Meet The Team

Michael and his wife Elizabeth are dedicated to guiding anyone towards an intimate, abiding relationship with Jesus Christ… 

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The seeds for Influencers DFW were laid in Spring of 2012 when Michael experienced two major life events at the same time. Michael’s Home Church was going through a split at the same time he experienced a major back injury, ending his 25-year career as a firefighter. These difficult times led Michael to reconnect with a previous mentor, Pete McKenzie. 

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Pete gave Michael a book called “The Journey to the Inner Chamber” written by his friend, Rocky Fleming. Michael read the book, enjoyed it thoroughly and wanted to experience the “Inner Chamber” as he was not sure that he had. The inner chamber is a place of deepening one’s intimacy in Christ.

 

Throughout the next nine months, Michael wrestled with “The Journey” materials and discussed with Pete their implications in his life. The result was transformative! 

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Michael was so excited about the process he had just experienced in The Journey that he wanted to share it with all his friends and Church. Sadly,life events of surgeries and moving meant his prayer of passing forward this process to others would have to wait because knowing that Michael was going to be retired, his family was praying about what and where the next path in their lives should take them. Still, Michael’s transformation led to a passionate desire for the Scriptures, reminiscent of his commitment to Christ some 35 year before. At the encouragement of his wife Elizabeth, Michael decided to attend Dallas Theological Seminary, meaning they would be relocating to the DFW area, settling in Frisco Texas, in 2016.

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In 2018, as part of a Seminary assignment, Michael contacted his Church’s new Pastor of Discipleship to see if he could assist the Church while completing the assignment. His Pastor not only approved the collaboration but invited Michael to be involved with the Church's Men’s Ministry, as the Church was looking for ways to increase the Discipleship of the men at our Church. As part of the research for this, Michael shared 35 years of men’s ministry materials that he had participated in over the decades. With no prompting by Michael, the Pastor of Discipleship went through dozens of curriculums and ended up selected the Influencer Journey Materials, and in the Spring of 2018, the church conducted two six-week "Journey to the Inner Chamber" groups, which lead to the first full nine month "Journey" group in the fall of 2019.

 

The 2019 Journey Group exceeded all expectation as men pressed into their relationship in Christ experiencing similar transformations as Michael did years before. From this first group, they launched two more and then two became four, even leading to groups at several other local churches. Michael hopes and prays to continue to share this process ever wider in with the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex where he lives. Therefore, with the support of other local men who have experienced the same life transformation in Christ he had, they established Influencer DFW, a Regional Office of Influencers Global Ministries in March of 2022.

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To God be the Glory, as men and women are encouraging fellow believes toward an intimate, abiding relationship in Christ (1 Cor. 3:7).