Meet Our Staff

Pastor Rick is one of our lead church planters. He has many years of ministry experience, including 10 years of Student Ministry. Currently, he is the Student and Children’s (NextGen) Pastor and leads our deacon ministry, as well as pulpit and shepherding duties. He has been married to Wendy since 1997, and together they have 4 beautiful daughters: Jordie, Jamie, Jessie and Jazmyne. “I want to help people engage an authentic relationship with Jesus.“ His favorite Bible verses are 2 Corinthians 5:14 and Genesus 3:14. 

Pastor Brian is one of our lead church planters. At The Gathering, he leads the Worship Ministry  and is our Executive Pastor, as well as filling pulpit and shepherding duties. He has been married to his devoted wife since October 5th, 2013. He is the proud father of three loving children. “In my life I have experienced happiness and heartache, but in all of it the love of Christ has been felt. I have a passion to reach people where they are and to lead them to become fully devoted followers of Christ. My favorite Bible verse is Philippians 4:13 as well as John 3:30.”

Pastor Bryan is one of our lead church planters. He and his wife Tanya have been married since 1999 and have 2 amazing kids, Savannah and Brody.  In 2012, He and Tanya started serving the homeless community in downtown Atlanta and felt God calling them to start a homeless ministry in Phoenix AZ. They moved to Phoenix in 2015 and they ran and served in this ministry until 2018 when they moved back to GA. Pastor Bryan is currently the Administrative Pastor and a leader in The Gathering Student Ministry. The Duffey’s also own a small business in Walton County, Ga.