About the authors
Daniel McNaughton has been helping people learn to follow Jesus for more than twenty-five years. He currently serves as the Pastor of Leadership Development at Allison Park Church in Allison Park, Pennsylvania, and as a coach and consultant for the MultiChurch Movement (MCM). He also trains and coaches church planters around the globe. Besides church planting and pastoring, he has also served as a professor at Valley Forge Christian College where he taught Bible and spiritual formation classes for 12 years. Daniel earned his MATS and PhD degrees in Old Testament from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and the University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto. His deepest desire is to love and follow Jesus, and help others follow Him as well.
Bryan Koch has served as Lead Pastor for Glad Tidings Church in Reading, Pennsylvania for over 20 years. Before being called to the ministry, Bryan was a professional baseball player in the Chicago White Sox organization. Drawing on his experiences as an athlete, husband and father, Bryan communicates with an authentic, open style that allows him to be transparent and real with people. He is a frequent conference speaker, specializing in training churches in leadership development. However, Bryan’s true passion is helping people become fully devoted followers of Jesus.
Jeff Leake has served as the Lead Pastor of Allison Park Church, in the northern suburbs of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, for over twenty years. Jeff earned a BA in Bible from Central Bible College and an MA in Missiology from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. During his tenure at APC, ten churches have been planted (nine in the Pittsburgh area). Jeff has also helped to establish two nonprofit organizations: The Network of Hope and the MCM Network. All of these efforts at planting have, at the core, a heartbeat for discipleship.
Trinity Jordan is the Lead Pastor and founder of Elevation Church in Layton, Utah. He is a frequent speaker at church-planting bootcamps, college campuses, and at churches around the world. Trinity has been the host of a television pilot series and is involved with producing feature films. He is a gifted communicator, a creative thinker, and passionate about seeing people follow Jesus.
Claude Valdes, Jr., spent over a decade in youth ministry and is currently the Executive Pastor at Word of Life Assembly of God in Baldwinsville, New York. He is a frequent speaker for youth events and youth worker conferences, communicating from a Christ-centered perspective with transparency and humor. Claude also consults for churches and youth groups in the area of organizational leadership. He is addicted to the local church and seeing it function as God intended. Claude has dedicated his life to learning to follow Jesus and helping others do the same.
Christine Kreisher, a life coach and speaker, received her training at Coach University and the Pioneer Coach Training Institute. She has been the featured speaker for numerous local, regional, and statewide organizations. Christine joined the staff of Glad Tidings Church to be their Director of Family Ministry in 2007 where she works with hundreds of volunteers to create relevant environments for families to learn the life-changing truths of God’s Word. One of her greatest passions is working with ministry leaders and entrepreneurs to develop creative, out of the box strategies for growth and success. She is the author of the Follow 4:Kidz K-to-5th grade curriculum.