Director Development
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A little about myself and my family.
I was born January 11, 1975. I was raised in a Christian home on a farm in northeastern Missouri. During my youth I became a Christian and dedicated my life to the preaching ministry. My wife Lanaya and I have been married for eleven years. We have two daughters, Elizabeth who is ten and Phoebe who is five, and two sons, Jonathan who is seven and Harrison who is almost two. My life purpose is to surrender my personal and material resources to accomplish the purpose of the church as given by Jesus in the Great Commission - making disciples (evangelism) and teaching them to observe the commands of Jesus (discipleship).
EducationCentral Christian College, Moberly, Missouri (1993-1997)
While at Central I served three years on the Christmas break mission trip to the Jefferson City Correctional Center. I was elected Student Council Vice-President and Senior Class President. I preached on an independent outreach team, which I helped to conceive and organize. And, I chaired the student portion of the Impact the New Century capital campaign. My senior year I was invited to preach three revivals at area churches. I graduated with a degree in ministry. My cumulative GPA was 3.56. And, my professors honored me with the award for class orator.
During my time at Central I served in a Sunday ministry with a number of responsibilities. I preached and led the song service. I was VBS director, organized and promoted revivals, prepared Christmas candlelight services, performed weddings and funerals and called on members and prospects.
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ExperienceFirst Christian Church, Memphis, Missouri (1998-2000)
As the Senior Minister I preached, taught Sunday School, Sunday evening Bible study and a Bible Study for the county sheriff and his officers. I performed weddings and funerals and provided some counseling. During my tenure funds were raised for a new heating and cooling system which was installed, a mission statement was written and applied, the board was reorganized, an outreach committee was instituted, a new members class was started which I prepared and taught, 53 were baptized and attendance grew from an average of 164 the year before I arrived to 201 my last year.
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Central Christian College, Moberly, Missouri (2000-2003)
As a Director of Development I was involved in fund raising on a number of levels. I participated in campaign dinners and made personal calls on donors. I traveled the country for five months making presentations to church boards and missions committees about the colleges transition to the Full Tuition Scholarship Model. I worked on several fundraising efforts. And I also prepared two college presentations, one written and the other in power point, as well as guidelines and a video to help train those making board presentations.
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Encounter Christian Church, Coralville, Iowa (2003-2005)
I served as the lead planter of Encounter. It was a unique effort in church planting. We launched with two locations from the beginning, Coralville and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was a cold start with no pre-existing core group. During my tenure we grew from 3 (my family at the time) to a peak attendance of 80. I preached, developed and taught our Christian Basics Class, recruited and organized volunteers, helped develop our Small Group Leadership Training material and led and multiplied small groups.
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Heartland Community Church, Coralville, Iowa (2006-2007)
Heartland was originally a Nazarene Church Plant. When I first met the lead planter he was interested in the church leaving the denomination and going Independent. He knew that I was a part of an independent fellowship and was curious. Two years later the church left the denomination and I was brought on staff as Co-Minister of the church. While on Staff at Heartland I taught the Christian Basics Classes, led the small group development and preached 65% of the Sundays. I also organized a fundraising campaign to establish a property/building fund with a base goal of $40,000. It exceeded that goal by bringing in $43,000. My tenure at Heartland was dependent upon outside financial support which was only available for a year.
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Christ's Church, Jacksonvile, Florida (2007-Present)
For the first year and a half I worked for the Campus Minster at the Church's Fleming Island location. I did the preaching, followed up with first time guests, designed and maintained the church's website and planned the services with the worship minister. Shortly after my arrival the church launched in it's new facilities and the attendance grew from 200 to 680.
I then transferred to the Mandarin Campus to work with the Adult Ministry Team. I reworked and taught the Membership Class. I worked with the team to develop and lead Growth Groups, a six week, discussion based study that helps new people connect, grow and serve at Christ's Church. I was responsible for baptisms, answering questions and making arrangements as well as coordinating and leading our baptism ministry volunteers. During this time there have been over 700 baptisms at Christ's Church.
Over the summer of 2010 Christ's Church prepared to offer Wednesday night programing for the first time in ten years. I led in organizing elective classes for adults. When we launched we had over 350 adults participating. By the fall of 2011 that number had grown to over 500. I regularly teach 2 to 3 times a week and often preach weekends our lead minister is absent.
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ReferencesLloyd Pelfrey, Retired President of Central Chrstian College
1802 Cedar Lake Drive
Moberly, Mississouri 65270
********@****.******** Wilson, Retired Minister
18053 W. Sugar Hollow Rd.
Park Hill, OK 74451
573-544-5654Mike and Irma Nydegger, Former Church Members
433 W. 7th St. #2
Concordia, KS 66901
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