John is a graduate of the University of Kansas and has an MBA from Indiana University. He worked for twelve years in marketing at General Mills. He attended seminary at Bethel University. In 2005 John helped start City Church. He is the author of “Making Room for Christmas,” a collection of original Christmas stories. John is married to Kathy and they have two grown daughters.

Luke is a graduate of the University of Northwestern – St. Paul, with a degree in Youth and Family Studies. Luke is married to Lucy since June 2020. He likes basketball, music, art, and anything to do with Spiderman. Luke enjoys getting to know students, their families, or anybody else for that matter!

Kara Coffler is a graduate of Rice University and is a registered architect, working in design firms in Houston, Menlo Park, New York City and Minneapolis. She has been on staff at City Church since 2005, initially directing the children’s ministry. Along with being Director of Operations, she also works with community outreach, facility scheduling and building improvements. Kara is married to Doug and they have two daughters.