Dr. J.R. Briggs lives with a clear and focused calling: to serve, guide, and equip hungry leaders who want to grow healthier and thrive.

His work seeks to bridge the gap between spiritual formation and actionable leadership practices, aiming to help faith leaders and their organizations grow both in their faith and their impact on their communities.

In 2011, he started Kairos Partnerships, an organization committed to serving hungry kingdom leaders through leadership coaching, consulting, speaking, and teaching. He loves investing in the KP team of equippers so Kairos Partnerships can invest in all leaders who desire care and equipping.

For more than 15 years, J.R. served in pastoral roles in mega-churches, church plants, and house church networks. Since starting Kairos Partnerships, he has coached a wide variety of leaders, including business owners, pastors, college presidents, non-profit directors, school superintendents, entrepreneurs, Chick-fil-A Operators, Blackhawk helicopter operators, and Division I college coaches.

In addition to coaching leaders and consulting with businesses, non-profit organizations, churches, colleges, denominations, and businesses, he also speaks and teaches regularly at conferences, retreats, and other leadership events.

He has taught in higher education since 2017. After serving in the Practical Theology department at Missio Seminary, he now serves a guest instructor at Friends University in the Masters of Christian Spiritual Formation & Leadership program and Taylor University in their MA in Leadership program. He has guest lectured, taught, and spoken at over a dozen colleges, universities, and seminaries around the U.S.

He also serves as the Director of Leadership & Congregational Formation for The Ecclesia Network.

He has written, co-written, and contributed to 15 books on a wide variety of topics and published over 50 published articles, both online and in print, with Christianity Today, Huffington Post, Preaching Today, American Bible Society, N.T. Wright Online, Missio Alliance, Boundless.org and Relevant Magazine, and several others. His most recent book, The Art of Asking Questions (InterVarsity Press, 2025) is his passion project, as he is driven to help leaders grow to become better question askers.

He hosts the Resilient Leaders podcast, a weekly podcast equipping leaders in a wide variety of backgrounds to grow in their health and effectiveness.

In addition to being passionate about serving and equipping leaders, J.R. loves swimming, kayaking, skiing, hiking, reading, traveling, eating sushi and Thai food, and passionately following the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Eagles and the Michigan Wolverines.

He and his wife Megan have been married for over 24 years and have two teenage sons, Carter and Bennett. They live in Lansdale, PA in the greater Philadelphia area.