Introducing Reliant's New International Program Team Leader

Hello,
Reliant is excited to let you know that we have hired the International Program Team Leader position. As you are aware, we have been in a season of transition over the last few months, and we genuinely believe that God has brought the right leader at the right time to lead Reliant's International Program into this next season. After a thorough process and much prayer, we are pleased to announce the hire of Mike Easton. Mike has been in the missions community for over 15 years. He has served on the field as a goer, he has mobilized countless individuals through a missions network, and most recently, he has worked as a missions pastor at a large sending church.

Mike is very familiar with Reliant as he has been the leader of one of our largest international sending partners, Campus to Campus (C2C) and The Salt Company. Mike comes in with an intimate knowledge of Reliant's systems and processes, but more importantly, he comes to Reliant with a unique perspective as the leader of a key partner. Mike has experienced both the good and the bad as a partner, and we are confident that his perspective will put us into a position to better serve you, our partners and field goers. Mike brings a proven track record of leadership, both on the field and in the church. We believe he is the right person to lead this program into the future, and we are confident he will bless you.

Mike will start his new role at Reliant on June 1, 2022, and we would love to provide you with an opportunity to meet him. There are a couple of ways you can do this. First, you can schedule a one-on-one time with Mike at your convenience using this link: https://calendly.com/mike-rel/45min. In addition to this, we will also have two group meet and greet times available to you:

Thursday, 6/2/22 at 8:00 am Central Standard Time
Wednesday, 6/19/22 at 8:00 am Central Standard Time
Both of these times will be on Zoom using the following link:

https://reliantmission.zoom.us/j/6939654040?pwd=RFZhdWwxSlFCZitjbXdCZmFKbWh0QT09

Meeting ID: 693 965 4040

Passcode: fayxr6

We would love to end by allowing Mike a chance to introduce himself in this email, but we hope you will take the time to personally meet him through one of the opportunities listed above. We are sure he would also love to hear from you via email. You can email Mike at: mike.easton@reliant.org. As always, please know that we are here to serve and help in any way we can. Always feel free to reach out to us anytime. You can always email us at: international@reliant.org.

Reliant Goers, Church and Network Partners,

Hi, my name is Mike Easton. As of June 1, 2022, I'll be the new International Program Leader for Reliant. I'm excited to get to know all of you a little bit and find out how to serve you better. Here's a little about myself.

The two words that describe my life's vision are "Mobilizing Passion." I love to take motivated people and give them everything they need to go in that direction as fast and as equipped as possible.

I graduated from Iowa State University in 2005. After that, I spent a semester overseas in East Asia and then started on with the college ministry, the Salt Company, at the church I went to in college, Cornerstone Church. After three years, my wife and I went to East Asia. We stayed two years and decided to come back to the States to be a part of mobilizing college graduates to the nations.

For the past eight years, I have been the missions pastor at Cornerstone Church in Ames, Iowa, where I will continue to live and work remotely with Reliant. During my time at Cornerstone, we had the privilege of sending over 2000 students on short-term summer mission trips. The Lord graced us with the opportunity to send over 90 people overseas for 2-years or more with the IMB or Campus2Campus.

As I move to this role in Reliant, I have two particular passions that I believe will be a blessing to Reliant and you all: 1) equipping churches to send and care for healthy members, and 2) making goers' lives easier through improving financial and logistical systems. I'm excited for these passions to be a blessing to you all.

I am looking forward to hearing from you all!

Mike Easton