Equip the Church.
Engage the Lost.
Embrace the Nations.

Anne has been on staff with Johnson Ferry since 2012 and currently works with local ministry partners and schools to help meet needs in the community. Anne connects people with serving opportunities outside the church and encourages believers in gospel conversations where they live, work, and play. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Carson Newman University. She and her husband, Mike, have been married since 1995 and have two teenagers.

Caleb Crider is a missiologist, writer, and teacher. He's married to Lindsey and has two children: Jonas (13) and Meredith (11).

Originally from California, Caleb spent 7 years in Spain where he began a nonprofit artist exchange program. He then returned to the United States to co-found The Upstream Collective, a network of churches committed to thinking and acting like missionaries at home and abroad. He is one of the authors of Tradecraft: For The Church On Mission, and now trains people to live and work cross-culturally. Caleb currently serves as Instructional Design Leader for Training at the International Mission Board and is working on a PhD through Columbia International University. 

Caleb and his family are part of Movement Church in Richmond, VA.

Sarah grew up as a Third Culture Kid in South Asia and received her Masters of Divinity from NOBTS. She has served inner-city non-profit, Collegiate mobilization, and campus ministry on the local, state, and national levels. She currently serves on the IMB Student Mobilization Team. Sarah has a passion for working with and mobilizing Generation Z, educating on culture and identity, and helping females that struggle with addictions

Susan and Tom have been on staff with Cru in a variety of roles for over 30 years. Members of Johnson Ferry since 1999, Susan teaches God's word to a variety of groups and Tom serves as an Elder. Together they co-teach Relevant Faith, an adult Sunday Bible Study for young couples. With 5 daughters and one son-in-law, the Goodwins have lived in their neighborhood for 16 years, developing friendship of what many have led to Gospel conversations.

As director of church mobilization, Jeff Hancock has preached and spoken extensively around the world about God’s passion for justice and the invitation to God’s people to join Him in the work of changing our world. Jeff works with churches throughout the Southeast U.S. to answer this call through partnership with IJM and through their own local ministry. Jeff comes to IJM by way of nearly 20 years of pastoral ministry.

Jared and his family have lived and worked for 15 years in South Asia targeting the least reached people of the world known as Unreached Unengaged People Groups. At times, this has meant living in very remote Himalayan villages or vast urban cities. Currently, they lead teams of IMB missionaries that are targeting 1088 South Asian UUPGs around the world.

Brenda Keck started out as a missionary and church planter with her husband. She has been practicing as a marriage and family counselor since 2008 and serving as a counseling instructor since 2014. She grew up overseas (East Africa) and much of her clinical work has been in the missionary community in the U.S., Asia, Africa and Europe. She is passionate about promoting resilience, health and healing in the emotional and spiritual lives of ministry leaders.

Collaborate, or go home! Howard is a Pastor/Coach/Consultant with 20 years of experience helping churches and nonprofits. He aims for them to work together to meet social and spiritual needs in their community. Howard pastored one of the first multiethnic, missional churches on the north side of Atlanta, and he currently facilitates group discussions on race, class, culture, and reconciliation. He also leads disaster relief efforts in the US and abroad. Howard is a 2020 recipient of the Atlanta Braves Hometown Hero Award and the Visionary Philanthropist Award from Cobb Community Foundation.

Crawford was ordained to the ministry in March 1972. He and his wife, Karen, married on May 22, 1971. Crawford has written 9 books including the newly released book with Karen, Your Marriage Today … and Tomorrow. Crawford holds several honorary doctorates and has served on several boards. Crawford is the host of two national radio programs, the weekend program Living a Legacy, and the daily program Legacy Moments. They have 4 children and 11 grandchildren.

Edwin & Melinda Pacheco have been married since 2001. They have 2 daughters, Isabella (14yrs old) and Heather-Michelle (9yrs old). He was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and has planted Redemption Church in one of the most challenging communities (Red Hook) in the city. Redemption Church was birth in 2018 and is in the heart of the 2nd largest low-income housing development. Although crime, poverty and social disparities exist - Redemption Church has provided Hope to a community once forgotten.

Andrew Scott serves as President & CEO of Operation Mobilization in the US and is a member of OM’s Global Leadership Team. Born in Northern Ireland, Andrew studied Theology at Belfast Bible College after spending two years aboard OM’s ship MV Doulos. He is passionate about reframing missions for this generation and wrote Scatter: Go Therefore and Take Your Job with You to unpack this idea. He and his wife Sharon are based in Atlanta and have two adult children.

Nathan has been privileged to walk in the fields of South Asia now for two decades. As a cross cultural missionary, engaging lostness, sowing the Gospel, nurturing new believers and multiplying churches through multiplying leaders has been his focus.

George Siler is manager of the Student Mobilization Team at the International Mission Board in Richmond, VA. He previously led International World Changers, which connected student teams to IMB missionaries and their strategies. George is passionate to mobilize and equip students, their leaders, and churches in the USA and abroad to engage in God's mission. Prior to coming to the IMB in 2007, George served as a student and missions pastor for over 25 years in three churches. He was the associate director for World Changers at the Brotherhood Commission in Memphis, TN. He has also served with Lifeway's Fuge Camps. His writing includes An Introduction to Missions for Liberty Online Academy, My Life a Mission Trip for the North American Mission Board, and Games with a Purpose for Lifeway. He has taught graduate and undergraduate classes at Mid-America Baptist Seminary and Baptist College of Florida. He has degrees from the University of Memphis and Southwestern Seminary and an Ed.D from Southern Seminary. George is married to Betty and has two adult sons, Wes and Jonathan, and five grandchildren

Nathan is the Pastor of Sending at Sojourn Church Midtown in Louisville, Kentucky. His role includes leading local mercy, church planting, and international missions. Nathan has a Doctor of Missiology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board at the Upstream Collective. Before being a pastor, Nathan and his wife, Sarah, served as missionaries in Kathmandu, Nepal, training national pastors and working with an unreached people group.

Clay was approved unanimously by the congregation to serve as the senior pastor of Johnson Ferry on August 4, 2019. A native of Greenville, SC and the son of a pastor, Clay's passion for ministry revolves around the Great Commission, Matthew 28:18-20, including a biblical concentration in three major areas: evangelism, relational discipleship and missions. Clay earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of South Carolina in 2001 and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2005. He is currently a PhD student at Southwestern with a concentration in preaching. He and his wife, Terrica, have three daughters.

I have been privileged to help send over 600 adults to plant churches among unreached people groups. For the past 15 years, I have centered on church-based sending, helping churches send over 30 teams. My wife and I, and our three adult children all reside in the western U.S. I enjoy my family, Bible reading, and being awed by God's creations. I cycle & hike for activity, and do some gardening, and cooking as creative outlets. 

Oscar is originally from Venezuela and now resides in South Florida with his wife, Annie, and their three kids – Nathan, Lucia, and Luke. Oscar has a Master in Theology with concentration in Missions from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and attends Gracia Sobre Gracia – Grace Upon Grace church. He Loves traveling, reading, and playing sports. He is passionate about the spread of the gospel among the unreached peoples of the world.

Jason Thomas is a Louisiana native and currently serves as African American Church Mobilization Strategist with the International Mission Board of the SBC. Jason has spent the last 10 years serving in collegiate ministry, discipleship, short term missions, community service, and church planting. He has been married to his beautiful wife, Gaynel for 10 years and is a graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with a MDiv in North American Church Planting.

Joash Thomas leads International Justice Mission’s Advocacy & Mobilization efforts in the US Southeast region. Before this, he worked with IJM’s Advocacy Teams in South Asia. Joash has a Bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University, a Master’s degree in Political Management from The George Washington University and is currently pursuing a Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. He lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Valentina.

Jenny Yang is the Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Policy at World Relief where she provides oversight for all advocacy initiatives and policy positions for the organization and leads the organization’s public relations efforts. She has worked over a decade in refugee protection, immigration policy, and human rights and was on an active deployment roster for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Jenny is co-author of “Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion and Truth in the Immigration Debate".