Leadership
Craig Whitney is the founder and president of Multiply. He planted a church over 30 years ago in an era when few resources were available for the development and training of church planters. This experience fuels his passion for providing today’s church planters with the training and support they need to effectively start and multiply churches.
He has done this for 15+ years through his roles at the Gateway Leadership Initiative and Stadia. His goal is to provide healthy churches with the resources, skills, and tools they need to call, equip, and send out church planters from within their congregation.
Craig lives in Sacramento, California with the cutest girl in his 4th Grade Sunday School class who he has now been married to for over 35 years. When he is not reading, writing or talking about ideas for church planting, he likes to spend time roasting and drinking coffee, cycling in the Sierra Foothills, and cheering on his favorite Formula 1 driver.
Jeff Bennett serves as the Executive Director of Multiply Project. He planted LifeBridge Church outside Atlanta 20 years ago. He has been involved in church planting ever since both in Las Vegas and most recently with Stadia.
He has a passion for bringing people together to accomplish big goals and has demonstrated a remarkable ability to build strong relationships with key leaders, foster collaboration, and drive results. He will focus on expanding Multiply Project’s partnerships and relationships with churches, networks, and denominations.
Jeff lives outside Atlanta with his wife Lisa and their 2 daughters Madison and Macy, not far from where they planted. If he’s not talking with someone about how to plant more churches, he’s probably watching the Mets and rooting for them to win at least one more World Series in his lifetime.
Beliefs
Multiply Project has adopted the Lausanne Covenant as our Statement of Faith. The Covenant was ratified at the International Congress on World Evangelization, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in July 1974. 2,300 people, representing 150 nations, attended the Congress and were involved in the ratification of the Covenant. Since that time, the Covenant has become a confession of faith for many Christian ministries and associations around the world.
The Lausanne Covenant is available at the Lausanne Movement website.