7 Questions with Church leaders
Read insights and thoughts on leadership from Church Leaders around the world.
Thank you to the amazing church leaders who have answered our 7 questions so far, we hope you find their answers helpful for you in your leadership journey!
7 Questions with Carl Willis
Name: Carl Willis
Current title: Executive Pastor
Current organisation: Restoration Church
Carl Willis has been in vocational church ministry for the past 22 years. In addition to his ministry role, he is also an entrepreneur and international keynote speaker. He has been married for 32 years, has 3 children and is expecting his first grandchild.
7 Questions with Dave Blough
Name: Dave Blough
Current title: Executive Pastor
Current organisation: Wintonbury Church
Husband to Cheryl for over 36 years with 7 children and 2 grandchildren. I have been an Executive Pastor at Wintonbury Church since 2012. I have worked in the public and private sectors for 29 years with a strong project management and technology background. Long ago, I started out with programming, worked on mini systems and mainframes, moved to PCs technologies, and then onto infrastructure and internet related projects with various platforms.
As an XP, I am responsible for our staff, leading people, implementing vision, research, contracts, usage of various products including: 1Password, Asana, Monday.com, BluePay, Box, Verizon, Church Community Builder, Tithe.ly, EZ Texting, CCLI, ClickSend, Meraki Security and Access Points, Cisco Umbrella, Doodle, Logos, Guidestone, GuideOne, Lenovo laptops, Logitech Cameras, Nest Security Cameras, PTZOptics Cameras, Microsoft products, RealPlayer, ReMarkable, RightNow Media, Planning Center, Slack, Squarespace and others.
7 Questions with Maureen Mboizi
Name: Maureen Mboizi
Current title: Volunteer Facilitator, Adventure Ministry
Current organization: WATOTO CHURCH NTINDA in Uganda
WHO IS MAUREEN?
Maureen is married to Robert and together have 4 children, a girl Abigail 12, and three boys Abraham 8, Jeremiah 7 and Israel 4.
I met Robert while at University in 1999 and in 2000, he introduced me to our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. He mentored me, a relationship that later grew into marriage.
Though, a Christian for some time, I had not been involved in ministry, not until I joined Watoto Church in 2016. That’s when, I was introduced to a discipleship class. In one of the class sessions, I was required to take a spiritual gift surveythat can be got on www.churchgrowth.org.
This brought to light a number of spiritual gifts, God blessed me with among which included teaching. I was convicted to serve in church as a Volunteer Facilitator in Adventure Ministry something, I have done for 3 years now and going strong.
Serving in church has granted me an experience that is infilling that nothing in life has ever done for me before. I have taught the word of God and its practical living in the lives of those that the Lord has brought into my path. This has also given me an opportunity to be a mentor to many.
7 Questions with Dr. Wilbert Mutoko
Name: Dr. Wilbert Mutoko
Current title: Senior Pastor
Current organisation: Leadership in Christ Church
Wilbert Mutoko is a Husband to Pastor Phillis Mutoko, Father to three children, and Accomplished Academic, Author, Global Certified eSpeaker & Online Facilitator, Leadership Coach & Consultant, Global Inspirational Speaker, and he is the founding Apostle and Senior Pastor of Leadership Church. The Leadership Church has members in Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, USA, and Spain. Wilbert gave his life to Christ in Mutare, Zimbabwe on 17th October 1994 and got filled by the Holy Spirit in May 1995 at Zimbabwe’s largest Pentecostal church, and served in that church for 12 years as an evangelist/crusader and singer, planting four churches, and starting Scripture Union in six secondary schools where he taught as a business subjects teacher. Between January 1996 and December 1998, at Mutare Teachers’ College, he served as Chairperson of Christian Union (interdenominational) and Chairperson at church on Campus. In 2006, Wilbert and his family joined one of Nigeria’s largest Pentecostal churches and served in the evangelism and hospitality departments until he was ordained a Pastor in June 2010. He served in that Church as a Pastoral Assistant to the Senior Pastor, Teens Pastor, and Bible School teacher in that Church of over 3 000 members in Botswana until 2016. In September 2016, God spoke to Wilbert to start an interdenominational ministry to win souls to Christ and raise Christ-like leaders. Wilbert has preached in crusades and revivals followed by signs and wonders over a period of over 22 years. They have also ministered by God’s grace in various churches such as Winners Chapel, Assemblies of God, Forward in Faith Ministries, Anglican, United Methodist, The Salvation Army, Seventh Day Adventist, Bread of Life, C.I.C., Revelation Ministries, etc. in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Wilbert and his wife love God with all their heart, and they are compassionate, particularly to the lost souls and the needy, particularly orphans, widows, and of late donating food items to the victims of Covid19.
7 Questions with Jonathan J Gouthier
Name: Jonathan J Gouthier
Current title: Associate Pastor
Current organisation: First Church Torrington
Jonathan Gouthier is…
A lover of Jesus
A student of His Word
Pastor and a passionate teacher,
Change-Maker and Vision Caster.
Just over 33 years ago, Jonathan Gouthier professed Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Since that time, his life has been a journey of victories and defeats. Seasons where his heart was for God and His way and periods where he was not aligned with God’s purpose and chose to live a life based on his terms, not God’s.
During this time, Jonathan achieved levels of success in business that many yearn for, but few achieve. Throughout it all, he has come full circle and has generated a passion and desire to have a deep and intimate relationship with God.
Jonathan received his MDiv at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is the Associate Pastor at First Church in Torrington CT. He also is an author releasing his first book, “All Ways Good: How God Will Make All Things Together For Good.” and writes periodically on his personal blog for JoGo Ministries. In all of this, his mission is to see that all hear, receive, and respond to the Good News God has for them.
7 Questions with Leonard Johnson
Name: Leonard Johnson
Current title: Senior Pastor
Current organisation: Progressive Baptist Church
Pastor Johnson is a native of Dallas, TX. He studied at Jarvis Christian College in Hawkins, TX where he graduated in 1991. Pastor Johnson was called to preach in 2004 under the leadership of Dr. C.W. Wallace, Pastor of the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church where he served as the Youth Pastor for 10 years. Pastor Johnson has been married for 21 years, he and his beautiful wife Tammy have six children together. Pastor Johnson was called to Progressive Baptist Church in May of 2014 where he currently serves as the Senior Pastor.
An effective communicator of God’s Word, Pastor Johnson is known for his practical and dynamic teaching style that breaks down the word which helps people apply the timeless truths of Scripture to their everyday lives.
7 Questions with John McDonald
Name: John McDonald
Current title: Director of Worship Arts
Current organisation: Holy Cross Lutheran, Indianapolis
John serves as a lay minister and Director of Worship Arts at Holy Cross Lutheran in Indianapolis and is the author of two history books about Indiana, “Flameout” and “Lost Indianapolis.” He is also a Managing Entrepreneur at NEXT Studios, the venture studio designed and operated by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, with entrepreneurs. He has over twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur, most recently as the founder and CEO of ClearObject, a leading Internet of Things company which successfully exited to private equity in 2019, and at IBM, where he led technical sales for their software development tools brand in New York.
7 Questions with Dr. Jon Wallace
Name: Dr. Jon Wallace
Current title: Production Director
Current organisation: First Church of God
Dr. Wallace has served First Church of God in St. Joseph Michigan for over 20 years as an adult bible study teacher, audio producer, and volunteer in multiple capacities. Currently Jon directs the audio production of multiple services and online video streaming on Sunday mornings. He has also served with United Way, Boy Scouts, and many other non-profit organizations.