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Dr. Ed Love serves as the Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship, mobilizing healthy, multiplying churches and ministries that reach the lost, least, and leaders of all generations, communities, and cultures with the hope of Jesus Christ. Previously, Love has led a student ministry, planted two multiplying churches, daughtered and coached multiple church plants, developed a church planting network, and has served for six years as the Director of Church Multiplication of The Wesleyan Church. Love is passionate about seeing lost people found, disciples making disciples, and churches multiplying churches until every man, woman, and child has a relationship with Christ and the church. He also loves raising up emerging leaders and serves as an adjunct professor of church planting and multiplication for Wesley Seminary.

Love received his M.DIV. from Asbury Theological Seminary and obtained his D.MIN. from George Fox Evangelical Seminary, with an emphasis in semiotics and emerging leadership. Love is the author of Revive, Pioneers, Fear Not, Reclaiming Hope, Turn, and many other church multiplication resources.

He and his wife, Emily, celebrate 20 years of marriage. They reside in Gaston, IN with their three spunky kids, Jennah, Josiah, and Micah. Love enjoys any activity in God’s great outdoors and engaging in evangelism with guys on the local basketball courts.