Lead Pastor at Bridge Church at Perry
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
Lead Pastor at Bridge Church at Perry
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
(Religious Institutions industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Church Planter/Founder for new church plant of North American Mission Board
Responsibilities include/included:
• Gathering, training, and mobilizing launch team
• Raising external funds for the launch and continued operation of BC@P
• Strategic planning for successful launch on 1/21/2007
• Responsible for setting vision and mission and it’s implementation
• Primary speaker at weekend services
• Growing the church from 0-200 in two years
• Develop and control 250k budget
(Religious Institutions industry)
January 2002 — August 2006 (4 years 8 months)
Re-launched and revitalized a six year old church that was on the verge of closing in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland.
• Responsible for weekend teaching, leadership, vision casting, and serving as elder.
• Led the church to relocate to become a “portable church” that met in a theater. Previously was in a “retired” community school.
• Attendance increased by 60%
• Church awarded “Church Health Award” from Purpose Driven Ministries/Saddleback Church for 2006.
(Non-Profit; Religious Institutions industry)
October 1998 — January 2002 (3 years 4 months)
Served as fulltime Senior Pastor of a medium size church. Church attendance grew by 35%. Led church to have community outreach events. Church adopted largest budget ever and paid off mortgage on new facilities 25 years early.
(Religious Institutions industry)
July 1995 — September 1998 (3 years 3 months)
(Public Company; NWL; Consumer Goods industry)
March 1994 — July 1995 (1 year 5 months)
Managed corporate pricing and promotional programs
Supervised a staff of eight data entry and order preparation clerks
Consolidation team for Canadian operations into USA operations.
(Public Company; NAV; Automotive industry)
October 1991 — March 1994 (2 years 6 months)
Supervised staff of ten accountants that performed the accounting functions of corporate sales department of a 6 billion dollar Fortune 500 company.
Monthly closing of sales accounting and custom reporting
Implemented Self Directed Team environment from a traditional management organization.
(Retail industry)
June 1989 — October 1991 (2 years 5 months)
Controller for Start-up Retail Clothing Chain
Supervised and managed corporate office
Managed all accounting and computer systems (MS network)
G/L, A/R, A/P, Payroll, Quarterly and Yearly Tax filings
Monthly closing through financial statements - (Balance Sheet, P&L, Cash Flow)
Budgeting and investor relations
(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
March 1985 — June 1989 (4 years 4 months)
Supervised and controlled accounting and computer systems (DEC VAX) for small corporation including financial statement preparation and cash flow management.
(Accounting industry)
June 1983 — March 1985 (1 year 10 months)
Worked for regional CPA firm performing monthly write-up accounting duties for fifteen clients for the creation of monthly financial statements.
Master Arts , Pastoral Ministry , 2003 — 2007
Bachelor , Pastoral Ministry , 1997 — 2001
Associate , Business Management/Accounting , 1979 — 1983
Roane State 2210 Principles of Accounting I, 3 Qtr, Winter 1980
Roane State 2220 Principles of Accounting II, 3 Qtr, Spring 1980
Roane State 2230 Principles of Accounting III, 3 Qtr, Spring 1981
Roane State 2250 Cost Accounting, 3 Qtr, Fall 1981
Roane State 2310 Income Tax Accounting - Personal, 3 Qtr, Spring 1981
Roane State 2320 Income Tax Accounting - Business, 3 Qtr, Spring 1982
Roane State 2510 Legal Environment for Business, 3 Qtr, Fall 1980
Roane State 2520 Business Law, 3 Qtr, Fall 1980
Roane State 2240 Principles of Auditing, 3 Qtr, Spring 1983
Bachelor of Arts , Pastoral Ministry
Master of Arts ,