Our Team

Chris Hankins serves as the President and Movement Leader of Carolina Movement, a church-planting organization focused on planting churches across North Carolina. Chris also serves as the Founding Pastor and Lead Missionary at Point Church in the Raleigh area.  Chris has lived in North Carolina his entire life and feels a specific calling to see a church planting movement in our State.

Corey Alley is the Executive Director of Carolina Movement, a church planting network committed to seeing a gospel-centered church in every North Carolina community. As a seasoned church planter and the founding pastor of SOJO Church, Corey brings visionary leadership, practical coaching, and a passion for multiplication to the movement. He works alongside pastors and planters to equip, encourage, and empower local churches to reach the lost and launch new works across the state. Corey lives in Concord, NC, with his wife Betsy and their two children.

Adam married his wife, Emily, in 2016 and since then has been serving on staff at New City Church in Raleigh, NC before planting Citizens Church in 2021. The last few years have provided exciting times to grow in marriage and ministry while following Jesus through life’s ups and downs! They live in Kernersville, NC with their daughter, Jane & their pug, Beans.

Dave is the Founding Pastor of Rise Church in Asheville, NC, which launched in February 2025. He and his wife have spent over 20 years in ministry, helping plant new churches, revitalize struggling ones, and lead growing teams. Before starting Rise, Dave served on staff at The Journey, one of the fastest-growing churches in the country. He’s passionate about building a life-giving church that helps people rise to new life in Christ and make a difference in their city.

Colin also plays a key support role with Carolina Movement and Triangle Church Network, two church planting organizations working across North Carolina. With a degree in Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Colin brings a unique blend of creative and organizational leadership rooted in a heart for the local church. He’s worked both for and alongside a range of ministries-from brand-new church plants to multisite churches-and is passionate about helping leaders thrive in their mission to further the Gospel of Jesus.