Santes Beatty has about 25 years of ministry and leadership experience in Next Gen spaces. He became part of the Wesleyan Church in 2010 when he and his wife Nicole joined the staff of Kentwood Community Church in Michigan where he served as their High School Pastor and a part of the Teaching Team. This came after serving twelve years as a Children, Youth and Young Adult Pastor and bi-vocational college administrator in the Triad area of North Carolina. Part of his passion is seeing revival come through a commitment to prayer and fasting; first in families and then in local churches that will spark a global movement. Santes builds on the work of previous directors by helping leaders have presence-driven, values-focused ministries that reach diverse families and communities. He has a Masters of Ministry Leadership with a focus on Youth Ministry from Huntington University in Indiana and has been ordained as both a Wesleyan and Baptist minister. He continues to serve locally as the Student Pastor of ONE Church in High Point, NC, but also serves nationally as the Director of Regional Conferences and Curriculum for Mosaix Global Network and is a Executive Coaching Consultant and Speaker for Second Chair Solutions. In all these roles he helps to equip and resource leaders, their churches, universities and organizations to see them reach their full potential. Prior to these roles he served as Lead Pastor of Mosaic Midtown in Detroit for three years and Director of Multiethnic Ministries for The Wesleyan Church for six years. He is an itinerant speaker for Fuller Youth Institute and an instructor for Kingswood Extended, a ministerial credentialing arm of the Wesleyan Church that is housed at Kingswood University in Canada.
Santes is a native of Raeford, N.C., but currently resides in Greensboro with his wife Nicole. They have five children: Tesia, Christian, Josiah, Serenity and Sarah as well as a granddaughter, Nalani. They also have a fur baby named Cami (their Golden Retriever).
Amy Boyle has over a decade of experience serving in Next Gen Ministry: from kids ministry, to camps, conferences, and weekly youth ministry, Amy has a passion for evangelism, discipleship and investing in the spiritual formation of the next generation. She is a recent graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University, where she received her B.S. in Community Development and Pastoral Ministries. She was born in China, adopted, and raised in Indianapolis, where she is currently serving the local church as a Pastoral Resident at Trinity Wesleyan Church. Amy is currently focusing on urban ministry and community development initiatives that serve the unhoused and recovering community in inner-city Indianapolis, when she’s not taking a walk with a friend, reading a John Mark Comer book, sipping on an artisan latte, or disc golfing with her little brother.
Next Gen Catalysts
Clay Crofford
Digital Discipleship
croffordc@wesleyan.org
Clay’s goal is to blend a pastoral heart and love of creativity by creating accessible and engaging discipleship resources that equip students to follow the God’s call by living out the way of Jesus in their everyday life. His current focus is equipping youth leaders through FOLLOW THE CALL — a Wesleyan platform that helps leaders and their students have better conversations about calling.
Ian Nancy
Young Adults
nancyi@wesleyan.org
As a catalyst for young adults, Ian is working to create momentum for the next generation to embrace their faith and take part in the greater Wesleyan movement. He is championing and connecting with young adults across North America, because he believes the future of the church rests in the hands of young people.
Stephanie Ryne
Children
rhynes@wesleyan.org
The Kids Ministry Catalyst champions, equips, and encourages Kids Ministry leaders and pastors through resourcing, collaboration, and connection with leaders, pastors, districts, and churches across the North American Conference of The Wesleyan Church.
“Stories have always inspired and challenged me to see the world in a new way. So, having the opportunity to tell stories and create resources that equip the next generation to grow deep roots in God’s love is an exciting and beautiful thing.”
Clay has recently served as Resident Pastor of Spiritual Formation at Greenville Multicultural Church. He is also passionate about his other work as Communications Specialist at Immigrant Connection, where uses his passion for storytelling to invite Christians into the mission of provide loving welcome to our immigrant neighbors. Clay’s recent focus has been as a documentary filmmaker, as he produced the documentary, Reading Blind: The Need for Christians to Understand the Bible. Clay has earned a B.A. in Christian Ministries and Humanities from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2022 and is currently working towards an M.A. in Spiritual Formation at Portland Seminary. Clay was ordained in The Wesleyan Church in 2024.
Originally from Michigan, Ian has been leading in Next Gen spaces for nearly three decades. Ian earned his MDiv at Wesley Seminary in 2012 and has served on staff at Wesleyan Churches in Michigan, South Dakota, and Colorado. Currently residing in Timnath, CO, Ian works at Generations Church in Greeley as the Pastor of the Residency Program. Ian and his wife, Susan, are living the Next Gen parent life with children ranging in age from 19-25: Benjamin, Abigail, Anna, Christian, and Natalie.
In this season of life, Ian enjoys spending time with family, traveling, golf, watching sports, and anything that involves people (says the extrovert). In this role, Ian is looking forward to creating momentum for young adults across the Wesleyan Church in North America as they embrace a faith of their own. He believes that the future of the Church rests in the hands of young people claiming their faith and actively playing their part in faith-based movements.
Stephanie was born and raised in Upstate NY and has been a part of the Wesleyan Church her entire life. She attended SWU where she received her BS degree in Early Childhood and Special Education and served as an educator for 6 years in public education. She also served as a kids pastor for 14 years and more recently as a curriculum writer for David C. Cook and Wonder Ink Curriculum as well as writing resources for We Are Kidmin. She currently serves on the Next Gen Team as the Kids Ministry Catalyst and Program Director for the Kids In Worship Initiative grant through Lilly Endowment, Inc. Stephanie is passionate about encouraging and equipping kids ministry leaders in the local church as they lead and love kids and families. Her heart desires to see kids go deeper in their faith as Jesus transforms their lives.
Stephanie and her husband live in Clemson, SC. They have two adult children and a beautiful new daughter-in-law. Her family owns a vintage 1973 ice cream truck that brings fun to their community every summer.