About Us

Our Advisory Board

  • Representative Gina Johnsen, Founder

    Gina Johnsen is a native of Michigan, a mother, and a business professional in the healthcare industry. Gina currently serves in the Michigan House of Representatives as the representative of District 78.

    She is also a grassroots faith leader and a catalyst for empowering and unifying Michigan Christians toward action. She has assisted in activating people of faith to become educated, engaged, and influential in government affairs affecting every individual and family. Her goal is to inspire people of faith to pray, stay informed, and contribute in a positive way to their community by voting and engaging with elected officials.

  • Pastor Austin Kreutz

    A native of Queens, New York, Austin Kreutz moved to Michigan many years ago and is Senior Pastor at Restoration Christian Community in Allegan. Austin became a Christian in college while studying music. He’s been married to his college sweetheart for 48 years, and they have two sons and several grandchildren. Austin has worked in the marketplace, the factory and the ministry. His skills of organization, management, and scholastic enterprises has given him an exceptional grasp of subjects. For more than forty years, he has been teaching life applications from God's word, Natural Law Theory, as well as the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and history. As an ordained minister, he has pastored churches in Michigan and New York as well as taught internationally. He is a graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary and a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, the Evangelical Philosophical Society, the Thomas Torrance Fellowship and President of the Bonhoeffer Forum for Church and Culture.

  • Pastor David Christian

    David & Gerri served nine years as missionaries to Mexico and Ecuador. They speak and minister in English and Spanish. 

    Returning to the U.S. with their daughters, they served 25 years on the pastoral staff of Resurrection Life Church in Grandville, Michigan. Their duties included ministry to marriage & family, general teaching, oversight of building projects, and overseeing the Hispanic congregation within the church. 

    In 2016 David & Gerri began to focus on national and international teaching of the Word of God regarding the requirements of being a disciple, training and equipping both English and Spanish speaking churches, pastors and leaders, in a variety of meeting venues. The Christians reside in Grandville, Michigan, where they oversee their ministry, DiscipleHeart.org.

  • Pastor Ralph Rebandt

    Pastor Ralph Rebandt, the founder of Michigan Lighthouse Ministries, was a candidate for Michigan Governor in the 2022 primary election. That platform provided him with a unique perspective on the election process and numerous opportunities to engage with the Michigan electorate and Michigan churches. During the campaign he was known for highlighting America’s Christian heritage and bringing that discussion back into the public conversation. It has been stated that Michigan politics will never be the same because of his bold leadership to restore our Judeo-Christian values. Having served as lead pastor for Oakland Hills Community Church for 35 years, he was involved in the development of three additional churches before retiring to run for governor. Ralph presently serves on the Board of Governors for the Council for National Policy, Washington D.C., and as chaplain for the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, Southeastern Michigan Chiefs of Police, Farmington Hills Police Department, and Beverly Hills Police Department. He is actively involved in speaking engagements all around the state of Michigan in churches, at community events, and on law enforcement platforms.

    After receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Religious Education from Summit University in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, Ralph earned a Master's Degree in Religious Education and M. Div. at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia where he graduated magna cum laude and acquired credits in the Ph.D. program. Ralph is passionate about serving his Savior, about America and her true history, about his beautiful state of Michigan, and adores his lovely wife Carol, their four grown children and spouses, and will talk to you for hours about his 17 grandchildren.

  • Representative Luke Meerman

    Luke and his wife Victoria live in Coopersville and have five children. They have led a home foster care program and have fostered 15 children in their home. The Meerman’s have also hosted six international students in their home, sharing American culture and values with young people from all over the world.

    Luke’s Christian beliefs shape his philosophy and worldview. He and his family are members of Chapel Pointe in Ottawa County.

    As a representative for the people of West Michigan, Luke is guided by faith and the principles of limited government and personal responsibility. He is passionate about reeling in bureaucracy and defending individual liberties.

  • Pastor Andy Shaver

    Andy is a passionate and practical communicator of God’s word, presenting messages in creative ways and reaching people of this generation. Andy is also a musician and songwriter and has traveled and ministered extensively both nationally and internationally. Andy is a graduate of Master’s Commission of Greater Cincinnati, and has also studied the Bible at Judson University.

  • Minister Donald Eason

    Minister Donald Eason

    Donald T. Eason has been a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ for over 25 years, He currently serves as the Senior Minister to the Metro Church of Christ in Sterling Heights, MI, and the Great Lakes Regional Director of pastoral engagement for the Douglass Leadership Institute.

    Donald was a Financial Executive for over 20 years. He served as Chairman of the Board Directors for Outreach, Inc. an Indianapolis faith based non-profit organization that services the needs of homeless and displaced youth. He has also held leadership positions to a variety of organizations, including current Board member of the Herald of Truth and Advisory Board member of the Church of Christ Care Community. He was Special Assistant to the President of Hillsdale College and Corporate Chairman for the National Forum for Black Public Administrators (ATL Chapter), he was also a US Congressional candidate.

  • Pastor Scott Price

    Pastor Scott Price

    Scott is the Senior Pastor of Lifegate Church in Hastings. He graduated from Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Management Degree with a Ministry Leadership Specialization. He and his wife Dawn planted Lifegate Church in 2009 and have been married for 35 years. Scott pastored the church for 13 ½ years while working bi-vocationally at Consumers Energy and he retired from the company in 2023 after 30 years. Pastor Scott now pastors full-time with a passion to help people know Christ personally, experience true freedom in Christ, live as fully faithful disciples of Christ, disciple others in Christ, and take the gospel of the kingdom of God to the spheres of influence Christ has called them. Those spheres include government, business, media, education, arts and entertainment, the family, and religion.