I am Greg Oraham. I am the founding and Lead Pastor of Foothills Community Church in Seneca, SC. I am also a N.A.S.M Certified Personal Trainer, and overall health and fitness enthusiast.
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Maurice is a retired United States Marine Corps veteran that is the campus Pastor of Catalyst Church Northside campus, in Jacksonville, NC. He is a Husband and the father of two children. He is also a competitive bodybuilder.
Lance Witt has become known as a Pastor to leaders. He coaches, cares for and consults leaders and their teams all over the world on how to live from a healthy soul. He is the author of Replenish, a best-seller for church and non-profit ministry leaders. Lance lives in Colorado with his wife, Connie. They have raised two kids who live nearby with their families. Lance and Connie love spending time with their four granddaughters as well as traveling, enjoying the beautiful outdoors and connecting with the many friends they have all over the country. Lance loves hiking and fly fishing and is also a connoisseur of New Mexico style green chile.
The 2016 Face of ReebokONE, Andy Dooley is a fitness professional whose personal fitness philosophy is founded on balance, health, and wholeness of spirit, soul, and body. From teaching kickboxing group classes, coaching football, and providing one-on-one athlete training to mentoring youth leaders and high school students, Andy is deeply committed to serving his local community. An Ohio native, Andy currently resides in Ventura, California with his #1 fans: his wife, Tiffany, and their two beautiful daughters, Hope and Skylee.
Noah Oldham lives in St. Louis, Mo., with his wife and four children. He grew up in southern Illinois and graduated from McKendree College and Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. He now serves as the Send North America: St. Louis city coordinator for the North American Mission Board. He is also the lead pastor of August Gate Church, a church plant in the Tower Grove East neighborhood of downtown St. Louis, which he planted in 2009. In his spare time, Noah enjoys date nights with his wife, cuddling with his kids and following the St. Louis Cardinals and Florida Gators.
Having grown up in the buckle of the Bible belt (Lynchburg, Va.), Robby was no stranger to church. His journey has included stops in the southeast as a football coach, student pastor, seminary student and, most recently, a church planter in Richmond, Va. Robby and his wife, Joanna, just celebrated ten years of marriage and have three kids, Trey, 7, Mary Grace, 5, and Bryce, 1. They are excited to be in South Florida and to be part of what God is doing for His glory at Family Church.
Pastor Steve Pastors at First Baptist Kenova, West Virgina. God has blessed Steve to share God’s love on 5 continents and over 35 countries. He has degrees from West Virginia University, Dallas Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Human Development from Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. He is married to Deanna, his wife of over 25 years, and they have three children (Titus, Johnna, and Lucas). Steve enjoys sports, the outdoors, and traveling for the purpose of mission work and experiencing God’s creation.
Dr. Chip Henderson has served as the senior pastor and primary teacher at Pinelake Church since 1999. He is well known for his commitment to Biblical, life application teaching. Chip’s passion is to see Christ bring about powerful life-change in people — stirring a spiritual movement that will change the world. Chip’s engaging, transparent communication of the Word has sparked dynamic spiritual growth in the people of Pinelake and beyond. In addition, it has sparked a culture where his favorite self-description, “I’m just one beggar telling another beggar where I found bread,” has resulted in the church growing exponentially in the last 10 years. Since Chip's arrival, the church has grown from 700 to more than 9000 attendees each week and has expanded to five campuses with extensive ministries that are impacting Mississippi and the world. Chip holds a PhD in New Testament studies and is the co-creator of the L3 Journal. He and his wife, Christy, have three children: Rachel, McKenzie and Regan.
Andy Wood serves as Lead Pastor at South Bay Church in San Jose, CA. He received a master's degree from Southwestern Theological Seminary and planted his first church. Andy is passionate about training leaders, teaching God's Word in relevant ways, and creating environments where those far from God come to know Him personally. He and his wife, Stacie, have three children.
In 2010 David founded Planting the Gospel (www.plantingthegospel.com), a network of gospel-centered, disciple making churches committed to helping churches grow and multiply disciples. He planted his first church in 1988 and has served as a planter, strategist and coach. His experience includes serving with the North American Mission Board, where he was responsible for setting strategic direction for the Church Planting Group. He also served as Executive Pastor of Mountain Lake Church in the north Atlanta area where he co-founded www.churchplanters.com. He earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC, and a Master’s of Divinity from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. He is author of I Woke Up In Heaven (2012), The Gospel Disciple (2012), Detox for the Overly Religious (2010), Breaking the Discipleship Code (2008), and co-author of Breaking the Missional Code with Ed Stetzer (2006). David lives with his wife, Tami, in the Atlanta area. They have two grown children; Dave and Amanda, along with two incredible grandchildren. David’s life mission is to help others discover the simplicity, centrality and beauty of Jesus and His ways.
Ron Johnson, Lead Pastor of Restoration Community Church in Denver, Colorado, founder of Breakthrough Leaders Network. Married to Corissa and proud parent of Cole, Sabrina, Macy, and his new baby Chester. Listen to my interview with Ron about keeping fitness as a priority.
Travis Kerns serves with the North American Mission Board (NAMB) as the Send City Missionary for Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born and raised in Greenville, SC, but has lived in the Salt Lake City area since 2013. He has a B.A. from North Greenville University and an M.Div. and Ph.D. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His Ph.D. studies focuses on world religions, specifically, Mormon philosophy. Prior to serving with NAMB, he was a professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and taught in the areas of apologetics, world religions and philosophy.
Trent is a husband to a wonderful wife and father of two amazing boys. He Pastors a church that he helped plant, Epoch Fellowship Church, here in Owenton, KY. He is a missionary, a musician, an artist, a craftsman, and an avid health enthusiast. Trent and his family live on a small farm that we homestead, growing, hunting, and preparing our own food. "Our lives have become quite busier, yet much simpler and totally healthier since our journey began, and we love to encourage others in finding healthy, simpler ways of living as well."
Listen to a recent interview that Greg gave about the importance of Pastors taking care of their health on the Stan Rodda leadership podcast.
Matt Adair is from Christ Community Church in Athens, GA, and came up with the 5 factors of leadership.
Lebron Pinkerton is the Wellness Coordinator at North American Mission board.
Judd Rumley, Pastor of Eagle Bible Church in Eagle Colorado is a Pastor and personal trainer who shares his exercise philosophy for busy Pastors.
Take a listen to Pastor Greg's phone interview with Pastor Brian Bloye from West Ridge Church.
Mac has a passion for developing leaders especially in the area of church planting. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute (1984) and Dallas Theological Seminary (1990). In 1997, he planted Carolina Forest Community Church (Myrtle Beach, SC). In 2004, he began serving as Leadership Development Pastor at Seacoast Church (Charleston, SC) where he served for over six years. In 2011 Mac worked with Brian Bloye to start the LAUNCH Church Planting Network. After five years Mac and Brian gave the North American Mission Board the church planting system they developed. Today Mac serves as the Senior Director of Church Planting Development for NAMB’s Send Network. Mac and his wife, Cindy, live in metro Atlanta. You can follow Mac on his blog.
Pastor Jeff Kapusta was named one of the top 10 Fittest Christian Leaders in America in 2015. Jeff had an amazing transformation (as you can see in his before and after pictures!). Tune in and hear what he has learned along the way. Before: After:
Interview with Pastor Mark Pangel from 4 Points Church in Greer, SC. who lost 70 pounds by making some lifestyle choices. Listen to learn the secret to his success.