Tom Cheyney, a church planter for nearly three decades, directs the Strategic Resourcing Unit within the Church Planting Group of the North American Mission Board in Alpharetta, Georgia. He is also the coauthor of Spin-Off Churches, a sought-after speaker in the fields of church planting, multiplication, and revitalization, and serves as an adjunct professor at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri.