Jesse Pratt planted his first church in 2002 and has been working with church planters for the past 15 years.  Jesse also serves as the Church Multiplication Collective Co-Systems Catalyst, along with his wife Aimee. As the Co-Systems Catalyst, Jesse oversees the Regional Assessment Centers, Coaching Network, and the Church Planter Training process. Jesse and his wife, Aimee, along with their two children, Caitlynn and Coleton, enjoy traveling, cookouts, and campfires.

Josmar Trent was born and raised in Maracay, Venezuela. She is a trained translator in Spanish, French, and English. She is passionate about serving God’s people because it gives her the opportunity to connect with others. She is a bridge builder, particularly as it relates to the Spanish-speaking community. She enjoys helping develop relationships and resources in Spanish whether by translating them or connecting others to serve the Church. She is certified in Cultural Intelligence. She enjoys organizing, exercising, going to the beach, being at home, and spending time with her family. Josmar lives in Florida with her husband and two children.

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.

Steve McVey loves to serve rural pastors and congregations. He believes every rural community and small town deserve a life-giving, Bible-believing, community-transforming congregation. He loves it when congregations are planted in out-of-the-way places. Steve lives in Lamont, KS

Melinda is a multiethnic urban church planter who has a passion for Global Kingdom movement.  She believes this can only take place as we partner with one another to unleash the whole body of Christ to live and love like Jesus.  She prays that as people from every nation, young and old, men and woman are transformed by the Gospel as they would seek to make disciples who make disciples.  Currently she is working on the Lydia Leaders Initiative which specifically seeks to increase the number of multipliers who are woman in the Wesleyan denomination (Lydia Leaders) and identify multipliers who are men who serve as Lydia Leader champions. She lives in Jamaica Plains, MA.

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.

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.