J.D. Greear is the pastor of The Summit Church, in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. Under Pastor J.D.’s leadership, the Summit has grown from a plateaued church of 300 to one of over 12,000. Pastor J.D. has led the Summit in a bold vision to plant one thousand new churches by the year 2050. So far, Summit has planted over 700 churches and sent over 2,000 church members to be part of those church plants, including 762 members who have been sent internationally. Pastor J.D. Greear has authored several books, including 12 Truths and a Lie (2023), Essential Christianity (2023), Just Ask (2021), What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (2020), Not God Enough (2018), Gaining by Losing (2015), Gospel (2011), Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart (2013), and Jesus, Continued… (2014). He also hosts Summit Life, a daily, 30-minute radio broadcast and weekly Ask the Pastor podcast. Pastor J.D. completed his Ph.D. in Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife Veronica are raising four awesome kids: Kharis, Alethia, Ryah, and Adon.

Clint is the Planter and Pastor over Preaching and Vision at King’s Cross Church in Greensboro, NC. He previously pastored Freedom Church in Lincolnton, NC. He also served on staff with Campus Outreach in the Charlotte area and as a Football Chaplain at Page High School, Wingate University, and most recently as Chaplain with the Carolina Panthers. He holds a B.S. in English from UNC-Charlotte and an M.Div. in Christian Ministry from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to his beloved, Rachel and they have 3 children: Eden, Nias, and Noah. He loves following Christ with his family and faith family but also has a substantial passion for football, smoked brisket, good coffee, and Rachel’s homemade chocolate chip cookies.

Bryan Loritts (D.Min., Liberty University) is the Teaching Pastor at The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. An award-winning author of ten books, Dr. Loritts has spent the bulk of his ministry serving and resourcing the multiethnic church. He co-founded Fellowship Memphis in 2003 as well as founding and serving as the president of the Kainos Movement. Dr. Loritts is passionate about seeing the multiethnic church become the new normal in our world. He is the husband of Korie, and the father of Quentin, Myles, and Jaden.

Todd Ahrend graduated from Northeastern State University, has a Masters from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Doctorate from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the founder and international Director of The Traveling Team, a national missions mobilization movement. He and his wife, Jessica, have spent over two decades traveling both nation-wide and abroad, speaking to thousands of people about involvement in world evangelization. Todd has exposure in over sixty countries and has lived in the Middle East. He is the author of The Abrahamic Revolution and In This Generation.

Zach graduated from Tennessee Technological University in 2008, where he also met his wife Sheffey. After marriage, they were hired by Grace Presbyterian in December of 2008 as part of the Campus Outreach ministry. After serving at Tennessee Tech University for two years, Zach moved to Eastern Illinois University (EIU) as the Campus Director to plant a Campus Outreach ministry. Then he moved to Illinois State University to oversee another plant there. After serving as an Area Director for three years, Zach became the Regional Director of Campus Outreach Central IL in 2020. He graduated from Covenant Theological Seminary in 2021, and became Senior Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in 2023. Zach and Sheffey have been married for 16 years and have three children: Riz, Raleigh, and Raya.

Aimee Joseph is an author, a church planting wife, and a mother to three sons (aged 18, 17, and 12). After moving to the West Coast to launch Campus Outreach San Diego, the Joseph family felt led to transition into church planting. She works alongside her husband, G’Joe, who pastors Center City Church in La Mesa, CA. She has written Demystifying Decision Making: A Practical Guide (Crossway, 2022), You are Secure: Devotions for When Life is Uncertain (New Growth Press, 2024), and Look, Listen, Live: Cultivating Attention in a Distracted Culture (Christian Focus, 2025). She loves to equip women to love God’s word in the local church and is thrilled to be speaking for a ministry that deeply formed her as a college student and beyond.