LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Randy Pope is the founding pastor of Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, Georgia. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama and Reformed Theological Seminary. He and his family moved to Atlanta in 1977 to plant Perimeter Church. In its earlier years, Perimeter was a pioneer in small group ministry and was one of 10 churches to be highlighted in the book "10 of the Most Innovative Churches in America." It pioneered what was perhaps the first multi-campus church in America and then moved to a church-planting model in the mid 1980s. Over the past 40 years, Perimeter and its church plants have started over 40 churches in the Atlanta area. Perimeter was recently recognized by Leadership Network as the fourth most reproducing church in America. In addition to churches planted both nationally and internationally, Perimeter is a founding partner of Unite!, a group of over 120 churches from different denominations working together to bring kingdom transformation to the city of Atlanta. Randy is the author of four books and a discipleship curriculum used globally entitled "The Journey." His latest book is "Insourcing: Bringing Discipleship Back to the Local Church."

Randy and his wife, Carol, have four adult married children and 15 grandchildren.

Bryan Chapell is pastor emeritus of the historic Grace Presbyterian Church and president emeritus of Covenant Theological Seminary. He now leads the Administrative Committee of the Presbyterian Church in America.

His preaching and teaching are broadcast in many nations through Unlimited Grace Media, and are also available at unlimitedgrace.com. He is the author of many books, including “Unlimited Grace,” “Each for the Other,” “Holiness by Grace,” “Praying Backwards,” “The Gospel According to Daniel,” “The Hardest Sermons You’ll Ever Have to Preach,” and “Christ-centered Preaching,” a preaching textbook now in multiple editions and many languages.

He and his wife, Kathy, have four adult children, and a growing number of grandchildren.

Mark Bates is MTW's senior director of U.S. Operations. Mark has a B.A. in Greek from Bryan College and a master's degree from Reformed Theological Seminary. He served as youth and singles pastor at Orangewood PCA in Maitland, Florida. In 1991, Mark and his wife, Tricia, founded University Presbyterian Church in Orlando. From 2007-2021, Mark served as senior pastor of Village Seven PCA in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

Mark and Tricia have three daughters, three sons-in-law, and one grandson.

Cartee Bales began a career in technology management and consulting and was eventually redirected into vocational gospel ministry through his passion for cross-cultural missions. This passion carried him from a corporate setting to seminary in his 40s, then ordination and ministry in the Presbyterian Church of America at Kirk of the Hills PCA, and then to Asia. Through this journey, God has merged and used Cartee’s leadership and business experience with his ministry training and matched it with a passion for the nations.

He and his wife, Colleen, served as MTW missionaries in South Asia for nearly a decade, and he now oversees and encourages the work of MTW throughout the world as the MTW senior field operations director.

Cartee and Colleen have two sons and two grandchildren.