Ikki Soma is the lead pastor of Bayou City Fellowship at Spring Branch in Houston, Texas. For nearly a decade, he pastored City of Refuge Church in Houston, Texas, one of the most diverse churches in America. He is also a team chaplain for the Houston Rockets and he is the co-host of the Inside…

Steve Ross is the Urban & Diversity Content Strategist for Acts 29 and serves as Lead Pastor at Arise, a multiethnic church in Ventura, CA. Steve is passionate about discipleship and mission, and loves shepherding the church toward unity in diversity. He has been married to his lifelong best friend Jamie for 21 years. They’re blessed to…

Rev. Dr. Fraser Venter is the Free Methodist Strategic Catalyst for Love-Driven Justice . A position that serves and encourages the FMCUSA Conferences, Churches, Networks, Pastors, and Leaders to know and demonstrate God’s heart for Justice. Recently Fraser was the Lead Pastor of Cucamonga Christian Fellowship for 25 years, a multi-site and multi-lingual congregation. In addition…

Sam Chacko is a bi-vocational pastor. He serves as the Lead Pastor at LOFT City Church in Richardson, TX.  He is also a project manager with Stadia Church Planting, where he is coaching, pastoring and consulting with church planters.   He is the son of immigrant church planters from India.  Today, LOFT City is a…

Nate Bush serves as lead pastor of New City Church in Albuquerque, NM. In 2010 New City was born out of family prayer time in Nate’s living room and is now a flourishing congregation of imperfect people being courageous, believing in the power of Jesus to make all things new. Nate has passionately worked toward…

J.W. Buck is a church planter, filmmaker, teacher, and faith-based entrepreneur. With undergraduate degrees in biblical studies and ministry, J.W. has his PhD in intercultural studies, with a focus on the problem of racial violence. He is a cofounder of Pax, a Christian organization designed to inspire and equip the next generation through slow, beautiful, Jesus-centered…

Rodrigo was born and raised in Monterrey Mexico, where he practiced criminal law for several years. He earned his M.Div. from Asbury Seminary and his D.Min. from Wesley Seminary. In 2016, he planted a multi-ethnic (now multi-site church with 5 campuses) called The Nett Church in Gwinnett County, Georgia. In 2019, he was voted by…

Daniel is the Director of the Church Multiplication Institute, leading and overseeing all of its initiatives. He has pastored and planted churches in Detroit, Dallas-Fort Worth, Toronto, and Chicago. Prior to vocational ministry, Daniel was an engineer for eight years. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He’s…

David Heiliger is the director of Gracism Global, a diversity consulting firm committed to equipping transformational leaders for the sake of racial healing. David is also the Pastor of Multicultural Bridge Building at Bridgeway Community Church in Columbia, Maryland, where over 52 different nations are represented in the church body. David graduated from the Center…