Rev. Dr. Daynette Snead Perez, is Founder of DIASPRA and creator of Stranger to Neighbor Ministry.®

She has served churches and ministries across cultures and contexts, helping leaders move from uncertainty to confidence as they build Gospel-shaped community.

She does not offer trends or pressure and helps leaders see who God is placing in front of them and respond faithfully.

Dr Daynette’s dynamic approach as an ordained minister, speaker, and facilitator is rooted in her experience as a National Disaster Response Manager, Missionary Pastor for a refugee congregation in Eastern North Carolina, Interim Lead Pastor, and in her service to congregations from Scotland, UK, to North Carolina.

Her book, CHURCH: What To Do When Everyone Is Like You, is a #1 Amazon Best Seller and guides pastors, clergy, ministers, and ministry leaders into a growth-focused cultural landscape where strangers become neighbors, neighbors become community, and community becomes participating disciples for Christ.