Kurtis grew up as a pastor’s kid and began leading worship at age 13. After serving as worship pastor at National Community Church in Washington, D.C., from 2010-2017, he and his wife, Sarah, felt the Lord leading them to Nashville to start something new.

For several years Brandon and Katie, while serving on staff at churches in Illinois and Iowa, felt called to plant a Spirit-filled church in Central Iowa.

Pastors Jerod and Lindsey Yancey of Hope Anthem Church in Ottawa launched the Garnett campus church in April 2022 with 169 people in attendance, and the average weekly attendance since the launch is 138.