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Our end desire or vision is for the Church of every city to empower and mobilize every believer to play their most strategic role in fulfilling the Great Commission until His Kingdom comes among all people groups (or nations). Simply stated, zero unreached people groups.

God desires and will see every tribe, tongue, and nation (people group) before His throne at a Great Celebration. But not every nation knows Him yet. Our passion is to see the Church in every city unleashed to disciple unengaged and unreached people groups. 
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Our Values

1 Love 
Love is behind absolutely everything. Intimacy with Jesus trumps all else, and next to that is loving relationships with others. These always come before tasks because they are the primary "task". "Missions exist because worship and love for Jesus do not!" (1 Corinthians 13)
2 Unity 
It’s not about any name other than Jesus. Jesus works through every part of the Body of Christ and we believe that every part is important. We believe in unity in the midst of the vast diversity of the global church. It’s not about control, so City for the Nations encourages great commission activity that already exists in a city and works to connect and engage others in it rather than recreating and setting up competition. City for the Nations only creates when a key opportunity does not already exist and does so in partnership with others. 
(1 Corinthians 12:12-24, John 17:20-23, Acts 2:1-3)
3 Calling
Our desire is to release every believer into their most strategic role in fulfilling the Great Commission - to live out their calling in obedience for the glory of God and from the love of God. This may be in the marketplace, a non-profit, a local church, at home, or other arena. We believe everyone has role to play in fulfilling the great commission to the unreached and everyone needs to play their role to finish the great commission.
(Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:19, Ephesians 2:10)
4 Family
We believe the primary sphere of influence each believer is given is their immediate family. The family is the first God ordained entity He created. One of the greatest roles of the church is to be a spiritual family. A place to find love, purpose, care, encouragement and identify. The role as mother or father as key discipler in the family is primary among calling and assignment. 
(Ephesians 2:19, Romans 8:14-17, 1 Timothy 3:2-4)
5 Unreached Nations
Our primary focus is on unreached people groups and unreached unengaged people groups, not that we don’t encourage missions to “reached” places or local evangelism. But God has a very specific and paramount vision that those who have no opportunity to hear and who have little or no worshipers would be before the throne worshiping Jesus. We reach out through evangelism and discipleship that lead to Church Planting Movements or Disciple Making Movements. (Romans 15:14-21, Matthew 21:14, Revelation 7:9)

Cities & Nations

City for the Nations pairs the united Church of one city to an unreached nation in need of prayer, Biblical resources, and national workers.
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UPM 1000

The vision of this movement is to mobilize passionate prayer to see spiritual breakthrough among the most unreached peoples in the spiritually darkest places on earth.

Your prayers for these people will help bring eternal breakthrough. We’ll keep you updated on the movement and key events that are coming up. This will all help to fan the flame of intercession.
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Our Team

Every member of our team is a leader who has made significant contributions to our vision. 
Each one brings a unique set of skills and expertise to our organization. 

Miles Phelps
Executive Director, Co-Founder

Miles Phelps is the Director of City for the Nations, a ministry that is unleashing cities throughout the world to reach unreached unengaged people groups. Miles is happily married to Melanie, and they currently reside in Lexington, Kentucky with their daughter, Penielle. They believe in serving a God that has no limits. Their lives together have been marked by a lifestyle of living by faith and seeing God’s faithfulness to His word. Miles and Melanie Phelps are popular speakers and well known for their workshops on reaching the unreached, spiritual warfare, church planting, city reaching, evangelism, leadership, and intimacy with Christ. 

Anthony Humphress
Chairman, Co-Founder

Anthony resides in Lexington with his wife and children. He owns Eden Capital and Kampus Properties. He served as a campus minister after graduating from Transylvania University in 2000 & was ordained in 2005. He’s served on the board of the Greater Lexington Apartment Association, Lexington Leadership Foundation, GO International, DOOR International, & the Issachar Initiative Advisory Board. He co-founded City for the Nations & currently serves as the Chair.

James Atherton
Richmond Director & National Cities Director

James serves City for the Nations in two roles, overseeing the Richmond-Niger partnership as well as providing oversight and care for our City Directors. James is married to Michele Atherton and they have four children, Joshua, Faith, Victoria and Jonathan. James and Michele met in Kazakhstan in 1992, where they were both part of church planting teams. James has over 30 years of ministry and church leadership experience. In addition to serving churches in the central Kentucky area, he has planted churches in Kazakhstan and San Francisco, CA.

Victor Barousse
Jacksonville Director

Victor burns with a vision to see the city-wide church join together in supernatural unity as described in John 17:21. This is unity unto a purpose: to reach the many nationalities living right in our city with the Gospel, while also bringing the message of Jesus Christ to the entire county of Thailand. 

Victor and his anointed wife, Kathie, are experienced field missionaries with Go to Nations, seeing much fruit over many years of church planting, leadership development and humanitarian work, particularly among the Slavic peoples. Their last church plant, called New Testament Church, now serves as a model for ministry among the Buddhist and Animist peoples of Siberia. As a spiritual father and mother, Victor and Kathie have a vision to see a multitude of spiritual children equipped and sent forth to the nations.

Andy Csordas
Director of Operations

Andy is the Operations Director. He joined City for the Nations in 2022. Andy and his high school sweetheart wife, Rena, were married in 1969 and have lived in Lexington since his retirement in 2016. They have two grown children and five grandchildren. Holding a Bachelor’s Degree from Mars Hill University and an MBA from Garner Webb University plus his decades of business operations experience allows him to assist the team in many ways. He repaired electronic encryption equipment while in the US Army and is also a Vietnam Veteran. He has been on a number of domestic and international mission trips over the years. This is in addition to his international work experience. His history of frequent work moves over the years while working for a management company brings a helpful perspective of how different organizations operate. He is passionate about missions and reaching the unreached people in the world.

Logan Hurley
Cities and Nations Coordinator

Logan serves as a Nations and Cities Coordinator, aiding City Directors to mobilize their cities for reaching the nations. He and his wife Tori have one son, Leander. Logan graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2016 and is currently finishing his M.Div at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In recent years he has worked in varied organizations as a speech and debate coach, holiday light installer, tutor, and office administrator. He originally hails from East Bernstadt, KY and comes to Lexington from Louisville, KY.

David Harmon

New Nations Coordinator

David has stepped into the New Nations Coordinator role here at City for the Nations to help develop connections and cultivate new nations for City for the Nations to work in.  David also serves the team handling all things media and technology. David has a passion for technology and kingdom video. From livestream, to print David strives to create the best media to tell the story of City for the Nations and the nations we work in. With a heart to see the gospel spread across the world, David serves with his gifts and talents to see the Great Commission finished.

Rob Stravitz

New Cities Director

Rob joined the City for the Nations team in 2023 as New Cities Director, where he will help recruit cities to join in the City for the Nations mission. He and his wife, Susan, have been married for over 30 years and they have two grown daughters, Melissa and Pamela. He has a bachelors from The College of William and Mary and and MBA from UCLA. He recently retired from a 30-year career in various senior marketing roles to spend more time in Kingdom Building endeavors. In addition to his role at City for the Nations, he also serves on the boards of Lexington Leadership Foundation, New Life Day Center homeless shelter, and The Way Home Ministries.

Susan Stravitz

New Cities Prayer Coordinator

Susan has lived in Lexington, Ky for the last eighteen years with her husband Rob. She was a stay-at- home mom and ministry volunteer in the local church serving in children’s ministry, adult discipleship, women’s Bible Study and a variety of prayer teams. Susan also served in leadership in Community Bible Study for fourteen years and as a pray-er for Nepal and the other countries at City For The Nations for the last 7 years. In 2020, Susan completed the Perspectives On The World Christian Movement class which ignited her heart for the lost even more.

In August, 2023, Susan accepted the role as New Cities Prayer Leader and will be working alongside her husband Rob who is the New Cities Director. Her role includes prayer in seeking which cities and nations to pair and then mobilizing prayer within the new cities. She says her passion for prayer just continues to grow especially in the areas of healing, evangelism, and praying for cities and nations to be reached with the gospel.   

Ron Dunaway

Huntsville City Director

Ron retired from sales in the paper industry in 2022 before joining City for the Nations the next year. He and his wife Donna have two adult sons, Tyler and Taylor. He has lived in Huntsville for 63 years, during which time he has travelled to Latin America and South Asia, on mission trips. He took the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement class in 2015 and in 2019 became the Area Team Leader for Perspectives in North Alabama. He is excited to use his connections to Huntsville’s missions and business communities to advance the Kingdom. 

Jason Holland
Board Member

Jason serves as the Vice President and Director of Operations at Joshua Nations. He is a graduate from Christ for the Nations Institute and Jacksonville Theological seminary with degrees in Theology and Psychology. Additionally, Jason serves on the Board of Directors of several reputable mission’s organizations such as Dynamic Church Planting International (www.dcpi.org); Christian Ministries in Africa (www.christianministriesinafrica.org); LifeBridge India (www.lifebridgeindia.org); and also Joshua Nations (www.joshuanations.org). Jason has traveled and ministered in over 60 nations for the past 20 years. During these years of working in the nations, Jason has written numerous teaching materials that focus on equipping the body of Christ in the context of missions, church planting and healthy leadership. Jason wrote a short manual on church planting in the developing nations. This book has been translated into more than 10 languages now and more than 15,000 copies has been printed and distributed around the world. Jason is happily married to Anna Holland, and this year they celebrate 17 years of marriage. They are the proud parents of three sons; Amos is 2 years old, Judah who is 8 years old and Marcus who is 22 years old. 

Jeff Rogers
Board Member

Jeff Rogers is the Director of Wellspring Prayer Center, which is a city wide prayer ministry that regularly prays for the sick and brokenhearted, as well as equipping others to pray. Jeff was ordained as a minister in 1983 but He and Jesus have operated Jeff Rogers Photography, Inc. for over 29 years. He has published five award winning photography books and loves to help others see beyond creation to see the Creator. He and his wife, Missy, were married in 2008 and their lives are devoted to Jesus, working with a variety of non-profit ministries.

Jimmy McKinney
Board Member

Jimmy has stewarded J & R Construction Services, Inc in Lexington, KY since 2003. He graduated from Eastern Kentucky University and entered the Army Reserves before starting the company with a dear friend from whom he later purchased all the business. He’s always had a love for woodworking & leads the company by their motto, “Customer Service and Quality First”. Jimmy loves the Church & the nations.

Dr Gerald Robison 
Board Member

Gerald is a humorous national and international speaker for missions.  Gerald has pastored churches on 3 continents, He has trained over 1200 Bible teachers in over 24 countries, founded and co-founded 3 ministries and authored and co-authored 8 books. His passion is for glorifying God and insuring the 
gospel reaches people of every tongue, tribe and nation. 

Brad Easley 
Board Member

Brad Easley has been in ministry since 2000, as a pastor, worship leader, and church planter. A graduate of Asbury University (BA) and Wesley Biblical Seminary (MA), his desire is to equip and empower new generations for Kingdom living. In 2018, he and his wife Meghann planted King's Church on the south side of Lexington. His team also spearheads Unbridled Prayer, a worship + prayer initiative that contends for revival in the Bluegrass. In addition to ministry, Brad and Meghann operate Two Cups Creative, a design + marketing agency. They have four children and live on a small farm in Jessamine County.  
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