The Mission Mid-Atlantic staff provides invaluable assistance to Church Staff and member churches in the Association. They work with churches in the Association, to help equip them for effective ministry and healthy growth. Local churches partner together with Mission Mid-Atlantic to plant new churches for strategic growth. The Mission Mid-Atlantic staff assists pastors and churches in transition, organizes relevant seminars to sharpen ministry skills, and publishes helpful literature to improve ministry effectiveness.

Dr. James E. Leary
Regional Executive Director

Dr. James Leary grew up in West Virginia, where he put his trust in Christ. Sensing God's calling on his life he attended and graduated in 1976 from Philadelphia Biblical University and in 1979 graduated with a Masters of Divinity from Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, PA. He earned his D Min from Dallas Theological Seminary with a focus on conflict resolution.

Jim has served churches in PA, and in 1986 was called to the First Baptist Church of Turnersville, NJ (now Stagecoach Christian Fellowship) where he faithfully served until accepting the Regional Executive Director position with Mission Mid-Atlantic in May of 2006. Jim married Lou Ann in 1975, and they have two grown children and two grandchildren.

Jim is currently a Candidate in the Certified Christian Conciliator Program with Peacemaker Ministries.  In addition, he attended the Train the Trainer course offered by Peacemaker Ministries to become a Lead Instructor for Foundational Skills Training in conflict coaching and mediation. His vision is to see a network of trained conflict coaches and mediators serving our churches throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

Phone: (856) 371-3785
Email: jim@missionmid-atlantic.org

Paul Mathewson
Associate Director
Building Healthy Churches

Paul was the President of Church Health Ministries, Inc. (CHM). CHM provided church health assessments, strategic planning, leadership training and pastoral encouragement to churches, pastors and church leadership teams. He also is a popular conference leader and seminar speaker, and is a certified outreach trainer for Outreach, Inc. Prior to transitioning to ministry, Paul spent 23 years in the insurance industry, the last ten of which as Chief Operating Officer of a major Property/Casualty Insurance Group. Paul holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Houghton College, Houghton, NY. He and his wife Lynda live in Richboro, PA. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.

Phone: (215) 407-0227
Email: pmath1@comcast.net
 

Ron Markloff
Associate Director
Developing New Churches

Ron was a consultant for Church Health Ministries from its inception in 2001 and has also served as corporate secretary and board director. He has been involved in all phases of CHM’s mission: church/ministry assessments, leadership training, pastoral coaching, targeted seminars
and preaching assignments. While at CHM, many of the churches with whom Ron has worked have been in the Mission Mid-Atlantic Association and he is looking forward to a continuing partnership. Ron and his wife Kathy live in Wycombe, PA. They have three grown daughters and one grandchild.

Phone: (267) 918-3566
Email: ron.markloff@davisville.org

Len Davis
Associate Director
Lifestyle Stewardship Ministries

Len joined the Mission Mid-Atlantic team after retiring from WorldVenture. Before joining WorldVenture, Len worked as a sales representative and a financial planner with Prudential Financial for 25 years, and for 15 of those years he also served as CFO of Lower Alloways Creek Township in Salem, NJ. Len served as Youth Director and in other leadership positions at Canton Baptist Church from 1968–1991. In 1991, he was appointed as a missionary with WorldVenture where he served as Regional Coordinator for their ministries in Eastern Europe, Russia and Ukraine until 1999. He then was invited to join the home office team at their headquarters in Littleton, CO, as the Office Team Coordinator. In 2001, Len moved into the Mobilization Division to work in the recruiting and coaching of career individuals who were considering missions as a new career. Len and his wife Charlotte live in Southern New Jersey.  They have 6 children and 12 grandchildren.

Phone: (856) 371-3804
Email: lendnj@comcast.net

Rickie Jones
Administrative Assistant

Rickie joined the Mission Mid-Atlantic team in 2006, bringing with her over 15 years of office management and church ministry experience. She holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing from Ferrum College, in Ferrum, VA.  Rickie, her husband Ike, and their four children reside in South Jersey.  "I am really blessed to serve the churches and pastors in the Mid-Atlantic region and to be part of the Mission Mid-Atlantic team."

Phone: (856) 881-8990
Email: office@missionmid-atlantic.org

 

Mission Mid-Atlantic
P.O. Box 345
Clayton, NJ  08312