Joshua Harris has served as lead pastor of Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg MD since 2004. His primary responsibilities are to provide vision and direction for the church through preaching God's Word and leadership of the pastoral team.    

Joshua grew up outside Portland, OR. Raised in a Christian home, he gave his life to Christ as a teenager. At age 17, God began to stir in him a desire to call his generation to passionate commitment to Jesus.  

Following in his father Gregg's footsteps, he began speaking at youth conferences and publishing a magazine (New Attitude) for teens. His first book about honoring God in relationships and romance became a surprise best-seller. Joshua is the author of several books including Humble Orthodoxy and Dug Down Deep: Unearthing What I Believe and Why It Matters. He serves as a member of the Gospel Coalition Council and the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMC). Joshua and Shannon have three children and live five miles from the church. 

Gregg Harris is a gifted communicator, pioneer leader in the family-restoration, home-schooling and parental-rights movements since 1980, and the Director of Noble Institute, a non-profit evangelistic discipleship study center in Gresham OR. His book, The Christian Home School, has become a best-selling classic in its field. He is the father of seven children (Joshua is the oldest) and six grandchildren. His twin sons, Alex and Brett Harris, are coauthors of two bestselling books Do Hard Things and Start Here. Son Joel is a Greek scholar and worship leader studying at Southern Theological Seminary.