A lifetime of contending for the faith.

John Leonetti came to faith in 1985 and almost immediately felt the pull of apologetics — the ancient calling to give a reason for the hope within. Long before he had a degree, he was answering doorbells, engaging Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons on the front porch, and teaching Sunday school with whatever tools he could find.

In October 2017 he founded Theology on Tap, a monthly gathering of men in Connecticut devoted to the rigorous, fraternal pursuit of Biblical theology. What began as a small group around a table has grown into a community of men who take the Word seriously and one another seriously.

In 2023 he completed his Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics at Biola University — one of the premier apologetics programs in the world. His graduate work engaged the great questions of the faith: the existence of God, the reliability of Scripture, the problem of evil, the resurrection of Christ, and the comparative claims of world religions.

Mars Hill Apologetics exists because John believes the church needs men and women who can think — who can hold the line in the public square, answer the hard questions at the dinner table, and worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. The purpose of theology is doxology.