Brent Isbell (Managing Partner)
Brent Isbell grew up in Texas. He spent 33 years preaching for a variety of churches in the DFW area, Houston, and Abilene.
He sensed a call from God early in life to serve churches. He earned degrees from Abilene Christian University (BA in Finance, Master of Religious Education, Master of Divinity) and Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Doctor of Ministry).
Les Ferguson, Jr.
Les Ferguson, Jr. has been preaching since he was fifteen. He holds a B.A. in Bible from Magnolia Bible College and an M.A. in New Testament Preaching from Johnson University.
His college years were interrupted by a six-year stint in the U.S. Navy, where he worked on electronics and missile fire control systems. He was deployed to the Persian Gulf during the US Operation Earnest Will, a precursor to Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Mark Frost
Mark Frost spent 34 years preaching for a congregation in metropolitan Detroit. For eight of those years, he also served as an elder. In that time, he has encountered many of the typical challenges, struggles and conflicts that face leaders in growing churches. He retired from full-time ministry in May 2012.
Michael Harbour
Michael was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He began his professional life in the restaurant business, working as a manager for Crystal’s Pizza in Tulsa, Denver, and Abilene. He has served five churches as their preaching minister (Sweetwater, Nacogdoches, Houston, Wichita Falls, and San Benito). He has served as faculty and staff at Abilene Christian University and Grand Canyon University. He is also a professional photographer. He has studied at the University of Oklahoma, Stephen F. Austin State University, and Abilene Christian. He completed his D.Min. at ACU in 2006.
Grady King
Grady serves as President of HOPE Network. He is experienced in interim ministry as well as church consulting in churches of all sizes.* His passion is helping church leaders and congregations in healthy, gospel focused ministry. This includes providing resources, elder-minister team building; elder group functioning and focusing the church outward to the community.
Rodney Plunket
Rodney Plunket holds a MDiv from Harding School of Theology and a PhD from Durham University (England). He has served churches in Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, New Zealand, and England. He is a Gallup Certified CliftonStrengths coach. Since retiring from full time ministry, he serves as an IMP representative and is a shepherd for his home church.
Steve Shaffer
Steve was born and raised in the NY/NJ area and now lives in Tupelo, MS. He spent the first 17 years of his career working for Kodak in technical and management roles. During that time he felt called to ministry and preached for 20 years in congregations in IL and MS until retiring from full-time ministry in 2023. He holds BS Physics, MS Optics, MMFT, MDiv, and DMin degrees.
