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

For more than three decades, Dr. David Garrison has been a missionary pioneer in understanding church planting among unreached peoples. He is the author of several books including The Nonresidential Missionary (1990), Church Planting Movements (2004), and A Wind in the House of Islam (2014). His books have been translated into more than 20 languages. This year Dr. Garrison has published two new books: Ying and Grace Kai's Training for Trainers and Superplan, a journey into God's story, by Chris Clayman, the co-founder of Global Gates.

Dr. Garrison is the executive director of Global Gates, which seeks to reach the world's least-reached peoples through global gateway cities.

Lori McDaniel has been a global mission catalyst for over 25 years. Her heart for discipleship and the nations has led her to over 30 countries, working with global partners, indigenous leaders, and mobilizing churches to participate in God’s mission. Lori worked at the International Mission Board as Church Initiatives manager for 7 years and served as a missionary in Africa for 4 years with her husband and their 3 children. Upon returning to the States, they planted Grace Point Church in Bentonville, Arkansas where Mike is Sr. Pastor, and Lori led in women's ministry for 12 years. A graduate from Southeastern Seminary, she loves teaching God’s Word, equipping leaders, and activating people to participate in God's mission. You can connect with her at lorimcdaniel.org.

Christian Mungai is a native Kenyan, who is answering God’s call to be a missionary to the United States. Christian serves as the Global Movement Pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, California, where he is passionate about deploying the Church into what God is doing around the world. He studied Law in India, and attended Claremont School of Theology. Christian is compelled to excavate the image bearer in every human being for the purpose of building bridges of unity in diversity. Christian was previously a member of the urban Afro-fusion and humanitarian singing group, Milele. The group, originally started as a celebration of God through music, eventually became a vehicle through which to carry out Kingdom work. Christian has served in the United States for more than 20 years now. He has been married to his wife, Delta, for 11 years and they have a 9-year-old daughter, Kabi.

David Platt serves as Lead Pastor of McLean Bible Church in Washington, D.C. He is the founder and chairman of Radical, an international ministry that serves the church for the cause of Christ—to glorify God by making disciples and multiplying churches among all nations. Resources from David Platt and Radical can be found at radical.net.

David Platt is the author of Radical, Radical Together, Follow Me, Counter Culture, Something Needs to Change, and Before You Vote, and he is the author of several volumes in the Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary series.

David Platt received his Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Along with his wife and children, he lives in the Washington, D.C. metro area.

In response to young people being labeled noncommittal, lazy, entitled, slacktivists, Grant Skeldon started Initiative Network when he was 23 with the goal to develop young leaders into Christ-loving, city-changing, church-investing, disciple-making local missionaries. Initiative has united and accelerated some of the most diverse and dynamic next gen leaders from across the country. In 2020 Grant got married and moved to Nashville to become the Next Gen Director for Q Ideas.

He has written for The Wall Street Journal, Relevant, The Gospel Coalition, and was recently featured on the cover of Outreach Magazine. His book on the next generation, The Passion Generation has helped thousands of pastors and parents who are trying to reach, raise, and retain the next generation. 

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.

Originally from the nation of Texas, Keith and his family have lived in the Northwest for 13 years and in Pullman for almost a decade. After getting married in 2000, Keith and Paige landed in Vancouver, WA for theological training and to minister to students at Clark College. After completing seminary in 2004, Keith and Paige moved to Pullman to minister to college students and in the process, they started Resonate Church.

Along with serving as lead pastor at Resonate Church, Keith is a Church Planting Catalyst for the Northwest Baptist Convention, helping discover, develop, and deploy church planters. As the story of what God is doing in the Northwest among college students has spread, Keith has started to travel extensively over the past two years, telling the story of Resonate Church and collegiate church planting.

Keith loves building with his 10-year-old son, dancing in the kitchen with his 8-year-old daughter, and teaching wrestling moves to his rambunctious 5-year-old boy.