Melvin S. Santos, D.Min., is the founder- speaker, and author of the Discipleship Master Plan Institute. Dr. Santos is the VP of Administration/ Executive Secretariat for the Kansas-Nebraska Conference. He previously served as the VP of Administration for the Alaska Conference, senior pastor of the Nashville First Seventh-day Adventist church in Nashville, Tennessee, and was the discipleship trainer for the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He also served as the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (NAD) Ministerial Field Liaison for discipleship education and training as well as the Liaison for the Asian/Pacific Islander pastors. 

Committed to establishing discipleship-driven churches and maximizing every member’s ministry potential and effectiveness as lay ministers, he trains pastors and church leaders using the Discipleship Master Plan: A Disciple-making Strategy for Churches and Conferences. 

He is a passionate discipleship educator, speaker, and advocate who is dedicated to soul-winning and has conducted numerous evangelistic meetings internationally. His past involves training seminary students for a variety of field schools of evangelism in North America and serving as a chaplain for the U.S. Army and the National Guard.