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About Us

“Every pastor’s second most important network, because we focus on every pastor’s most important priority.”

The 6:4 Fellowship exists to catalyze pastors, around the world, to Prayer-and-Word-Powered Ministry through an urgent call to the hope of a spiritual awakening, and by helping them to experience a life-changing rhythm of deeper conviction, rich community, and growing capacity for Spirit-empowered ministry. Our vision is rooted in the biblical paradigm of ministry seen in Acts 6:1-7. We long to see pastors and churches served with the encouragement and the equipment necessary to catalyze Acts 6:3 disciples through Acts 6:4 leaders in the hope of an Acts 6:7 awakening.

Our vision is to see pastors and churches served with the encouragement and equipment necessary to catalyze Acts 6:3 disciples through Acts 6:4 leaders in the hope of an Acts 6:7 awakening. We call it a divine pattern: 

6:3 + 6:4 = 6:7

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WHO WE ARE

The 6:4 Fellowship is a pastor-led, biblically-based, international and multi-denominational network of pastors rooted in the biblical paradigm of ministry seen in Acts 6:1-7.
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The name “6:4 Fellowship” is taken from the two vital priorities found in Acts 6:4: prayer and the ministry of the word. These priorities defined New Testament leadership and gave early church leaders the courage to say “ no” to the distractions of lesser demands in order to focus on the core priorities of supernatural ministry. 

The 6:4 Fellowship is a pastor-to-pastor community. It is not oriented around a single ministry or personality. It is cross-denominational in make-up and led by a team of pastors who exemplify the values of Acts 6:4. We are not focused as much on what pastors are doing but on what they are becoming. When we unite our hearts around a vision for a church committed to prayer and the ministry of the word, through the power of God’s Spirit, things will change. Christ is honored and his mission for this world is accomplished.

WHAT WE DO

The 6:4 Fellowship seeks to help pastors experience more health and hope through prayer-and-Word-powered paths.

CONVICTION

Typically pastors are introduced to The 6:4 Fellowship through connection with others pastors, either in the same geographic community or denomination/network. This connection is enriched by an interactive, two-session leadership conversation known as “The Power of ‘Yes’” reintroducing church leaders to Prayer-and-Word-Powered ministry. These sessions are designed to provide introductory principles and a “test-drive” time with the 6:4 team to embrace fresh and lasting CONVICTION about the priority of Acts 6:4 leadership aiming for an Acts 6:7 outcome. Ideally, these connections lead to consistent opportunities to regularly engage in “Scripture-fed, Spirit-led, Worship-based Prayer.”

COMMUNITY

The 6:4 Fellowship’s strategy facilitates rich and authentic engagement with a diverse COMMUNITY of like-minded pastors – all committed to the same vital biblical principles. This community is fostered via local, regional, and national experiences of prayer, equipping, and authentic fellowship. These ongoing engagements allow pastors to inspire and strengthen one another as they continue to live out regular rhythms of prayer-and-work-powered ministry — personally and corporately.

CAPACITY

As a ministry, The 6:4 Fellowship, seeks to build a growing CAPACITY in every pastor’s prayer-and-Word- powered leadership via the ministry website: 64fellowship.com. By joining 6:4, members have regular access to a treasure trove of biblical resources designed to equip the leader and his team, including inspiring videos, practical prayer guides, and a variety of instructional articles from many leaders from around the country. In addition, members are included in a variety of special training experiences (locally, regionally, nationally, and virtually) that cultivate a hunger for new levels of dependence on God and greater competency in leading prayer-and-Word-powered transformation in the local church.

COACHING

The central feature of this strategy is a COACHING and mentoring experience for pastors called, The Praying Leader. Most pastors decide to take the training because of a referral from a trusted pastor who has testified to the game-changing difference that these new prayer competencies make for every-day ministry. Additional coaching, provided by 6:4, helps to cultivate personal, marriage, and ministry health for leaders throughout the fellowship.

NATIONAL DIRECTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM

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H.B. Charles Jr.

National Resource Leader

H.B. Charles Jr.

H.B. Charles Jr is the Pastor-Teacher at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville and Orange Park, Florida, where he has served since the fall of 2008. Prior to joining the Shiloh Church, he led the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles for almost eighteen years. Succeeding his late father, he began his pastorate at Mt. Sinai at the age of seventeen as a senior in high school. Outside of his ministry to and with his congregation, he regularly speaks at churches, conferences, and conventions around the country. He is also the host of the On Preaching podcast and author of seven books.
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Jim Cymbala

National Resource Leader

Jim Cymbala

Jim Cymbala has served as the Sr. Pastor of The Brooklyn Tabernacle for over 40 years.  He has authored numerous books on the Christian life and Christian ministry, including the best-selling book, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire. Pastor Cymbala draws from his many years of meaningful spiritual leadership, and his deep heart of love for church leaders to lend a unique perspective to The 6:4 Fellowship.

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Bill Elliff

National Resource Leader

Bill Elliff

Bill Elliff is the founder and National Engage Pastor of The Summit Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. His passion is to see both genuine revival and methodological renewal in the church—both new wine and new wineskins. He is a frequent conference speaker, writer, and consultant to churches drawing from his 50+ years of pastoring and revival ministry. Bill is also the Pastor/Church Director for OneCry! A Nationwide Call for Spiritual Awakening and the author of fifteen books and booklets and numerous articles. He lives to faithfully and effectively communicate the whole counsel of God to as many people as possible through preaching, writing, church development, and personal equipping that they may become intimate, reproducing disciples of Jesus Christ.
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Daniel Henderson

Global Director

Daniel Henderson

As a senior pastor for over two decades, Daniel Henderson brought prayer-based revitalization to numerous churches. Now, as the President of Strategic Renewal and the Global Director of The 6:4 Fellowship, Daniel is dedicating his full-time efforts to help congregations across the country and world experience renewal.  Daniel is sought after for his expertise in leading corporate prayer. He has authored numerous books on biblical leadership and prayer including, Old Paths, New Power and Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God’s Face.
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Dennis Henderson

National Director

Dennis Henderson

Dennis Henderson left the senior pastorate after 54 years of pastoring to devote half of his time to pastors nationwide as the National Director of The 6:4 Fellowship. He continues to share his time with Northlake Church in Lago Vista, Texas, as the Pastor of Leadership Development and Adult Ministries. He and Billie have been married since 1965 and have four adult children and nine grandchildren. Billie and Dennis have a passion to help ministry couples and support the ministry of prayer in the local church through The 6:4 Fellowship.
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Troy Keaton

National Resource Leader

Troy Keaton

Troy Keaton has been in pastoral ministry for over 20 years and currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Eastlake Community Church in Virginia, which he helped plant in 2005. Troy is a visionary leader who invests much of his life, not only in preaching and teaching, but in developing spiritual leaders and in training the next generation of church planters.
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Kevin Myers

National Resource Leader

Kevin Myers

Kevin Myers is the founding and senior pastor of 12Stone Church. Originally founded in 1987 as Crossroads Church, 12Stone Church of Lawrenceville, GA has grown rapidly over a decade and a half to become the largest Wesleyan church in the world, and was named one of fastest-growing churches in America by Outreach in 2010. 12Stone has weekly attendance over 18,000 across 9 campuses in North Georgia. Kevin is the author of Grown Up Faith, and co-author of Home Run along with John Maxwell.
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Vance Pitman

National Resource Leader

Vance Pitman

Vance Pitman is the Founding Pastor of Hope Church in Las Vegas, NV. Since its launch in 2001, Hope Church has grown to a kingdom-minded community of several thousand believers, sending hundreds out of its fellowship on mission and planting over a dozen churches in the Western U.S. Vance is also the Senior Vice President of NAMB, and President of the Send Network.
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Paul Purvis

National Resource Leader

Paul Purvis

Paul Purvis has been a lead pastor for nearly 20 years, serving the last 8 in the greater Tampa area at Mission Hill Church. The priority of prayer has been evident throughout Paul’s ministry at Mission Hill. In addition to daily staff prayer and a weekly all-church prayer gathering, Mission Hill has created a Prayer Pastor position and hosts an annual 40 Days of Prayer & Fasting leading up to Easter. This profound commitment to prayer has multiplied the ministry of Mission Hill Church and through this, God has shown His faithfulness over and over again.
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Robbie Symons

National Resource Leader

Robbie Symons

Robbie Symons is a pastor, author, and church planter.  Robbie is the founding Pastor of Hope Bible Church in Oakville, ON, where he continues to serve as Sr. Pastor. Since its birth in 2003, Hope Bible Church has grown to over 3,500 members and has planted 6 additional churches across Canada.  Robbie’s Bible teaching ministry, Live in the Light, can be heard weekdays across the greater Toronto and Buffalo areas.
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Al Toledo

National Resource Leader

Al Toledo

Pastor Al Toledo is a pastor and church planter. Pastor Toledo was headed for a promising career as a professional baseball player when God saved him. Through attending the Brooklyn Tabernacle, Al came to marry Chrissy, the daughter of Pastor Jim Cymbala. After several years in pastoral ministry, Al, Chrissy, and their family moved to Chicago in 2002, to plant the Chicago Tabernacle, where Al continues to pastor and Chrissy leads the music ministry.

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Mark Vroegop

National Resource Leader

Mark Vroegop

Mark Vroegop has served as the Lead Pastor of College Park Church in Indianapolis, IN since 2008. Mark is a contributor to 15 Things Seminary Couldn’t Teach Me and the author of Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament. Along with his weekly pulpit and leadership ministry, Mark is also a conference speaker and a member of The Gospel Coalition council.

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National Resource Leader

Jeff Wells

Jeff Wells is the founding Pastor of WoodsEdge Community Church in Spring, TX where he has served since 1993. Jeff became a believer in the summer before attending Rice University where he was a four-time All-America recipient in track and cross country.  He is also a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, earning both his Master of Theology and Doctor of Ministry degrees. Jeff has authored numerous books including his most recent titles, Unhurried Time With God (2020) and Soul on Fire: The Privilege of Preaching (2020).

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FELLOWSHIP STAFF

Amber Doggett

6:4 Administrative Assistant

Amber Doggett

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Carley Phelps

Project Manager

Carley Phelps

Project Manager for Strategic Renewal and all its ministries.

Cary Hughes

Cary Hughes

Cary Hughes is the Senior Pastor at Living Grace Community Church in Cary, IL and has pastored churches in Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee. Born and raised in Baton Rouge, LA, Cary is passionate about seeing pastors in the South lead their churches to pursue God through the ministry of the Word and prayer. For this reason, he dedicates one day a week to serve as a Regional Director for The 6:4 Fellowship. He is a graduate of Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, AL. The best part of his life is his wife of ten years, Laura, and his children: Mirra Grace and Brock.
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Daniel Henderson

Global Director

Daniel Henderson

As a senior pastor for over two decades, Daniel Henderson brought prayer-based revitalization to numerous churches. Now, as the President of Strategic Renewal and the Global Director of The 6:4 Fellowship, Daniel is dedicating his full-time efforts to help congregations across the country and world experience renewal.  Daniel is sought after for his expertise in leading corporate prayer. He has authored numerous books on biblical leadership and prayer including, Old Paths, New Power and Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God’s Face.
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Dennis Henderson

National Director

Dennis Henderson

Dennis Henderson left the senior pastorate after 54 years of pastoring to devote half of his time to pastors nationwide as the National Director of The 6:4 Fellowship. He continues to share his time with Northlake Church in Lago Vista, Texas, as the Pastor of Leadership Development and Adult Ministries. He and Billie have been married since 1965 and have four adult children and nine grandchildren. Billie and Dennis have a passion to help ministry couples and support the ministry of prayer in the local church through The 6:4 Fellowship.
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Jeff Sivyer

Jeff Sivyer

Jeff Sivyer is a church planter who currently serves with The Grove Church in Painesville Twp., Ohio. He served for 13 years as a police officer in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Jeff completed his Master’s degree in “Marriage & Family Therapy” from Wayne State University. What followed was a brief opportunity as General Manager of a Christian Radio Station and 8 years as Director of Operations of 7 counseling centers in mid-Michigan before coming to Ohio.

Jeff currently serves as a Regional Director for the 64 Fellowship, a member of the Spiritual Advisory Board of Hannah’s Home, Chaplain of the YMCA of Lake County, and Past President of the Painesville Area Chamber of Commerce (now known as the Eastern Lake County Chamber of Commerce).

Jeff has been married to his wife Cindy for 50 years and has two daughters and 4 grandchildren.

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Jeremiah Porter

Jeremiah Porter

Jeremiah has been in full-time pastoral ministry since 2007, serving churches in Colorado, Oregon, and currently in Washington. Since 2017, Jeremiah has worked as a Renewal Coach with Strategic Renewal and now The 6:3 Discipleship, guiding churches to develop a dynamic culture of prayer. In 2019, Jeremiah began devoting one day a week as a Regional Director for The 6:4 Fellowship. He and Kim have been married since 2002 and have the joy of raising four energetic children to follow Jesus. In their free-time, the Porters love outdoor adventures – hiking, mountain biking, dirt-biking, skiing, cliff jumping, backpacking, camping, and many other adrenaline-pumping activities.
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Len Crowley

Residency Director

Len Crowley

Len Crowley is the Founder of Forgiven Communities – advocating for biblical church purpose and practice.  He currently serves as the International Director of The 6:4 Fellowship and coordinates 6:4PRESS Publishing and the 6:4 National Gathering.  The 6:4 Fellowship is a consortium of 2,500 pastors in North America advocating the leadership priority found in Acts 6:4 – “continually devoting ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the word” (64fellowship.com). During his nearly 40 years of Christian ministry, Len has been the lead pastor of four churches, a Bible teacher, board member, and ministry director. He also co-founded Whole in One (designing multi-ethnic collaborations),has led PLI Global (character-based leadership training), helped direct Counsel & Capital (a non-profit investment bank), and taught as a National Instructor with Walk Thru the Bible. Len has been married to Linda for 41 years.  They reside in Monument, CO and have two children and 5 grandchildren.  Meghan and her husband, Kevin Armstrong, live in Ft. Collins, CO with their three daughters (8, 10, 12).  They are a part of Restoration Project, a ministry to fathers.  Evan and his wife, Bronwen, live in Split, Croatia with their daughter and son and serve as missionaries with Josiah Venture.

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Paul Meldrum

Paul Meldrum has been in the pastoral ministry since 2006 and is, currently, an elder and leader of Prayer and Mission’s at Flagstaff Bible Church. He also serves as pastoral oversight/input for the Flagstaff Christian School Board and leads a coaches Bible study at Northern Arizona University. He and his wife Ronna have been married since 1975 and have 3 married children, who are serving the Lord in various capacities. They also have 14 grandchildren. Paul has been involved with The 6:4 Fellowship since 2015, and currently serves as Regional Director for the Mountain West Region, as well as a Renewal Coach for The 6:3 Discipleship. Paul finds great joy in serving Christ with his amazing wife, and encouraging pastors to develop a culture of prayer in their lives and in their churches.

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Director of Communications

Ricky Cassford

Director of Communications for Strategic Renewal and its ministries.

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Rob Jones

Rob Jones

Rob serves as the Senior Pastor of Fellowship Community Church in Norwalk, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines which he and his team planted in 1995. Rob has been a Regional Resource Leader for the 6:4 Fellowship since 2017.

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Shawn Brewer

Dr. Shawn Brewer has been the Pastor of First Baptist Church Paradise Texas since 01/21. He has been in ministry since 1984, and has Pastored four different churches in Texas, during that time.  He has been a member of The 6:4 Fellowship since 2016, and is now the Regional Director of the Central Southwest Region. He has been married to Lauri, since 1/9/88, and they have three adult children and four grandkids!

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Wilton DeGraffe

Wilton DeGraffe

Wilton DeGraffe is a full-time pastor in Queens Village, NY. He is the Senior Pastor at Grace Gospel Tabernacle and devotes one day a week as a Regional Director for The 6:4 Fellowship. Wilton is also a Renewal Coach for The 6:3 Discipleship. He and Clarelle have been married for 23 years and they have one son, Joshua. The DeGraffe’s planted Grace Gospel out of The Brooklyn Tabernacle.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We believe it is vital that the pastors and leaders of each of the churches with whom The 6:4 Fellowship partners assess and determine doctrine for themselves.  6:4 stands in the tradition of historic evangelical confession.  The Fellowship’s beliefs are summarized in the following eight declared convictions….

The Bible

The Bible is God’s word to all humanity. Human writers penned it under the supernatural authorship of the Holy Spirit. It is the supreme source of truth for Christian beliefs and living. Because God has inspired it, it is truth without any mixture of error in the original manuscripts. Psalm 12:6, 119:105,160; Proverbs 30:5; II Timothy 1:13, 3:16; II Peter 1:20,21.

God

God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. He has eternally existed in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and are one God. Genesis 1:1,26-27; 3:22; Psalm 90:2; Matthew 28:19; II Corinthians 13:14; I Peter 1:2.

Humanity

Human beings are made in the spiritual image of God, to be like Him in character. Humanity is the supreme expression of God’s physical creation. Although with potential for good, humans are all marred by sin, a predilection for disobedience toward God in all things. This predisposition to sin separates us from God and condemns us. Genesis 1:27; Psalm 8:3-6; Isaiah 53:6a, 59:1-2; Romans 3:23.

Eternity

Humanity was created to exist forever. Humans will either exist eternally separated from God because of sin, or in union with God through His forgiveness and salvation in Jesus Christ. To be eternally separated from God is Hell. To be eternally in union with Him is “eternal life” or Heaven. Heaven and Hell are distinct places of eternal existence. Matthew 1:8, 2:44, 46; John 2:25, 3:16, 5:11-13; Romans 6:23; Revelation 20:15.

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He is co-equal with the Father. Jesus entered human history through the virgin birth and lived a sinless human life. He offered Himself as the perfect, substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross. He rose from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death and that God’s message of forgiveness in Jesus is true. He ascended to Heaven’s glory and will return again to earth to consummate the fullness of his reign as King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:22-23; John 1:1-5, 14:10-30; Acts 1:9-11; I Corinthians 15:3-4; Romans 1:3-4; I Timothy 6:14-15; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 4:14-15.

Salvation

Salvation is a gift from God to humanity. It is by His initiative and work alone that humans receive forgiveness for sin and admission to Heaven. Salvation can never be earned by self-effort, but is given and sustained by the grace of God. Only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God’s means of forgiveness can we be saved from sin’s condemnation and penalty in Hell. “Eternal life,” then, begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ by faith. John 1:12, 10:29, 14:6; Romans 5:1, 6:23; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5; II Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 7:25; 10:10, 14; I Peter 1:3-5.

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is equal with the Father and the Son as God. The Spirit is present in the world to restrain sin, advance God’s will, and to make people aware of their need for Jesus Christ. The Spirit also resides in every Christian from the moment of salvation. The Spirit provides the Christian with understanding of spiritual truth and guidance and power for doing what is right. The faithful Christian seeks to live under The Spirit’s control daily. John 14:16, 17, 16:7-13; Acts 1:8; I Corinthians 2:12, 3:16; II Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:25; Ephesians 1:13, 5:1.

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