Jesse Pratt planted his first church in 2002 and has been working with church planters for the past 20 years. Jesse also serves as the Director of the Church Multiplication Collective. As the Director of Multiplication, Jesse oversees all the partnerships, resources, and teams that make up the CMC. He is most fulfilled when he is helping planters, churches, and movements move toward their full Kingdom potential. Jesse and his wife, Aimee, along with their two children, Caitlynn and Coleton, enjoy traveling, cookouts, and campfires.

My purpose is to share and show God’s love through my words and actions. To see through his eyes, hear with his ears, speak with his tongue and love with his love. To always be a walking instrument for him. Angela lives in Pasadena, MD.

Andy Merritt is the planter and Lead Pastor of Rivertree Church in Jackson, MI. Since planting Rivertree in 2008 Andy has been involved in assessing, training, and helping fund multiplication efforts around the United States. He serves as the Executive Producer for the Church Planter Assessment process for The Wesleyan Church and served as a General Editor and contributor for Essentials: A Church Planter Training Guide. Andy holds an M.DIV. from Wesley Seminary and is the author of three books: Eden (a novel), Completely Reckless, and Resonant Frequency. He and his wife Janelle have three awesome kids and a very lazy dog.

Rev. Néstor Gudiño with his wife Keila are Church planters of La Roca, a multisite church in the Triad area of NC, which sets trends and innovations in the Hispanic Church throughout the country. Nestor, originally from Argentina, discovered only a few years ago the power of multiplication, so he provides motivation and training to church leaders, pastors and planters who wish to see disciples and churches multiply in the Hispanic community in the United States. Néstor and Keila live in Winston-Salem NC, where they enjoy spending time at home and woodworking projects.

Jon partners with pastors and network leaders to mobilize the body of Christ to live on mission. He prays God will raise up hundreds of thousands of new disciple makers and pioneer leaders to transform communities around the world. He lives in Fishers, IN.

Troy is married Dawn, and they share 4 biological and 4 non-biological children. He moved from selling drugs and violence to starting a professional career as an IT Engineer & later was the owner of an IT & marketing company. Troy has planted and served as pastor of 4 urban churches. The EDGE Urban Church (a hip-hop church) was the first of its kind in Michigan, where he served for 14 years. He has featured on several national platforms to include: TEDx, harvest show and featured on 700 Club. Troy is an international speaker and go to person for Urban Ministry. He lives in Grand Rapids, MI.

Dr. Dwight Nash has over 35 years of pastoral experience in places such as Oklahoma, Chicago, New Orleans and Dallas. He has been bi-vocational as well as full-time as he served in his many roles of youth pastor, small groups pastor, lead pastor, church planting pastor and District Superintendent. His doctorate and dissertation in church planting included the creation of a virtual residency that has been implemented and used in many venues over the last eleven years.

Dwight has spent the last 18 years helping church planters to fulfill their God-given dream of planting a church. With over 300 church planters helped so far, his “well-done” in life is to play a part in starting 1000 Churches over the next 10 years nationally and internationally.

He would love to hear about the dream God has placed in your heart and work alongside you, using his experiences and providing encouragement, to make that dream a reality. He lives in Plano, TX.