WHO WE ARE
Surge is a collaborative partnership of many local congregations throughout Arizona. We are not a parachurch or a separate nonprofit, but are church leaders committed to serving the church in Arizona alongside one another. Our leadership, financial support, and mission is all carried out through the many local congregations and strategic partners involved.
THE EXECUTIVE TEAM
Exists to coordinate, connect, and strengthen the work happening through the
Surge Leadership team and across Surge.
Dennae Pierre
Aaron Dailey
Emma Tautolo
Gavin Linderman
Chrystal McCowan
David Beldman
Caroline Millar
Rochto Joassin
Joshua Coe
Amy O'Brien
THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Surge has a decentralized leadership structure where the primary leadership, innovation, decisions, and activity happens through various teams. Our leadership team is made up of the primary leader coordinating each team.
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FORMATION TEAM
Lead: Dr. John Delhousaye
David Beldman
Surge School
Charlie Meo
Curriculum Team
Teena Dare
Faith, Work & Rest
Matt Fogle
Spiritual Formation Team
Emma Tautolo & Chrystal McCowan
Neighbor’s Table
AFFINITY
NETWORKS
Lead: Aaron Dailey
Linda Morris
Women in Leadership
Earnest Fitzhugh
Bi-Vocational Network
Luke Simmons
Church-Planting Cohort
Deenbo Kidane
Daniel Initiative
Nicolas Mwangi
Prayer Networks
REGIONAL
NETWORKS
Lead: Caleb Campbell
Wade Myers
West Valley
Jason Turner
East Valley
John Talley III
Downtown Phoenix
Andy Littleton
Tucson
Caleb Campbell
North Phoenix
INITIATIVES
Lead: Emma Tautolo
Dawn Farmer
Women’s Peacemaking Conference
Mary Kaech
Phoenix Refugee Connections
Katie O’Dell
AZ127 (Foster Care Initiatives)
Michel Duarte
Surge Global
MOVEMENT DISCERNMENT TEAM
Linda Morris
First Pentecostal Church
Renee Worcester
Don and Renee
Wayne Wynter
Alhambra Beloved Community
Vermon Pierre
Roosevelt Community Church
Marty Caldwell
Young Life
Kit Danley
Neighborhood Ministries
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Marty Caldwell
Chief Foundation Officer, Young Life
Rick Thiemke
Lead Pastor, Via Church
James Nwobu
Marketing Direction, Showit, Inc.
Dennae Pierre
Executive Director, Surge Network
FOUNDERS
In 2007, Tyler Johnson & Chris Gonzalez, began organizing churches around equipping and releasing church members to be missionary-servants in our cities. Surge started as a collaborative project between several churches to train members of their congregations. As churches began to train their church members together, churches from different denominations and backgrounds began to co-fund and share leadership of the Surge Network. In 2012, Tyler and Chris also founded the Missional Training Center (MTC) to provide an MA in Missional Theology. Redemption Church, Missio Dei, Via Church, Roosevelt Community Church, and New Valley Church are among the anchor churches who have participated since the beginning and provide substantial funding to sustain and grow the work of Surge.