2024-25 Multipliers Learning Community Roster

I was brought up in a Christian home with loving parents who grounded me in the Word and guided me into a strong relationship with Christ. I fell in love with Jesus and the stories of the Bible at a young age. I have been a youth pastor, an evangelist, and now a fulltime senior pastor. I want to teach our church how to make disciples who make disciples.

I am a pastor’s wife, mother of 4, grandmother of 4 with one more on the way, church musician, preschool board member, and certified evangelist with the Texas district LCMS. I have always been very involved as a ministry helpmate to my pastor husband. I am currently in a season of helping with my elderly mother-in-law and keeping my granddaughter while my daughter-in-law works in our preschool 2 days a week.

I have been married for 15 years to my husband, Jeffrey, and together we have 5 children. I have the unique privilege of being a stepmom, adoptive mom, and biological mom and each of these relationships have given me a different perspective on parenting. I have been working as a 7th grade math teacher for the past 13 years and currently serve as a teacher at the middle school in my neighborhood. In addition to that, I also serve at my church in various ways but my primary role is as the children's minister. My family and I also open our home to host church on Sundays (house church) and Front Yard Fridays as an opportunity to reach our neighborhood for Jesus.

Ryan Neuhaus graduated from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX in 1999. Then he and his wife, Jill, moved to St. Louis, Mo where he attended and graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary with a MDIV in 2005. Ryan’s first call was to be a missionary at large in Buda, Texas (7 years) where he planted a church bi-vocationally. Ryan served at Concordia Lutheran High School as Campus Pastor for 12 years teaching theology, tag teaming with the Administration, and leading chapels. On July 28th, Ryan was installed to be the Chief Executive Officer at Camp Lone Star where they seek to transform lives through adventurous Christ-Centered experiences. Ryan and his beautiful wife, Jill, of 24 years have three children.

I was born in Michigan. He attended Lutheran school from 1st grade-seminary. I was ordained on August 13, 1989. I served as an evangelistic missionary/church planter in Guatemala, Central America. I served at two of the largest congregations of the LCMS in the suburbs of Detroit, formed a mission society to reach Hispanics and pastored an Hispanic congregation in downtown Detroit. I currently serve at St. Paul, McAllen and am also serving as Circuit Visitor for the Texas District’s Circuit 28. I am married to Stephanie. We have four children and six grandchildren.

I am married to my wife Donna who is my best friend and co-worker. I have 3 boys who are both married and 8 grandchildren. I am a graduate of SNU with a BA and a MA in theology.
I am finishing my first year as the new District Superintendent of the Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene. Previous to this assignment, I was the District Superintendent in Kansas for nine years. I have served as a lead pastor of 3 churches, two in Kansas and one in Cleveland, Ohio. I love the church and want to be a leader that thinks outside the box and is willing to do whatever it takes to make disciples that make disciples.

Cristina Verboven dedicated to community empowerment and faith-based initiatives, I was born in the Dominican Republic. At the age of 10 migrated to New York City in 1989, a move that shaped my bilingual fluency in Spanish and English and deepen my appreciation for cross cultural community. This rich cultural foundation became a defining feature of my life and work, particularly in my passion for serving others and creating spaces for people to thrive.
I serve in Awaken City Church since it launch in 2019, bivocational Pastor for 2 years and DOJ legal Rep for Immigrant Connection at Awaken City.
Launched CV Coaching and Consulting dedicated to build Self esteem and develop Emotional Intelligence to women in marginalized communities.

I was born and raised in South Texas in the Lutheran Church. I am a member of my church's BoD, an artist, as well as a manager for a feed & hardware store. After growing up in Alamo and McAllen, Tx I went to college at Texas State University. I fell away from my faith during my young adulthood until approximately 3 years ago when I found I needed more from God than being a lapsed or merely cultural Christian. The difference God and faith have made in my life is truly immeasurable. I spend my free time painting and drawing or with my dogs.

Rose is a client manager at Genuine Article, overseeing 24 Restaurant/Bar Accounts. She is married to Stephen and has two living children, Hannah & Cayden. Rose and her family have been seen carting their BBQ grill to the neighborhood pool and cooking up hot dogs and brats, or hanging out in their front yard with their fire pit and s'mores, in efforts to build connections with those around them. Rose and her family try to live by this statement that is hanging in their dining room, "The McIntyre Family: We love others because Jesus loves us and wants us to share His love."

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I'm a passionate follower of Jesus determined to maximize the impact of my life for the Kingdom of God. I've been in ministry for 12 years in the Wesleyan Church, and began my journey toward multiplication and missional evangelism in 2015 when God confirmed my call to be a church planter while attending Exponential for the first time. 5 years later my wife and I planted Courageous Church in Bellevue, WA outside of Seattle through the Awaken Network. We developed a strong team over a 4 year period before handing off leadership to the team we raised up locally. I am currently part-time on staff (youth & worship) at a church in Southern PA that is wanting to position themselves to multiply in coming years.

My name is Zach Carpenter, and I have the privilege of being the new lead Pastor at Sunbury Nazarene Church... about to be Freedom Church! I feel super blessed and am extremely grateful for the life God has given me and the path He has laid out for me and my family. I was a worship pastor for 22 years... until saying yes to this lead pastor assignment in March of 2024. Since then... it has simultaneously been continual learning curve and roller coaster of excitement and enthusiasm as we've made multiple changes... and as we've watched God continually roll out the red carpet for us. I'm still a "rookie" at best in this new role. But I'm beyond stoked and thankful that God would lead us and trust us in this way in this season.

Active member of Trinity Downtown for 34 years and has served in a variety of roles in the Congregation, including as Chairperson. A uniquely qualified leader with 25 years of non-profit healthcare experience as a director at LifeGift, responsible for personnel, budget, grant management, regulatory compliance and external relationships with hospitals, funeral homes, law enforcement, medical examiners, and others. Most recently Kim has served as a heart transplant coordinator at Memorial Hermann Hospital, taking patients and their families through the transplant evaluation process and acting as their liaison to the multidisciplinary team.

I am Jessica and my husband just began as the DS of the Eastern Hispanic District for the Christian and Missionary Alliance so I want to engage in all possibly programs to learn and help others in my district. Besides that back in PR I was part of the disciple making group. I want to be well equipped in this area.

Pastor Gerry Harrow has lived across the U.S. and has been married to his wife Sara since 1976, has two grown children, and three grandchildren. Gerry was ordained as a Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) Pastor in 2010, started a successful multi-site in Greeley, CO out of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Collins, CO and launched a growing church plant called Fortress, in Harker Heights, TX. Using a Pauline Church Planting model he is currently leading a new church start called Gathering in Robinson, TX while co-launching the Heart of Texas Church Planting Network. He’s also co-author of the book "The Art of Spiritual Warfare, A Practical Guide for Faith and Life".

Christian, Evangelical, Holiness, Wesleyan, Nazarene.

I have a passion for sharing with others how a life sold out to Jesus leads to a true “life to the fullest”.
After spending 20 years in youth ministry, I am currently serving as Associate Pastor at Sidney First Church of the Nazarene.

An ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene, I hold a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Ministry from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, and am currently enrolled in the D.Min Program (Expositional Preaching and Teaching) at Liberty University.

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Born near Pittsburgh PA and now 54 years young and married to my wife Mandy (26 yrs). We have 5 boys and 1 daughter-in-law. Serving as a lead pastor since being ordained in 2009 from CA to PA to ND. I love the outdoors and enjoy activities such as hunting, fishing, camping, and more. Enjoy movies of the sci-fi genre. Currently serving as lead pastor of Minot Home Church and have been here 2 yrs and 8 months. My wife and I love this area of the country.

My name is Krissy Soliday and my husband and I are starting a House Church Multiplication Network in Philadelphia. We are covocational and our method is deep discipleship through doing everyday life together - through work, neighborhoods, community groups, school, etc. We are unlearning a lot of traditional methods and doing the groundwork in a very unchurched area. We are desiring to learn more from others and to gain wisdom from people who have walked this path before us!

I am Liz, the Lead Pastor of Hydrant Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina. We are a small church, but we think God has called us to stay small and do things differently. I have been a lead Pastor for the last 5 years, taking over for the founding Pastor. I was the Children's Pastor there for the 7 years prior, never dreaming that I would one day transition to lead pastor. I am a single female pastor which brings its unique joys and challenges. Having grown up in Northern Wisconsin, I have come to love where God has called me in North Carolina and all that living in a transiate, military town brings.

I've been a District Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene for 5 years. I live in Spokane, WA. I'm been married to Melissa for 31 years and we have two grown children.

My name is Kim Jurischk and I am a wife and mom to three wonderful children; Noah (19), Leah (17) and Levi (14).

I have served at St. Timothy Lutheran Church since 2007 as the Preschool Director. I have completed the Evangelism Training course with the LCMS Texas District. I have a heart and passion for children and their families. I love getting to plant seeds of faith into the lives of children each day through Preschool ministry. I also love getting to walk alongside of families in our program. To encourage, equip, pray for and hopefully build relationships with them that shows them who Jesus is and how much He loves them.

My name is Kim Jurischk and I am a wife and mom to three wonderful children; Noah (19), Leah (17) and Levi (14).

I have served at St. Timothy Lutheran Church since 2007 as the Preschool Director. I have completed the Evangelism Training course with the LCMS Texas District. I have a heart and passion for children and their families. I love getting to plant seeds of faith into the lives of children each day through Preschool ministry. I also love getting to walk alongside of families in our program. To encourage, equip, pray for and hopefully build relationships with them that shows them who Jesus is and how much He loves them.

My wife (Deborah) and I planted Parkside Church in my hometown of Greenville, South Carolina 4 years ago. I have been in ministry for more than 20 years and have been apart of 2 other church plants. I also serve on our denominational regions leadership team as Church Multiplication Director. Deb and I have been married for nearly 18 years. We have a 13 year old daughter and two miniature schnauzers.

My name is Christian Palmer. I grew up in Summerville, SC. I got saved at Providence Wesleyan Church in 2015. I went to Kingswood in 2016 to study pastoral ministry. Then, I was an assistant pastor in Dell Rapids, SD from 2020-2023, and in January of 2024, I started my role as assistant pastor at Providence Wesleyan Church.

John Vawar is a mission developer and church planter under the auspices of Mosaic Mission Network and the Texas District. John has over 15 years of experience as an Ethnic Church Planter, Pastor, Missionary, and Coach. John has been assessed by the Texas District and is in the process of completing all recommended courses through Concordia Seminary. Prior to joining LCMS and the Texas District by extension, John served congregations and para-church ministries across the US for a period of 5-10 years. John is currently a church planting network leader in Area B, but will also be spearheading the plant at Concordia Bedford.

Abby Ullmann is the Vice President of the Lutheran Student Center in Lubbock, Texas. She is studying kinesiology on the pre-physical therapy track, with a minor in general business, and is set to graduate in the fall of 2025. Originally from Parker, Colorado, Abby has been an active member of Our Father Lutheran Church in Centennial, CO, serving in leadership positions with the youth for years. She enjoys watching basketball, playing golf, and reading.