Leadership
FSI's Apostolic Team and Key Faculty of University of Church Planting
Rich Kao
Rich Kao is Founder and Team Leader of Five Stones Impact. He planted Five Stones Church in Vancouver, BC, Canada and has assisted with many other church plants around the world. He has a BA in Biology (Carleton College), MS in Immunology (Univ. of Minnesota) and Doctorate in Strategic Leadership (D.SL - Regent University). Rich and wife Memie have four adult children living in US, Canada and the UK. More on Rich at prk.red and LinkedIn.
Clem Ferris
Clem Ferris has traveled to 45 countries in over 30 years of ministry and is a seasoned prophetic voice in the Body of Christ. He previously planted a church in Fort Myers, Florida, and holds a B.A. from Michigan State University and an M.A. and Th. D. from Jacksonville Theological Seminary. He serves on the team as one of our overseers, helping to plant and nurture new works. http://clemferris.com/
Mark Spencer
Mark Spencer was a Teaching Pastor for 15 years at Bridgewood Community Church in Blaine. MN. He is also the founder and Chief Social Engineer of Clarity Coaching and Consulting. Mark has planted two churches and coached the launch of three others. He holds a BA in Sports Medicine (Ripon College), MA in Theology, and MA in Marriage and Family Therapy (both from Bethel Seminary). Mark embodies the pastoral gifting.
Luke Huang
Luke has been pastoring for 25 years and assisted with Banner Church's (Taichung, Taiwan) church planting mission all across the world, with over 60 sites. He is also a medical doctor (M.D.-Psychiatry), and holds three masters degree, two M.Div.'s (one from Trinity in Chicago and one from Presbyterian Seminary of Taiwan) and an MS in medical ethics. Wife Lillian is also in full-time ministry as a pastor and church planter alongside Luke.
Board of Directors
Drew Alatis
President
Drew graduated from Carleton College in 1982 with a BA in political science, and JD from Case Western Law School. He is a Principal Assistant Attorney General in Ohio, having practiced law for more than 28 years. Drew has a degree in international relations and studied at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. He traveled throughout Eastern Europe in the days of the Iron Curtain, crisscrossed the equator in East Africa, climbed the pyramids in Mexico and Egypt, and travelled in the West Bank. Drew and his wife Jemi are blessed with four kids.
Stuart Schulz
Vice-President
Stuart graduated from the Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls with a BA in Agriculture and went onto work for Coca-Cola as a Production Manager and then Cargill as a Director overseeing global stevia production. He has served as a pastor at City Hill Fellowship, and presently travels to assist churches prophetically. He and his wife Kathy have five adult children.
Michael Natt
Secretary
Michael Natt has served the Lord in business for 40 years including 28 years as a systems engineer and project manager with IBM, and in various capacities for United Health Group, Grumman and the YMCA. During this time, Michael served as an elder in Minnesota and Arizona, a teaching leader in New York and co-founder of a Messianic ministry. Michael earned a B.A. from Bethel Univ. and an M.A. in Human Resource Development from the Univ. of St. Thomas. He is also a certified personal trainer, board-certified health and wellness coach, and has completed 15 marathons and 60 half-marathons.
Pat Schutrop
Treasurer
Pat has been in executive administration for over 25 years serving CEO's and Mayors in private, non-profit, and government sectors. She has also served in ministry as Woman's Pastor for seven years at City Hill.