Rev. Rufus Smith IV is the Senior Pastor of Hope Church (EPC) in Memphis, Tennessee. He joined Hope’s staff in 2010 and became Senior Pastor in 2013. Under his leadership, the church has grown into a multi-ethnic, multi-generational congregation.

Rev. Smith also founded the Memphis Christian Pastor’s Network (MCPN), a diverse coalition of clergy working to build trust and close the economic disparity gap in Memphis. Before coming to Hope, he served as Senior Pastor of The City of Refuge Presbyterian Church in Houston and founded The FORGE for Families, a nonprofit serving under-resourced neighbors. He holds degrees from Houston Baptist University and an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Grove City College.

Since 2004, Bryan Hurlbutt has been the lead and founding pastor of Lifeline Community in West Jordan, Utah, where his mission has been to cultivate holistic disciples of Christ with lives of passionate engagement and intellectual depth. Bryan has been a curriculum writer, video teacher, and national speaker for Better Man. He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Talbot School of Theology and a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. Bryan is joined in life and ministry by his best friend and wife of over 28 years, Jennifer. Together, they have poured their lives into three beautiful and precious daughters: Brynne, Reghan and Tierney. Although Utah has been his home for many years, Bryan was raised in New York and still bleeds Syracuse Orange.