Nick and Kathryn Gardner are the lead pastors of Citizens. Nick is a native of College Station, though he spent most of his childhood and early adulthood in Memphis. Kathryn and Nick met in Memphis in 2013 as college students at a local church where they both found Jesus.

In 2019, Jesus began stirring their hearts for the BCS area and in 2020, they followed the call and made it their home. Since then, they have seen hundreds of people walk through the doors of their home through gatherings called Family Dinner, an idea was born from wanting to live like Jesus- sitting with people at tables and breaking bread with them. 

The Gardners consider themselves local church people. They have a passion for seeing the Kingdom come through Spirit-filled communities. The desire to be a part of one of these communities led them to Citizens in the summer of 2022. Since then, it’s been home. 

In addition to leading Citizens, Kathryn and Nick hold careers. Nick works for the Flippen Group and has the privilege of leading and coaching pastors and ministry leaders all over the country. Kathryn is a trainer for Capturing Kids’ Hearts. Their biggest desire is to see people be healed and freed from the bondage of sin and shame and from there be sent out to share the Good News- Jesus is here! Whether the sending be in your workplace here in BCS or throughout the world, we believe we are called to be sent and to make disciples.