Mickie Kelly  (Pastor/Church Planter) 
Pastor Mickie is 33 years old and has been involved in ministry for about 13 years. In all that he has done nothing that has satisfied him as much as starting new churches.

"In all that I have been able to experience and see, nothing has quite impacted me as much as the privilege of planting a church in Jerome, Idaho. I am so thankful that God doesn't ask our permission for what He want’s to do. If that had been the case I would have never engaged in such a mysterious venture as starting a new church. Now, I can’t imagine doing anything else with the life God has given me. When God called me into the ministry, I did not kick and scream, but eagerly embraced the opportunity. However, the specific call to be a Church Planter came with time after hard lessons learned. Ironically it wasn't until I was out of my first successful church plant to realize that I didn't fit anywhere else but in church planting. To sum it up, the Lord has made it pointedly and painfully clear what I am to do and where I am to do it. God has given me the heart to plant many churches and invest my life in an area that has little to no witness for the Lord Jesus Christ. The Spanish Fork region of Utah is ripe for the harvest and my family and I are ready and willing to join God in doing what only He alone can do."
- Mickie Kelly

J.R. Hopson (Associate Pastor/Church Planter)

J.R. is 27 years old and has been involved for ministry for 8 years.  J.R. grew up in Bowie, TX where his dad worked as a plumber for most of his life.  He attended Howard Payne University in Brownwood, TX, where he met his wife Becky.  They married in June of 2003, and in Oct. of 2004 their daughter Emily was born.  In early 2005 they moved to Kentucky where J.R, was on staff at Edgewood Baptist Church as youth and outreach minister.  Their son Adrian was born in June of 2006 while in Kentucky.  In July of 2007, J.R. and Becky felt God calling them to Utah, and they began talking with Pastor Mickie Kelly.  In May 2008 they moved to Payson, Utah and began an exciting adventure in Utah County.  He is so thankful to be part of what God is going to do in Utah County, and he can't wait to see the exciting things God is going to do here!