Chris Stovall
Senior Generosity Strategist
Chris Stovall has over 30 years of church leadership and ministry experience. During that time, he has served in almost every capacity on a church staff including 15 years as a lead pastor and church planter. Prior to vocational ministry, Chris worked for several years in corporate banking. Along the way Chris also led several small start-up companies, maximizing profits to position each for greater success.
Chris has been consulting and coaching churches and nonprofits for over 15 years now. He has an extensive combination of both business and ministry experience that gives him a unique perspective in his consulting. Chris is very adept at helping churches and organizations strategize vision, discover opportunities out of obstacles, develop compelling communication for objectives, and layout a plan to accomplish their God-inspired dreams. Chris’ passion is to see individuals discipled and grow spiritually in the area of giving and therefore see the culture of generosity in those churches and organizations grow as well.
In addition to his Certified Fund-Raising Executive (CFRE) certification, Chris has a BS in Business from Murray State University, a BA in Music from Western Kentucky University, and both an MA and MDiv from Luther Rice University. Chris married his college sweetheart Susy and they have two adult children.
Chris Stovall
Senior Generosity Strategist
Chris Stovall has over 30 years of church leadership and ministry experience. During that time, he has served in almost every capacity on a church staff including 15 years as a lead pastor and church planter. Prior to vocational ministry, Chris worked for several years in corporate banking. Along the way Chris also led several small start-up companies, maximizing profits to position each for greater success.
Chris has been consulting and coaching churches and nonprofits for over 15 years now. He has an extensive combination of both business and ministry experience that gives him a unique perspective in his consulting. Chris is very adept at helping churches and organizations strategize vision, discover opportunities out of obstacles, develop compelling communication for objectives, and layout a plan to accomplish their God-inspired dreams. Chris’ passion is to see individuals discipled and grow spiritually in the area of giving and therefore see the culture of generosity in those churches and organizations grow as well.
In addition to his Certified Fund-Raising Executive (CFRE) certification, Chris has a BS in Business from Murray State University, a BA in Music from Western Kentucky University, and both an MA and MDiv from Luther Rice University. Chris married his college sweetheart Susy and they have two adult children.
Generosity Strategist
Curtis Clark spent over 30 years in senior leadership in the local church. He knows first-hand the joy and the challenges of leading a church through transitions to achieve a God-given vision. He also knows that often church leadership needs others who have walked through similar times to come alongside them to be a guide and craft a compelling process that allows them to fund that vision.
Curtis recognizes that every church culture is unique and needs to craft a generosity strategy that fits its individual experience. He works with each church to understand that uniqueness and incorporate that into best practices of growing generosity, mapping out a plan from inception to completion. Having spent so many years in local church leadership, Curtis’ primary goal is not just to raise money, but to help churches disciple their congregation in generosity so they lead generous lives.
Curtis earned a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Curtis and his wife live in Florida where they enjoy saltwater fishing and spending time with their two adult children, a daughter-in-law, and a grandson. Curtis also enjoys gardening and maintaining a small fruit orchard.
Curtis Clark
Generosity Strategist
Curtis Clark spent over 30 years in senior leadership in the local church. He knows first-hand the joy and the challenges of leading a church through transitions to achieve a God-given vision. He also knows that often church leadership needs others who have walked through similar times to come alongside them to be a guide and craft a compelling process that allows them to fund that vision.
Curtis recognizes that every church culture is unique and needs to craft a generosity strategy that fits its individual experience. He works with each church to understand that uniqueness and incorporate that into best practices of growing generosity, mapping out a plan from inception to completion. Having spent so many years in local church leadership, Curtis’ primary goal is not just to raise money, but to help churches disciple their congregation in generosity so they lead generous lives.
Curtis earned a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Curtis and his wife live in Florida where they enjoy saltwater fishing and spending time with their two adult children, a daughter-in-law, and a grandson. Curtis also enjoys gardening and maintaining a small fruit orchard.
Senior Generosity Consultant
Jon Bennett has worn many hats throughout his career; campus ministry director, associate/teaching pastor at a megachurch, church planter, nonprofit leader, consultant, and strategist. As a result of drinking from the firehose, he has gained the ability to see the potential in challenges and the opportunity in people.
Jon is a communicator, leadership coach, senior level generosity strategist, and has worked with some of the fastest growing and most dynamic churches and ministries in America. He has decades of experience partnering with dynamic leaders to raise millions of dollars towards everything from building expansions to outreach programs on college campuses.
After 20 years of pastoral ministry, Jon transitioned to become Senior Consultant with a financial services group and coached over 50 churches through a capital campaign process resulting in millions of dollars raised. Building on that foundation, Jon was called on to help Ministry Ventures scale across the nation in 2011.
As the CEO of Ministry Ventures, he led a team that simplified the “business side” of faith-based non-profits. Jon’s team saw the incredible opportunity in enhancing the effectiveness of causes and ministries in ways that any leader can implement easily and immediately. The ministry impact grew from coaching 13 ministries in 2011 to 365 in 2016 in the five years under Jon’s leadership.
Jon has a degree in Communications from Michigan State University and a Master’s in Theology from Reformed Theological Seminary. Jon and Beth live in Atlanta, have been married for 32 years, and have three amazing adult children.
Jon Bennett
Senior Generosity Consultant
Jon Bennett has worn many hats throughout his career; campus ministry director, associate/teaching pastor at a megachurch, church planter, nonprofit leader, consultant, and strategist. As a result of drinking from the firehose, he has gained the ability to see the potential in challenges and the opportunity in people.
Jon is a communicator, leadership coach, senior level generosity strategist, and has worked with some of the fastest growing and most dynamic churches and ministries in America. He has decades of experience partnering with dynamic leaders to raise millions of dollars towards everything from building expansions to outreach programs on college campuses.
After 20 years of pastoral ministry, Jon transitioned to become Senior Consultant with a financial services group and coached over 50 churches through a capital campaign process resulting in millions of dollars raised. Building on that foundation, Jon was called on to help Ministry Ventures scale across the nation in 2011.
As the CEO of Ministry Ventures, he led a team that simplified the “business side” of faith-based non-profits. Jon’s team saw the incredible opportunity in enhancing the effectiveness of causes and ministries in ways that any leader can implement easily and immediately. The ministry impact grew from coaching 13 ministries in 2011 to 365 in 2016 in the five years under Jon’s leadership.
Jon has a degree in Communications from Michigan State University and a Master’s in Theology from Reformed Theological Seminary. Jon and Beth live in Atlanta, have been married for 32 years, and have three amazing adult children.
Generosity Strategist
Rob Hopper is a Senior Generosity Strategist who has developed exceptional expertise from consulting in all 50 states, and 10 countries. His diversity of experience includes multicultural congregations, and those whose primary language is Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and several others.
He pioneered remarkable results in vibrant, growing churches as well as those in the midst of challenge, who are revitalizing and emerging again. His successful consults have included churches of varying geographical settings. His experience includes churches of all sizes and style.
Rob navigates common and complex ministry challenges by taking timeless biblical principles, relevant best practices, and the unique ministry DNA of the church and creates a personalized and customized approach to generosity engagement that unifies, inspires, and focuses the church on their God-sized vision.
His consulting has resulted in nearly $1 billion being released by God’s people to help this world pay attention to the Good News of abundant freedom in Christ. With a bold goal to help them maximize their potential, Rob is passionate about empowering churches to do the things that maximize God’s transformative power in the world.
Rob has earned multiple degrees and is a certified strategic planner. He habitually has a book in hand, via Kindle, is speaking somewhere around the globe, or is engaged in creative consulting through Generis. When not on the road, Rob enjoys the beach, snowboarding, riding motorcycles, mixed martial arts, and anything that goes fast!
Rob Hopper
Generosity Strategist
Rob Hopper is a Senior Generosity Strategist who has developed exceptional expertise from consulting in all 50 states, and 10 countries. His diversity of experience includes multicultural congregations, and those whose primary language is Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and several others.
He pioneered remarkable results in vibrant, growing churches as well as those in the midst of challenge, who are revitalizing and emerging again. His successful consults have included churches of varying geographical settings. His experience includes churches of all sizes and style.
Rob navigates common and complex ministry challenges by taking timeless biblical principles, relevant best practices, and the unique ministry DNA of the church and creates a personalized and customized approach to generosity engagement that unifies, inspires, and focuses the church on their God-sized vision.
His consulting has resulted in nearly $1 billion being released by God’s people to help this world pay attention to the Good News of abundant freedom in Christ. With a bold goal to help them maximize their potential, Rob is passionate about empowering churches to do the things that maximize God’s transformative power in the world.
Rob has earned multiple degrees and is a certified strategic planner. He habitually has a book in hand, via Kindle, is speaking somewhere around the globe, or is engaged in creative consulting through Generis. When not on the road, Rob enjoys the beach, snowboarding, riding motorcycles, mixed martial arts, and anything that goes fast!
Senior Generosity Strategist
Joe Brand has been with Generis for over 16 years, with a strong focus on church and nonprofit fundraising. These initiatives have led to multiple facility and ministry expansion projects across the US. He has extensive experience in capital campaigns and generosity development in churches and Christian nonprofits. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Georgia in preparation for a teaching career. This path was interrupted by a four-year stint with Cru, working with college and career aged students around the world. His graduate work in Higher Education Administration was at Azusa Pacific University. For the next seven years he worked in universities in California and Indiana. He held staff positions at large churches in Atlanta before continuing his work with college students with Mission to the World, the mission sending agency of the Presbyterian Church in America. He served as the Advancement Director at an Atlanta area K-12 school for three years, is a graduate of Boston University with a Certificate in Professional Fundraising, and a member of both the Atlanta and National chapters of the Association of Professional Fundraisers (AFP).
Joe Brand, CFRE
Senior Generosity Strategist
Joe Brand has been with Generis for over 16 years, with a strong focus on church and nonprofit fundraising. These initiatives have led to multiple facility and ministry expansion projects across the US. He has extensive experience in capital campaigns and generosity development in churches and Christian nonprofits. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Georgia in preparation for a teaching career. This path was interrupted by a four-year stint with Cru, working with college and career aged students around the world. His graduate work in Higher Education Administration was at Azusa Pacific University. For the next seven years he worked in universities in California and Indiana. He held staff positions at large churches in Atlanta before continuing his work with college students with Mission to the World, the mission sending agency of the Presbyterian Church in America. He served as the Advancement Director at an Atlanta area K-12 school for three years, is a graduate of Boston University with a Certificate in Professional Fundraising, and a member of both the Atlanta and National chapters of the Association of Professional Fundraisers (AFP).
Vice President
Alan views his role as a generosity coach to be one that empowers. He brings the knowledge, experience, listening and motivational skills needed to help others realize their goals. In the last fifteen years alone, he has led over 125 successful church generosity initiatives, applying his unique skills and insights as a layperson and coach to the training of God’s real life stewards.
Excited by his work in growing churches, Alan’s own faith and commitment is bolstered by the Generis approach to fundraising as a spiritual quest. Personal relationships are forged quickly, he says, due to the amount of time and energy he spends with each congregation he serves. In fact, Alan’s success and devotion have been heartily reciprocated by his clients, who have engaged him to lead subsequent fundraising campaigns. His clients praise his methods of motivating others to see stewardship as an inspiring ‘whole life’ challenge and not a short-term monetary obligation.
A social studies teacher and baseball coach for eight years prior to becoming a full-time fundraising consultant, Alan earned his Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and his Master of Science in Education from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.
Alan and Pam met at UNCP and have been married for over 25 years. He has a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Anabelle. Alan and his family attend Northbrook UMC in Roswell, GA. Alan enjoys all things baseball.
JAlan Wildes
Vice President
Alan views his role as a generosity coach to be one that empowers. He brings the knowledge, experience, listening and motivational skills needed to help others realize their goals. In the last fifteen years alone, he has led over 125 successful church generosity initiatives, applying his unique skills and insights as a layperson and coach to the training of God’s real life stewards.
Excited by his work in growing churches, Alan’s own faith and commitment is bolstered by the Generis approach to fundraising as a spiritual quest. Personal relationships are forged quickly, he says, due to the amount of time and energy he spends with each congregation he serves. In fact, Alan’s success and devotion have been heartily reciprocated by his clients, who have engaged him to lead subsequent fundraising campaigns. His clients praise his methods of motivating others to see stewardship as an inspiring ‘whole life’ challenge and not a short-term monetary obligation.
A social studies teacher and baseball coach for eight years prior to becoming a full-time fundraising consultant, Alan earned his Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and his Master of Science in Education from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.
Alan and Pam met at UNCP and have been married for over 25 years. He has a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Anabelle. Alan and his family attend Northbrook UMC in Roswell, GA. Alan enjoys all things baseball.
Generosity Strategist
Brent Halvorsen is passionate about partnering with senior church leaders and growing ministries to turn vision into reality. He has a unique ability to successfully guide local churches through a clear and compelling generosity process to achieve powerful results. He draws from over 18 years of experience in churches of various sizes, as well as nationally-known movements.
Brent is a top-line communicator and his Sunday sermons have been featured on Christian radio in Minneapolis alongside world-class communicators such as John MacArthur, David Jeremiah, John Piper, Chuck Swindoll, and more. Brent also hosted a leadership podcast that included such guests as Carey Nieuwhof, Paul Tripp, and other church leaders from around the country. His ability to create vivid worlds with words and to connect with leaders are two much-needed strengths he brings to a church’s generosity initiative.
As a lead pastor, church planter, visionary, and innovative strategist, Brent understands the crucial steps needed to take churches from conceptual thinking to breakthrough outcomes. Brent’s main objective with churches is to help create an encounter with the Lord where unusual generosity is released in the hearts of people.
He holds a Bachelor of Science from Illinois State University, a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and has recently been accepted into Liberty University to pursue a Master’s in Executive Leadership.
Brent is married to Lisa and has four amazing children who love Jesus. He enjoys playing golf and fishing. You can find him rooting for Chicago sports teams, even though he lives in beautiful North Carolina.
Proverbs 15:22, Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.
Brent Halvorsen
Generosity Strategist
Brent Halvorsen is passionate about partnering with senior church leaders and growing ministries to turn vision into reality. He has a unique ability to successfully guide local churches through a clear and compelling generosity process to achieve powerful results. He draws from over 18 years of experience in churches of various sizes, as well as nationally-known movements.
Brent is a top-line communicator and his Sunday sermons have been featured on Christian radio in Minneapolis alongside world-class communicators such as John MacArthur, David Jeremiah, John Piper, Chuck Swindoll, and more. Brent also hosted a leadership podcast that included such guests as Carey Nieuwhof, Paul Tripp, and other church leaders from around the country. His ability to create vivid worlds with words and to connect with leaders are two much-needed strengths he brings to a church’s generosity initiative.
As a lead pastor, church planter, visionary, and innovative strategist, Brent understands the crucial steps needed to take churches from conceptual thinking to breakthrough outcomes. Brent’s main objective with churches is to help create an encounter with the Lord where unusual generosity is released in the hearts of people.
He holds a Bachelor of Science from Illinois State University, a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and has recently been accepted into Liberty University to pursue a Master’s in Executive Leadership.
Brent is married to Lisa and has four amazing children who love Jesus. He enjoys playing golf and fishing. You can find him rooting for Chicago sports teams, even though he lives in beautiful North Carolina.
Proverbs 15:22, Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.
Senior Generosity Strategist
Ken used his entrepreneurial bent to minister bi-vocationally in a multicultural context for nearly two decades. A mid-life transition to full-time ministry gave him an even bigger vision for serving people and churches. He was the stewardship pastor at Christ Fellowship in Miami, Florida before joining Ramsey Solutions to work with the country’s largest churches. Ken fervently believes in the power of stewardship initiatives to build community and fast-track spiritual growth. An engaging communicator and obsessive long-distance runner, he is the father of two adopted children. Ken has been married to his wife, Julie, for 24 years and serves as the stewardship minister at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. He occasionally works as a volunteer juggling instructor.
Ken Schafer
Senior Generosity Strategist
Ken used his entrepreneurial bent to minister bi-vocationally in a multicultural context for nearly two decades. A mid-life transition to full-time ministry gave him an even bigger vision for serving people and churches. He was the stewardship pastor at Christ Fellowship in Miami, Florida before joining Ramsey Solutions to work with the country’s largest churches. Ken fervently believes in the power of stewardship initiatives to build community and fast-track spiritual growth. An engaging communicator and obsessive long-distance runner, he is the father of two adopted children. Ken has been married to his wife, Julie, for 24 years and serves as the stewardship minister at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. He occasionally works as a volunteer juggling instructor.
Associate Generosity Strategist
Dan McConnell is an associate generosity strategist with over 10 years of ministry and leadership experience. Prior to joining Generis, Dan served in a variety of roles in the local church, including student ministry, small groups, creative arts, and most recently as executive pastor.
Dan uses his ministry experience along with his gifts of leadership, strategy, and administration to serve churches in their most pivotal seasons. He is passionate about helping every church fulfill the unique vision that God has for them by increasing and developing generosity through a customized approach.
Dan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Practical Theology from Southeastern University. He and his wife, Kayla, reside in Columbus, OH.
Dan McConnell
Associate Generosity Strategist
Dan McConnell is an associate generosity strategist with over 10 years of ministry and leadership experience. Prior to joining Generis, Dan served in a variety of roles in the local church, including student ministry, small groups, creative arts, and most recently as executive pastor.
Dan uses his ministry experience along with his gifts of leadership, strategy, and administration to serve churches in their most pivotal seasons. He is passionate about helping every church fulfill the unique vision that God has for them by increasing and developing generosity through a customized approach.
Dan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Practical Theology from Southeastern University. He and his wife, Kayla, reside in Columbus, OH.
