Matt Harder
Founder & President
New Life Church - Renton WA
Pastor Matt has been the youth pastor at New Life Church in Renton, Washington for 11 years, and together with “Youth Church” he has seen thousands of students become fully devoted followers of Christ. He is married to Kaylee and they have 3 beautiful children (Kingston, Kinlee, and Everlynn). Pastor Matt and Kaylee started Lead Local in downtown Seattle in 2019. Matt is passionate about uniting the local church and reaching the next generation with the Gospel of Jesus.
Jon Laurenzo
Vice President | New York
Jon Laurenzo is a Teaching Pastor in New York and Vice President of Lead Local Ministries. He served as the Youth and Young Adults Pastor at Grace City Church in Lakeland, Florida 8 years. He married his wife Natalie in 2018, and they two beautiful daughters. Jon is passionate about seeing young people meet Jesus and seeing leaders develop into everything God has called them to be.
Vince Parker
Life.Church - Edmond OK
Vince Parker serves as the Central Ministry Leader for Switch, the student ministry at Life.Church. With more than 12 years on the Life.Church team, he uses his pastoral experience and eye for excellence to lead a team of more than 50 youth pastors across 11 states. He is passionate about seeing students and leaders live out the calling that God has placed on their lives. Prior to his current role, Vince served as a youth pastor and as the Life.Church Broadway and Britton Pastor. In his down time, he enjoys catching up on the latest Marvel movie and adding to his sneaker collection. Vince and his wife, Melissa, live in Oklahoma City with their daughter, Adriana.
Chandler Boyce
Free Church Media - Fort Worth TX
Chandler is passionate about every relationship he makes. He loves people and wants to help them by any means possible.
As the President of Free Church Media and Executive Pastor at Trademark Church, Chandler loves helping churches effectively communicate the Gospel in an engaging way by providing free digital resources.
When he isn’t working, you’ll find Chandler spending time with his wife and four-year-old daughter, googling the newest trends, using up all Verizon’s cell phone minutes, cleaning out the entire Haribo Gummy Bear factory, and shopping online for his whole family.
Terry Parkman
River Valley Church - Minneapolis MN
Terry Parkman is the NextGen Pastor at River Valley Church in Minneapolis, MN, a multi-site church with locations in the US and abroad. There he oversees all things kids, youth, young adults, and emerging leaders. Along with his responsibilities at River Valley, Terry serves as the Global co-chair for Empowered21 NextGen's efforts in seeing an emerging generation of Spirit-filled leaders rise up to lead the Church into the future. Terry also travels and speaks internationally on leadership trends, and more specifically, generational shift and how that affects the Church today. He lives in the Minneapolis metro area with his wife Christina and his daughters Avalie and Nova.
Becky Johnson
Jesus Culture - Sacramento CA
Becky Johnson is the Executive Pastor of Jesus Culture Sacramento, where she served as the Youth Pastor for seven years. She has a desire to see young people encounter the extreme love and power of God that changed her own life in a radical encounter she had as a teenager. Becky attended three years of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry before she began working with Jesus Culture in 2010. She and her husband, Jesus Culture artist and Worship Pastor, Derek Johnson have three children and live in Northern California.