Jeff Calloway

Lead Pastor at Bridge Church at Perry

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Current
  • Lead Pastor at Bridge Church at Perry
Past
  • Lead Pastor at Lake Ridge Church
  • Senior Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church
  • Senior Pastor at Clear Branch Baptist Church
  • Sales Service Pricing Manager at Newell Rubbermaid
  • Retail Accounting Manager at Navistar
  • Controller at Pinch-A-Penny Inc
  • Accounting Manager at Fidelity Sales Corporation
  • Write-up Accountant at Dorrough & Parks CPA's
Education
  • Trinity Theological Seminary
  • Trinity Bible College
  • Roane State Community College
  • Carson Newman College, Bible College, Jefferson
  • Trinity Theological Seminary
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Jeff Calloway’s Experience

  • Lead Pastor

    Bridge Church at Perry

    (Religious Institutions industry)

    August 2006Present (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

  • Lead Pastor

    Lake Ridge Church

    (Religious Institutions industry)

    January 2002August 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.

  • Senior Pastor

    Calvary Baptist Church

    (Non-Profit; Religious Institutions industry)

    October 1998January 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.

  • Senior Pastor

    Clear Branch Baptist Church

    (Religious Institutions industry)

    July 1995September 1998 (3 years 3 months)

  • Sales Service Pricing Manager

    Newell Rubbermaid

    (Public Company; NWL; Consumer Goods industry)

    March 1994July 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.

  • Retail Accounting Manager

    Navistar

    (Public Company; NAV; Automotive industry)

    October 1991March 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.

  • Controller

    Pinch-A-Penny Inc

    (Retail industry)

    June 1989October 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

  • Accounting Manager

    Fidelity Sales Corporation

    (Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

    March 1985June 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.

  • Write-up Accountant

    Dorrough & Parks CPA's

    (Accounting industry)

    June 1983March 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.


Jeff Calloway’s Education

  • Trinity Theological Seminary

    Master Arts , Pastoral Ministry , 20032007

  • Trinity Bible College

    Bachelor , Pastoral Ministry , 19972001

  • Roane State Community College

    Associate , Business Management/Accounting , 19791983

    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

  • Carson Newman College, Bible College, Jefferson

    Bachelor of Arts , Pastoral Ministry

  • Trinity Theological Seminary

    Master of Arts ,


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