Damian Gerke

Damian Gerke is an elder with 1Body Church in Tampa, Florida. He is the author of three books: Are You Who You Want to Be: How Knowing Your Identity Lets You Live Your True Purpose (releasing early 2023), In the Way: Church As We Know It Can Be a Discipleship Movement (Again), and a book on leadership called Taking the Lead. He currently works with Houston-based coaching firm EntreResults, serving businesses in with leadership coaching, strategic planning and leadership development. His diverse background of aerospace design engineering, vocational pastor and a corporate human resources leader have uniquely prepared him to speak to leadership and faith from many perspectives. He’s a credentialed member of the Association for Talent Development and a certified coach with the International Coaching Federation. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife Cheryl.

Lee Wood

Lee Wood is the Founder and initial catalyst of 1Body Church, as well as a missionary and Apostolic leader with a world vision to launch disciple-multiplying movements until the whole world knows Jesus. He leads and mentors key leaders in launching small house churches to spread the Gospel, starting in the smallest expression in his home in Tampa and eventually across the whole world. This aligns with his philosophy of “dream big, work small”. Lee is married to Stacy, is the father of five and grandfather of five.

Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson serves as one of the founders and directors of the Kansas City Underground, a mission agency and decentralized network of missionaries and microchurches in Kansas City. KCUG’s forty-year vision is to have a missionary on every street and a microchurch in every network of relationships, connecting with training Hubs throughout the city, saturating Kansas City with the beauty, justice, and Good News of Jesus. Brian and his wife Kristen live as missionaries with their five kids in their neighborhood, seeking to build an extended spiritual family there.

Rob Wegner