by Doug Lucas, President of Team Expansion
The New Emerald Hills Base Commander
We’ve mentioned before that — the US Army has Fort Benning. Team Expansion has Emerald Hills. And like we’ve said, Fort Benning is a 182,000-acre base near Columbus, Georgia. Emerald Hills is situated on 61 acres on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky.
And similar to Fort Benning, Emerald Hills prepares new candidates for global service (spiritual service instead of military). Beyond gearing up new spiritual soldiers, Emerald Hills stages prayer weekends, church missions mobilization courses, disciple making movement trainings and more. In addition, Emerald Hills houses Team Expansion’s International Services team, which scouts out unique new mission opportunities on a global scale, shepherds our 300 full-time missionaries in over 40 countries, and maintains Team Expansion’s status with federal and state governments.
Fort Benning has a base commander, and, likewise, Emerald Hills would not survive without its Facility Manager. When the previous Facility Manager departed in April (to pursue a career in homebuilding and remodeling), Team Expansion’s leadership began praying in earnest for a new strategic commander for its operational base. After a global search, the leadership identified Jeff Cunningham as their first choice. Doug Lucas, Team Expansion’s President and Founder recently said, “Jeff brings with him a history of more than 10 years serving our org under some of the most difficult conditions and in some of the most tumultuous times. Throughout all of those years, he never wavered in his commitment; he never lacked courage. He can recruit, encourage, train, and execute. He can administrate, lead, challenge, and inspire. He is the man God has identified for this hour and we look forward to having him aboard at Emerald Hills.”
As is the case with all Team Expansion missionary positions, the job of Facility Manager is a support-raised role. In other words, even Doug Lucas, the President, has to raise support for Team Expansion equal to his salary. We pray that churches, friends, and individuals will partner with Jeff and Amy to give wings to this essential role. Please join us in that prayer today.
Emerald Hills April Financial Report
