Featuring - Nick Nye

Executive Director, For Columbus

Nick Nye has led as a church planter, church revitalizer, multi-site lead pastor, non-profit founder, church planting network board member, speaker, and leadership coach. He has also lived and worked in urban environments, serving a wide-range of socio-economically and culturally diverse populations in both the Midwest and New York City.  Nick is currently working toward a city-wide gospel movement in Columbus, Ohio. He works with marketplace innovators, specialty ministries, and congregational leadership to see gospel-centered collaboration for the flourishing of the city.

Nick is married to Brittany and they have four children, Viola, Charlotte, Simone, and Elliott. They live in Columbus, Ohio.

Featuring - Tracy Nordyke

Oregon Area Director, Mission Increase

Tracy Nordyke currently serves as the Oregon Area Director, helping organizations and leaders in Portland, Salem, and Southwest Washington foster growth and find momentum. After serving MI for fifteen years developing Transformational Giving training materials and coaching the Area Director staff, Tracy is humbled and excited to shift her focus to the Kingdom work happening in the region she loves. Since earning a BA in History at the University of California Irvine, Tracy has worked in fundraising for over thirty years including consulting in marketing, communications, and donor discipleship with ministries in virtually every sector of the Christian nonprofit world. Tracy is passionate about sharing the message of biblical generosity and partners with Women Doing Well and Generous Giving. She and her husband Kevin live in Portland, Oregon where he serves with the Luis Palau Association. They enjoy doing life with their adult children Garrett and Sophie.

 

Featuring - Wally Martinson

Central Ohio Area Director, Mission Increase

Wally Martinson serves as the Area Director for Mission Increase Central Ohio. He has over 30 years of experience in the areas of leadership, organization, and financial development. Wally is passionate about helping organizations fulfill their God-given potential. He holds a BA in Economics and Business from Wittenberg University, as well as a Master's Degree in Christian Leadership Development from Alliance Theological Seminary. Wally resides in Springfield, Ohio with his wife Anne and they have two grown children.

 

Featuring - Scott Harris

Vice President of Church and Global Engagement, Mission Increase

Scott Harris serves as the Vice President of Church and Global Engagement at Mission Increase, helping ministries maintain and grow healthy relationships with local churches. In addition, Scott focuses on soul care, evangelism, and ways to take Mission Increase training beyond North America to the global church.  Prior to Mission Increase, Scott served for 18 years as Missions Minister at Brentwood Baptist Church in Tennessee. He worked with an team in local, state, national, and international initiatives. A native of San Jose, California, Scott spent part of his childhood as a missionary kid in Barbados. While a student a Golden Gate Seminary, he served as a youth pastor at a Korean church in San Francisco.  He served also as a university pastor at Spurgeon’s College in the United Kingdom and in Hong Kong. Scott was an International Mission Board (SBC) Trustee since 2009 and also recently served as Chairman of the IMB.  Scott lives in Brentwood with wife, Beth and two children, Elizabeth and Jonathan. Beth was raised in Taiwan, also by missionary parents. Scott celebrates the connection of churches with a passion of missions!