Consortio Dei

Mindy is the co-founder and president of Soul Care. In the past has served in executive leadership at Gloo, and the Willow Creek Association (now Global Leadership Network). She speaks and advises into organizations including Compassion International, ECFA, National Christian Foundation, and many churches and ministries across the US and beyond. Mindy's books include Discovering Soul Care, Spiritual Friendship, STIR and Ignite Your Soul (September '24).

Matt Erickson is the Senior Pastor of Eastbrook Church, a multi-ethnic church on the north side of Milwaukee, where he has served since 2010. Matt has served as a worship pastor, pastor with university students, and a church planter. Matt helped found The Milwaukee Declaration, an organization convening pastors and churches around Milwaukee to work together across racial divides. Matt is married to Kelly, who is a spiritual director operating her own private practice, Hills and Valleys, and they are blessed with three amazing sons in college and beyond. Matt writes about life with God and pastoral ministry in various places, including Preaching Today, Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Christianity Today, The Living Church, and Relevant, and is currently working on a full-length book with Eerdmans Publishers. You can find out more at Matt's blog: mwerickson.com. 

Marilyn Vancil has been passionate about the Enneagram personality model and its value in Christian spiritual transformation for over thirty years. She's now even more passionate about helping people listen to God, experience inner soul restoration, and enjoy a life of freedom and fullness as their true, God-gifted self. She earned her certification as an Enneagram Professional in the Narrative Tradition through Enneagram Worldwide, and has also taken courses on the Enneagram at Loyola University and the Deep Coaching Institute. She completed my spiritual director training through SoulStream and her coaching instruction through Coach Training Alliance. She is a member of ESDA, an organization that supports the work of spiritual direction with a Jesus-centered focus. She enjoys life near Spokane, WA with her husband, Jeff and their beloved dog, Scout. Their four children, their spouses, and eleven precious grandchildren live nearby, and they continuously bring her unlimited delight!

Jared Patrick Boyd is a pastor (Vineyard USA), spiritual director, and founding director of the Order of the Common Life, a missional monastic order reimagining religious vocations for the 21st century. In local pastoral ministry he works to bring together the contemplative, charismatic, and sacramental streams of the church. Jared and his wife have four daughters and live in the west-side neighborhood of Franklinton in Columbus, Ohio. He is the author of Imaginative Prayer and Finding Freedom in Constraint.

Cindy Lee is a spiritual director, aspiring mystic, and proudly Taiwanese-American. She is an adjunct professor and teaches in the areas of spirituality, mysticism, and spiritual direction. She also trains new spiritual directors with Liberated Together. She completed a PhD in the area of Christian spirituality from Claremont School of Theology and leads retreats on BIPOC centered spirituality. She is the author of Our Unforming: De-Westernizing Spiritual Formation (2022).

Doug Moister is a Spiritual Director passionate about helping followers of Jesus no matter where they are on the journey pursue wholeheartedness and a robust life with God. His shepherding heart serves him well in this ancient practice. He has been trained as a Spiritual Director through Sustainable Faith and belongs to the ESDA community. He also founded and co-hosts a weekly podcast called the Monday Morning Pastor (MMP). Doug is the lead pastor of the Renew Community in Lansdale PA, which gathers in both House Churches and all together on an every-other-week rhythm. Doug has his MDiv from Missio seminary and is pursuing his DMin from Portland seminary. (the dissertation has taken much longer than he expected…) Doug is a life-long learner, a church history nerd, an outdoor enthusiast, and a passionate fly fisherman that haunts local streams chasing rising fish in his spare time. Doug and his wife, Mear are into their second decade of marriage and still have way too much fun. They enjoy spending time with their children Caleb and Kiley outside in the woods, mountains, rivers, and lakes.

Curtis "CZ" Zackery is perhaps best known for his deep empathy and contagious passion for the gospel, which defies barriers of age, ethnicity, and religion. Whether teaching, speaking, or writing, CZ provides a perspective on the gospel that is raw, accessible, and relevant. Curtis has served in various ministry and leadership roles over the last 15 years-including church planting, pastoring, and speaking on rest, the kingdom, and the beauty of the gospel. Curtis, his wife Monique, and two sons, Noah and Micah, currently live in Franklin, TN. You can read more about his current ministry at FindRest.org.

Sarah Cowan Johnson is a ministry trainer, consultant, and coach who works with church planters, pastors, and ministry leaders across the United States. She is the author of Teach Your Children Well: A Step-by-Step Guide for Family Discipleship, and leads seminars for parents on family discipleship to help their children walk in the way of Jesus. She served with the Evangelical Covenant Church as the executive pastor for Sanctuary Church in Providence, Rhode Island, and previously was a staff trainer and an area director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. She and her husband have two sons and live in Providence.

 Geoff Holsclaw (PhD) is cohost of the Embodied Faith podcast, which seeks a neuroscience-informed spiritual formation. He is also an affiliate professor of theology at Northern Seminary (Lisle, Illinois) and a pastor at Vineyard North in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Geoff is author of several books, most recently Does God Really Like Me? Discovering the God Who Wants to Be With Us.

Bobbie Schaeperkoetter is the Online Campus Coordinator at Capital City Christian Church in Jefferson City, MO where she also serves in the areas of Spiritual Formation, Discipleship, and Women's Ministry. Bobbie is also the President of INSPIRE, a city wide multi denominational non-profit women's ministry. Bobbie is a Spiritual Director and has a Masters in Ministry Leadership from Central Christian College of the Bible and is currently pursuing her Doctor of Ministry degree at Biola University. Bobbie has a passion for helping people learn what it truly looks like to be a disciple of Jesus in their everyday lives.

Steve is the author of Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs and the founder of www.capablelife.me, an online community helping you to function as a calm, aware, present human in the work place and home place. Steve has served in a variety of pastoral roles for 26 years, the majority of those years as a lead pastor. He is also proud to be a strategic partner with Compassion International, Leadership Network, and Missio Alliance. Steve was privileged to grow up in Perth, Western Australia, in an adventurous family of origin. After moving to the United States for theological study, he married Lisa and they have two sons anda daughter, in whom they take great delight. When Steve is not working, you can find him laughing with his family, knee-deep in a trout stream, or trying a guitar he cannot afford at a local music store.

Jenni Wong Clayville was born and raised in Seattle, WA. but she and her family now live in the Washington D.C area. She is wife to Brian and boy-mom to Chance & Paxton. Jenni currently serves at National Community Church as the Weekend Experience Pastor and is part of the teaching team at the Northern Virginia location. Over the past two decades, she has served as a Pastor in Portland, OR., El Paso, TX., Oklahoma City, OK., and Fort Worth, TX. Her ministry experience has varied in positions such as Worship & Creative Arts, First Impressions, and Executive Pastor. Jenni also serves on the leadership team of Leading and Loving It for over ten years and recently on the Propel Ecclesia Team to support women in ministry internationally. Jenni is a life-long learner, an unpretentious foodie, a more pretentious coffee lover, and a self-proclaimed comedienne.

Chris Breslin serves as the pastor at Oak Church in Durham, NC. Chris is the proud husband to Rachel, and dad to Noa, Titus, Emett, and Simeon. He enjoys reading and learning about intersections between theology, place, and the arts, smoking meats, tending a small flock of laying hens, adding to his vinyl music collection, and following FSU & Bucs football/Bulls & Rays baseball/Duke hoops. He serves on the board of Housing for New Hope, coaches at Bull City Little League, and facilitates Field Education Theological Reflection groups for Duke Divinity School.

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson, for nearly two decades, has served as an urban church planter, collegiate minister, seminary professor, international missionary and community development practitioner. Her heart to see people reconciled to God and to one another has led her to invest her life, family and ministry in places and people that have often been looked over by the world. Lisa served as co-founder of a grassroots organization in Memphis, TN that was committed to mobilizing Christians to love their undocumented neighbors, and consider an appropriate Christian response to our nation's immigration crisis. In addition to her role as National Director of Missio Alliance, she serves as Associate Pastor of Discipleship and Equipping at Christ City Church. Educated at Florida International University and Golden Gate Seminary, she now lives in Washington, DC where she is a mom to 3 fantastic children, Nathan, Elias, and Annelies, and a wife to her best friend Matthew, who serves as Pastor of Teaching and Outreach at Christ City Church. 

Trained at Sustainable Faith's School of Spiritual Direction in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dan Henry has been offering spiritual direction to groups and individuals since 2010. He has been an instructor for the school since early 2015. In January of 2016 he left his full-time pastoral role at Vineyard Cincinnati after 14 years, and now devotes himself exclusively to the work of spiritual direction leading retreats, and training spiritual directors. Dan has special passion for accompanying pastors and other ministers through the difficulties that are particular to their kinds of work. He also loves working with those who find themselves on a journey of spiritual deconstruction/reconstruction. Born in Hawaii, Dan grew up in a military family, so he lived in several different states. Five different Elementary Schools, two Middle Schools and three High Schools taught him the value of adaptability (among other things). . He eventually followed his sweetheart, Tracey, from Oregon to Southern California where they married in 1975. Career-wise, Dan traversed both the Tech and Church worlds as: worship leader, pastor, internet engineer, internet architect—always helping connect people with “something bigger.” With Tracey, he now celebrates having raised three beloved children, two of whom have increased the Henry tribe by marrying amazing spouses. To quote Dan, “It's a wonderful life!”

Weylin Lee is a pastor at Vox Veniae, a contemplative and liturgical church community in East Austin. He had a background and career in technology consulting before joining the team that planted Vox in 2006. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Northpark Seminary. Weylin and Rachel have three kids who span college, high school and middle school. Some of his favorite places in the world that he's traveled to include: Iceland, New Zealand, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Thailand, Belize and Hawaii.

John Carroll serves with Dallas Willard Ministries as the Director of their School of Kingdom Living, an 18-month journey of learning and training in community intended for anyone who wants to put on the character of Christ through a practical, effective approach to biblical discipleship. With a Bachelor's degree from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary, John brings a unique blend of experience (11 years in business, 9 years in the local church) to DWM. John has a shepherd's heart and is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church. His great passion is for the two "ships" in life: DiscipleSHIP and RelationSHIP, which underscores the importance and purpose of the School of Kingdom Living. John has been married to his wife, Amber, for 21 years. Together, they have two teenage children and two shih tzu's. They reside in Melbourne, Florida. For fun, John likes to surf, read and watch football (not at the same time). About the School of Kingdom Living Dallas Willard said, "The most important work happening in our world is leading people deeper into kingdom living.”  Dallas Willard Ministries' School of Kingdom Living is an 18-month journey of learning and training in community intended for anyone who wants to put on the character of Christ  through a practical, effective approach to biblical discipleship. If you are seeking a deeper relationship with God in the context of a loving community of friends, you're invited to learn more or apply at dwillard.org/sklTo start the conversation about joining an upcoming cohort, reach out to John Carroll at johnc@dwillard.org

Serving as Lead Pastor for over two decades in churches across the country from Southern California to New York City, AJ Sherrill is thrilled to be pastoring Saint Peters Church in Mount Pleasant, SC. Having earned several Masters degrees in theology and a Doctorate in the area of spiritual formation, I teach courses on preaching and also the Enneagram at Fuller Theological Seminary, as well as workshops on spiritual formation and personality theory. Most importantly, I am a disciple of Jesus, husband to Elaina, and father to Eloise. Least importantly, I am an unfortunate Michigan fan, thus winning seldom, but often gaining humility. Books Authored — Being With God: The Absurdity, Necessity and Neurology of Contemplative Prayer, The Enneagram For Spiritual Formation: How Knowing Ourselves Can Make Us More Like Jesus, Expansive: Stretching Beyond Superficial Christianity

Katie Haseltine is a trained Spiritual Director and a certified Enneagram coach. After trying too hard for most of her life, Katie found rest in the words of Jesus―love God with all your heart, mind, and body and love others as you love yourself. The ancient practices of spiritual direction, the Enneagram, and the Examen ushered Katie into a fuller, richer relationship with God, herself, and others―and compelled her to offer another way to others like her. Katie lives with her family in Franklin, TN.

For 19 years, Mike served on staff with Parkcrest Christian Church in Long Beach, CA. The last 11 of those years, he served as the Lead Pastor, transitioning the church towards multiplication models of church planting and discipleship communities, while also shifting a largely homogenous church towards more diversity, helping to create experiences for the church to live in the biblical tension of unity in the midst of diversity.  Currently, in addition to teaching as an Adjunct Professor of Ministry and Bible at Hope International University, he helps churches and church leaders engage with nuance and thoughtfulness in difficult conversations that they are often not having. He guides and mentors individuals as they walk through transitions of deconstruction and reconstruction of their faith. He also works with churches and leaders who are finding new ways for the church to move forward in post-evangelical realities. He and his wife Allison have been married for over 20 years, with two teenage children. In the summers, you will often find them hiking, biking and camping together. 

Rev. Lisa Yebuah currently serves as the Lead Pastor of the Southeast Raleigh Table, a worshipping community in Raleigh, North Carolina. She's a '99 graduate of Wofford College and an '04 graduate of Duke University Divinity School. What fuels her life in ministry is seeing people become their best selves, and in turn, seeing the world become a more just place marked by liberation. Most would describe Lisa as a glutton for joy and a lover of people. She's a self-professed party-starter, people-watcher, biscuit-eating CrossFitter, and admits to having a slight obsession with 90's R&B, the enneagram, and the television show, “The Office.” 

For over 20 years, JR has straddled the worlds of local church ministry and the theological formation of Christian leaders. Having co-founded and served as National Director of Missio Alliance for over 8 years, JR now shares two roles with his wife, Amy. Together, they serve as Co-Lead Pastors of First Church of the Resurrection, a historic church in Canton, OH and Co-Directors of Missional Innovation for Churches for the Sake of Others, the Anglican diocese to which they belong. JR has a DMiss from Fuller Theological Seminary focused on issues of missional ecclesiology and is a novitiate The Order of the Common Life, a new monastic religious order. Link mentioned by JR: Lectio for Families app

MaryKate Morse is the Executive Dean of Portland Seminary at George Fox University and a professor of Leadership & Spiritual Formation. She is also the Lead Mentor in the Doctor of Ministry program in Leadership & Spiritual Formation. She is a church planter, spiritual director, leadership mentor and coach, speaker, and author including Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space, and Influence, A Guidebook to Prayer, and Lifelong Leadership. She is passionate about companioning and resourcing people on the front lines of ministry. 

Ben Sternke has over two decades of Christian ministry experience, and has been coaching, consulting, and training leaders since 2010. He has experience as a worship pastor, lead pastor, and church planter (one of the first in the USA to use missional communities from the ground up). He's also been a web designer, business owner, content developer, author, and marketing consultant. He has a graduate degree in Hermeneutics from London School of Theology, and a B.A. in Christian Ministry and Music from Taylor University. Since 2005, he has been writing about church leadership and ministry in various online publications, including his own blog, Gravity Leadership, The V3 Movement, and more. He co-founded Gravity Leadership, where he coaches and consults pastors and ministry leaders from all around the world in transformation leadership and discipleship. He is planting an Anglican church (The Table Indy) in the Indianapolis area, where he and his wife Deb live with their children, and a little dog named Edith.

Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and trained through Sustainable Faith's School of Spiritual Direction in Cincinnati, Ohio, Owen has been offering direction since 2008. He is also an instructor for the school, training others for the important work of caring for souls. Owen became acquainted with spiritual direction many years ago out of a deep need to make sense of his own spiritual life. After years of attending to his inner life he began to notice that his spiritual life would go in cycles with a diminishing experience of intimacy with God. Even while continuing with familiar rhythms and practices, this pattern repeated itself for a number of years until eventually there was no sense of God at all. Nothing. Owen eventually found himself sitting across from a spiritual director. He told him about his “faith crisis”. The director asked Owen to describe his spiritual life and practices, and after listening, suggested that rather than looking at the current spiritual experience as a problem that needed to be solved, what if it was an invitation? That was when Owen first noticed the tears streaming down his face. The spiritual director encouraged Owen that he was seeking authenticity and integrity—searching for the truth. For over a decade now, Owen has been offering for others what that kind soul offered him that day. Owen is a grateful husband, father and grandfather. Together with his wife Sandie, they have been a part of the urban, community-oriented Vineyard Central church in Cincinnati for over twenty-five years, and for over forty-five years they have been part of transformative community-oriented expressions of God's kingdom, both domestically and internationally. Owen and Sandie love a great adventure, spending summers based out of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, hiking and kayaking, or traveling and serving internationally in such places as Africa, Nepal, Ireland and Haiti.

Tara Beth Leach is a pastor at Christ Church of Oak Brook in the western suburbs of Chicago. She previously served as senior pastor of First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena ("PazNaz") in Southern California and has pastored in Illinois and New York. She is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University and Northern Theological Seminary. Tara Beth is a regular writer for Missio Alliance and writes and speaks widely about women in ministry and church leadership. She is the author of Emboldened, Radiant Church, and Forty Days on Being a Six. She has two beautiful and rambunctious sons, and has been married to the love of her life, Jeff, since 2006. You can find her at tarabethleach.com.

Profiled in Christian Standard magazine as one of “40 Leaders Under 40”, Sean is a thoughtful and prolific Christian writer, speaker, speaking coach, racial justice consultant, and podcaster. He is the Teaching Pastor at Ecclesia Houston, the author of Forty Days on Being a Three, a contributing writer to THE VOICE OF PSALM and THE VOICE BIBLE, and a featured writer at Missio Alliance.

Steve Carter is a pastor, speaker, author of ‘The Thing Beneath The Thing', podcast host, and the former lead teaching pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. He hosts the Craft & Character podcast where he helps people get better at the art of communication while ensuring their character always leads the way. His desire is to bring Jesus into every conversation and space he occupies. Steve also co-hosts one of the top sports podcasts, The Home Team Podcast, with NFL players Trey Burton and Sam Acho, which unpacks the intersection between faith, culture, sports, and family. Steve lives in Phoenix with his wife Sarah and their two kids.