Derwin L. Gray, an Outreach magazine online editor, is the founding and lead pastor of Transformation Church, a multiethnic, multigenerational, mission-shaped community in Indian Land, S.C., just south of Charlotte, N.C. Transformation Church is a 2013 Outreach 100 church (No. 55 Fastest-Growing). Gray played five years with the Indianapolis Colts and one year with the Carolina Panthers in the National Football League before graduating magna cum laude with a Master’s of Divinity degree from Southern Evangelical Seminary. He is the author of “Hero: Unleashing God’s Power in a Man’s Heart.” Find him on Twitter at @DerwinLGray.