NETS is a controlled corporation of Christ Memorial Church, which is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and Converge Worldwide (formerly the Baptist General Conference). However, NETS is really an interdenominational ministry, having its own diverse Board of Directors which oversees the operations of the ministry as well as a Board of Advisors. Each board is comprised of church planters, ministers, theologians, and laymen across conservative evangelical denominations.

At NETS, we are team players. We recognize the value and witness of partnering with like-minded churches. Our goal is to expand the Kingdom by facilitating church plants within existing conservative evangelical denominations including Converge, the SBC and the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). In addition, our training is meant to drive home the importance of long-term partnership with and financial support of the denomination with which a church is affiliated.

Accordingly, NETS recruits church planting candidates from top seminaries including:

• The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Dallas Theological Seminary
• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Covenant Theological Seminary
• Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
• Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
• Westminster Theological Seminary
• Bethel Seminary
• Knox Theological Seminary
• Reformed Theological Seminary