At Work on Purpose

Chuck Proudfit, is the founder and president of SKILLSOURCE and “At Work On Purpose,”  a citywide workplace ministry model that mobilizes the Church at Work. 

With a rich corporate background from Procter & Gamble, Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery, and LensCrafters Corporation, Chuck brings extensive management experience. At Harvard University, he pioneered the undergraduate organisational development curriculum.

Palau Association

Kevin Palau is the son of international evangelist Luis Palau. He joined the family business, the Luis Palau Association, in 1985 and began directing the day-to-day operation of the ministry in the late 1990s.

Under his leadership, LPA has created a worldwide network of hundreds of partner evangelists, and developed new models for citywide outreach that integrate City Gospel Movements, major community service initiatives with open-air evangelistic gatherings.

Today Kevin serves as C.E.O. of the Luis Palau Association, and lives in Beaverton Oregon with his wife Michelle, and their three young adult children. Kevin loves the Portland Timbers, Oregon Duck Football and Basketball and ice cream.

Frontline Ministries
City Advance | Founder & President

Tom conducts an international ministry catalyzing and developing citywide movements of unity, prayer, and collaboration. White has emerged as an innovator and practitioner in the city transformation space—building collaborative partnerships among kingdom-minded leaders to more effectively reach their communities with the Gospel. Since 1991, he has led over 900 Leaders Prayer Summits in numerous cities worldwide. In 1990, he authored The Believers Guide to Spiritual Warfare, a best seller (Baker). In 2014, he published The Practitioners Guide: Building City Gospel Movements. Tom serves on the Global Cities Alliance Team for Movement.org, and is a faculty member of the Movement Day Scholars Program, training city leadership teams from around the globe. Tom and his wife Terri reside in Corvallis, Oregon.

He holds degrees from San Diego State University (B.A. Sociology, Minor in Religious Studies), and Asbury Theological Seminary (M.A. Theology).

Chris Gough is a natural connector who has worked with churches in the greater Seattle area toward for over a decade with Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, and in 9 years of ministry in a local Seattle congregation. He has a heart to see healthy city gospel movements, and had his hand in launching several regional initiatives, including: many church/school partnerships, city-wide serve day initiatives, the Foster Support Faith Alliance; Faith Work and Economics cohorts; and Homelessness engagement.

Chris is a co-founder of Saturate, and serves city networks nationally through the Palau Association as the Director of City Gospel Movements. In this role he helps city networks throughout North America strategize and solve for the Great Commission.

Steve Buss and Patti Buss believe in the unlimited potential of the united Church in a city, and lead the One Hope Network in Eugene, Oregon.

Together, they facilitate unity of the Church in their community, by leading strategic prayer and spearheading many collaborative serving initiatives.

One Hope Network launched in 2006, and now has 100 participating churches and ministries.

Steve and Patti have been missionaries with YWAM, and served in various pastoral roles before starting One Hope.