Our Partners

Mark Frost (Managing Partner)

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.

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Brent Isbell

Brent Isbell was born and raised in Texas. He spent 33 years preaching for churches in Texas—the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, Houston, and most recently Abilene. Brent sensed a call from God early in life to serve local 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).

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grady-kingGrady King

Grady D King has preached for almost 35 years with six years in youth ministry in Grand Prairie, TX. He began preaching in Austin, TX, followed by Muskogee, OK, Mansfield, TX and Irving, TX. He is the co-leader of HOPE Network Ministries and is serving as the Director of Church Resources at OCU.

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rob-mcrayRob McRay

Rob has served as a preaching minister for over thirty years … in churches from 60 to 1,000 members … in the cities of Nashville, Houston, Milwaukee, and Chicago. He and his wife, Judy, also spent five years planting and leading a small missional congregation in downtown Nashville.

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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.

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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.

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Matthew Soper

Matthew served congregations for thirty years in New Milford, CT, Los Angeles, CA, Cypress (Houston), TX, and the Heights area of Houston. In 2023 he and his wife of 34 years, Angela, moved to Seattle, WA to be nearer children and grandchildren and to begin a new season of life. They have two adult daughters and two grandsons.

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