Our Staff
JIM COFFIELD
Dr. Jim Coffield serves Leaders Collectives’ church planters and pastors as a mentor, primarily through counseling and spiritual formation. He is also on staff with Christ Covenant Church in Knoxville, TN as their Director of Adult Ministries and Counseling. Prior to that, he was a full-time professor at Reformed Theological Seminary He holds degrees from the University of Tennessee (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) and is a licensed psychologist. He is married to Mona. They have three children and two grandchildren. They live outside of Knoxville.
KELLEY FRYE
Kelley is the director of operations for Leaders Collective. She has worked in operations for a variety of businesses and ministries, including Christ the King (Raleigh) during its church planting years. Kelley holds a degree from Clemson University (B.S.) and brings extensive administrative and organizational experience to support the work of Leaders Collective. She and her husband Keith live in Fairhope, AL. They have three sons.
ELLIOT GRUDEM
Elliot is the president of Leaders Collective, which he founded in 2013. He also serves as an assistant pastor at Christ the King Presbyterian (Raleigh). He has served as pastor of church planting at Vintage Church (Raleigh), director of the Acts29 Network and pastor at Mars Hill Church (Seattle), and senior minister a Christ the King (Raleigh), which he replanted. He also worked for a Fortune 100 company prior to seminary. He is the editor of Christian Beliefs, a book he completed with his father Wayne. He writes, speaks, and teaches on practical theology as well as care and development of pastors. Elliot holds degrees from Miami University (B.A.) and Reformed Theological Seminary (M.Div.). He and his wife Kacey live in Raleigh. They have one adult daughter.
KACEY GRUDEM
Kacey serves Leaders Collective’s cohort participants as a mentor, primarily in areas related to marriage and family. She also mentors church planter’s and pastor’s wives. Kacey brings over 25 years of experience as a pastor’s wife as well as 15 years of experience working with pastor and planter wives. She helps to ensure Leaders Collective embodies an enlightened and unreasonable hospitality and that our gatherings are truly purposeful. Kacey also serves in leadership at her local church. She holds degrees from Miami University (B.A.) and University of South Florida (M.B.A.) and worked in corporate finance for a Fortune 100 company. She and her husband Elliot live in Raleigh, NC. They have one adult daughter.
JEFF RAMSEY
Jeff serves pastors in our cohorts as a mentor. He is also the lead pastor of Oak City Church (Raleigh), a church he planted in 2006. He is a member of Leaders Collective’s third pastor cohort, which began in 2014 and continues to meet twice each year. Prior to planting Oak City, he served in a variety of leadership roles at Hope Church (Raleigh). Before entering vocational ministry, he was part of a startup company that was later acquired by a Fortune 500 company, an experience that made him rich in experience, if not in wealth. Jeff holds a degree from Miami University (B.S.). A native of Wisconsin, Jeff remains a devoted, and unapologetically enthusiastic, fan of the state’s sports teams. He and his wife Bobbi-Jo live in Raleigh. They have four children.
DAVE SCHUTTER
Our church planter cohort is facilitated by a team of Leaders Collective alumni pastors. Dave leads that team as our Director of Church Planting. He is currently the Senior Pastor of Northwest Presbyterian Church in Dublin, OH. He holds degrees from Miami University (B.A.), Covenant Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and Westminster Seminary (Th.M.). He and his wife Kim live in Dublin, OH. They have three children.
KEN THOMPSON
Ken serves church planters in our cohorts as a mentor. Ken is also the lead pastor of Bay Cities Fellowship (Palm Harbor, FL), a church he planted in 2017. He also works alongside pastors and churches throughout the Tampa Bay area to strengthen local ministry and encourage church leaders. Ken holds a Master of Divinity degree. While he is grateful for his theological education, he readily admits that much of the knowledge he has retained concerns the NBA of the 1990s, University of Michigan football and basketball, and Detroit sports in general. Ken and his wife, Megan, have been married for 20 years and live in Tarpon Springs, FL. They have four children.
JEFF TOOMER
Jeff is the executive director of Leaders Collective. He also provides oversight of Spiritual Formation at Faith Church Kingstowne (EPC). A native of Durham, North Carolina, Jeff served as a career Army officer, retiring after 20 years of service that included four combat deployments. Following his military career, he served as executive pastor and site pastor at Manna Church (Fayetteville, NC), planted The Transit Church (Alexandria, VA) as part of the Acts 29 Network, and later served as director of church planting for Leaders Collective. Jeff holds degrees from the United States Military Academy (B.S.), Long Island University (CW Post, M.S. Ed. Counseling and Leadership Development), the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College/School of Advanced Military Studies (M.M.A.S.), and Reformed Theological Seminary (M.A. in Biblical Studies). He lives in Alexandria, Virginia, and has three adult children.
Our Board
Dave Chattleton / Raleigh, NC
Gib Gibson / Memphis, TN
Elliot Grudem / Raleigh, NC
Josh Reitano / Cincinnati, OH
Thomas Shupe / Raleigh, NC