Our Next Generation for Christ Team

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!

US & ONLINE TEAM

James Nored, Next Gen Director, & Family

James Nored, the Next Gen Director works with the Next Gen team, including senior leaders Joel Petty, Sandy Detherage, and Jon Reed, to help churches in the US to preach and teach, shape their mission strategies, conduct Next Gen seminars, equip for evangelism and disicpleship, develop new leaders, share the gospel, and better reach the Next Generation for Christ. Reaching the Next Generation first starts at home, and so James and his wife and ministry partner, Becki, seek to first lead their family (daughters Gina, Emily, and Kaylee) in discipleship and mission.

 ADMIN & SOR FACILITATOR & TRAINER
Melinda Ewing

 SOR FACILITATOR & Trainer (Brazil Intern)
Maria Zilda

Melinda Ewing is great at doing all kinds of administrative tasks, from updating websites to maintaining databases to coordinating meetings and troubleshooting tech issues. But like all of our team, she has a heart for reaching the next generation and is a great SOR facilitator.

Maria is serving as a SOR Facilitator & Trainer as a Next Geh Intern. While from Brazil and still living there, she has excellent English skills and has served as an English teacher in Brazil. Maria helps facillitate in Brazil, Kenya, and other palces.

WELCOME MINISTRY,
​WEST COAST
Jon Reed

Jon Reed has a fantastic, nationally recognized Welcome ministry for churches and their seekers and guests, and he is a great ministry coach versed in Next Gen ministry strategies and SOR.  A former local minister for many years, he helped a church grow from about 25 to over 300.

CHILDREN'S MINISTRY
Gina Nored

Gina first served as an intern with Next Gen, and now is a regular part of the Next Gen team writing SOR children's curriculum and facilitating studies. She is currently stationed in New Zealand working also with Mission Bible Class, which Next is partnered with.

SOR FACILITATOR & TRAINER
Juanita Wheeler

Juanita Wheeler had a lot of experience teaching English with ESL or FriendSpeak students, and she uses these gifts to also help people learn and practice English using SOR. She has also helped train others in SOR as well, and studies herself with teen girls in Kenya and other places.

SHORT TERM MISSIONS
Kenneth McClary

Kenneth McClary is a missions leader from FXCC with a tremendous amount of experience in short terms missions to the Dominican Republic and now Croatia.  Kenneth helps lead Next Gen short term mission trips to Croatia, get others involved, and facilitate SOR studies online.

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NEXT GEN REPRESENTATIVES

EASTERN EUROPE REP.
​Joel Petty

Joel Petty, former director of Bible Institute  (ITCM) in St. Petersburg, served as a missionary for 25 years in Russia.  Joel represents Next Gen in E. Europe, training churches and studying with people in Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and more, including reaching out to Ukrainian refugees in Europe & the US.

ASIA REP.
​Sandy Detherage

Sandy Detherage, former elder at the High Pointe Church of Christ and board member at South Pacific Bible College, serves as the Next  Gen rep for Asia, conducting trainings in Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, and more, as well as studying with Chinese students in the US. 

UNITED KINGDOM REP.
Mark Hill

Mark Hill, minister in Northampton, England, and instructor with the British Bible School, serves as the Next Gen rep in the UK, helping conduct trainings and sharing the gospel in both Scotland and England. He also serves at Next Gen camps in Croatia.

CROATIA REP.
Mladen Dominic

Mladen Dominic, minister in Varazdin and president of the Churches of Christ council in Croatia, serves as the Next Gen rep for Croatia. Next Gen provides staffing and runs several camps in Croatia together with the churches in Croatia and ministry partner, Croatia for Christ.

ALBANIA
Samuel Topi

Samuel serves in Tirana and helps direct a church planting movement in Albania, and has helped translate SOR in Albania and distribute SOR there. Through these efforts major outreaches to Muslim youth and hundreds of medical students have developed.

KENYA REP.
Joel Njue

Joel Njue is a significant leader at Made in the Streets in Nairobi and at the Kamulu church, and serves as a Next Gen partner and representative in Kenya. He has helped train churches and distribute SOR all across Kenya, and has set up numerous chapel, in person, and online studies.

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RUSSIA - CAMP & ONLINE
Ilya Rivkin

Ilya works together with the Moscow church to  directs an evangelistic youth camp  in his hometown of Samara, Russia that uses SOR and reaches many teens for Christ each year.  Ilya also helps coordinate an ongoing  Next Gen / SOR online study in Russia, and he assists in Next Gen seminars and trainings in Russia and Israel.

KENYA - SOR FACILITATOR
Evans Mochoni

Evans is a native Kenyan and ACU ministry graduate who now serves as a church planter in Nairobi, Kenya. Through several mutual connections, Evans became part of the Next Gen team. Now Evans helps set up SOR studies in Nairobi, as well as assists other leaders in getting SOR studies started. 

INDIA - SOR TRAINER
Samson Karumanchi

Samson directs the Basic Bible Institute and an orphanage in Sathupally, India, and serves as our Next Gen representative for India. A great worker for the Lord, his father was a pioneer in tribal evangelism, and Samson continues this work today. Samson has incorporated SOR into the Basic Bible Institute trainings, and has helped coordinate SOR mission trainings, travel, and filmings.

ISRAEL - CAMPS & SOR
Noubar Vosgueritchian

​​Noubar serves with the Next Gen team in Israel. He is Armenian and speaks Arabic, and he has edited the Arabic translation of the Story of Redemption. Noubar directs Next Gen sponsored children and youth camps in Jerusalem that use SOR, and helps coordinate an online SOR group.

PERU - SOR FACILITATOR
Kainey Espinoza

Kainey is a young adult who serves as a SOR Coordinator in Lima, Peru.  She is fluent not only in Spanish and English, but also in Portuguese as well. Kainey helps facilitate an online Spanish SOR group in Peru, and she helps provide follow-up from summer evangelistic camps using SOR. 

CROATIA - YOUTH
Hana Žuljić

Hana first served as an intern with Next Gen, and now works along with her husband, Drago, with the youth with the Varazdin church in Croatia. Through much prayer and many evangelistic ministries and camps, a growing group of teens from the community formed and have come to faith in Christ. 

NEXT GEN BOARD CHAIR
John Miller

John Miller, long time elder at the Liberty Church of Christ in Liberty, Missouri, and now an elder at the Castle Rock Church of Christ in Castle Rock, CO, is a lawyer and serves as the chairman of the board for Next Generation for Christ.. John has the true heart of a shepherd, counseling numerous couples and individuals to better their lives, marriages, and walk with God.

ECUADOR
Rusty Campbell 

Rusty Campbell directs a camp center in Ecuador, located an hour east of Quito, Ecuador. He is the Next Gen rep / contact person for Ecuador, working with Guillermo Racines to provide Next Gen / SOR training and ongoing Spanish SOR studies.

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VIDEO PRODUCTION
Clint Loveness

Clint Loveness is a video producer who has lent his talents behind the camera to the Story of Redemption Film Series. One of the first graduates of Pepperdine University's Film School, Clint has served as our main videographer for SOR and a video production adviser, recruiting other talented video production crew for the Story of Redemption Film shoots as well.

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