CRM - Empowering Leaders
Hugh & Cheryl Halter - hugh.halter@crmleaders.org
An "advocate," according to Webster, is a person who supports, speaks in favor of, and pleads on behalf of another. This definition helps give a picture of the cosmic joke God has played on Hugh.
Those who know him always refer to the uncomfortable life Hugh has led listening to, living with, and trying help people understand the plight of the "spiritually curious but unchurched" person.
His wife Cheryl has made the comment that "if God hadn't called Hugh to pastor and plant churches, he may never actually go to church!" Yet, through CRM Hugh has a place to continue to live out his passion to create church where it doesn't exist and help those in the church understand how to keep saints together in mission while deeply connecting spiritual sojourners into our journey with Christ.
Hugh now helps direct Missio and a local network of missional communities in Denver.
Matt & Maren Smay - matt.smay@crmleaders.org
Matt's leadership experience includes 11 years of incarnational urban ministry, including church planting among at risk youth and in-depth mentoring and coaching of emerging leaders. He currently co-leads CRM's "Missio Innovation Team" specializing in missional leadership, church planting, and moving existing congregations back into mission.
Matt's primary role with Missio is directing the MCAP, a new 10 month approach to missional church plant training. In addition to his ministry roles, Matt loves almost any form of outdoor activity, including fly-fishing, hunting, mountain biking, and golf.
Matt, his wife Maren, and daughter Maegan are locally devoted to forming a movement of missional communities in the Denver area.
Neil Tibbott - neil.tibbott@crmleaders.org
Margaret Tibbott - margaret.tibbott@crmleaders.org
Neil and Margaret Tibbott live in the Seattle area connecting with leaders from Canada to California. Neil has a D.Min from Bakke Graduate University where he specialized in connecting faith communities with their culture through neighborhood ministries. Margaret has a Masters in Education with a specialty in Full Inclusion. She naturally weaves home life, education and faith into the fabric of their relationships around the city. Neil's ministries include missional consultation and coaching, teaching, training and drinking coffee.
Together the Tibbott's connect deeply with their neighborhood and invite others to consider walking with them in a journey of Faith.
Daniel Allen - daniel.allen@crmleaders.org
Lainie Allen - lainie.allen@crmleaders.org
Daniel & Lainie have served together in a variety of ministry roles since the summer of 1981, including youth pastoring, pastoring, worship leading, coaching pastors and church planters, and sponsoring emerging leaders. In addition to their role with missio, they are cofounders of seek, a missional community in Charlottesville, VA, and Daniel is an adjunct instructor for Lee University. Graduates of Lee in 1981, Daniel earned two degrees at Fuller Seminary (M.Div., 1988; D.Min., 1996), and Lainie earned her M.A. at Point Loma University (1989). The Allens were married in January 1981 and are parents to two daughters, Brittany and Jillian. Catch them on a great day and they’ll be out exploring some great new place together, connecting with friends, training for the next marathon, reading the mystics or a new thriller, and enjoying a fine beverage together.