EXPONENTIAL - Key Persons


Aaron Barnett

Job Titles:
  • Director of Generation NEXT
  • Director of Strategy & Partnerships at Generation Distinct
Aaron Barnett is the Director of Strategy & Partnerships at Generation Distinct. Aaron is also a Content Specialist for Exponential and a Director for Generation Next through Leadership Network.

Brian Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Microchurch NEXT
  • Founder and Director of the Kansas City Underground
Brian Johnson serves as a founder and director of the Kansas City Underground, connecting with training Hubs throughout the city. Brian and his wife Kristen live as missionaries with their five kids in their neighborhood, seeking to build an extended spiritual family there.

Carrie Willams - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
Having served the local church with humility and effectiveness, Carrie is a strategic, relational, and hardworking team builder. Carrie founded the national ministry The Truth Republic and served on the launch team and has been a key leader of The Church of Eleven 22.

Darren Young

Job Titles:
  • Meet Executive Pastor Leader Group Director

Hal Mayer

Hal has been in ministry for over 45 years. He has served the local church in roles such as student pastor, small groups pastor, executive pastor and lead/planting pastor. He spends his time coaching pastors, business leaders, and serving LN. Hal has also written several books. Hal now resides in The Villages, Florida with his wife Sandy.

Hannah Gronowski

Job Titles:
  • Director of Generation NEXT
  • Founder and CEO of Generation Distinct
Hannah Gronowski is the founder and CEO of Generation Distinct. She is a sought after speaker at leadership conferences, churches, college campuses and youth events around the globe. Hannah's latest book, Generation Distinct: Discover the Wrong You Were Born to Make Right was released on September 15, 2020.

Jeff Reed

Job Titles:
  • Director of Metaverse Church NEXT
Founding THECHURCH.DIGITAL in 2018, Jeff's passions have evolved into helping churches find their calling through digital discipleship, releasing people on digital mission, and planting multiplying digital churches. This pursuit is realized through DigitalChurch.Network, an organic, decentralized network for digital expressions of church, globally.

Myron Pierce

Job Titles:
  • Director of Church NEXT
Myron currently serves as Lead Pastor of Mission Church, a grassroots inner city mission in Omaha. His latest book, Digital Ministry, has become a number one best seller on Amazon. He and his wife, Kristin, live in the heart of North Omaha with their three sons and daughter.

Pete Heiniger

Job Titles:
  • Content Curator
Pete served churches in Minnesota, Prince George, British Columbia, California, and Michigan. For the past 15 years Pete served as an executive at Faithlife, a VP at Outreach, and as the Executive Pastor of Discovery Church.

Rob Wegner

Job Titles:
  • Director of Microchurch NEXT
Rob is one of the founding leaders and directors of the Kansas City Underground, a mission agency and network of microchurches and missional leaders. He is also co-author of Starfish and the Spirit: Unleashing the Leadership Potential of Churches and Organizations.

Todd Wilson - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Strategic Advisor
Todd is co-founder of Exponential and provides strategic guidance a portfolio of ministries. He is a Kingdom-entrepreneur who is naturally drawn to anything around the next corner.