Glenn Previn Packiam (born February 27, 1978), is the Lead Pastor of Rockharbor Church in Costa Mesa, California, and a Senior Fellow at Barna Group.
He is the author of eight books, the bestseller The Intentional Year: Simple Rhythms for Finding Freedom, Peace, and Purpose (NavPress, 2022), which he co-authored with his wife, Holly; andthe bestseller, The Resilient Pastor (Baker, 2022); Worship and the World to Come (IVP Academic, 2020); Blessed Broken Given: How Your Story Becomes Sacred in the Hands of Jesus (Multnomah, 2019); Discover the Mystery of Faith (David C. Cook, 2013), LUCKY: How the Kingdom Comes to Unlikely People (Cook, 2011), Secondhand Jesus: Trading Rumors of God for a Firsthand Faith (Cook, 2009), and Butterfly in Brazil: How Your Life Can Make a World of Difference (Tyndale, 2007).
He has appeared on numerous podcasts and radio shows, and has contributed articles and devotional to Christianity Today, Our Daily Bread, Missio Alliance, and more.
He has also released three solo projects with Integrity Music, "The Mystery of Faith", "The Kingdom Comes", and "Rumors and Revelations".
Packiam was born on February 27, 1978, in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, the son of a pastor, and lived there until leaving for Full Gospel Assembly as a member of their youth fellowship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1993.