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Interim/Revitalization Lead Pastor | VitalChurch Ministry
Mosaic Church (C&MA) • Portland, OR • Mar 2024 / current
Wintersburg Presbyterian Church • Santa Ana, CA • Jan 2022 / Aug 2023
Union Center Christian Church, Endicott, NY | Feb 2020 / Dec 2021

• Provided trusted, tender but determined leadership during a time of crisis
• Led declining and highly conflicted churches through a biblical revitalization
• Redeveloped leadership: from polarizing to pastoral, raising up and training new elders to lead while reworking church governance
• Refocused the church’s vision and mission through congregation-wide summits
• Coached congregation, staff, and elders through redemptive reconciliation with each other, through grief, through repentance and towards a hope filled future

International Lead Pastor
Changwattana Community Church • Bangkok, Thailand • Oct 2006 / Oct 2011
Trinity International Church • Paris, France • Jan 2019 / Jun 2019

• Communicated God’s Word effectively across dozens of nationalities
• Grew the home group ministry from 10% to about 70% participation
• Led teams serving refugees and building homes with Habitat for Humanity
• Developed leaders while redeveloping church vision, governance and practice
• Partnered with national and international churches for Kingdom growth

Lead Pastor
Christian and Missionary Alliance • Houston, TX • St Paul, MN • Omaha NE • Long Island, NY

• Brought biblical and relevant preaching with a relational focus
• Intensified a longing for healthy, loving community while growing group ministry
• Shepherded significant change, a healthy separation of church and its K-12 Christian school
• Led the redevelopment of a small ingrown church towards spiritual health
• Mobilized the church into service, loving the community following Hurricane Harvey

Business Process Reengineering Analyst | JUN 1990 – APR 1996 AT&T Morristown, Short Hills, Bridgewater, NJ

• Researched and developed baseline models for a direct product provisioning process for an $8 billion enterprise.
• Designed a target environment that centralized the provisioning process from a dysfunctional operation across 11 regions into an efficient, centralized provisioning call center.
• Conducted customer needs analysis with executives from Fortune 500 companies.
• Redesigned support processes for Electronic Customer Care for AT&T Worldnet.

education

Portland Seminary (George Fox Evangelical), Portland OR
Doctor of Ministry, Leadership in Global Perspectives • Apr 2014 / Apr 2017
Dissertation: Redirecting the International church towards missional thought, community and practice

Cairn University, Philadelphia, PA
Masters of Christian Counseling • Jun 1993 / Jul 1995
Masters program based on Larry Crabb’s Institute of Biblical Counseling

Columbia International University, Columbia SC
Bachelor of Science in Bible and Missions • Sep 1985/ Jun 1989

Skills

• Biblical Preaching
• Apostolic Initiative
• Strategic Leadership
• Vision Through Implementation
• Administration
• Pastoral Care
• Staff Development

References available upon request