Church Starting Connection

Kyle & Kacee Jackson

Kyle and Kacee Jackson planted 3rd Coast Church in Texas City in 2021. They have 2 kids-Rowan (7) and Jude (newborn). Kacee has been teaching high school math since 2010. Kyle is the church planting lead for Galveston Baptist Association and is an assessor for the Houston Church Planting Network. They love to travel together and watch Broadway shows whenever possible. 

Larry Mayberry

Larry and Lindsey Mayberry have been planting churches in NYC for 13 years with their growing family of 6. 

Originally from Texas, they relocated to Queens, NYC in 2011 with a desire to join the Kingdom work in an area with very little gospel saturation.

Lindsey is deeply rooted in the church planting life while also running her Home Organization and Interior Design business, Simple Space, out of their home. 

Larry teaches for Redeemer City to City and works for Lindsey as her carpenter and handyman. 

They have 4 children. Micah (15), Noah (12), Ezra (11), Selah (5)

Lindsey Mayberry

Larry and Lindsey Mayberry have been planting churches in NYC for 13 years with their growing family of 6. 

Originally from Texas, they relocated to Queens, NYC in 2011 with a desire to join the Kingdom work in an area with very little gospel saturation.

Lindsey is deeply rooted in the church planting life while also running her Home Organization and Interior Design business, Simple Space, out of their home. 

Larry teaches for Redeemer City to City and works for Lindsey as her carpenter and handyman. 

They have 4 children. Micah (15), Noah (12), Ezra (11), Selah (5)

Tianna

Tianna is an Afro-Latino singer and songwriter with an unapologetic and eccentric style. Her soft and intentional vocal tone allows her message to be heard with clarity and sincerity through deep lyrics. With a style that transcends mainstream music genres in a beautiful blend of Christian Contemporary, Pop, Soul, and Gospel influences — Tianna embraces her distinctive qualities and encourages others to do the same.

Born and raised in Delaware, Tianna’s music career began in the heart of her church community where she discovered a deeper passion for Jesus and leading others to worship Him at just 15 years old. Her path led her to Liberty University, where she spent four years leading worship and writing music with the Liberty Worship Collective.

Through her co-writing collaborations with TRIBL records, such as the well-known worship songs, “Better” and “Moving,” Tianna began to write and record with other contemporary Christian worship labels including Maverick City Music, Maverick City Música, and AMEN Music with songs including “Tesoro” for Maverick City Música's album, “Simple Adoración” and her latest work, “Only One,” featured on Amen Music’s debut album, “Amen Nights (Chapter 1).” Tianna also received a Dove Award for winning the Gospel Worship Album of the Year at the 2022 GMA Dove Awards with the TRIBL album, “Nights Atlanta,” featuring her song, “Moving.”

Today, Tianna resides in Atlanta, GA, with her husband, Philip Bowles, and is signed with TRUE Music Label. She is preparing her first solo album with original songs to be recorded and released this year. Still co-writing and collaborating with various artists and music collectives, Tianna’s impact extends beyond music, as she strives to stand as an inspiration for young women like herself who are challenging boundaries and systems to usher in a new era of authenticity and diversity in the world of music.

With her unique voice and writing style, Tianna invites her listeners to hear not only the music she records but the depth of her lyrical message as well. Her soft, subtle tone — void of any distraction — delivers a powerful narrative that resonates with the listener and draws them closer to Jesus.

Sammy Lopez

Sammy Lopez has been a pastor and church planter for 31 years. He is a national speaker and currently lives in Orlando, FL with his wife Judy.

Louis Crooks

Louis & Tammy Crooks attended a Church Starting Assessment in May of 2022 and started the Texas Baptists Church Starting process in June of that same year. Louis is the pastor of Encounter City Church in Killeen. 

Fermin Sifuentez

Fermin Sifuentez is a church planter and lead Pastor of Lubbock Unified Church. He and his wife Desirae, of twelve years, came to faith while supporting a relative’s baptism at Experience Life Church in 2012. After following God, he would eventually serve as a Campus Pastor of ELife from 2016-2019. In the fall of 2019 they began the journey of church planting, officially launching LUC in 2022. Currently they reside in Lubbock, Texas along with their four children. 

Mike Satterfield

Mike Satterfield, the founder of Field of Grace Ministries, has a tremendous passion for God’s word coupled with a love for God’s people. 

His vision is uncompromisingly clear, with one central principle: to build and develop a kingdom of empowered people for God. Holding firmly to the commissioned mandate in Matthew 28:18-20, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,” Mike has taken the gospel into national and international communities around the world.

Mike and his wife, Rhonda, live in Arlington, Texas, and are the proud parents of their two children, Kaitlyn and Justice.