Planters from SEBTS
The planters represented below all received education and training at SEBTS. Some of them are Nehemiah Church Planting Missionaries through NAMB (North American Mission Board). In addition, several of these planters were equipped and sent by key church planting churches.
River City Church - Dubuque, IA
Josh Dryer is an M.Div and THM grad of SEBTS. He and his wife Darlene moved home in May, 2011 to Dubuque to plant River City Church, which is being planted officially out of New Life Church located also in Dubuque.
Gateway Heights Church - Cleveland, OH
Zach Weihrauch is a 2008 M.Div graduate from SEBTS. After leaving Wake Forest, he worked as a student pastor back home in Central Illinois before deciding to plant in Cleveland. He is married to Amy, and has two kids, Deacon and Ava.
Summit Church - Denver, CO
Bryan Barley and Andy Metzger have been together now a long time. They graduated from the University of South Carolina and from SEBTS together. And now, along with their entire team form the Summit Church (Durham, NC), they call Denver home as they continue to develop a brand new church plant, Soma Church.
Redemption Hill Church - Boston
Tanner Turley and his wife Marsha and their daughter Parker led a team from Open Door Baptist (Raleigh, NC) to the Medford area of Boston in the fall of 2010. With team members Jon Chasteen and family, Josh Miller and family and Abby Cook, they are Redemption Hill Church, reaching students and adults in and around the Tufts University area.
Restoration Church - Washington, D.C.
Nathan Knight and Joey Craft moved to the DC area with their families in the middle of 2010. Their families have been adjusting to life in the city and laying the foundation for Restoration Church to make a Gospel impact in Washington DC and the ends of the earth. Pray for God to strengthen and sustain them.
Matthew and Jennifer Dickerson arrived in South Dakota in June, 2010. Why the long journey from North Carolina? Matthew (a graduate of SEBTS in May 2010) and Jennifer are called to work among the Lakota Indian tribes. Follow their journey and pray for God to move in their lives and the people God has sent them to reach.
Chans in Oklahoma City
Henry and Keo Chan arrived in Oklahoma City (OKC) with their family in June 2010. Why is a recent graduate of SEBTS moving his family to OKC? To plant a Second Gen church among Asian background people. Follow their journey and pray that God would move in and through their lives in OKC.
Jan (pronounced yahn) and family moved to Boston in July, 2009 to plant both an English speaking and a Russian speaking church near Harvard in the Allston area. Jan, a native of Estonia, grew up in Rhode Island and after a brief career as a Russian Analyst, moved to Wake Forest where he completed his M.Div. with Advanced Biblical studies at SEBTS in 2009.
Living Faith Community Church - Pittsburgh
Ken and Paula Cordray are in Pittsburgh, Pa. planting Living Faith Community Church with the help of two established SBC churches in the area. The couple moved from Charlotte, N.C., where Paula was a nurse and Ken served as pastor of married adults at Hickory Grove Baptist Church.