Directory

Jeff Meyer

I have spent more than three decades helping leaders and organizations discover clarity, navigate change, and move toward what’s possible. I serve as a pastor, executive coach, organizational clarity consultant, and, since 2006, a Lead Navigator with Auxano, where I have had the privilege of serving on the leadership team. Through Auxano, I have helped churches cut through complexity, unite around shared vision, and gain the clarity needed to faithfully pursue their God-given mission. I am passionate about helping leaders flourish, churches thrive, and the Gospel move into new places.

Brandon Bettcher

I am associate pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church and School in Napoleon, Ohio.

Rev. Tim Bayer

I serve as Lead Pastor at Our Savior in the South Puget Sound, Washington, and Vice-President in the Northwest District LCMS.

Mary Stafford-Nunez

I am Director of Missions and Leadership at Brookfield Lutheran Church in Brookfield, WI.

Lisa Copeland

I have a decade of experience as a Faith Journey Director, leading ministry teams and developing leaders who discern their calling.

Rev. Joe Ferry

I am senior pastor of Southwest Lutheran Church, a multiethnic church in Fort Wayne, IN, and an experienced coach with PLI.

Al Doering & Steve Sohns

We lead the Harvest Partnership, a Houston-based network of church planters, and facilitate a monthly cohort for leaders of church planting networks.

Jeff Heisner

I work to use the story telling skills I gained in the media to share how God is working in our communities. I've been in church communications for the last 15 years after a career in television.

Adam Finney

I'm just a poor country preacher that has a hard time coloring within the lines, but loves to see God's Kingdom grow and people following Jesus.

Derrick Hurst

I work with pastors and ministry leaders to have real conversations about where they are stuck, what they are building, and what it's actually costing them.

Tom Marcis

I have served my entire 40 years of ministry in North Dakota in both rural and larger city settings, and served the church at large on Synod's Board for Human Care and the District Board of Directors.

Todd Jones

I have been a parish pastor, a church planter, an international mission trainer, a mission executive for two districts, and an assistant professor of a seminary.

Jim Richter

I currently serve at the fourth church plant I have helped plant and pastor, and work with the Harvest Partnership movement in the LCMS to extend church planting in the Michigan District.

C.J. Luttinen

I serve as Lead Pastor at Risen Savior in Wichita.

Chad Elfe

I'm passionate about reaching people with the love of Jesus.

Jeff Dorth

The Lord has given me the opportunity to serve as a missionary, pastor, and adjunct professor in California, Wisconsin, and South Carolina.

Mauricio Franco

I've been involved in ministry since 1995, serving in a variety of ministries, backgrounds, and settings.

Dave Hormann

My ministry passion is helping people find their place in God's mission so that they witness to and evangelize those not in Jesus' Kingdom.

Sylvan Finger

I’ve been serving First Lutheran, Willows, CA and Mount Olive Lutheran, Corning, CA since 2018. We want to collaborate with other multi-point parishes to reach more people with the good news of Jesus.

Kirk Douglas

I have had the great opportunity to serve small congregations in small towns in North Dakota and Minnesota. Over time they became thriving mission-minded congregations.

Keith Grimm

I am in my eleventh year serving as Senior Pastor of Family of Christ Lutheran Church in Ham Lake. I have been an LCMS pastor for 35 years. I am passionate about team ministry, missions for all ages, helping congregations work through conflict, and doing whatever is asked to help extend Christ’s kingdom.

Tim Schutt

I am a pastor who loves sharing Jesus with people in loving, meaningful ways. I am willing to try new things and think outside the box to do that. For instance, meeting at a cigar bar or brewery in the area. Smoke cigars, have a drink, and talk about life, faith, etc.

Heath Luehmann

With more than two decades working in education as a church-worker, I understand how mission-driven organizations work, what strains them, and what helps them thrive. While I hold certifications in The Six Types of Working Genius, DiSC, and The Five Behaviors, my best strategy for transformation in an individual or team is to hold space for curiosity in a non-judgmental partnership.

Nate Guelzow

I am a seasoned pastor who has worked in many leadership roles, leading teams to disciple all ages toward change in Christ, and multiplying leadership throughout the body of Christ. I have seen that a church or ministry grows at the rate of leadership development.

Chris Boehnke

I have been the pastor of Lakeshore Lutheran Fellowship since 2010. I am married to Tracy, and we have four children: Joshua, Lauren, Nathan, and Mikayla. I enjoy writing and have recently self-published a book titled, “The Christian Faith: The Original Evangelical View.”

Josh Krepel

By the Grace of God, a Husband, a Father, and a Pastor seeking to Join Jesus in everything.

Rev. Dr. Randy Duncan

I am the Pastor of Campus Mission at University Lutheran Chapel Ann Arbor and the point person for the Campus Ministry Network of the Michigan District. Prior to this, I was the Campus Pastor and adjunct professor at Concordia University Ann Arbor for ten years where over 120 students were baptized in that period. My wife, Amy and I live in Brighton, Michigan, and have six children—Joshua, Christopher, Heather, Jackson, Joseph, and Grace.

Joe Casiglia

My name is Joe Casiglia and I am the Senior Pastor of Faith in Troy, MI. The vision of our church is to Bring Jesus into Every Relationship. My focus is to help inspire people to follow Jesus and His teaching personally and practically each day.

The Church Work Guide

Jessica Albers

The Church Work Guide helps pastors, church workers, and ministry leaders solve the practical challenges that keep them from focusing on their mission. By identifying the root cause of complex ministry problems and creating clear, actionable strategies, you’ll gain the clarity and confidence to lead healthier ministries, engage people more effectively, and make lasting progress.

Unite Leadership Collective

Tim Ahlman

Unite Leadership Collective exists to encourage, equip, and connect Lutheran leaders for faithful, practical, and mission-focused ministry. ULC helps pastors, church workers, lay leaders, and congregations grow in clarity, leadership development, discipleship, and mission alignment through coaching, cohorts, resources, consulting, and ongoing leadership conversations. Our heart is to strengthen the local church by helping leaders take their next faithful step in forming disciples, developing leaders, and joining Jesus’ mission in their communities.

PLI

Ben Haupt

PLI is a team of partners around the world offering transformational training in missional leadership to pastors, spouses, and ministry leaders. Our training starts and ends with the mission of God moving from leading self to discipling key leaders to multiplying future leaders. Because of our generous and visionary financial partners, our core training is now available at no cost around the world, as well as here in the US. We are also re-launching Sr Leader for pastors, spouses and key ministry leaders of medium and large congregations.

Dwelling 1:14

Greg Finke

Dwelling 1:14 helps people join Jesus on His mission as everyday missionaries. We come alongside congregational leaders to help them answer three questions: 1) What is the mission of God according to God? 2) What does it look like for our people to participate in accomplishing His mission as a daily lifestyle? 3) How can our church consistently prepare our people for this lifestyle?

The Dwelling 1:14 training process has three steps. 1) We help you prepare your congregation for missional training with the book, “Joining Jesus on His Mission.” People are inspired, motivated, and ready. 2) We come to your congregation for a “Joining Jesus Training Weekend,” and equip your people with clarity and a personal plan for living as everyday missionaries. 3) We then provide ongoing encouragement and coaching via monthly Navigation Zooms as people implement their plans in daily life.

Dwelling 1:14 also offers Clarity Retreats for congregational leaders. The retreat results in leaders having clarity and a plan for how to implement a missional discipleship process in the congregation.

FiveTwo

Bill Woolsey

FiveTwo believes your church already has what it needs to grow. The challenge isn’t desire; it’s direction. Too many leaders feel alone, tired, or overwhelmed by all the demands of leading a congregation. Too many churches get stuck dreaming but not doing. We walk with churches like yours to uncover what’s already there and help bring it to life. Through our Strategic Growth Process, we help you clarify your vision, rally your leaders, and launch ministries that reflect your unique calling. It’s not a one-size-fits-all plan. It’s a Spirit-led journey designed to help your people flourish, and your community experience the Gospel in action.

Full Sail Leadership Academy

Tim Dittloff, Founder and President

Tim Dittloff is the founder and president of Full Sail Leadership Academy, where he helps congregational leaders gain clarity around their calling, understand the impact of their leadership, and become leaders truly worth following. Through Full Sail’s Teams on Course® coaching and workshop process, Tim and his team help churches and ministry organizations overcome the challenges of disengaged teams, unclear communication, and ineffective leadership. The firm has a passion for partnering with pastors, church leaders, and congregations to strengthen ministry effectiveness, stewardship efforts, and missional impact. They can help navigate capital projects, strategic planning, and ministry growth initiatives.

Galvin & Associates

Jim Galvin

We help you release the potential of your organization.

We focus on assisting a wide range of nonprofit organizations with board governance and organizational strategy.

Glocal

David Kim

Glocal Mission, www.GlocalMission.org, exists to equip the Church to reach the nations at our own doorstep and beyond. A distinctive aspect of Glocal Mission is our emphasis on assessment, action, and accountability. We offer congregational mission-readiness assessments, practical outreach and disciple-making training, leadership development, church planting, and ongoing discipleship and leadership cohorts, available both free of charge and through affordable, fee-based training programs. These regional cohorts provide biblical instruction, coaching, peer encouragement, and practical tools that help believers and churches faithfully apply what they learn in everyday ministry.

Over the past 10 years, one of our greatest joys has been witnessing nearly 700 baptisms and seeing hundreds of pastors, church leaders, and churches, along with thousands of believers, equipped to become faithful disciple-makers who are multiplying the Gospel.

Jack Kalleberg

Executive Director, Christ Greenfield Church and School · Co-Founder, Unite Leadership Collective

I serve as Executive Director of Christ Greenfield Church and School in Gilbert, Arizona, and as a co-founder of the Unite Leadership Collective, uniteleadership.org. I help churches pursue operational excellence by turning vision into disciplined execution and measurable progress, with a particular emphasis on developing executive directors, operational leaders, and leadership teams. I also help churches build intentional systems for member engagement that move people from consumers to contributors, strengthen leadership-development pipelines, and create greater clarity, alignment, accountability, and traction across the organization. Through coaching, consulting, cohorts, teaching, and the Lead Time podcast, I help ministry leaders address organizational challenges and take practical next steps toward greater health and missional effectiveness.

Jeff Meyer Coaching

Jeff Meyer, Lead Navigator at Auxano

Jeff Meyer helps churches and leaders discover their next faithful step. As a Lead Navigator with Auxano since 2006, he has guided more than 35 churches, ministries, nonprofits, and businesses through mission clarity, vision development, leadership alignment, and strategic planning. Through Jeff Meyer Coaching and The Executive Counsel, he also serves executive leaders and pastors who are navigating difficult decisions, organizational change, conflict, crisis, or personal leadership challenges. Jeff believes organizational clarity and leader clarity belong together. Healthy leaders are essential to healthy mission. He is also the author of Your Internal Board of Directors and Fear Not, Dream Big, & Execute, practical books that equip leaders to lead themselves well so they can lead others faithfully. Whether facilitating a vision process, coaching one-on-one, or simply serving as a thought partner, Jeff’s passion is helping leaders move from confusion to clarity and from hesitation to faithful action.

Momentum Network

Tracee Swank

Momentum is a church revitalization network, who equips churches with a renewed sense of urgency for the Great Commission. We’re a network for Christians ready to move from maintenance to mission, helping leaders multiply disciples and reach communities that don’t yet know Christ. Through coaching, training, and tools, we help you recognize, resource, and release new leaders so your church can move from maintaining to multiplying. Connect to the network at momentumnetwork.church/join or reach us at info@momentumnetwork.church.

Multipli

Gail Ficken, Erin & Nate Guelzow

Multipli empowers everyday Christians to share the gospel naturally, wherever God has placed them. Sharing the good news can be a normal part of life for every Christian, something that grows out of real relationships and real moments. Most people aren’t looking for perfect answers; they just need someone willing to be present, to listen, to care, and to point them to Jesus with humility. Multipli encourages everyday Christians to pay attention to the people God has already placed in their lives, and equips them to take that next faithful step with courage.

Paladin Financial

Jim Janetzke

Paladin Financial Management partners with faith-based and mission-driven organizations by providing experienced executive financial leadership without the cost of a full-time CFO. Whether your organization needs strategic financial guidance, budgeting and forecasting, board support, operational assessments, or leadership through periods of growth and change, our goal is to strengthen your financial foundation so you can focus on advancing your mission.

PRB Navigating

Ron Burcham, Certified Vision Strategist by Auxano

We help churches move forward with unwavering clarity: every ministry effort aligned, every decision anchored in purpose, and every step fueled by God’s unique calling for your congregation. The Vision Clarity Process is a proven, Spirit-led journey that helps churches uncover their God-given identity and chart a bold, focused path into the future. Unlike generic planning models, this process begins with clarity, not strategy because when you understand who you are it will shape where you are going.

Preparing for Amazement

Marcus Carlson

Preparing for Amazement exists to revitalize the church through empowering and equipping leaders for lasting and transformational health. We focus on church and leader health, church revitalization, and international training, offering consulting, workshops, retreats, and resources to help pastors and congregations thrive.

Run Hard. Rest Well.

Brenda Jank

Run Hard. Rest Well. equips leaders and their teams with a paradigm and a culture-building process that sabotages the chronic overload and exhaustion that threatens human flourishing and Kingdom advance. Simple and strategic, Restorative Wellness is impacting leaders and ministries around the world. Called to position followers of Jesus to rebuild and restore the ruins (Isaiah 58:11-14) and expand Gospel reach, it begins with each of us on our knees. As God’s people, we know, love, and serve the Author of Rest and yet we are some of the most tired people on the planet. To live Free and Sent, it begins by living well-rested, exploring and creating a Community Commitment to running with passion and resting on purpose. Learn more at www.RunHardRestWell.org.

ChurchTech

Brad Miller

ChurchTech provides robust assessments and consultations for churches in a rut, on a plateau, or facing pastoral transition.

Genysys

Dan Lepley

Discover new life in ministry! Genysys Group utilizes facilitated conversations to equip and encourage congregations and ministries. We begin by listening to the Lord, and following where He leads. Our proven processes for visioning, focusing ministry, and campaigns provide congregations with the tools needed to be who God is calling them to be and to fulfill the work God is calling them to do.

Always Forward Ministries

Mark Zehnder

We help Pastors, Boards, Staff, and Congregations with Pastoral Leadership Transition and Succession Planning.

Leadership transition will not look the same for every church. For this reason, Mark will customize the approach he takes for each church. Leading up to his retirement, Mark passed the leadership baton to Pastor Greg Griffith in January 2020. While 70-80% of churches experience negative results in pastoral leadership transition, King of Kings is thriving six years later.

Pastors who are getting ready for retirement do not want the mission of the church to slow down. They want to effectively pass the baton of leadership to their successor. Mark will come alongside you to navigate this often times complex and difficult challenge.

David Bahn

Congregation Support Specialist, Texas District Area D

I help congregations, districts, RSOs, and other ministry organizations develop a clear, shared understanding of God’s mission in their setting through a Strategic Mission Planning process. Working together, participants identify their mission, vision, values, and ministry priorities, then develop practical goals and an implementation plan to move from clarity to faithful action. Follow-up coaching is also available to help leaders turn their plans into sustained ministry. The process has been used with congregations of every size as well as districts and other Lutheran ministry organizations seeking greater clarity, alignment, and mission effectiveness.

Lutheran Legacy Foundation

Mark Bluhm

Lutheran Legacy Foundation (LLF) is a community foundation dedicated to serving the Lutheran community by helping individuals, churches, schools, and organizations establish and grow endowment funds. Our mission is to nurture Christian faith and values for future generations by partnering finance with purpose. We make it easier for Lutherans nationwide to create lasting financial support for the ministries they love, ensuring these organizations can thrive for decades to come.

Evangelist Training Ministry

Noemí Guerra

The Evangelist Training Ministry equips everyday Christians to share the Gospel and form faith communities in everyday places. Using the biblical pattern of Jesus meeting people at the well (John 4), the training helps participants recognize the “wells” in their own lives where Christ is already at work and to engage others relationally there. The process is intentional and confessionally Lutheran, grounded in Holy Scripture and the Small Catechism, forming Christians to speak the Gospel clearly, care for people faithfully, and connect them to the life of the Church through Word and Sacrament. The focus is not on programs, but on participating in what God is already doing as He creates and sustains faith through His Word.

Although the ministry originates in the Texas District, it is open to everyone.

Kairos Network

Matt Peeples

The Kairos Network exists to help ministry leaders, churches, and networks equip everyday Christians to live as everyday missionaries. We believe the future of disciple-making won’t be built through better programs, but by developing ordinary believers who naturally make disciples where they live, work, learn, and play. Through practical training cohorts, church planter training, free and premium digital resources, coaching, and church partnerships, we provide simple, reproducible tools that help leaders cultivate a culture of disciple-making, develop leaders, and multiply healthy churches in their own context. Our mission is simple: to share the unchanging Gospel in an ever-changing world by equipping people to make disciples where they live, work, learn, and play.

Children’s HopeChest

Atkelt Simon

Children’s HopeChest equips churches to build transformative, long-term partnerships with vulnerable communities around the world through a Community-to-Community approach that fosters mutual transformation. Through relational child sponsorship, impactful partner visits, and holistic community development, HopeChest connects churches with CarePoints in Ethiopia, Uganda, Guatemala, and Kenya.

As churches and communities walk together in faith, both are strengthened through shared relationships and discipleship, resulting in deeper engagement in healthy global mission, the development of servant leaders, and lasting Kingdom impact.

Red Letter Living

Zach Zehnder

Red Letter Living exists to help people move beyond simply believing in Jesus to actually living like Him. Through practical discipleship resources, church-wide challenges, biblical teaching, the Red Letter Disciple Podcast, and partnerships with more than 1,000 LCMS churches, we equip individuals and congregations to experience lasting life transformation. Our passion is to help people know Jesus more deeply, follow Him more faithfully, and bring His hope to the world one life at a time. www.redletterchallenge.com

Concordia Center for the Family

Todd Biermann

Concordia Center for the Family (CCF) is a RSO of the LCMS focused on uniting homes and congregations in making lifelong disciples of Jesus. Through our 2-day Family Discipleship Facilitator Training events we inspire and equip pastors, other church workers, and lay leaders with a proven, biblical framework for family discipleship. We also offer congregations and/or schools our robust self-assessment tool, the Faith & Life Survey, to determine the health of the families being served and to guide plans. Our training and survey are supported by follow-up cohorts and coaching. We’ll help you make every family stronger in faith, healthier as members, and eager as witnesses for Christ every day. To learn more, visit www.concordiafamily.org.

Disciples Made

Jason Phelps

Disciples Made equips churches to build a culture of disciple-making by helping people grow in character and calling. Through practical coaching, assessments, and digital tools, we help churches move beyond measuring attendance to developing everyday disciple-makers who influence the places where they live, work, learn, and play. Learn more at www.disciplesmade.com.

Emerge 29:11

Terry Tieman

EMERGE 29:11 exists to help congregations and ministries to be better equipped to share the Gospel with others. By focusing on discipleship and generosity, EMERGE 29:11 hopes to lessen the anxious feelings and emotions these two critical areas of ministry often create. By engaging with people in very tangible and practical ways, EMERGE 29:11 seeks to strengthen each ministry for sharing the Gospel in the challenging 21st century, a time filled with much uncertainty but also much opportunity found only through knowing Jesus!

Hodos

Zach Zehnder

Hodos exists to help young adults follow the way of Jesus and grow in a faith that lasts. We equip young adults, leaders, and ministries with biblical resources, authentic community, and practical discipleship designed for the unique opportunities and challenges of this season of life. As the host of the 2027 Lutheran Young Adult Gathering, Hodos is committed to raising up a generation of disciples who don’t just attend church but actively live out the way of Jesus every day. www.hodosway.com

Church4Today

Tracee Swank

Church4Today helps pastors and ministry leaders who have a God-given vision but feel stuck spinning their wheels with the “old way” of doing things. Built on more than 45 years of experience as Church Doctor Ministries and over 2,000 churches served, we partner with leaders to turn what-if ideas into a clear, actionable roadmap, build scalable systems that prevent burnout, and move mission beyond the church walls into real Kingdom impact. Whether you are revitalizing a legacy church or launching something new, we help you recognize, resource, and release the creative entrepreneurs already in your congregation so you can stop surviving and start building Kingdom influence. Connect with us and get started today: https://church4today.com/get-started/

KINDLE Servant Leaders

Julia Heinz

KINDLE Servant Leaders equips, fosters and multiplies Christ-like servant leadership to enhance the ministry of congregations in their communities and the world through in-person learning cohorts, supportive coaching circles, and trusted ministry resources.

With a unique focus on second-chair ministry positions, whether called or volunteering, KINDLE’s ministry DNA builds on baptismal identity in Christ and the interconnected strands of developing faith, health, leadership, and community. To learn more about how you and your congregation can grow more impactful, visit www.kindleservantleaders.org.

LINC

Ben & Kate Griffin

LINC helps the local church become the driving force for positive change in its community. If you’ve ever recognized a need in your community and thought, “Someone needs to do something about that...” LINC is in the business of helping those somebodies make right the wrongs in the world, in Jesus’ name!

LINC (Leaders in every Community) equips indigenous, local leaders to launch Gospel-motivated ventures, churches, businesses, and nonprofits, in urban and under-resourced communities across the country. LINC’s Mission Accelerator has helped hundreds move their ideas to impact through a 6-month guided process.

City Lights

Eric Willis

City Lights www.citylightsdfw.com is a network of churches in the DFW area committed to planting Lutheran churches and communities in under-resourced communities that are predominantly African-American and Latino.

As part of the call to church planting, we are committed to community regeneration and leadership development work as well. We are focusing our community development efforts in childhood literacy and music education. We use the talent of local, undiscovered artists to share the joy of grace each week, and to use their talent as a way out of the poverty cycle.

Our church planting model is explicitly low-overhead, using Lutheran-trained worker priests (lay and clergy) to lead our worshipping communities and spearhead our efforts.

Harvest Partnership

Al Doering & Steve Sohns

Harvest Partnership is a Spirit-led movement of Jesus’s disciples investing spiritual, relational, intellectual, physical, and financial capital to multiply disciples and expand God’s kingdom. www.harvestpartnership.church

What does this mean? Everything talked about, planned, and undertaken has at its core the goal to reach people who are disconnected from Christ. The Harvest Partnership is not a program, it is an attitude. Guided by the Missio Dei in which all disciples are called to spread the good news of the Gospel into the world, we are partners who have high accountability and low control with each other. Our shared values and priorities allow us to have trust and open-handed generosity with each other.

Tim Bayer

Leader of Collaborative Teams: Clarity, Leadership, Mission Multiplication

I launch, build, and lead large collaborative organizations, inspiring people to step into their future with clarity and confidence to multiply what matters most. I bring extensive experience in visionary strategic leadership, navigating disruption and change, board governance, and shaping dynamic cultures, specializing in executive leadership, team development, organizational change, strategic development, and multisite growth and multiplication.

Michelle Thompson

EdD, PCC · Assistant Dean for Executive Coaching, Consulting, and External Relations, Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine · Board Chair, ICF Coaching Education · Board Chair, PLI

Building leaders who raise up other leaders, bringing clarity when a team’s mission has blurred, and helping people work through conflict rather than around it, that is the heart of my work. I have done it across church, corporate, and academic settings: as an executive director in church work, as VP of Leadership Transformation for the Greater Houston YMCA, and now as leader of the Executive Coaching and Consulting program at Concordia University Irvine’s Townsend Institute.

Greg Finke

Author of "Joining Jesus on His Mission"

I have had the honor of helping many leaders and ministries do the following: 1) clarify and simplify what the mission of Jesus is and how to participate in it, 2) disciple their people to join Jesus on that mission as a daily lifestyle, and 3) align their ministry’s culture to champion and multiply that lifestyle among their people for the sake of the community. I would enjoy talking with you about how Jesus is messing with you, too.

Jeff Meyer

MDiv, Executive Coach & Organizational Clarity Consultant

I have spent more than three decades helping leaders and organizations discover clarity, navigate change, and move toward what’s possible. I serve as a pastor, executive coach, organizational clarity consultant, and, since 2006, a Lead Navigator with Auxano, where I have had the privilege of serving on the leadership team. Through Auxano, I have helped churches cut through complexity, unite around shared vision, and gain the clarity needed to faithfully pursue their God-given mission. I am passionate about helping leaders flourish, churches thrive, and the Gospel move into new places.

Joe Ferry

Mission Coach, Pastor of a multiethnic congregation

I am the senior pastor of Southwest Lutheran Church, a multiethnic church in Fort Wayne, IN. I am an experienced coach with PLI and help both pastors and laypeople to embrace God’s mission and make disciples in their contexts.

Kurt Bickel

MS, GCC (Master of Science, Gestalt Certified Coach)

For more than 30 years, I have coached and consulted with leaders and organizations. What continues to inspire me is the opportunity to engage in conversations that spark insight, catalyze growth, and lead to lasting transformation.

Ron Burcham

Certified Vision Strategist by Auxano

I help churches move forward with unwavering clarity—every ministry effort aligned, every decision anchored in purpose, and every step fueled by God’s unique calling for your congregation.

Tim Dittloff

CEO/Chief Learning Strategist, MSEd, Certified Franklin Covey Coach, Certified Maxwell Leadership Coach, Certified Christian Non-Profit Leader (through CLA), Ikigai Coach, Master Mariner/Captain (USCG).

I am the founder and president of Full Sail Leadership Academy, where we help congregational leaders gain clarity around their calling, understand the impact of their leadership, and become leaders worth following.

David Kim

Founder & Lead Pastor, Glocal Mission

For more than 37 years, I have served in cross-cultural mission, church planting, evangelism, disciple-making, and leadership development in Latin America, the United States, and globally. Through Glocal Mission, I have focused especially on helping churches move from the Great Omission to the Great Commission by developing reproducible pathways that equip ordinary believers to live on mission, make disciples who make disciples, develop new leaders, and launch new ministries and churches. Our emphasis is not simply on adding programs, but on developing a missionary and disciple-making culture in which people move from consumers to contributors to leaders, and ultimately become disciple-makers who make disciple-makers, leading to the multiplication of new leaders, ministries, and churches, following the pattern of 2 Timothy 2:2.

Kirk Douglas

Pastor of Trinity Lutheran, New York Mills, MN

I have had the great opportunity to serve small congregations in small towns in North Dakota and Minnesota. Over time they became thriving mission-minded congregations.

Scott Gress

MSL, PCC · Leadership Coach, Coach Trainer, Lutheran Coaching Network

I am an ICF Professional Certified Coach and believe in growing people for ministry by focussing on leadership, discipleship, and teamwork. I am the founder and president of The Lutheran Coaching Network. I authored “A Christian Coaching Guidebook: How To Come Alongside Others For Ministry Results.”

Amy Meyer

Connecting Lifestyles Coordinator · Author of Snapshots and Stories

I’ve spent time encouraging believers to shift how they see the people already around them, their neighbors, coworkers, and friends. Instead of feeling pressure to “do more,” I help them slow down, pay attention, and begin to notice where God is already at work. Through conversations, lifegroups, and discipleship relationships, I’ve helped people grow more confident in loving others well and sharing their faith in natural, relational ways. Through listening and asking questions that lead to discovering and discerning the next faithful step to take and trusting God along the way.

Derrick Hurst

Senior Pastor · Certified Coach

I work with pastors and ministry leaders through honest, direct engagements. Not a packaged curriculum. Not a personality assessment and a worksheet. A real conversation about where you’re stuck, what you’re building, and what it’s actually costing you.

Matt Peeples

Senior Pastor, Executive Director of Kairos Network

I have spent more than 15 years planting churches, leading congregations, developing leaders, and equipping everyday believers to live on mission. As Founder and Director of The Kairos Network, I help churches and ministry leaders develop simple, reproducible disciple-making processes that equip people to connect disconnected people to a growing and reproducing relationship with Jesus, where they live, work, learn, and play.

Steve Sohns

Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Seminary with a Mission Emphasis

I have been an experienced Senior Leader for 39 years in congregations. I have led congregations through difficult change in worship, strategic focus, International Missions and Local Missions. I have consulted with congregations/leaders in Pastoral Transition, Policy Based Board Governance, Building Healthy International Mission teams, and “how to’s” of building congregational partnerships/networks.

Seth Kunze

Church Planter

I can help you identify a specific mission and vision for the long haul of ministry within a local congregation. Without it, “drifting” into doing whatever the new and coolest thing is can be a real struggle. Over the years I have also developed a basic discipleship continuum which attempts to meet people where they are and help them grow as disciples of Jesus. As a result, our church is actively involved in planting other churches, from working with a network, to planter development, to “preparing the ground” for future church plants. We want to plant churches that plant churches.

Dan Lepley

Lead Consultant Genysys Group

As a parish pastor, I have been blessed to see three different congregations grow in participation. As a Senior Pastor of a suburban church with a school, the weekly worship attendance grew from 325 to 588 per Sunday over six years. In my current call, the congregation has grown from 70 per week in attendance to 125 in less than two years. I’d be glad to talk with anyone who’s looking for encouragement in helping your church experience meaningful connection and growth in your local context.

Andy Locke

MS in Educational Administration · Director of Advancement

I am an experienced institutional advancement and fundraising professional based in Grafton, Wisconsin. I specialize in major gift development, building endowments, and have 20 years of general knowledge of fundraising in large and small advancement shops specifically for faith-based educational and church organizations.

Laura Pulliam

DCE, M.Th., church planter

I have served as a DCE in both traditional parishes as well as in a new church plant. I have walked with ministries through seasons of grief, growth, and everything in between. One of my primary passions is to help individuals or organizations cut through ambiguity and use precise language to define their mission & vision. “Words create worlds.” The words we use to communicate the vision will shape the way we lead others (and ourselves).

Ben Griffin

CEO of LINC, church planter, church consultant

I am a church planter and have personally been involved in dozens of church launches. I am the CEO of LINC which helps people launch business, church, and ministry initiatives. I have consulted with over two dozen churches and ministries on strategic direction.

Chris Holder

DMin, AIM Missions Network, Church Relations Concordia University Texas

I have served as a leader in Multiethnic and Intercultural ministries for over 15 years. In this time my primary focus has been helping churches better serve their communities by starting new Word and Sacrament ministries that reach new people groups. I have also been active in helping to identify and train local ministry leaders from a variety of cultural contexts and backgrounds. My ministry passion is that we don’t necessarily need to go overseas to make disciples as the nations are coming to us.

Sarah Greiner

Leader of Discipleship, St Peter, Arlington Heights; Discipleship and Mission Strategy Coach and Trainer; Clarity House Consultant for Funnel Fusion Process

I am a passionate ministry leader, strategist, and disciple-maker who equips churches and leaders to prayerfully discover God’s vision for their ministry and move to meaningful action. With more than a decade of experience in discipleship, organizational alignment, and leadership development, I currently lead discipleship strategy at St. Peter Church and School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, where I have helped lead a significant cultural shift toward a renewed missional focus. I bring a unique ability to help leaders see what God is already doing, create space for people to respond, and take the next faithful step toward becoming, and making, disciples of Jesus.

Al Doering

Senior Pastor, Lead-Facilitator of Harvest Partnership Church Planting Network

Thanks to the environment of support in the Harvest Partnership, we have identified some essential values and practices which are foundational for starting new gospel outposts. In addition we can connect you with planters who have experience in the specifics of starting and / or revitalizing churches.

Mark Pulliam

Pastor

Every church is a contextual expression of the great commandment (love God, love others) and the great commission (make disciples). At Lazarus Church we have contextualized these callings in this way: we strive to be disciples inviting people to walk with us as we walk with Jesus through the rhythms of mission, discipleship, and leadership. We have identified seven Scripture-based and data-supported spiritual habits or rhythms which describe the way we walk with Jesus. And as we participate in them we are always open to the people the Holy Spirit will lead us to invite into those rhythms with us. Everything we do at Lazarus is filtered through this mission.

Rob Bailey

Pastor, South Lake Church, League City, Texas

I have served as a church planter and pastor helping develop South Lake Church from a small group of families into a congregation focused on equipping baptized believers to live on mission in their everyday relationships. I have also worked with church planters and ministry leaders through Harvest Partnership and other collaborative networks, especially around mission clarity, developing leaders, high accountability with low control, and helping ministries identify and take their next faithful step.

Mauricio Franco

Pastor, Church Planter, Cross Cultural Ministry

Sometimes the greatest help a practitioner needs is someone willing to walk alongside him or her. I’m Mauricio Franco, and I’ve been involved in ministry since 1995, serving in a variety of ministries, backgrounds, and settings. Along the way, I’ve learned through both successes and mistakes, and I hope those experiences can help you take your ministry to the next level. I believe the Go Network can supplement and strengthen what you are already doing, connecting people, ideas, and resources to help ministries faithfully engage our current culture and prepare for the future.

Noemí Guerra

Evangelist Training and Multiplication

I am the Evangelist Development Director for the Texas District (LCMS); a Guest Instructor at the Center for Hispanic Studies – Deaconess Program at Concordia Seminary; I write the Spanish Daily Devotions for Lutheran Hour Ministries and Co-Host Sentido Latino. A big part of what I love is helping people move from simply knowing they are called to share the good news of Jesus to actually living that out in practical ways in their homes, workplaces, and communities.

Harry Smith

Co-founder of City of Lights, a church planting organization

City Lights, which I helped start in 2020, is a ground-up, organic evangelism and church planting organization. Our model is to use the gifts and hearts of everyday believers (in our case, mostly laypeople) to gather unconnected people and disciple them to new or deeper faith. We have started one church (ART Church - Dallas) and planted several ministries (InterSession, a new mentorship ministry most recently) using this model. We believe that all believers share the task of mission.

Gary Faith

Pastor Emeritus, former Mission Executive for the Southern District

I try to be open and available for what some would call “the small stuff.” I call it touching folks with grace. Sometimes a kind word, a helping hand, a listening ear leads to a relationship. And I believe sharing one’s faith works most naturally in relationships. Even when the “small stuff” doesn’t lead to relationship it usually has had a positive effect on someone that Jesus loves. I have had the privilege of being God’s instrument for raising up a DELTO pastor, an SMP pastor, and a DCE.

Terry Tieman

Founder of Emerge 29:11, Revitalization through Discipleship

I have over 20 years of experience in training and equipping disciples who make disciples and EMERGE 29:11 has had a missional impact on over 2,000 congregations across the U.S. and Canada.

Tim Ahlman

Founder of Unite Leadership Collective, Host of the Lead Time and Tim Ahlman Podcasts.

Our congregation has an active leadership development pathway (serve, lead, coach, direct) that has helped us start many new ministries (La Mesa, Alpine Cowboy Church, 2 multi-site campuses) by discovering, developing and deploying many lay leaders to reach people with the Gospel.

Mary Stafford-Nunez

DCE, MA in Organizational Leadership

I have over 35 years of experience in discipleship, kids and student ministries, missions, ministry engagement, short-term mission experiences, and servant leadership development. I have consulted and served as a resource for many churches and organizations to build traction and advance kingdom work. I serve on the Board for KINDLE (Christ-like Servant Leadership) and Lutheran Border Concerns Ministry.

Linda Patel

Founder & Director, Aasha Ministry

I am the founder and director of Aasha Ministry, which equips churches and believers to build meaningful relationships with Hindu and South Asian neighbors and share the hope of Jesus with love and cultural understanding. Through Aasha Ministry, I walk alongside believers as they build relationships, recognize opportunities for spiritual conversations, share the hope of Jesus, and help others explore Scripture and grow in following Him. I also equip local leaders to sustain this work within their congregations.

Troy Schmidt

Lead Pastor, Water's Edge Frisco

I have lead in the local church as a pastor for over 20 years. I have helped to bring my church through many complex and transformational changes and understand the challenges of transitioning existing ministries that may no longer be effective in reaching the current context.

Amy Meyer

Connecting Lifestyles Coordinator · Author of Snapshots and Stories

I’ve spent time encouraging believers to shift how they see the people already around them, their neighbors, coworkers, and friends. Instead of feeling pressure to “do more,” I help them slow down, pay attention, and begin to notice where God is already at work. Through conversations, lifegroups, and discipleship relationships, I’ve helped people grow more confident in loving others well and sharing their faith in natural, relational ways. Through listening and asking questions that lead to discovering and discerning the next faithful step to take and trusting God along the way.

Ashlee Zoch

Executive Coach · Leadership Development Professional

I am an executive coach and leadership development professional with a background in management, education, and performance coaching. I hold a Master’s degree in Executive Coaching and Consulting from the Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine, where I developed advanced skills in organizational dynamics, leadership formation, and transformational coaching.

Cliff Bira

Certified Mission Coach, Center for United States Mission

I coach church planters, clergy, district executives, church workers, and mission-minded laity. I am a retired LCMS pastor of 45 years having served in two congregations during which I have started numerous new ministries and developed community partnerships. I have also completed training from the Beeson Institute for Advanced Church Leadership and the Pastoral Leadership Institute. I currently serve as Lead-Facilitator of Intercessory Prayer for the Go Network.

Derrick Hurst

Senior Pastor · Certified Coach

I work with pastors and ministry leaders through honest, direct engagements. Not a packaged curriculum. Not a personality assessment and a worksheet. A real conversation about where you’re stuck, what you’re building, and what it’s actually costing you.

Diane Bahn

Certified Christian Leadership Coach

I have worked for PLI (Pastoral Leadership Institute) as a program director, trainer, and coach, along with having the perspective of the wife of a senior pastor. I love to help people become more aware of God’s plan and purpose for their lives and discover their next steps to move forward effectively.

Eric Wenger

Church Planter, Mission Coach, Mission Coach Trainer, Church Planter Mentor

God has graciously given me opportunities to serve in local congregations as both Pastor and Church Planter, in Christian organizations as a Director of Mission Coaching and an Executive Director, and in the community as a Coach for youth and Varsity athletics. The Spirit continues to sharpen my mission focus especially in the areas of disciple-making, Christ-centered leadership development, microchurches, and church planting.

Gene Johnson

Mdiv, ACC, Certified Catalyst for the Five Two Network

I am an ICF-certified coach, pastor, and organizational leader who is passionate about helping pastors and ministry leaders grow in clarity, confidence, and effectiveness. Drawing on decades of ministry leadership and experience in leadership development, team health, and organizational strategy, Gene helps leaders better understand themselves, navigate challenges, and take meaningful next steps toward healthier leadership and ministry.

Heath Luehmann

ACC, MDiv

With more than two decades working in education as a church-worker, I understand how mission-driven organizations work, what strains them, and what helps them thrive. While I hold certifications in The Six Types of Working Genius, DiSC, and The Five Behaviors, my best strategy for transformation in an individual or team is to hold space for curiosity in a non-judgmental partnership.

Jeff Meyer

Executive Coach & Organizational Clarity Consultant

I have spent more than three decades helping leaders and organizations discover clarity, navigate change, and move toward what’s possible. I serve as a pastor, executive coach, organizational clarity consultant, and, since 2006, a Lead Navigator with Auxano, where I have had the privilege of serving on the leadership team. Through Auxano, I have helped churches cut through complexity, unite around shared vision, and gain the clarity needed to faithfully pursue their God-given mission. I am passionate about helping leaders flourish, churches thrive, and the Gospel move into new places.

Joe Ferry

Mission Coach, Pastor of a multiethnic congregation

I am the senior pastor of Southwest Lutheran Church, a multiethnic church in Fort Wayne, IN. I am an experienced coach with PLI and help both pastors and laypeople to embrace God’s mission and make disciples in their contexts.

Kurt Bickel

MS, GCC (Master of Science, Gestalt Certified Coach)

For more than 30 years, I have coached and consulted with leaders and organizations. What continues to inspire me is the opportunity to engage in conversations that spark insight, catalyze growth, and lead to lasting transformation.

Laura Sanders

Executive Certified Coach, Author, Deaconess Student

I am an Executive Certified Coach, author, and online deaconess student at Concordia Seminary who loves helping people draw closer to God, recognize where He is already at work, and discern how He is inviting them to join Him. She serves the Texas District in evangelist development, training, and coaching and is the author of Your Daily Companion to the Bible: Making Sense of It to Transform Your Life and Breathing with the Spirit: A Devotional Look at the Holy Spirit in an Anxious World.

Lisa Copeland

MA in Organizational Leadership · Certified Life & Leadership Coach

I help individuals and groups discover clarity, purpose, and growth by creating space to listen deeply, ask meaningful questions, and discern what comes next. With an MA in Organizational Leadership and certifications in life and leadership coaching, I bring a Christ-centered perspective to coaching.

Marty Thompson

PCC, CPCC, CPQC

With over three decades of experience serving men and women, I specialize in coaching leaders who want to live with greater alignment between their faith, purpose, and values. Together, we uncover new answers to life’s challenges, rediscover your strengths and potential, and reignite the passion and purpose that move you forward.

Michelle Pavasars

Certified Life and Leadership Coach, Associate Coach with Bridges Coaching, Director of Christian Education, MA Organizational Leadership

My joy is partnering with ministry leaders as they take steps forward professionally and personally, following the callings God has given them in their current season. I have over thirty years of ministry experience and more than a decade of coaching experience.

Michelle Thompson

EdD, PCC · Assistant Dean for Executive Coaching, Consulting, and External Relations, Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine · Board Chair, ICF Coaching Education · Board Chair, PLI

Building leaders who raise up other leaders, bringing clarity when a team’s mission has blurred, and helping people work through conflict rather than around it, that is the heart of my work. I have done it across church, corporate, and academic settings: as an executive director in church work, as VP of Leadership Transformation for the Greater Houston YMCA, and now as leader of the Executive Coaching and Consulting program at Concordia University Irvine’s Townsend Institute.

Mike Sojka

MA Education, MA Practical Ministries · Coach/Consultant and Owner of Leadership Innovations · Coachnet Certified (2006)

I have been a pastor, church planter, and an executive director of church planting. I have personally coached Church Planting Directors, Mission Executives, Church Planters, Pastors and Group Coaching for Church Leadership. I have coached leaders for 26 years, this experience has helped me assist others in reaching their God given potential in all facets of their lives.

Patra Mueller

DCE, MS, ICF Credentialed Coach, ACC

I’ve been serving in ministry for the past 36 years in youth and family ministry as well as teaching college students at Concordia Irvine and coaching ministry leaders with PLI for the past ten years. I enjoy partnering with people to hear God’s direction for next steps in their journey through the coaching process.

Peter Meier

Coachnet · Harrison Coach

“Living and sharing the Life that is truly Life” is my mission. Coaching is one natural way I get to do that. I have coached church planters and missional leaders since 2010, helping them to identify and accomplish God’s calling for them, while coming alongside with hope and joy along their journey. My 20 years of service as a district denominational mission leader have given me experiences and joys which keep me learning and growing and gives me insights to challenge and help others grow.

Rebecca Rust

CoachNet Global · Center for U.S. Missions

I have been a certified coach since 2018, specializing in missional coaching, ministry/family life and goal setting in multiple contexts. I’m passionate about seeing people utilize their strengths within their context and find fulfillment in their vocations.

Sarah Greiner

Discipleship and Mission Strategy Coach, Clarity House Consultant for Funnel Fusion Process

I am a passionate ministry leader, strategist, and disciple-maker who equips churches and leaders to prayerfully discover God’s vision for their ministry and move to meaningful action. With more than a decade of experience in discipleship, organizational alignment, and leadership development, I currently lead discipleship strategy at St. Peter Church and School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, where I have helped lead a significant cultural shift toward a renewed missional focus. I bring a unique ability to help leaders see what God is already doing, create space for people to respond, and take the next faithful step toward becoming, and making, disciples of Jesus.

Scott Gress

MSL, PCC · Leadership Coach, Coach Trainer, Lutheran Coaching Network

I am an ICF Professional Certified Coach and believe in growing people for ministry by focussing on leadership, discipleship, and teamwork. I am the founder and president of The Lutheran Coaching Network. I authored “A Christian Coaching Guidebook: How To Come Alongside Others For Ministry Results.”

Tim Ahlman

ACC - International Coaching Federation

I am a husband of 22 years to a pastor’s daughter, father of three late teens, LCMS pastor of almost 20 years, high school football coach, pastoral leadership coach, and one of the leaders of the Unite Leadership Collective, hosting three weekly podcasts (Lead Time and The Tim Ahlman Podcast).

Tina Jasion

DCO (Director of Christian Outreach), ACC (Associate Certified Coach) · Auxano Certified Navigator, Vision Framing and Vision Planning

Every faith-based organization has a superpower. My passion is helping small to medium-sized churches and nonprofits discover where their strength meets the community’s deepest needs. By blending strategic visioning with personal coaching, we build actionable strategies that ensure the vision has lasting impact.