Justin Dean
Gainesville, Georgia
Overview
I’m an entrepreneur, marketer, and event builder who helps churches and mission-minded organizations grow, communicate clearly, and engage their communities. I live in the countryside of North Georgia with my wife and our four kids. At Tithely, my work focused on marketing and high-impact events, spanning brand, advertising, content and SEO, product launches, and building the Modern Church Leader Conference as the company expanded from 10,000 to 50,000 churches served. I co-founded Harvest, an AI-first church management and engagement platform for churches. I also founded InTheBulletin.com,
About
I’m an entrepreneur, marketer, and event builder who helps churches and mission-minded organizations grow, communicate clearly, and engage their communities. I live in the countryside of North Georgia with my wife and our four kids. At Tithely, my work focused on marketing and high-impact events, spanning brand, advertising, content and SEO, product launches, and building the Modern Church Leader Conference as the company expanded from 10,000 to 50,000 churches served. I co-founded Harvest, an AI-first church management and engagement platform for churches. I also founded InTheBulletin.com, a digital bulletin platform that helps churches communicate weekly updates, next steps, and announcements in a clean, mobile-first format built for modern ministry. Earlier in my career I served as Communications Director at Mars Hill Church in Seattle and led advertising and marketing at venture-backed startups and established organizations like Autotrader.com. I speak at conferences across the country, delivering keynotes and workshops on church communications, brand clarity, event strategy, AI for ministry, and crisis PR. I’ve also founded and sold three companies: That Church Conference, SundayU.com, and the SaaS platform Church Requests. I’m the author of the bestselling PR Matters: A Survival Guide for Church Communicators and my latest book, Stay Salty. I equip leaders to build practical systems, sharpen their message, and create events everyone talk about. I offer Fractional CMO services and event marketing through my agency, Republic Marketing Services (RepublicMarketingServices.com) Through my site AIforChurch.com I provide practical resources and services for ministries looking to use AI tools to save time, reach more people, and amplify your church's mission.