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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Creating impactful worship experiences where people meet Jesus and grow in their faith

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Helping churches execute their vision for discipleship and develop their ministry staff and processes.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Serving as President of the Volunteer Board for a USA Swimming-affiliated swim club, supporting the development of athletes and making a positive community impact through leadership and governance.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Create long-form courses in theology and ministry practice for the Great Commission Collective’s Learning CenterAdvise on Learning Center Strategy

Greenwood, Indiana, United States

Ministry Highlights: Led a brand new team and grew overall ministry involvement to 87% of weekend attendance (representing 20% - 300% growth in each individual ministry), helped transition the church to a new ChMS, wrote a curriculum series for adults discipleship groups and leaders (Formational series)Lead the staff of each of our discipleship areas from birth through adults, helping them to fulfill our church’s mission: Director of Redeemer Kids, Pastor of Student Ministry, Director of Young Adults, Director of Discipleship Groups, Director of Care and Connections, (volunteer staff) Director of Biblical Soul CareBuild the systems to develop staff, coaches, leaders, and apprentices in all ministries, focusing heavily on the Discipleship Group ministry, and integrating Biblical Soul Care into the group structures of the churchPreach 6-8 times per year in the weekend worship services and teach in classes and generational ministries as needed

Chicago, Il

Ministry Highlights: Multicultural campus, Increased volunteer participation from 146 to 516, Increased Small Group participation from 540 to 795, record kids camp involvement (350 kids), record student ministry involvement (avg. 160 students average), Authored and/or edited 9 adult ministry curriculum and leadership books (Uncommon Leadership series), trained group leaders from all over the worldLead all local staff, staff meetings, operations and ministry developmentDirectly lead Niles adult ministry, small group ministry, counseling ministry, and hospitality ministry (ushers, greeters, parking team) Oversee all Harvest-wide adult ministry curriculumDirectly lead Niles adult ministry, small group ministry, counseling ministry, and hospitality ministry (ushers, greeters, parking team) Lead all local staff, staff meetings, operations and ministry development at a campus of 1600 weekly attenders.Oversee all Harvest-wide adult ministry curriculum (including Uncommon Leadership, small group studies and curriculum)) at a church of 13,000 weekly attenders.Additional Responsibilities: Joint Leadership Team Director for Vertical Small Groups Vertical Church Conference Project Team

Elgin, Illinois, United States

In addition to my other responsibilities, I supervised the design of the scope and sequence of the middle school and high school bible curriculum and served as the 11th grade bible teacher at Harvest Christian Academy during the 2018 - 2019 academic year.

Fishers, In

Ministry Highlights: Stepped into a church in decline and helped level off that trend, restructured staff, launched the first Compassion Child Survival Project in Nicaragua, created a grant program for Small Groups to be missional locally, and managed seasonal capital campaigns.Lead and oversee all staff membersLead and develop all church processes - including goal-setting and review, leadership development, HR policies, stewardship, etcOversee local and international mission partnerships, including development of new partners like Compassion International, planning and leading short-term trips when appropriate

Ministry Highlights: Grew Small Groups from 80 Groups to 130 Groups, Increased Small Group Involvement from 45% to 70%, added a layer of Small Group coaches to support growth, launched Action Teams to facilitate local missions involvement, led a team of over 325 volunteers, helped facilitate transition from a monolingual to a bilingual churchCreate a church-wide culture of discipleship through community in Small GroupsRecruit, equip, and support Small Group Leaders at all campuses through Campus Pastors and Elders/CoachesLead and develop the staff team and processes responsible for discipleship, Small Groups, Small Group connections, church-wide assimilation, communications, data/IT/web/media services, and local missions (Action Teams)Write weekly discipleship curriculum for use in Small Groups, oversee the volunteer writing of a weekly five-day devotionalWork with Missions Pastor to develop processes and strategies for Small Groups Missional Involvement and discipleship on mission tripsAssist in other pastoral duties including baptisms, counseling, care, and sermon planning and developmentAdditional Responsibilities: Senior Leadership TeamVenue Pastor, Stage 123Lead Partner - Compassion InternationalInterim Director of Communications (2010 - 2011)

Ministry Highlights: Grew Volunteer base from 6 to more than 50, Coordinated technology and other details for multiple new venues and campuses in new and reclaimed/restored facilities, Developed 6 volunteer campus production leaders (volunteer staff) as we grew rapidly, Installed a process and structure for production at all campusesProvided leadership for production for all ministries at all campusesRecruited, equipped, and developed production volunteers and team leaders with no additional staffBuilt and maintained all technical systems in six worship venues at three campusesCreated original graphics and videos for sermons and worship as needed

Led the worship design team that created unique service programming for a student ministry with an average of 350+ students.Recruited, trained, and developed a media volunteer team (composed primarily of students and children) to support at minimum 5 live events per weekProduced and co-wrote original curriculum for Children’s Ministry published nationally by Abingdon Press.Created all video and graphics for Student and Children’s Ministry eventsProduced live video for large-scale professional concerts (Skillet, Toby Mac, Thousand Foot Krutch, etc) all run by student and adult volunteers

Southwest Ohio

In this role, I served as a Senior Sales Associate leading the customer service, business plan, and employee training of the Geek Squad. Prior to that role, I served as a sales associate in one of the top 10 wireless departments in the company.