My name is Luke Benjamin. I am a pastor in North Jacksonville who is on a journey to restart a church. I am married to my amazing wife of 11 years Crystal and we have 2 girls; Blake who is 8 and Hailey who is 7. I was born on the Island of Jamaica, my father is a pastor and we moved around the Caribbean as he pastored at various churches. I was called to the ministry in 2015 and was a youth pastor at my father's church in Orlando before I moved to Jacksonville to be the pastor of New Dimensions Church in 2018.

I Co-Lead with Pastor Kelly Ball at the Colwood Church in Caro, MI. I am married to Crystal and have 5-kids. I have been in ministry going on 27-years. I coach High School Track and I play the drums.

I am the Co-Lead Pastor at the Colwood Church in Caro, MI., in charge of Adult Ministries and Teaching. I am married with 5-children. I have been in full-time ministry going on my 27-year.

Gina Cooper is wife to Daniel and the mom of 2 girls. She has been serving in ministry for 20 years. Gina has had the privilege of leading worship for numerous churches. She has led worship with Bethel’s Jeremy Riddle and Big Daddy Weave’s, Mike Weaver. She has had the honor of leading worship for Max Lucado among various authors/speakers. Gina also worked for many years as an online campus pastor at LakePointe Church where she helped develop one of the very first digital church communities in the world. Gina serves on staff at FBW as Minister of Worship and Discipleship. She is passionate about helping women find their passion and purpose in Jesus Christ. Of all of the hats Gina wears…her favorite role is being Mom to Ruthie and Lucy.

I'm originally from Denver, Colorado and now live in Overland Park, Kansas. My wife, Lindsay, and I have been married 11 years and have three children (8, 7, & 5). My first experience in church ministry was at Cherry Hills Community Church just south of Denver, where I was an intern in the missions department. From there I joined staff with Cru just after graduating from Denver Seminary with and M. Div. I have been on staff with Cru for the past 10 years, and for the past 3 of those years I have been planting Fountain City Church in Overland Park, Kansas. We are an Evangelical Presbyterian Church congregation, and we have roughly 45 adults and 30 kids.

Since 2017, Davis has served as Associate Teaching Pastor for Downtown Church in Memphis, Tenn. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor for Memphis City Seminary. He previously served as an adjunct instructor for the Memphis Center of Urban Theological Studies, Assistant Pastor to Young Adults at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis,.
Davis is a graduate of the University of Missouri in Columbia and Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. He has served as the Board Chairman for Advance Memphis since 2015, and also is on the Boards of a variety of Memphis-area ministries, including Service Over Self, Presbyterian Day School, The Center for Executive Leadership.
He and his wife (Serena) have two boys (MJ & Eli) and one more on the way.

Michael Davis serves as the Chief Collaborative Officer of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He has previously served as an Associate Teaching Pastor at Downtown Church, prior to that as an Assistant Pastor at Second Presbyterian Church in
Memphis, TN.He has a beautiful wife Serena Davis and three sons (MJ, Elijah and Titus)
He is a graduate of the University of Missouri Columbia and Covenant Seminary.
Michael I’m deeply involved in his community by serving on local boards. He enjoys time with family, laughing, reading, BBQ, sports and jazz.

On staff 6 years. Give leadership to non-ministry areas of the church (accounting, finance, personnel, campus and grounds)

Thanks to a healthy dose of Attention Deficit Disorder and the relentless need to have new hobbies, I've become a proud generalist. I know a little bit about a lot and a lot about very little. I've been in various positions in ministry for over ten years, though most of my time has been spent in communications. My wife, my 2 girls, and I began our journey with First Baptist Wylie in December 2019.

Kayla and I have been married for 18 years and we most enjoy investing in our neighbors through relational discipleship in as-we-go ministry. 4 of our 7 normal(ish) children are adopted through foster care. We pastor with a country church in rural West Michigan. Our church was in steep decline 7 years ago. They asked for help from the denomination, and prayed for young families with children. My discipler spent a year helping them turn things from scarcity to hopeful, and from $8.76 in checking & 17 people per Sunday gathering to supporting a nearly fulltime pastor and 34 people per Sunday. Kayla and I showed up 4 years ago with 7 kids, and now we're a church of 90 people and on the cusp of church planting through relational discipleship.

My family and I joined the Fountain City Church (EPC) core group in the fall of 2019. Since then, I have begun a MABTS program at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. I've enjoyed being able to apply my seminary education to the life of our church and neighborhood.

I also serve as a director of student and faculty ministries with the campus ministry of Cru in the greater Kansas City area. One of the key initiatives with Cru that I'm a part of seeks to better mobilize graduates for church planting and missional engagement in their communities.

I am excited to be here! My husband Bryan and I are currently serving at a church plant, but are under assessment with Stadia, hoping to plant a new church in the near future. We were nominated for this cohort by Rise City Church and are praising God to be part of such an amazing community of leaders!

Joe Felix Kim is the Lead Church Planter of Hope Philly. He was born and raised in Levittown, Pa, and has a BS of Music from Toccoa Falls College and a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary. He is married to Emii and has two daughters: Norah and Naomi. Joe enjoys: reading, guitars, theology and all Philadelphia sports teams.

From the corn fields of Indiana, I first heard the call to ministry as a child to be a missionary doctor. Over time it became clear that pastoral ministry was better suited to my gifting. With 22 years of ministry experience as an associate and lead pastor, it has become clear there is a lot more to learn. My hope is to produce a thriving new church through the cooperative efforts of rural churches. This year marked 21 years of marriage to Loretta that has produced twin 18 year old girls and a 15 year old son.

Taiwanese, serve Him 40 years, 25 pastoral ministry, 15 missionary among Chinese worldwide . Two kids.

As the Communications Director at FBC Wylie, Dan sums up his job in just a few words: to help people find their next step. Whether it be inviting guests to come and see who Jesus is, or helping that "long-time Christian" find the next opportunity to grow in their faith, Dan seeks to find better ways to communicate to lead people to a response. After two decades serving churches as a consultant helping them communicate better and raise resources to fund big visions – for which he owes hundreds of churches an apology for creating so much work – Dan feels lucky to be a full-time staff member dedicated to amplifying his local church's impact. He and his wife, Shannon, live in Wylie, Texas, trying to keep up with three sons and a daughter.

I have been married to my lovely wife Kristi for 32 years. We live in the greater Grand Rapids, Mi area. We have been blessed with our daughter Britley, son-in law Jason and grandsons (Carson 7, Zeke 6, and Peyton 5) along with our son Luke, daughter-in-law Lydia and grandson (Lincoln 2). Most of my life I have been involved in the concrete construction products distribution business. Recently, I have transitioned into full time people investing. I have served in various capacities in the church: UB .ELT member, Elder, Small group/SS.

Marty Pennington is the Lead Pastor of Mainstreet Church, located just outside of Toledo, Ohio. A second career, he followed the Lord’s leading to ministry in 1995 when he became Mainstreet’s first Worship Pastor. He became Mainstreet’s Lead Pastor in 2005 and has led the church in the Lord’s work in the greater Toledo area for the past 16 years. His greatest joys in ministry are seeing a life transformed by Christ and helping people realize more for their life than they ever knew was possible through a relationship with Jesus.
Marty has been married to his wife, Amy, for 31 years. They have four adult children and four granddaughters.

Servant of Jesus Christ

Born, January 1959 raised in St. Louis. Mom believer, dad wasn't. Older brother & Sister. BA, 1981 Covenant College: First job Youth Director Lookout Mountain Presbyterian 1981-1990. M-Div 1994 Covenant Theological Seminary, on staff Central Presbyterian Church 1990-1998. Planting Pastor Greentree Community Church 1998. Lead Pastor thru 1/23/2022. Doctorate of Ministry Covenant Theological Seminary 2005. Greentree has planted 5 churches in St. Louis region and helped significantly in 3 other plants around the country. Began EPC planting part-time in 2011. Married to Cindy for 40 years, 3 kids; Nate, Katie & Jordan. 7 grandkids. Have loved being local pastor, now excited about helping EPC nation wide. Love, golf, cigars & hockey!

I'm a pastor who desperately wants people to be known in relationship with Jesus and at the same time creatively bringing awe and wonder of God to the mind as a designer, while living in the oasis of Phoenix and loving every minute with my beautiful bride, 3 blondies, and a stubborn goldendoodle.

Andy, his wife Meri and their children Kenzie, Eva and Archer, have lived in the Cleveland area since 2005. With a deep rooted passion to see this city renewed and almost two decades of ministry experience, Andy focuses primarily on vision, discipleship, teaching and reproducing leaders at Renew Communities (renewcommunities.com) and helping churches and potential planters take the next step to reproduction within the United Brethren in Christ (ub.org).

Derek Smits, Hispanic and Local Outreach Pastor at First Baptist Wylie in Texas. Grew up and lived in and out of the
United States all of my life ( 30 years in Costa Rica). I did my College in Wisconsin, started a small business in CR and did well.
I was freed from alcoholism and drug addiction and saved in a retreat almost 17 years ago, from that date I have served the Lord ever since.
I have seeded three church's and co-founded a Ministry in CR called 24 hours in Christ. My goal is to continue to spread God's fame by making disciples of all people.

I am Derek Smits , current Hispanic and local outreach Pastor for
First Baptist in Wylie Texas.
I enjoy outreach , discipleship , and seeding churches.

I grew up in Texas City, TX. I was saved at 7 and surrendered to the ministry at 16. I received my bachelor degree in Music Ed. from Baylor University. I received my Master's Degree in Church Music from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. I served as Min. of Music & Youth at Riverside Baptist Church, Stephenville, TX for 2 years, and as Min. of Music & Youth at Retama Park Baptist Church, Kingsville, TX for 4 years. I have been on staff at First Baptist, Wylie for 41 years. I served as Min. of Music/Youth for 9 years, Music/Education for 4 years, Music/Sr. Adults for 22 years, and my present position, Sr. Assoc. Pastor for the past 5 years. My duties include worship for Traditional Service, Sr. Adult ministry, & pastoral care.