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American pastor, author, and speaker
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David Nasser | |
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| Occupations | Pastor, author, speaker |
| Known for | Founder of D. Nasser Outreach; SVP Liberty University |
| Website | davidnasser |
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David Nasser is an Iranian-American Christian speaker, author, pastor, and songwriter. He is the founder of D. Nasser Outreach and has served in pastoral and leadership roles across ministry, higher education, and nonprofit work.
Early life
Nasser was born in Iran in 1970. His father was a colonel in the Shah's army, helicopter pilot, and flight instructor, serving as third in command at a military base.[1] During the Iranian Revolution of 1979, while at a school assembly, a soldier called Nasser's name, held a gun to his head, and told him he had been selected to be made an example of; the school principal intervened before harm was done.[2] The family faced other persecutions and was forced to flee the country.
The family devised an escape plan, purchasing round-trip airline tickets to avoid raising suspicion while intending not to return. Nasser's mother feigned a heart condition requiring surgery in Switzerland as a pretext to leave the country. After approximately a year in exile, passing through Switzerland and Germany, his family relocated to the United States, initially settling in Texas.[3]
Nasser has described struggling to assimilate as an Iranian immigrant during a period of heightened tension between the United States and Iran. At age 18, he converted from Islam to Christianity.[4]
Ministry career
Nasser accepted a call to ministry in 1989, crediting Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama with providing early opportunities to share his testimony and prepare him for ministry.[5] He subsequently founded D. Nasser Outreach (DNO). The organization partnered with the Billy Graham Association, Youth Specialties, and Student Life among other organizations throughout the 2000s. Nasser has continued his work through DNO by speaking, preaching, and consulting through the present day.[6]
In 2010, he planted Christ City Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where he served as Lead Pastor for four years.[7]
In 2014, Nasser joined Liberty University as Senior Vice President for Spiritual Development, overseeing the Office of Spiritual Development. In this role he led Convocation, described by the university as North America's largest weekly gathering of young people, and the university's Center for Global Engagement.[8] In 2015, Nasser was among the Liberty University leadership present when Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addressed Convocation, an appearance that drew national media attention.[9]
From 2021 to 2024, Nasser served as President of For Others (formerly Angel Armies), a nonprofit founded by Grammy Award-winning Christian artist Chris Tomlin and his wife Lauren, focused on addressing the child welfare crisis in the United States. The organization works to keep vulnerable families together, recruit and retain foster families, and coordinate community support systems for children and families in crisis. In 2023, the organization's second annual Troubadour For Others Vision Gathering — a celebrity golf tournament and fundraising event held in Middle Tennessee — raised over $12 million, with participants including Drew Brees, Carrie Underwood, TobyMac, and Nate Bargatze, among others.[10]
As of 2025, Nasser serves as Teaching Pastor at New Vision Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[11] Nasser also continues work in speaking, writing, and consulting through D. Nasser Outreach.[12]
In March 2026, following the launch of military operations targeting Iran's ruling clerical regime, Nasser spoke to Fox News about his childhood memories of fleeing Iran. Nasser expressed prayers for the protection of the Iranian people and noted the growth of an underground Christian church within Iran, citing estimates of between four and eight million Christians in the country despite the risk of severe persecution for converts. He expressed hope for Iran's future, stating a desire to help the church in Iran.[13]
Music
Nasser collaborated with Mac Powell of the Christian rock band Third Day on the worship album Glory Revealed: The Word of God in Worship (2007), which featured contributions from Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, David Crowder, Casting Crowns' Mark Hall, and Brian Littrell, among others. The album won two Dove Awards at the 39th Annual GMA Dove Awards in 2008: Special Event Album and Inspirational Recorded Song, the latter for the song "By His Wounds," of which Nasser was a co-writer.[14]
Published works
- A Call to Die (2000)
- A Call to Grace (2005)
- Glory Revealed: How the Invisible God Makes Himself Known (2008)
- Jumping Through Fires: The Gripping Story of One Man's Escape from Revolution to Redemption[15]
His first two self-published titles, A Call to Die and A Call to Grace, sold more than 150,000 copies combined.[16]
Personal life
Nasser and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Franklin, Tennessee.[17]
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