Meet your Facilitators of the Personal Ministry Teams.

Ron & Kathleen Verna of Greater Boston.

Senior Pastors of Crosstown Church International & founders of Purespring Institute

Pastors Ronald and Kathleen Verna are a dynamic apostolic-prophetic team with over three decades of ministry experience, dedicated to transforming lives, communities, and nations through the power of the Gospel. Together, they co-founded PureSpring Global Commission in 1994 as a strategic missions base for equipping five-fold leaders to impact culture. They also planted and currently pastor CrossTown Church International, a vibrant urban missional congregation in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pastor Kathleen Verna, a fourth-generation minister, serves as President of PureSpring Global Commission and founder of PureSpring Institute, where she has developed over a dozen courses and trained leaders in prophetic and apostolic ministry. A prolific writer, mentor, and worship leader, Kathleen has traveled extensively across the globe, answering a prophetic call to minister in the UK, France, Spain, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, and the Caribbean. As an Ambassadorial Apostle commissioned by ICAL, she continues to forge global partnerships while nurturing leaders locally. Kathleen also holds a Masters of Management in Organizational Leadership and a Masters of Ministry.

Pastor Ronald Verna, a trained engineer turned apostolic visionary, is a passionate church planter and systems thinker. Known for his leadership typology C.A.R.A. (Called, Available, Responsible, Accountable), Ronald has played a pivotal role in shaping community and church leadership initiatives. He has served as Senior Pastor, collaborated with Boston-based organizations like the Black Ministerial Alliance, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiatives and United Pentecostal Ministerial Conference, and holds leadership roles in global apostolic networks such as the Kingdom First Network and Kingdom Equippers Network. Ronald's global ministry has taken him to Haiti, India, the UK, and beyond, where he continues to build missional alliances and train leaders for kingdom expansion.

As co-conveners of the Community of Apostolic and Prophetic Practice (CAPP), Pastors Ronald and Kathleen embody a shared vision of advancing the kingdom of God through leadership development, prophetic worship, and community transformation. Married for 36 years, they are proud parents of an adult son and remain deeply committed to their mission of strengthening families, raising future generations, and transforming lives through the Gospel.