Virgil Tanner serves as the Executive Director of OneTree Ministries. Before stepping into this role, he and his family spent years ministering in Spain and Central Asia as disciple-makers and organizational leaders. His journey into missions began after serving on staff at a church in Nashville for nine years.

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Virgil is passionate about equipping households to love Jesus and engage in His mission within their communities. He lives in Niles, Michigan, where he continues to invest in seeing lives deeply healed and fully transformed.

Stephen Love is the Lead Pastor and planting pastor of Redemption City Church in South Bend, Indiana. A third-generation South Bend native, Stephen returned to his hometown with his family in 2019 to plant the church with a passion to see disciples made who display the love of Christ in every sphere of the city.

Stephen earned a bachelor's degree from Moody Bible Institute, a master's degree from Reformed Theological Seminary, and a certificate in history from the University of Oxford, England. He and his wife, Mandy, have been married since 2010 and are blessed with four children: Stephen Jr., Elias, Jade, and Simeon.

When he's not preaching or investing in people, Stephen enjoys spending time with his family, speaking alongside Mandy at FamilyLife Weekend to Remember events, reading, golfing, listening to vinyl records, cheering on Notre Dame football, and embracing his title as a self-proclaimed Denzel Washington superfan.