Matt Beaver
Mission Leader // Director of Church Planting
 Matt was 13 years old at youth camp when God called him into full time ministry. Years later, God led him to become a youth pastor where he used his gifts in encouraging students to know the Lord. When Matt was 24, on a mission trip to Costa Rica, God spoke to him about being involved in missions and specifically about leading students on mission trips.
Matt attended Samford University and Beeson Divinity School and has 10+ years of pastoral experience. His passion is to introduce students to our missional God and his global purpose. God has also given Matt a heart for working with church-planters around the world to plant new churches where a gospel witness currently does not exist. At NEXT, Matt is able to combine both callings of his heart and fulfill the mission to which God has called him.
Matt and his wife, Noelle live in Fort Worth.
matt.beaver@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x203]
Jake Born
Mission Leader // Church Planting Analyst
 God called Jake to step out in faith to work in ministry while he was working in the financial realm. Jake has long had a heart for youth and has worked at Kanakuk Kamps and volunteered with the youth at his church. His desire is to see students realize who they are in Christ, take hold of their faith and influence others.
God also developed a passion in Jake to have an impact on people of other nations. This desire was cultivated in Jake as he lived and studied in Mexico and Costa Rica during college. Jake is so thankful that God has given him an outlet to live out two of his passions on a daily basis at NEXT Worldwide.
Jake and his wife, Felecia are the proud parents of two beautiful little girls. They look forward to living their lives and raising a family intent on making an impact in the world for the name of Jesus Christ.
jake.born@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x227]
Janet Franks
Mission Leader // Program Manager
 God gave Janet a heart for leading students while she was in college at Texas A&M University. Her passion for students intersected with a heart for missions in 1992 when she was a sponsor for a student mission trip to Barcelona, Spain. It was on that trip that God called her to live out her faith in another culture by working as a dorm parent in an international boarding school in India for 18 months.
Janet is now able to live out her calling to serve internationally and lead students through NEXT Worldwide. Janet’s desire is to participate in the expansion of God’s Kingdom through helping students and others around the world come to understand God’s purposes for their lives.
janet.franks@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x205]
Chrislyn Lowery
Finance Manager // Human Resources Manager
 While working for a Fortune 500 company God called Chrislyn to work in ministry. She began this journey through working at a local church for several years before coming on staff with NEXT Worldwide. Chrislyn has a heart to serve the Lord through the gifts he has given her. She is so grateful for the opportunity to be at NEXT where she can be a part of the gospel being taken into the world and people being taught truth.
Chrislyn and her husband, Ken live in Flower Mound, TX and have three children and two granddaughters.
chrislyn.lowery@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x206]
Clint Lyons
Mission Leader // Communications Manager
 Clint went on his very first mission trip to San Jose, Costa Rica when he was attending Texas A&M University. It was then that God called him to full-time ministry taking the gospel to all nations.
After enrolling at Dallas Theological Seminary a few years later, the opportunity came up for Clint to come on staff at NEXT Worldwide. Since then, Clint has taken on the role of Communications Manager, where he helps oversee web development, and directs the internship program at NEXT. Clint loves working with students and helping them realize God’s missional calling on their lives.
Clint and his wife Holly have one daughter and live in Frisco, Texas.
clint.lyons@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x223]
Lauren McDaniel
Executive Assistant // Logistics Manager
 God revealed himself to Lauren in high school on her first mission trip to Mexico. From then on, his story and call became more than just a discussion, but lived out in Lauren’s life. Lauren loves being a part of NEXT where students can experience God in a new way and return home with a deeper understanding of him, much like she did in Mexico!
While attending Texas A&M, Lauren realized her passion to serve and encourage others. She is also a natural planner and organizer. God used various leadership and corporate positions to sharpen Lauren’s skills and develop her passions. At NEXT Worldwide, Lauren is able to live out the passions of her heart while using what God’s gifted her with to make his name great.
lauren.mcdaniel@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x200]
Warren Samuels
Mission Leader // President
 Just before his 50th birthday, Warren heard Josh McDowell make an urgent plea to this generation of leaders to reach the next one. Josh’s warning painted a vivid picture of what could happen if we don’t engage them in God’s mission now. God began stirring Warren’s heart for how he could impact the next generation long after he was gone. He gave Warren the vision of introducing students to a missional God who demands missional living every day through short-term church planting mission trips and leadership training.
Through 33 years of pastoral ministry in the local church and at Global Missions Fellowship, God was preparing Warren to launch NEXT Worldwide and encourage the NEXT team to be most effective in reaching the next generation. Through NEXT, Warren is able to declare the glory of God to students and the nations, impact the next generation and advance God’s kingdom.
Warren and his wife, Sherry live in Prosper, Texas and God has blessed them with three daughters, two sons-in-law and two grandchildren.
warren.samuels@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x201]
Wes Searcy
Mission Leader // Vice President
 As a young student pastor at Riverside Church in Denver, Wes’ pastor, Rick Ferguson came back from a missions conference and shared a biblical and statistical perspective about the spread of the gospel to the unreached peoples of the world that shook his worldview.
What was so concerning was that neither he, nor the other staff had this kind of teaching and information given to them before! This raised a series of questions that continue to drive Wes’ passion today: “If the mission of displaying His glory and calling worshipers from every nation is so central to who God is, to what He is doing, and to what He is calling us to do – and we as pastors are not even hearing this – how many more are not being exposed to this vital teaching and information?! What if we could ‘fill the mission pipeline’ by exposing students to the missional heart of God via church planting missions and missional leadership training? What if we then unleashed students to join God to ‘Live the Mission’ where He leads them, whether at home or around the world?”
God used this ‘catalytic moment,’ together with multiple international mission trips and 21 years of experience on church staff in student, associate and executive pastor roles, to prepare Wes to help launch NEXT Worldwide.
Wes and his wife, Colleen have two boys, Sam and Tate, and live in Flower Mound, Texas.
wes.searcy@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x202]
Allison Wagner
Mission Leader // Marketing Coordinator
 Born in Jerusalem, Israel into a missionary family and having lived there until she was 14, Allison has had a heart for missions since she was a young girl. However it was at the University of Oklahoma through the campus ministry, Student Mobilization, that Allison grasped the urgency of taking the gospel to the nations. While in leadership with Student Mobilization, Allison also realized her passion for relating to students and encouraging them in their relationship with the Lord.
Allison loves helping students grasp God’s promises and understand his purposes for them while opening their eyes to his global mission. At NEXT Worldwide, Allison is able to live out both passions of her heart each day and ultimately bring glory to God.
allison.wagner@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x220]
Scott Ward
Mission Leader // Director of Campaign Logistics
 On his first mission trip in junior high, Scott’s heart was ignited with a passion for missions and ministry. This led him to a life calling in student ministry so he could use his gifts to disciple students. Scott attended Baylor University and Southwestern Seminary and served as a youth minister in the local church since 1986, before coming on staff with NEXT.
Scott’s passion is discipling students to use the gifts God has given them to accomplish his purpose for their lives. Scott finds great joy in helping students understand what it means to Live the Mission. At NEXT, Scott is able to combine his passion for students with his spiritual gifts of service, leadership and organization to fulfill the mission to which God has called him.
Scott and his wife Jenny have two sons, Harrison and Johnson, who are both Texas A&M Aggies in the Corps of Cadets.
scott.ward@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x218]
Kyle Wiley
Mission Leader // Church Planting Resources
 Kyle knew he loved working in ministry when he was a youth intern in the local church while attending Texas Tech University. He went on to a pastoral role for youth, college and missions before moving to Dallas. Kyle is an active leader in his church where he oversees the home groups and serves as a men’s teacher and service coordinator for the children’s ministry. He is also attending Redeemer Seminary.
Kyle has a passion for sharing Christ, planting churches and seeing the Lord’s kingdom move forward. At NEXT, Kyle helps students and pastors come to new understandings of what it is to Live the Mission for the glory of Jesus Christ. He also utilizes his spiritual gifts of teaching, preaching and studying how one can effectively share the gospel in different cultures.
Kyle and his wife, Carrie have two children. They are a "little church" dwelling in the northern metroplex and love the community in which God has placed them.
kyle.wiley@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x204]
Ron Wilson
Mission Leader // Director of Church Engagement
 God prepared Ron to develop leaders through the avenue of NEXT through various corporate and ministry positions. Through his 15+ years of experience in student ministry in the local church, his undergraduate degree in youth ministry and his seminary education, Ron has experience and training in missions, evangelism and working with students and student pastors.
Ron is passionate about discipling students and helping them understand how to live a life “on mission.” His desire is to see them bring glory to God through their lives and impact their generation. At NEXT Worldwide, Ron is able to live out this passion. Working at NEXT allows Ron to use his natural giftings through teaching and training students, pastors and leaders, and leading mission trips while fulfilling the passion God has given him to see students transformed by the power of God.
Ron and his wife, Keri have three children. He is passionate about serving his family and knows there is no greater task or responsibility than to be a godly example for them.
ron.wilson@NEXTworldwide.org
[972.355.4100 x228]
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