Discipleship & Spiritual Formation Pastor
Newhope Church
Durham, North Carolina
• Served on senior staff team at one of the recently recognized top 10 fastest growing churches in America, as discipleship and spiritual leader for 3000+ members and lay volunteers. • Led, developed, and implemented full operational oversight to team of 200+ First Contact volunteers who served in various roles throughout the church, thus empowering lay membership to assist in effective and efficient church operations. • Enlisted, trained, equipped, and developed small group facilitators, leaders, apprentices, and hosts using and mentoring growth oriented leadership principles, methods, and characteristics; planned and led monthly meetings of those leaders in addition to developing and teaching church-wide studies that promoted new small groups and encouraged full church involvement.• Created, developed, organized, and fully implemented several local mission initiatives, mobilizing 1500+ members to reach and minister to thousands in need in the local community. • Provided full planning and operational oversight to all international mission efforts, including ongoing partnerships in Kenya and Haiti.