Our Vision
To fulfill the great commission in our generation by transforming the way churches do missions. Our focus is to find, train, equip and send national Christian leaders from the least reached people groups to plant new self-governing, self-sustaining and reproducing churches among other least reached people groups.
Our Strategy
Our Strategy is to develop national leaders of church planting movements by teaching them to be designers and implementers rather than having it provided for them. We desire our church plants have national leaders and to be making progress towards being self-governing, self-sustaining and self-reproducing. We do recognize however this will require resources, both human and financial, from the west for an initial period of time.
Teaching, Training, & Discipling
Equipping national leaders with a practical knowledge of God’s word to effectively care for those who need to see and experience the light and life of Jesus.
Our Board
Director
Taylor Katt grew up with a heart for ministry watching his grandfather who served as a minister and seminary professor. His father also served as a minister intermittently for decades. After spending time developing missions in Central America, Taylor learned the value and importance of the local church in reaching people with the gospel, and building a sustainable church community.
After serving an enlistment of seven years in the U.S. Army, Taylor now works as mental health therapist with the Department of Veterans Affairs. He and his family live on the West Side of Cincinnati and attend Christ the King Church in Cincinnati Ohio. Taylor is a great asset to the mission of The 1520 Coalition, and is grateful to be able to utilize his experience and skill-set in assisting with that mission.
Director | Board Member
Pastor
Steve is the Founder of the 15:20 Coaltion in 2011 and brings experience to the 15:20 Coaltion Board of Directors as an executive with Dow Corning Corporation where he served as an Executive Director of Science and Technology for four years. In terms of ministry experience, Steve was part of a small team that planted a church in Northern Kentucky in 1993, eventually serving full time in several positions such as Teaching Elder, Direction of Student ministries, Pastor of Missions, Small Groups, Counseling and Finance.
Steve pastors and leads The 1520 Coalition, is the head of the Biblical Soulcare Counseling Ministry, as well as in charge of The 1520 Coalition's Global Church Planting.
Founder | Pastor
Consultant
Chris brings a practical knowledge of global outreach to the 15:20 Coalition Board of Directors. As the Education & Training Director of Outreach to Asian Nationals (OTAN), Chris has served since 2010 and is leading OTAN in doing what others “Don’t, Won’t and Can’t.” His vision is to disciple national leaders to create their own church planting movements through targeting the least-reached people groups within closed, restricted, and limited access countries. Chris has a heart for training theological missions leaders to engage Biblical truths in effective, innovative ways that will transform both individual lives and the global church. Chris is also Professor of Biblical & Theological Studies and Global Studies at Liberty University School of Divinity in Lynchburg, VA, where he is actively serving as a bridge between theology and missions in the college age generation. You can follow Chris on his blog at https://chrisgnanakan.wordpress.com/
Co-Founder | Consultant
Director
Jeremy Smith has a Bachelor's of Science in global leadership, and a Masters of Science in Healthcare Administration. He has been in the healthcare technology industry for over 20 years. Jeremy is a certified Soulcare Provider, and serves on the Board of Directors for The 1520 Coalition. Jeremy brings a wealth of professional experience and knowledge to the oversight, development, and strategic direction of The 1520 Coalition's Mission and Vision.
Director | Board Member
