for science fiction, fantasy, theology, history and a wide range of other topics has pretty much made him the epitome of a geek.
Contrary to popular belief, geeks also marry and have families. Pastor Derek has been married to his wife Jennifer since 1993 and has two children, a dog and too many books.
The Geekpreacher with the Father of RPGS: Gary Gygax