Tanner and Sam met at the Summit Church during their sophomore year of college back in 2012. They went on to get married in 2014 and now have three children; Maverick, Eden, and Piper. They joined a Summit plant Mercy Hill Church shortly after getting married, and after a few years of high school teaching Tanner went on staff with Mercy Hill where he now serves as the Student Ministry Director. They are planting a church in Norfolk, Virginia and their prayer is to empower believers to live transformed by Jesus in a city that is both strategic for sending and in desperate need of gospel unity.

Cliff and Crystal met in the 6th grade and have been friends since they were eleven years old. By God’s grace, they reconnected while Cliff was in grad school as a collegiate athlete and married shortly after in 2013. They are South FL natives (originally from Miami, FL) and have two children, Naomi and Judah. Cliff enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching movies, sports, and is an avid card player, especially when it comes to spades. He is currently working towards finishing his second master’s degree in Christ-Centered Preaching from Grimke Seminary. 

God has burdened the McCray’s hearts to plant a Gospel-centered, multiethnic, and multigenerational church. As a diverse family on mission, they desire to push back spiritual darkness with the light of Jesus by multiplying disciples and churches in South FL and beyond.

Daniel and Kristen Tripp have been married for 8 years and have a son named James. Daniel has a B.S. in Religion from Liberty University and an M. Div. in Preaching and Pastoral Ministry from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as the Executive Pastor at Redeemer Church (part of the Summit Collaborative) for six years and is being sent out in August 2022 to be the Lead Pastor of Catalyst Church in Newport News, VA. Catalyst is a ten-year-old church plant that is renewing their mission and vision for Newport News and the campus of Christopher Newport University to marvel at Christ in all of Life.

Christian and Kimmie have been married for 12 years, and live in the Buckhead area of Atlanta with their 4 kids (Charlieanne, Madeline, Brady, and Barrett). Christian serves as Senior Pastor of Morningside Church, a church replant in the Midtown area of Atlanta. Before moving to Atlanta, Christian and Kimmie spent 6 years in Raleigh, where Christian attended Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. God has planted their lives and their church in an area populated with highly secular and outwardly successful people, who experience deep inward brokenness. As a response, their vision is to replant a gospel-centered multiplying church that leads people into the resurrection power of the gospel.