Raised in the backwoods of Alaska, Ron has been a bartender, pastor, factory worker, processor of trout at a commercial farm, nonprofit leader, door-to-door salesman, file clerk at a bank, itinerant evangelist, corporate IT manager, marathon runner and public speaker. Since he was 22 his adventures have taken him to more than 40 countries, where he has served some of the world’s poorest citizens. Ron is the founder of the NEO Fund, a micro-finance institution that started in a garbage dump and brings compassionate, sustainable change to vulnerable communities in India and Nicaragua. The Oregon Community has been his home since the church started in 2010. He wishes there was a beer named after him; if there was he’d want it to be called “The Invigorator.”

Christine loves kids. A born and raised Portlander, she remembers when the Kennedy School was a school, Lloyd Center was an open-air mall, and when you could actually afford to live in Irvington. She also loves craft beer and attending Portland Timbers games with her husband Joel and their two kids Georgia and Stella. She finds joy in working with kids and is so very happy to have the opportunity each week to do just that.

Kyle is a musician. He plays music.

He's also a father, a husband, a gamer, a carpenter, and a self-professed nerd.

A recovering athiest, this is Kyle's first real "church." He maintains, rules, leads, and directs all aspects of our Worship, Tech, Maintenance and Online Departments.

Kyle could be doing a lot of things, yet he chooses to be here. We're lucky.