Dr. John G. Stupar

Academic Degrees & Education

• University of Manchester (UK)

• PhD

• Fuller Theological Seminary

• M.A. in Global Leadership

• Moody Bible Institute

• Biblical Foundations

• Virginia Commonwealth University

• Public Speaking

• Radford University

• B.S. in Psychology

• George Mason University

Academic Appointments & Experience

• Kairos University

• Adjunct Professor of Practical Theology and Leadership

• The V3 Church Planting Movement

• National Director

• Missio Alliance

• Co-founder and Board Member

• Ecclesia Network

• Co-founder and West Coast Director

• Solis Foundation

• Co-founder and Director

• Kairos Los Angeles

• Co-founder and Church Coach

• GCM/Reliant Mission

• National Leadership Team, Governing Board Member

• New Life Christian Fellowship

• Founder

Awards

• The Golden Heart Award – Great Commission Association of Churches

• The Golden Bus Award – Great Commission Association of Churches

• 2016 Readers Choice Award for The Church as Movement (InterVarsity Press)

Affiliations

• The Colloquium on Violence and Religion

• The Gospel and Our Culture Network

• Manchester Wesley Research Centre (Junior Fellow)

• Missio Alliance Board Member

• Reliant Board Member

Publications & Presentations

• “Questions that Awaken A Leader’s Life,” The Exchange, Christianity Today

• “40 Lessons in Discipleship,” Gospel-Life Blog, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism

• “Postures of Movemental Leaders,” Gospel-Life Blog, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism

• “Jesus, Discipleship and Movement,” Gospel-Life Blog, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism

• “The Place Planters Need to Be,” Communal Blog, New Churches

• “Heroes of the Christian Faith: Lesslie Newbigin,” Gospel-Life Blog, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism

• “Cultivating a Welcoming Environment,” Gospel-Life Blog, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism

• “Salt, Light and a City” by Graham Hill – A Review, EMQ (Evangelical Missions Quarterly)

• “Apostles as Dream Awakeners,” EMQ (Evangelical Missions Quarterly)

• “The Gospel After Christendom: New Voice, New Cultures, New Expressions” (edited by Ryan K. Bolger) – A Review, Religious Studies Review

• “Kingdom Influence: Establishing God’s Reign Where We Live,” Leadership Journal Online

• “Five Environments Needed to Create Missional Culture,” The Online Pulpit (IVP)

• “How to Train Missional Community Leaders,” Verge Network

• “What is a Missional Community?” Verge Network

• “We Need Five Disciplers, Not One,” Gospel Centered Discipleship

• “Practicing Witness: A Missional Vision of Christian Practices” by Benjamin T. Conner – A Review, Religious Studies Review

My passion is to see God’s kingdom become a greater reality on earth through the planting of churches that embody the good news in a way that is faithful to God, genuine to our context, and that proclaims the good news by our life and lips. I’ve given my life to planting churches as well as helping people plant churches that value tight-knit community, life-forming discipleship, locally-rooted presence and boundary crossing mission.

Books

• Sent to Flourish: A Guide to Planting and Multiplying Churches, Contributor, IVP Academic

• The Church as Movement: Starting and Sustaining Missional-Incarnational Communities, with Dan White Jr, InterVarsity Press

• Equip: Practical Ways to Train Missional Leaders, ebook contributor, Verge Network

• Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World, InterVarsity Press

• Waiting for the Light: An Advent Devotional, Contributor, Mustard Seed Associates

• ViralHope: Good News from the Urbs to the Burbs (and Everything Inbetween), Editor and contributor, Ecclesia Press