Ben Reed is a small groups pastor at Saddleback Community Church in Lake Forest, California. Previously he served as the Small Groups Pastor at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Ben graduated from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with a focus in Theology and Biblical Counseling. He is the author of Starting Small: The Ultimate Small Group Blueprint. He's been published in Collegiate Magazine, Outreach Magazine, and co-author Engage, a gospel-centered small groups study published by Threads Media. Ben and his wife have two children.