Leadership

Executive Committee:

	Bob Pierson is now Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He is the Executive Director of CUGM and Leadership Nexus, and was Chairperson of the Large Church Initiative of the United Methodist Church for 14 years. He is the author of Needs-Based Evangelism.
	Website: www.leadershipnexus.net

	C. Lou Martin is starting his 12th year as Lead Priest of a "twinned" Faith Community of Saint Anthony of Padua / Most Precious Blood, two Catholic churches with an inner-city character. Their goal is building a community that is actively engaged in worship and ministry, and a church that both reaches out to the unchurched and engages the congregation in full and active participation.
	Website: www.stampb.org

Michael Ward is the Senior Minister at Central United Church in Calgary, Alberta, which for the past dozen years has experienced incredible transformation and growth as it moved from a dying "maintenance" church into a vibrant, rapidly expanding "mission" church. Under his leadership, Central has provided innovative and relevant outreach to the people of the downtown core, including one of the largest addiction/recovery ministries in the country.

Website: www.centralchurch.ca

	Daryl Higgins has served for 17 years as Senior Minister of First Protestant Church in New Braunfels, Texas. It is a historical church (founded 166 years ago) with a contemporary faith and ministry. Daryl also is the founding president of the Evangelical Association of Reformed and Congregation Christian Churches.
	Website: www.firstprotestant.com

	Fulton Buntain is Pastor Emeritus of one of the largest Assembly of God churches in the U.S. that is strong in ministry to the whole family with a K-12 school and an on-site retirement center. Fulton is known for his strong prayer ministry and dynamic preaching.
	Website: www.life-center.org

	Tim White is a third-generation pastor who founded Washington Cathedral in Redmond, Washington. He has built a congregation of over 2,500 families through visionary leadership.
	Website: www.wacathedral.org