Partners
Empower and equip is a collective of multiple university and organizational partners that have launched a wide array of initiatives working together for small town and rural church life in Churches of Christ.
University Partners
Pepperdine University
Mike Cope | Director | mike.cope@pepperdine.edu
Siburt Institute for Church Ministry (Abilene Christian University)
Suzie Macaluso | Research Director | suzie.macaluso@acu.edu
Shelby Coble | Assistant Director | src20c@acu.edu
Carson Reed | Executive Director | cer12a@acu.edu
Harding University
Meagan Justus | Director of Events and Marketing | mjustus1@harding.edu
Jason Darden | Director | djdarden@harding.edu
Lipscomb University
Wilson McCoy | Director of the Rural & Small Town Church Initiative | wilson.mccoy@gmail.com
Lubbock Christian University
Jeff Cary | Dean, Smith College of Biblical Studies | jeff.cary@lcu.edu
Oklahoma Christian Universiy
Jeremie Beller | Dean, Oklahoma Christian University College of Bible | jeremie.beller@oc.edu
Rochester Christian University
Keith Huey | Director of Church Relations | churchrelations@rcu.edu
York University
Anessa Westbrook | Co-Executive Director and Director of Strategic Planning and Women's Spiritual Formation | awestbrook@york.edu
Scott Laird | Co-Executive Director and Director of Church Relations | slaird.gfcc@gmail.com
Organizational Partners
Christian Chronicle
Bobby Ross | Editor-in-Chief | bobby@christianchronicle.org
Church Research Council
Stanley E. Granberg | President | stangranberg@heritage21.org
Kairos
Bruce Bates | Executive Director | bbates@kairoschurchplanting.org
Patty Wyatt | Operations and Communication | pwyatt@kairoschurchplanting.org
Mission Alive
Tod Vogt | Executive Director | tod@missionalive.org