Clayton Greene
Summit Collaborative Director
About Us
A Movement of churches
Founded in 2016, Summit Collaborative is a family of churches working together to help each other thrive and multiply. Through shared mission and genuine partnership, we develop leaders, plant new churches, and strengthen what’s already there.
We are not a denomination or a franchise. We are a relational network of autonomous churches, aligned around shared theology and a shared commitment to multiplication.
Our DNA
Thrive & Multiply
A church that isn’t thriving can’t multiply. A church that isn’t multiplying starts to stagnate.
We treat both as one job: build churches healthy enough to send, and send often enough to stay healthy.
History
How it began
2009 · BOLD VISION
J.D. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church, casts a bold vision: 1,000 churches planted in a generation. A vision bigger than any one church begins to take shape.
2010 · FIRST TEAM
The Summit Church sends its first church planting team to Denver, Colorado. One group puts its yes on the table and begins a pattern of sending.
2013 · THE CHURCH PLANTING COHORT
Church planting grows from one plant at a time to a repeatable pipeline. The Church Planting Cohort begins preparing and sending multiple planters each year.
2016 · EXPANDING THE COHORT
The Church Planting Cohort expands beyond Summit residents to train planters coming from other churches. Church planting is beginning to become a shared effort.
2017 · FIRST GRANDDAUGHTER CHURCH
The Collaborative has grown into a family of experienced leaders who can train the next generation of planters together. Training shifts from being centered at The Summit Church to drawing on leaders and churches across the movement.
2022 · ASSESSMENT & DEVELOPMENT FOCUS
The movement expands its focus to identifying and developing leaders at every level across our churches. Leader assessment becomes an increasing priority throughout the Collaborative.
2025 · TRUE MULTIPLICATION
The movement reaches two major multiplication milestones: our first great-granddaughter church is planted in Denver, and the Mercy Hill Collaborative is commissioned. What began as one church planting churches is becoming multiple networks of churches
multiplying together.
How we work together
The Collaborative Way
01
Identify leaders through relationships
We don’t just look for leaders—we grow them. Our churches cultivate leaders from within by recognizing their potential, investing in their growth, and preparing them to lead.
02
Support each other like family
We’re more than a network—we’re a family. Our churches encourage, challenge, and learn from one another, helping each other grow stronger and go further in ministry.
03
Champion multiplication
We have a “one more” mentality. Together, we invest our experiences, resources, and relationships to see one more disciple made, one more leader developed, and one more church planted.
What We Believe
Our churches are grounded in historic Christian orthodoxy and the
authority of Scripture.
We share a common theological foundation, outlined in our Statement of Collaboration. This creates clarity and trust across the network, while leaving room for flexibility in ministry practice.
Alignment matters because planting churches together requires deep trust and shared conviction.
Leadership
Staff
Matt Love
Multiplication Director
Anna Murphy
Operations Director
Jason Gaston
Support Director
Dave Turner
A18 Director
Ben Snyder
Partner Development Director
Kiana Lafferty
Assessments Associate
Kelsey Croft
Communications & Events Associate
Leslie Douglas
Summit Collaborative Admin
Megan Yates
A18 Admin
Board
Clayton Greene
President, Summit Collaborative Board
Bryan Loritts
Executive Director of Teaching and Development, The Summit Church, NC
Mandy Foster
Director of Operations, Mercy Church, Charlotte, NC
Logan Dagley
Lead Pastor, Park Slope Community Church, Brooklyn, NY
Sara Henderson
Executive Director of Accounting and HR, The Summit Church, NC
Christopher Rudolph
Managing Director, UNC Management Company, Chapel Hill, NC
Anna Murphy
Treasurer, Summit Collaborative Board
Support
Courtney Shelton
Wives Support Coordinator
Chris Gaynor
Pastor of Prayer, Summit Church, RDU
Rick Langston
Lead Pastor of Strategic Alignment, Summit Church, RDU
Scott Urbanek
Coach, Church Planting Cohort
Philip Owens
Church Planting Cohort Coordinator