Craig Robertson - Business Development Director
| Founding member and Business Development Director of Spiritual Leadership, Inc., Craig’s business experience includes founding and serving as President of Lightpath, Inc., This company was purchased by formerly fortune 500 company Ogden, Inc. where Robertson became National Technical Director. He was then hired by Ogeta Services to serve as the Chairman of the Board and CEO. Craig is a Lay member of his church in Lexington. He has served in many roles within the United Methodist Church including lay leader of St Luke UMC, Lexington District lay leader, Director of New Church Development and Delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conference. Craig has now been serving within his calling, coaching and building Ministry Teams for 11 years. Craig is married to Jill and they have two children Amy and Jacob. |
Ron Crandall - ABIDE Leader
| Ron is an ordained United Methodist elder in the Kentucky Conference and recently retired as Dean of the E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism at Asbury Theological Seminary. Ron’s ministry focus has been on smaller membership churches and effective Christian witness. This dual passion led to the development of ABIDE as a specialized ministry of SLI. His new book Turnaround and Beyond—A Hopeful Future for Smaller Membership Churches captures the special challenges faced by smaller congregations and the leadership steps necessary to forge new futures. Ron and Bonnie live in Lexington, KY and have two sons and two grandchildren |
Bryan Sims - Leadership Coach and Coach Training
| Bryan works with SLI training and coaching leaders, teams, churches, and organizations over extended periods of time to bring spiritual awakening and missional effectiveness. In his work with SLI, he has worked in several United Methodist Conferences, including Northwest Texas, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Nebraska, and Alabama-West Florida. Bryan is also an adjunct professor at Asbury Theological Seminary in the School of Practical Theology with a teaching focus in the area of Christian Leadership. Bryan has a PH. D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University (2009) and is a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary (M.Div., 2003). In addition, Bryan has two audio CD’s: Demonstrate Your Power (1999) and Black and White (1997). He and his wife MyLinda have been happily married since 1997 and have two boys, Isaiah and Luke. |
Chuck Lord - Leadership Coach, Materials and Technology
| Founding member and fulltime leadership coach with SLI, Chuck has led teams from a variety of organizations - churches, non-profits, denominational associations - in several states including Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. As one of the original Board members, he has been actively involved since SLI's inception in 2000. Chuck recently retired from the University of Kentucky, where he taught music theory and music technology for many years. He and his wife Sue make their home in Lexington, KY; they have three daughters and two grandsons. |
Greg Survant - Managing Partner
| Greg is a founding member of SLI and a retired vice president and general manager of a Fortune 500 research, development and manufacturing company. He has grown through God's grace in his 28 years workplace and church leadership experience and is currently the managing partner. Greg and his wife Glenda have two adult sons. |
Greg Survant - Chair
| Greg is a founding member of SLI and a retired vice president and general manager of a Fortune 500 research, development and manufacturing company. He has grown through God's grace in his 28 years workplace and church leadership experience and is currently the managing partner and Chair of the Board of Directors for SLI. Greg and his wife Glenda have two adult sons. |
Craig Robertson - Business Development Director
| Founding member and Business Development Director of Spiritual Leadership, Inc., Craig’s business experience includes founding and serving as President of Lightpath, Inc., This company was purchased by formerly fortune 500 company Ogden, Inc. where Robertson became National Technical Director. He was then hired by Ogeta Services to serve as the Chairman of the Board and CEO. Craig is a Lay member of his church in Lexington. He has served in many roles within the United Methodist Church including lay leader of St Luke UMC, Lexington District lay leader, Director of New Church Development and Delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conference. Craig has now been serving within his calling, coaching and building Ministry Teams for 11 years. Craig is married to Jill and they have two children Amy and Jacob. |
Lucien Gochett
As an SLI Board Member, Lucien provides leadership to the SLI Treasury function. He has held various roles in church ministry, including Sunday School teacher (Adult and Young Men), assistant youth group superintendant, National Financial Secretary and Assistant Convention Coordinator for the Sunday School and Holiness Young People’s Union, and member of the National Brotherhood, all within the Churches of Christ Holiness U.S.A. (COCHUSA); and pianist and organist for numerous churches in various geographical areas across different denominations. He is currently Music Director for the Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Lexington, KY. Lucien’s business experience includes leadership roles in Finance and Quality Improvement across several Fortune 500 companies. He and his wife Trudy reside in Lexington, KY, with their children Kevin, Briana, and Brendan. |
Charlie Scroggin
Croswell Chambers
Deb MacKay
Eric Geary
Tommy Hays
Circles Campaign
Circles Campaign"The approach we have been taking to addressing poverty is tantamount to using squirt guns to put out a forest fire. The solution must be as big as the problem." - Scott C. Miller, CEO, Move the Mountain |
Move the Mountain
Move the MountainMove the Mountain Leadership Center was established in 1992 through funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and several other foundations and government agencies. Our mission is to inspire and equip communities to resolve poverty and thrive. To date we have consulted over 100 communities in the US on developing high-impact strategies that leverage resources to increase the capacity of communities to help families completely out of poverty. |
Think Tank
Think TankThink Tank's mission is to research, motivate, educate, create, consult, & coach to solve the toughest social problems. |
Tommy Hays - Messiah Ministries
Messiah MinistriesThe vision and calling of Messiah Ministries is to do our part by the power of the Holy Spirit to cleanse, heal, equip, and empower the body of Christ to continue the ministry of Christ by "Preparing the Way of the Lord" and "Ministering the Healing Love of God." This is the ministry of healing and deliverance—healing the broken and setting the captives free to be like Jesus—through Spirit-led prayer ministries of spiritual transformation and spiritual direction. If this is your heart's cry, contact us to see how we can come alongside you, your church or ministry in your quest to honor God, know your identity and fulfill your destiny. |
Deb Rice
Missional Movement InternationalDeb's consulting services include human resource, leadership & organizational development assistance for Christian leaders within profit and non-profit environments who desire a more purposeful and effective way of living their lives, leading others, and their organizations. Her consulting focus is centered on helping leaders and organizations become missionally effective through the alignment of employee engagement and human resource initiatives and organizational systems that support the mission, vision, values and strategic priorities of the organization. |