Chris Lagerlof Email & Phone Number

Irvine, Ca

Connecting great churches and nonprofits with great leaders. Slingshot Group is a national network of experienced church and nonprofit leaders who are about "staffing and coaching churches and nonprofits toward the remarkable." Slingshot is one of the premier search and coaching firms in the US, dedicated to help building great teams. Clients have included Potential Church, Mariners Church, Cornerstone Church, Journey Church, Pinelake Church, 12Stone Church and Willow Creek Community Church to name a few.www.slingshotgroup.orgclagerlof@slingshotgroup.org

Hi-Def Consulting and Solutions exists to help people and organizations see the big picture. We are problem solvers, strategic thinkers, action-oriented and passionate about excellence. We were designed to help move an organization forward and we love what we do.HI-DEF is committed to providing great service and results to churches, businesses and individuals. With this commitment, HI-DEF endeavors to provide personal and practical support in the form of individual church consulting, project management, event planning, research, health assessment and other effective ways to get you to where you dream to be. At HI-DEF Consulting and Solutions our clients become our friends and our friends become our focus!HI-DEF Consulting and Solutions provides consultation that range from one-day visits to multi-month and multi-year contracts. Our services include:Strategic and Ministry PlanningOrganizational Alignment and ChangeChurch Planting and Multi-SiteSmall Group Specialists (The Liquid Method)EvangelismTeam BuildingLeadership Retreats and ExperiencesHealth and Culture AssessmentStaffing/HiringSolutions Oriented Interim MinistrySpeakingChris Lagerlof is a strategic thinker, builder, project specialist, motivator, organizational guru and experienced leader. His passion is to help organizations move forward by maximizing their focus, clarity and performance. Prior to launching HI-DEF Consulting and Solutions, Chris worked for 17 years as a Pastor and Champion of several ministries at Mariners Church in Irvine, CA. His experience, expertise and joy of seeing others “get it” are what motivated Chris to consult, coach and ignite individuals, churches and businesses. Chris’s 17 years of experience in leadership has helped him develop and refine ideas, strategies and tactics to help individuals at all levels of an organization grow, change and move ahead.Contact Chris:clagerlof@gmail.com714.931.4893http://thelags.tumblr.com@chrislagerlof

Orange County, California Area

I serve as the Executive Director for Mission Orange County and I love what I do!VISION: Collaborate to accelerate the transformation of Orange CountyMISSION:Mobilizing and multiplying churches in Orange County to collaborate within their cities to impact every man, woman and child with the Gospel of Jesus Christwww.missionoc.orgchris@missionoc.org

Irvine, Ca

http://www.christtogether.org

Orlando, Florida Area

Provided leadership to several cities in the United States. Helped identify and support new church planters that engage their cities locally and globally. Launched collaborative movements in large cities that focus on church planting and city transformation.

Irvine, Ca

Consulting Churches on the Liquid MethodClient RelationsTrained at key small group and church conferences Product SalesCustomer supportOversight of day to day operations

Assisted in managing a budget in excess of $18 million dollars; Designed and led the strategic planning process for 25 departments and 120 people; Planned and implemented the HR performance reviews for 150+ employees; Responsible for providing management and leadership to over 500 volunteers and employees in 3 different departments; Developed and implemented 40+ programs to impact 15,000+ people in our organization and community; Spoke frequently at events and conferences on the subjects of leadership development, writing curriculum and developing a strategic planning process; Spoke to large audiences of 6000+ people to train and inspire on a regular basis.; Assisted in producing a profitable DVD curriculum and training program that is currently distributed by a major publisher; Successfully launched a program that was broadcasted by satellite to 400+ organizations weekly; Planned and successfully executed multiple events for more than 2,000 people.

Developed and built a department with 50 students to more than 500 students; Recruited and provided oversight and training for over 60 volunteers; Planned, organized and directed more than 50 trip’s both nationally and internationally for between 15-200 people; Worked within a successful capital campaign that raised over eight million dollars for the con-struction of a student ministries building that was completed in 2008; Managed programs where 750 students participated on a weekly basis; Organized and planned a leadership retreat in Palm Desert that 900 leaders attended; Managed an annual budget of $120,000+; Assisted in the successful merging of two large organizations (Mariners Church and South Coast Community Church); Communicated and motivated large groups on a regular basis.

-Responsible for day to day operations and management of 30 employees-Assisted in general accounting and payroll-Responsible for all vendor and subcontractor client relationships-Organized and planned company events and parties

Chrisitan Education

Pastoral Ministries

Biola University, attended 1991-1993 Vanguard University, attended 1993-1994 Pastoral Ministries, 128 semester units completed, 3.2GPA