Michael Johnson / President / Breakthrough Media
804-557-3119 / breakthroughchurch.com

C. Michael Johnson is president of Breakthrough Media (Breakthroughchurch.com) and over the past 28 years has coached thousands of pastors in reaching the unchurched in their communities. Author of several articles on pre-evangelism, growth, and community transformation, Michael invites open dialog with pastors and church leaders seeking holistic, city-reaching solutions. Breakthrough Media and a network of alliance partners team up with churches across America and in many countries to create community-based creative content and holistic cityreaching plans that bring media evangelism, church identity, neighborhood strategies, community ministry, member mobilization, and community research together into a single, integrated media campaign and city-reaching plan.



Dr. Glenn Barth / President / GoodCities
952-975-0516 / glenn@goodcities.net / goodcities.net

Glenn Barth is the President of GoodCities. Glenn is an effective leader and communicator with a doctorate in Transformational Leadership. Glenn has worked with city transformation movements at every stage of his ministry beginning in the mid-1970s. He has served as the founding COO and National Facilitator of City/Community Ministries with the Mission America Coalition where he guided the development of the Loving Our Communities to Christ initiative. He also served as President of the Leadership Division of Tentmakers. As a pastor, he has served churches in Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota. His work guides Christian leaders across the nation into effective holistic outreach. Glenn’s personal mission is “to mobilize the church in cities and communities for the transformation of lives and institutions under the Lordship of Jesus Christ by identifying, connecting and resourcing kingdom-minded leaders.” He has served on the US Lausanne Committee, the Mission America Committee and the National Prayer Committee. He is a founder and Convener of the City Impact Roundtable and co-founder of the Christian Emergency Network.



Jay Van Groningen / Executive Director / Communities First Association 616-403-9309 / communitiesfirstassociation.org

CFA is national, intermediary association of coaches and trainers engaging Christians and congregations in the work of Community Transformation. CFA coaches bring a variety of tools and group process methods to help convene neighbors, listen to them, discover what they care about, catalog their gifts, organize them to begin doing what they care about using what they have. Any community can live further into "Thy Kingdom come ... on earth as it is in heaven" when Christians and their neighbors work together using God's gifts already there in abundance. Jay Groningen's passions are:  To bridge the wealth/poverty divide - making life a little more like heaven for all God's children in my community and in North America. To equip churches as assets (resident agents) for community transformation To grow the capacity of churches locally, regionally and nationally to shape public policy and life.



Joseph Umidi / President / Lifeforming Leadership Coaching
757-631-4440 / joseph@lifeformingcoach.com / lifeformingcoach.org

Dr. Joseph Umidi serves as the Senior Director of New Life Ministries International, a church network, church planting, and missions organization based in Virginia Beach, Church Leadership professor at Regent University for 24 years, and Founder and President of Lifeforming Leadership Coaching, Inc., the largest Christian Coach Training ministry world-wide in 22 countries and 12 languages, and Equityforming, LLC, a Financial Freedom Coaching group.. He has authored numerous articles and books dealing with Church, Organizational, and Personal Transformation and is working in community and international transformation strategies with several ministry organizations. He is married to Marie, Founder & President of TMCJ, Inc. an international Gospel Arts ministry, and the delighted grandparents of three grandchildren.



Paul Hoy / Executive Director / FloodGate Vision
614-562-7606 / phoy@gccn.org

Paul Hoy organized FloodGate Vision in late 1997 as a city-reaching ministry serving church leaders throughout the seven county Greater Metro Columbus, Ohio community. Our primary role is to surface, showcase and support transformational activity among local Church, ministry and marketplace leaders. This is a "descriptive" approach rather than a "prescriptive" one. We facilitate a capacity building process whereby pastors, ministry and marketplace leaders meet regularly for prayer, develop relational unity and spiritual vitality as leaders in their respective community serving together under the headship of Christ to transform their community by making disciples and leading healthy, growing congregations. We advocate cultural transformation by empowering leaders in all seven areas of influence - the Arts, Business, Church, Media, Education, Family and Government.



Jill Milligan / President / Global Vision Resources
704-587-0009 / jmilligan3@carolina.rr.com / globalvisionresources.com

Jill Milligan serves as President of Global Vision Resources, an evangelical foundation that provides Christian resources and opportunities for people to reach out and help others in their spiritual journey. Jill Milligan lives in Charlotte, N.C. with her husband Joel and they have 5 children and 6 grandchildren. Jill was on staff with Walk thru the Bible Ministries for 27 years and has a passion for teaching God's Word for lasting lifechange. She currently serves on the Charlotte Awake Board, a City reaching ministry and the National Lighthouse Committee with Mission America. Whether it be in a one to one setting, a small group or on women's retreats this is truly her favorite pastime. In years past she has spoken for Christian Women's Club and the Christian Management Institute.  Global Vision Resources is an evangelical foundation that provides Christian resources and opportunities for you to reach out to people and help them reach Christ. Our goal is to help you develop strategic relationships that promote a global knowledge of Jesus Christ.



Phil Olson / Pastor / Church on the Mall
610-825-3388 / revphil@churchonthemall.com / churchonthemall.com

Rev. Philip (Phil) N. Olson passionately believes that local congregations make a difference as they share the Good News and good works with one another and the world that God loves. He’s convinced that the greatest asset he brings to Church on the Mall is his personal relationship with Jesus Christ, his Savior and Lord. Having grown up in a Christian family and nurtured, trained and equipped in congregations that modeled effective Christian leadership, Phil believes that his experiences in life and ministry have prepared him for this special season of service to Christ and his church. Phil has authored numerous articles on ministry; co-authored several books (including Churches That Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community with Good News & Good Works – based on research of congregations in the Philadelphia area); edited a ministry website; and, helped plant a congregation in Jackson, NJ. He publishes a newsletter now in its fifteen year; teaches at Palmer Seminary; speaks, coaches and consults with congregations particularly on the subjects of leadership, congregational change, and community outreach. Born to Oscar (deceased) and Jean Olson in White Plains, NY, Phil served in the Army (including a tour in Vietnam), and graduated from the University of Colorado and Princeton Seminary. Married to Holly since 1872, they have two kids: Derek (in the Army), and Lizzy (in high school). COTM is the oldest worshiping congregation of any denomination in continuous existence in a mall. Started in 1966 as a merger of 3 congregations, it seeks to serve as a worshiping and missional community in the heart of the marketplace.



Jim Moynihan / President / Paul's Online
757-870-9780 / Poimne@aol.com / www.PaulsOnline.org

Paul's Online Exists to Link the Needs of the Community with the Resources of the Churches and Christian Ministries in the Community. We are doing this primarily through our web site, www.PaulsOnline.org.

Jim Moynihan grew up in New England and following my graduation from college I moved to South Carolina. I met both my wife and my Lord shortly after moving there. While working as a Mechanical Engineer I was called to the pastorate. I have served three churches over the past 23 years. Last year my wife and I, along with another couple, formed Paul's Online, a non-profit religious corporation.



Dr. Mike Stewart / Director / Central Coast Baptist Association
408-846-6600 / domccba@gmail.com / ccbaministries.org

A California Based ministry seeking to create ministry partnerships that build the local church both here and abroad. Church consulting, planting, outreach strategies, and compassion ministries are all exciting parts of the whole of our ministry for Christ. Mike has been arried 26 years to wife Sheila, 3 grown children. B.A., M.A., D.Min, I have served in ministry leadership for over 26 years and work with churches in 15 languages in the Bay area. Deeply believe that the local church is the only strategy that Jesus left to reach the world with His offer of redemption.



Ronald Atkinson / President / Canaan Productions, Inc.
408-846-6600 / domccba@gmail.com / yesusa.com

Canaan Productions, Inc. produces multi-media tools for youth, urban, and developing communities for the purpose of building transformational cities. These transformed cities then become Kingdompreneur focused centers multiplying resources to fund global transformation representing the Kingdom of God in the earth. Ronald was born in Washington D.C. in 1953. He moved to New Orleans, his mother’s home in 1963 where he grew up and attended Catholic Schools. He gave his life to Christ in 1974 at an André Crouch concert in Minneapolis, MN. After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in Family Relations and Minor in Youth Studies in 1978, he returned to New Orleans to serve, as an urban missionary where he met is Belizean wife, Gilda. Ronald, Gilda and their first born, Amanda relocated to Virginia Beach to attend CBN University, now Regent University. Ronald earned a M.A. in Journalism with a focus in commercial photography. Ronald and Gilda home-schooled their six children 24 –14. Amanda married on May 24, 2008 to Jeremiah Queen. They live in Tidewater and both serve on worship team at New Life Virginia Beach.



Lyle Thomas / Leadership Consultant / Church Resource Ministries
804-550-2121 / lyle.thomas@crmleaders.org / counselwell.com

In twenty-five countries and counting, our heart is for the growth and health of the Church that is and that which needs to be. We build, strengthen and help multiply the Church through the development of its leaders, through the transformational power of relationships – with those we serve, with each other and with God. CRM's core values are Spiritual Depth and Character, and Apostolic Calling. Lyle received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in Music and Comparative Area Studies. His graduate work was in Social Work and Christian Education, degrees which he received from Virginia Commonwealth University and the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, respectively. He is also fully trained as a Life Coach through Lifeforming Leadership Coaching.



Nadya Dickson / Associate Director / Institute for Business Owners
nadyadickson@yahoo.com / theperformancegroupusa.com

Nadya Dickson is responsible for the development of programs and events for business owners at every life stage; for building a network of Wealth Builders who will drive the 21st Century economy; and for the dialogue and information stream that connects those who choose to be lifelong learners on their ownership journey. She is the former vice president, Minter Consulting Project manager, property acquisition and management, finance director, accounting and marketing. She is also:  Charlotte Christian Chamber of Commerce, Prayer Team Leader Charlotte Worklife Ministry Network, Coordinator World Worship Center, and Director of Evangelism.



Steve Lyzenga / 58/12 Initiative
stevelyzenga@house2harvest.org / house2harvest.org

Steve Lyzenga is currently a private real estate investor and is partnering with Mike Johnson and Joseph Umidi on the 58/12 Initiative towards community transformation. He also serves with House2Harvest, a ministry he cofounded that helps mobilize house churches to finish the Great Commission. Previously, he was on staff at a local mega-church, wrote and edited a leadership curriculum series for Leadership Training International, and traveled extensively around the world mobilizing leaders towards unreached people groups with Accelerating International Mission Strategies. Steve also served the USAF as a fighter pilot for 14 years. He recently graduated with his DMin from Regent University. Steve and his wife Kim reside in Newport News Virginia and are blessed with two grandchildren.



Eric Welch / Director of Partner Relations, Global Cities Team, Campus Crusade for Christ / eric.welch@ccci.org / ccci.org

Eric serves with the Global Cities Team of Campus Crusade for Christ, which works inside and outside Campus Crusade to help promote movements of spiritual multiplication and societal transformation in cities by identifying and promoting multiple, sustainable Leader-Led Movements (principles, paradigms, models and strategies); providing support through research, technology, coaching and connection to the Body of Christ; and promoting the ethos of interaction that facilitates Movement. In addition to his work with Campus Crusade, Eric also serves as National Facilitator of Ministry Networks for the Mission America Coalition. The Mission America Coalition is a coalition of Christian leaders who have prayerfully come together to mobilize the Church for praying, caring, and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in deed and word. Since its inception, leaders from 81 denominations, over 350 ministries, nearly 200 city networks, and dozens of ministry networks have been involved in the Coalition. Some of Eric’s current work includes research and collaboration on Leader-Led Movements, citywide networks, marketplace ministry movements, metrics, and online ministry aggregators/portals.


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