David Wood

Who is David Wood?

David Wood is an American evangelical missionary and philosophy lecturer. He is currently head of the Acts 17 Apologetics Ministry. He has degrees in philosophy and biology, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in the philosophy of religion at an academic institution in the State of New York. He has also been claimed to be a member of the Society of Christian Philosophers.

Wood has participated in numerous public debates with Muslims and atheists, usually in a public hall or in front of a university audience. Wood was invited on several ABN shows, in inter-religious discussions against atheism and Islam, where among other things he regularly appears on the Aramaic Broadcasting Network. Wood has stated that he is a former atheist. He has produced YouTube videos presenting his views on religion.

Wood opposed the Park51 Islamic Center, arguing that it is was not meant to honor the victims' families, but instead was a symbol of Islamic victory and named Cordoba House in memory of the Islamic conquest of Spain by the Umayyad Caliphate which later formed the Caliphate of Córdoba. Wood disagreed with Pastor Terry Jones in the 2010 Qur'an-burning controversy, comparing it to the Uthman Qur'an burning.