Dave Coles

Dave Coles is an encourager and resourcer of church planting movements with Beyond, serving there since 2014. He is also lead facilitator of the Bridging the Divide Network, a member of the Motus Dei Network facilitation team, a member of the 24:14 Coalition, and World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission Synergist for Church Planting & Movements. He holds an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, has served for 10 years as a pastor in Upstate New York, and 24 years as a teacher, church planting facilitator, and area leader in Southeast Asia. Dave has over a dozen articles published (under a pseudonym) on topics related to contextualization, reaching Muslims, and the nature of the church. He is co-author with Victor John of "Bhojpuri Breakthrough: A Movement that Keeps Multiplying", co-editor with Stan Parks of "24:14—A Testimony to All Peoples",  co-author with Aychi B.R of Living Fire: Advancing God’s Kingdom in Challenging Places, and author of Jonathan Edwards on Movements.