Our Team

Laura McLean

Laura McLean has served in local church and denominational level young people’s ministries for over 20 years.  

She is passionate about walking alongside young people as they grow deeper in their faith in Jesus, advocating for young people and empowering leaders. 

Laura lives in Knoxville, TN with her husband and two young sons.  Laura enjoys spending time with her family, going to the mountains and all things Disney.


Chris Lynch

Chris Lynch is a trained coach that has served as a Congregational Specialist as well as the director of SC Ministries with Young People in the SC Conference of the United Methodist Church, since 2012. 

As such, he has a passion to enable and equip local church leaders and local churches of all shapes and sizes to maximize their effectiveness in ministry. 

As a ministry veteran of 28+ years, Chris loves Jesus, his family (wife and 3 daughters), golf, the outdoors, coffee, the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!), and smoking and eating great BBQ.