J.P. De Gance is the founder and president of Communio and the co-author of “Endgame: The Church’s Strategic Move to Save Faith and Family in America.” De Gance leads Communio’s work equipping pastors with a long-term, data-informed strategy to deepen and broaden engagement in their congregations, using relational health as the engine for church health and spiritual impact. Before launching Communio nationally, De Gance led a three-year, $20 million experimental initiative across three states to test what moves the needle on marital health, family stability and church engagement. Working with an ecumenical network of churches in Jacksonville, FL, that effort helped drive down the local divorce rate by 24% between 2016 and 2018. Today, Communio applies those proven learnings as it partners with churches across the country to build out Full-Circle Relationship Ministry®, uniting Gospel-centered content, practical relationship support and targeted outreach to singles and couples inside and outside the church. Under his leadership, Communio has also commissioned major national research on the hidden drivers behind the decline of Christianity in America, highlighting the collapse of marriage and resident fatherhood as a central factor. That work, along with Communio’s innovative, data-driven support for churches—including a groundbreaking collaboration with Hampton University—helped earn the ministry the Heritage Foundation’s Innovation Prize in 2023. A husband and father, De Gance lives in Virginia with his wife and their eight children.