Our Next Generation for Christ Team

Alena (above) is from Minsk and is on our Next Generation for Christ team, serving as a translator for Next Gen events in Belarus.
Next Generation for Christ is building up an incredible team of Next Generation leaders in the US and overseas. We have been blessed to have God provide us with some wonderful young leaders to help catalyze a movement to reach the next generation for Christ, and some great established leaders to help guide these leaders, make connections, and share their wisdom and experience. Check out our team!

Next Gen - Domestic Team

Sandy Detherage
​Texas and Asia Rep.

Sandy Detherage serves as an elder at the High Pointe Church of Christ in McKinney, Texas. He serves on the Next Generation for Christ team as a representative for Asia. Sandy is helping pioneer using the Story of Redemption with Asian students who want to improve their English in the US and more! He is on the board of South Pacific Bible College and takes college students on mission trips to Papua, New Guinea with "Barnabas Mission" where he provides leadership training for the villagers there.​

Jon Reed
California Rep.

Jon is the preaching minister at the Hilltop Church of Christ in El Segundo, California (LA area) and serves on the Next Generation Team. Jon has helped grow Hilltop from 30 people to 300, and he has had the privilege of training and coaching dozens of churches across the nation on hospitality and how to be welcoming to guests. Hospitality and guest relations has been a passion of Jon’s for many years.



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Video Production Crews

Our film crews for the Story of Redemption Film Series usually include both domestic as well as local film producers, videographers , and tour guides overseas. The above picture is from a recent filming in Israel, with James Nored, Noubar Vosgueritchian (Israel rep), Abe Marks (film crew), and Clint Loveness (see right).

Clint Loveness
Video Production

Clint Loveness is a talented video producer who has lent his considerable talents behind the camera to the Story of Redemption Film Series. One of the first graduates of Pepperdine University's Film School, he works as a video field producer for RightNow Media, filming top Christian speakers and teachers across the US and around the world. Clint has served as our main videographer and a fantastic video production adviser, recruiting other talented video production crew for the Story of Redemption Film shoots.

John Miller
Board Chair, Colorado

John Miller, long time elder at the Liberty Church of Christ in Liberty, Missouri, serves as the chairman of the board for Next Generation for Christ. John is a lawyer, and has helped churches navigate various legal issues that have been brought about by our changing culture. John has the true heart of a shepherd, counseling numerous couples and individuals to better their lives, marriages, and walk with God.

Next Gen - International Team

Noubar Vosgueritchian
Israel Rep.

Noubar is a great young minister in Jerusalem and serves as our Next Gen representative in Israel. He is Armenian and speaks Arabic, and is editing the Arabic translation of the Story of Redemption. Noubar is helping host and coordinate short term mission teams to go to Israel to go through the English version of the Story of Redemption with Arabic subtitles for Arabic speaking seekers who want to practice their English!

Chorlian Samson Karumanchi 
​India Rep.

Samson directs the Basic Bible Institute and an orphanage in Sathupally, India, and serves as our Next Gen representative for India. A tireless worker for the Lord, his father was a pioneer in tribal evangelism, and Samson continues this work today.

Evans Mochoni
Kenya rep.

Evans is a Church leader and minister in Nairobi, Kenya. He is faithfully serving the needs of the people in his city and church, and is invested in Next Gen's work. 

Ilya Rivkin
Russia Rep.

Ilya directs a youth camp in Samara, outside of Moscow, that is doing a fantastic job of gathering in seekers. Ilya is helping coordinate short term mission teams to go to Russia to share the Story of Redemption!

Mladen Dominic
Croatia Rep. 

Mladen is a minister in Varazdin, Croatia, and is using the Story of Redemption series in his community. Mladen has helped us lead English Camps in Croatia and continues to serve joyfully, doing whatever he can to spread the gospel in Croatia. 

Anna Uporova
Russian Translator

Anna is from St. Peterburg and serves on our Next Generation for Christ team for Russia and France. She has helped translate the Story of Redemption into Russian!