Ed Stetzer has planted churches in New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia and transitioned declining churches in Indiana and Georgia. He has trained pastors and church planters on five continents, holds two masters degrees and two doctorates, and has written dozens of articles and books. Ed's primary role is President of Lifeway Research and Lifeway's Missiologist in Residence.

He has written many books, including his most recent, Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches That Reach Them (with Richie Stanley and Jason Hayes, 2009)

THE NINES was a one day event held on 09/09/09. Leadership Network asked over 75 leaders, "If you had just nine minutes to share with church leaders, what would you tell them?" This was Ed Stetzer's response...