Dr. Dan Reed was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1951. He was saved at the Woodland Avenue Baptist Church in 1973 while studying engineering at Auburn University. Sensing the call to preach in 1973 he enrolled at Tennessee Temple College under the ministry of Dr. Lee Roberson. Finishing his B.A. in December of 1975 he was called to Emden, Missouri , a town of 61, to pastor the Community Baptist Church. Pastor Reed has started two churches and two Christian schools during his 33-year ministry.

Pastor Reed married his high school sweetheart, Donna in 1971. They have five children and eight grandchildren. He began pastoring immediately after graduation from Tennessee Temple University in 1976 and has pastored ever since. His first pastorate was in Emden, Missouri. He has pastored churches in Missouri, Tennessee, and Georgia.

Recently, Pastor Reed was awarded an honorary doctors degree from Crown College in Powell, Tennessee. He pastors the Harvest Baptist Church and Harvest Baptist School in Acworth, Georgia both of which have recently undergone a move onto 21 acres of property and a major rebuilding process. Pastor Reed has now been pastor of Harvest Baptist Church for thirteen years. Under his leadership, the church has grown from an approximate attendance of 65 to well over 300 and many, many ministries of the church have been added. He came to Acworth based on a promise the Lord gave him back in 1987 from the Psalms, “I have set thy feet in a large place.” Having pastored in rural areas for twenty years, God put a desire in our Pastor’s heart to be in a large metropolitan area. His primary goal is to be true to the scriptures and bring glory to God through this ministry reaching as many as possible and sending forth servants into the harvest fields of the world!