Our Team

 

Stadia Leadership Team

Mobilization Team

Planter Care Team

 

STADIA LEADERSHIP TEAM

Greg Nettle, President
gnettle@stadia.cc
In addition to leading Stadia, Greg is also the visionary leader of the RiverTree Movement. His ministry began in Ireland, where he spent 2 ½ years as a missionary working to plant a church in Dublin. Near the end of his time overseas, the 26 year old, then single Nettle was called to be the Senior Pastor of a small rural church named Jackson Christian, which was later re-named RiverTree Christian. God has created a passion in Greg’s heart for The Church … in particular, how The Church can reach out to children on the margins of society, and how healthy churches can partner together to plant new churches not only in the United States, but in other parts of the world. Greg has authored two eBooks, along with Alex Absalom: One Of and Disciples Who Make Disciples. Greg enjoys spending time with his wife Julie, often at their local Starbucks. They have two children, Tabitha and Elijah. Check out Greg’s blog at www.gregnettle.com.

Tom Jones, Executive Director
tjones@stadia.cc

Driven by his passion for people to know Christ and over 25 years of experience in the world of church planting, Tom has been a part of the Stadia team since 2003.  Having planted churches in Centerville, OH and Princeton, NJ, Tom is a visionary leader who understands the mission of Stadia in a unique way.  His role as Executive Director involves direct oversight of the implementation of Stadia’s vision and strategic plan.  In addition, he coordinates the efforts of the Mobilization and Planter Care teams through his supervision of the Team Executives.  As the primary champion for the organization’s donor development, strategic partnerships and international expansion, Tom is constantly working to keep Stadia moving forward toward its mission and values.  Outside of his Stadia role, Tom also served as a tenured professor at Emmanuel School of Religion for 11 years and was the editor and primary author of Church Planting from the Ground Up. Although Tom is an avid tennis player and golfer, his greatest joy is found in spending time with his family – his wonderful wife Debbie (who also works for Stadia) and their children, Melanie and her husband Jade, and Tom and his wife Stephanie.

Brent Foulke, Mobilization Executive
bfoulke@stadia.cc

Brent’s church planting adventure began in 1991 when he and his wife Kay were called to plant in Albany, NY. Determined to help start a movement, Brent and the young Albany congregation, known as Christ’s Church, engaged with others to plant in Nashua, NH a few years later, then in Poughkeepsie, NY, Binghamton, NY and by the end of a decade as far away as Gaithersburg, MD where 22 disciples moved on mission. After coaching several dozen church planters sponsored by churches, foundations and church planting agencies, Brent left the staff of Christ’s Church to work full time facilitating new churches throughout the U.S. He served three years as Executive Director of the Exponential Conference before accepting his current role as Stadia’s Mobilization Executive. Encompassing network formation, planter recruitment, and marketing communications in the U.S. and globally, the Mobilization team is distributed across North and South America. Brent and Kay continue to call Upstate NY home with their daughters Keenan and Kyrin, where they still worship with Christ’s Church, garden together and travel to visit their children and grandchildren in Philadelphia (Ben, Katie, Zachary) and Chicago (Brendon, Amanda, Morgan).

David Limiero, Planter Care & Information Systems Executive
dlimiero@stadia.cc
David started as a church planter with Stadia in 2003 then joined the staff team in 2007. He leads the team that focuses on taking care of Stadia church planters and their families through training, coaching, management teams, project management, and Bloom! He says, “We want every planter couple and family to feel well-connected and taken care of.”

 

 

MOBILIZATION TEAM

Brent Foulke, Mobilization Executive

Nick Boring, Collaboration Executive
nboring@stadia.cc
Before arriving at Stadia, Nick served 20 years in corporate America as a Sales & Marketing executive at Fortune 500 companies. He left the corporate arena in 2003 and joined the staff of Kensington Community Church, in Troy, MI, where he served as their Director of Church Planting. Most recently, Nick served as the U.S. Catalyst for Vision360 and led a team of 12 City Catalysts across the U.S. focused on collaborative church planting. Nick travels extensively throughout the U.S., networking, connecting and empowering collaboration between churches of many tribes, networks, church planters and church planting teams.

John Wasem, U.S. Mobilization Director
jwasem@stadia.cc
John has been fully engaged in the church planting world since 1983 as a strategist, coach, trainer, professor, and concept pioneer. He has filled a variety of roles with Stadia since 2004 and came on board full-time in July 2012, serving as our U.S. Mobilization Director. A church planting statesman for our movement, John focuses on network creation for church planting, planter coaching and training, and developing strategies to enhance the planter pipeline so we will have new church leaders for a growing number of church plants in the future.

Janie Mehaffey, Assistant Director of Marketing
jmehaffey@stadia.cc
Janie’s role is to tell the story of how God is using Stadia and our partners to transform lives and communities through church planting. With over 20 years of communications and marketing experience, Janie has served as a Communications Strategist with Fishhook, an innovative creative services company that consults with churches of all sizes across the country. She has worked with church planting teams in Manchester, CT, and Miami, FL, and a wide-spectrum of non-profit organizations, including Exponential Network, the American Diabetes Association and Kappa Delta Sorority. She and her husband, Matt, have two sons who they adopted from Taiwan.

Melissa Hofmeister, Assistant Director for Networks and Recruitment
mhofmeister@stadia.cc
Melissa provides support for Stadia’s associate network directors and coaches and has walked recruits through the planter screening process. She says that one of her most vital roles is making sure Brent Foulke knows what time zone is he’s in! Melissa and her husband, Brian, have recently become Stadia church planters, starting a new church in Muskego, WI.

Jeff Bennett, Area Network Director
jbennett@stadia.cc
After serving as a church planting leader with Stadia for many years, Jeff Bennett joins our team as an Area Network Director. He’ll be working with networks and planters in the Southwest US. Jeff recently moved from ministry in Kennesaw, GA, to become the Executive Pastor of Verve Church, a Stadia plant in Las Vegas, NV.

Al Dangelo, Area Network Director
adangelo@stadia.cc
As an Area Network Director. Al serves the Network Coaches in Ohio and West Virginia, helping them form more networks and plant new churches. Al also oversees Leadership Development, Church Planting & Teaching Team at RiverTree Christian Church in Massilon, Ohio.

Doug Fultz, Area Network Director
dfultz@stadia.cc
Doug’s Stadia association began five years ago when Franklin Christian Church, where he served as Senior Pastor, planted Stadia East’s first church. He began as the network coach for Middle Tennessee and now as Area Network Director, he coaches network coaches in the southeast U.S. and initiates new networks. Outside of Stadia, he serves as Senior Pastor of Heritage Christian Church in Fayetteville, GA.

Rob Kastens, Area Network Director
rkastens@stadia.cc
Rob joined the Stadia team to help churches form networks in the northeastern U.S. (Indiana across to the northeast coast). Once networks are established, he works with church leaders to create multiple network projects and identify a network coach. In addition to his work with Stadia, Rob serves as Executive Pastor at Mountain Christian Church in Joppa, MD.

Justin Moxley, Area Network Director
jmoxley@stadia.cc
Justin has been working in church planting for many years and Stadia is thrilled to have him form and nurture networks throughout the mid-section of the U.S. from the Mississippi west to the Rockies.

Barry Smith, Area Network Director
bsmith@stadia.cc
Barry serves as the Area Network Director for the Sierra Pacific region (Northern California). With Stadia originating as the Northern California Evangelistic Association, there are some deep roots and history in the Sierra Pacific region. Barry’s role is to not only rekindle the numerous relationships of pastors and churches in this area, but to also reignite the vision and execution of numerous additional plants in the “Heartland” of Stadia.

Rachel Morgan, Global Mobilization Associate
rmorgan@stadia.cc
Living in Ecuador since July 2012, Rachel serves as a liaison between Stadia and our Compassion International partners in South America. She coordinates US church visits with new church plants and uses her research expertise to process and document ongoing systems for future Stadia/Compassion partnerships.

Jeremy Brown, Global Mobilization Associate
jbrown@stadia.cc
Jeremy grew up in northwest Indiana where he met his wife Sheila on a blind date – they married in June of 1996. They have three daughters, Marissa, Makayla and Myah. After 16 years of ministry to students, God clarified a calling in the Browns to start a new church. After partnering with Stadia, Jeremy and Sheila found their way to West Tennessee and started Journey Church near Jackson in 2010. In 2013 Jeremy began his part time role with Stadia facilitating the partnership between Compassion International and Stadia church partners in the U.S.

 

PLANTER CARE TEAM

David Limiero, Planter Care & Information Systems Executive

Patrick Bradley, Project Manager
pbradley@stadia.cc
Patrick came to Stadia three years ago, first as a contractor, now on staff. His role is to keep church planters focused on people by helping with church plant details. He explains, “I help the planters come up with a strategic plan of what they need to accomplish to get from just being hired to having weekly services, and I help them accomplish many of those tasks so that they have more time with people.”

Doug Foltz, Director Project Management & Coaching
dfoltz@stadia.cc
Doug Foltz helps church planters clarify and implement their vision. Leveraging his 15+ years of church planting experience with over 40 new churches, he stands alongside church planters to chart a path toward realizing their God-sized dream of making disciples through church planting. He views himself as an experienced traveler willing to go on the ride with brave church planters. He and his wife, Amanda, have two children. You can read more from Doug at http://plantingchurches.org.

Peggy Converse, Executive Assistant
pconverse@stadia.cc
Peggy’s Stadia history dates back to 1979 when she began serving the Northern California Evangelistic Association as a secretary, then board member and board secretary. As NCEA merged with CDF and became Stadia, she joined the Stadia staff in 2004 and has served as Executive Assistant to the President and now as Executive Assistant to the Planter Care team.

Liz Jessup, Planter Care Administrator
ljessup@stadia.cc
Liz has served in various roles for Stadia since 2008. She currently supports the Planter Care team in their work to support, equip and encourage Stadia planters and their families. She says she never dreamed she would work for a company where she sees God work in amazing and unexpected ways every day.

Debbie Jones, Director Spousal and Family Support
djones@stadia.cc
Debbie has served with the Stadia team for six years and is the Director of Spouse & Family Support. With 30 years of ministry experience she has conducted numerous workshops and seminars throughout the United States. Church planting has always been a part of the DNA of the Jones family. She and her husband Tom planted two churches. Debbie understands the vital role that a spouse plays in starting a new church. She founded a ministry for Stadia called bloom! The passion of bloom is to provide care and support to Stadia’s church planting spouses by providing resources, encouragement and inspiration. Debbie and her team keep very busy connecting 130+ spouses across the United States.