Dr. Brad Ransom is director of Church Planting for North American Ministries. Prior to 2013, he and his wife Lori lived in Oklahoma where he served as a pastor and state leader. Brad has served at every level of denominational leadership. He has served extensively in church planting and church revitalization and has a passion to see new churches planted and every church healthy and growing. He is the author of Creating Healthy Church Systems (RHP, 2024). He and Lori have been married since January 1981; they have three children and eleven grandchildren.