CMAllianceU
Our CMAllianceU Administrative team keeps your site flowing smoothly and efficiently. Meet them below!
Dr. Steve Grusendorf
Director of Ministry Studies & Dean of CMAllianceU
Dr. Steve Grusendorf is a leader, speaker, author, and teacher with a heart for the world. Steve is an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and has 14 years of pastoral experience.Over the years he has served as both a lead pastor and a staff pastor, so his experiences cover a wide spectrum. Currently, he serves as the Director for Ministry Studies at the National Office of the C&MA where he helps to prepare men and women for ministry leadership across the country. He also teaches graduate and doctoral level courses in non-profit leadership, ministry leadership, and theology at a variety of graduate schools across the country. He has degrees in leadership and theology. He is happily married and the proud father of two boys. Steve loves helping churches develop the systems necessary to reach and disciple their community. His passion is to help develop the next generation of Christian leaders who can bring the hope of Christ to every corner of society
Cristy Gray
CMAllianceU Registrar Office Coordinator
Cristy is a native of Colorado Springs and worked for The Alliance for 20 years in Cash Management, located in the International Accounting Department. She took a three-year break and returned in August of 2019 to The Alliance as Registrar Coordinator for CMAllianceU. Cristy is married, has two children and four grandchildren. She loves to golf, play softball, read and spend time with family. She is learning to crochet as a new hobby.
Pamela Cubas
Program and SuperSite Administrator
Pamela Cubas is an Active Duty Air Force wife of 19 years and mother to three awesome teenagers: Tori (16), Nic (15), and Maddie (13). Although she is new to Colorado, she is not unaccustomed to moving around. Colorado Springs is her family’s 8th move in 16 years of military service. They have lived in MO, VA, OK (x2), FL, S. Korea, and AR. She has her Master of Arts in marriage and family therapy and currently working on her Ph.D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. She loves to play pretty much any sport that involves a ball and even played soccer for Teams USA.
Rev. William Paul
MSP Evaluator
Rev. William Paul has served the Alliance in various capacities, both nationally and internationally, as a pastor, church planter, and missionary. Officially retired, Bill continues a ministry of training, equipping, and coaching ministry candidates in various programs on CMAllianceU.
Dr. Gary Wozniak
MSP Evaluator
Dr. Gary Wozniak and his wife Sheryl (a licensed practical nurse - LPN) live on the south side of Waconia, Minnesota in a section of houses known as the old new Waconia. As extreme dog lovers, they have raised on their property two dogs, a very large golden retriever named "Shadow " (1995-2009) and "Deacon" a Pembroke Welsh Corgi (2009). Gary has served in ministry for 32 years as a youth pastor, college professor, and now as an online course developer and assignment evaluator in the Ministry Study Program (MSP). Gary graduated from Nova Southeastern University in 2004 with an Ed.D. in Adult Education with an emphasis in online learning. In his spare time, he likes to garden and make fresh Polish sausage.
Children’s Disciplemaking Leadership Certificate Admin Team
The CDLC Administrative Team is responsible for overseeing the coaching relationships with CDLC students, developing and maintaining the program curriculum,and administering the program.
Melissa MacDonald
The CDLC Admin Team is responsible for overseeing the coaching relationships with CDLC students, developing and maintaining the program curriculum, and administering the program.
Melissa J. MacDonald is not only passionate about children’s ministries, but she is also a published author, in-demand speaker, and a children’s ministry innovator. As the national Children’s Disciplemaking Ministries Consultant for the C&MA, Melissa spends her time training, coaching, speaking, equipping, and consulting with churches and districts both in the US and abroad. Melissa loves everything about children’s ministry except for stale cheerios and cranky volunteers. Visit Melissa's blog.
Don Shepson
Children’s Disciplemaking Leadership Certificate Assistant Dean
Don Shepson
Don is a professor of the Bible and Youth & Family Ministry at Montreat College (Montreat, NC). He also serves as the Assistant Dean of CDLC and has worked at a number of CMA ministries: Program Director (Alliance Redwoods Conference Grounds, Occidental, CA), Camp Director (Lake Swan Camp, Melrose, FL), Associate Pastor to Youth and Families (First Alliance Church, Fort Myers, FL), and Associate Professor of Youth and Family (Toccoa Falls College, Toccoa, GA). Don has enjoyed participating in the development of the CDLC and believes it is an important program to strengthen the lives of faith in our church’s children.
Alliance Polity Course Evaluators
Our Evaluators for the Alliance Polity courses have decades of experience in leading churches, districts, and the Alliance family. Their insights, understandings, and questions will guide you to identify and embrace the Alliance!
Dr. Wayne Spriggs
Alliance Polity Course Evaluator
Dr. Wayne Spriggs has served in various roles within the Christian & Missionary Alliance as a church pastor, planter, District Superintendent and helps out CMAllianceU ministerial students in training, equipping, and coaching the next generation of Alliance ministry leaders/p>
Rev. Dan Wetzel
Alliance Polity Evaluator
Rev. Wetzel most recently served as Vice President for Church Ministries of the Alliance, after having been the assistant vice president for Pastoral Development and Administration. After fifteen years of C&MA ministry with Native Americans in Minnesota and the Dakotas, Dan and his wife, Iris, pastored Alliance churches in Glendive, Montana, and Evanston, Wyoming. In 1996, he was elected District Superintendent for the Southwestern District. The Wetzels served for eleven years in that ministry before moving to the National Office of the C&MA in Colorado Springs in May 2006.
Rev. Kenneth Cluck
Alliance Polity Evaluator
Rev. Wetzel most recently served as Vice President for Church Ministries of the Alliance, after having been the assistant vice president for Pastoral Development and Administration. After fifteen years of C&MA ministry with Native Americans in Minnesota and the Dakotas, Dan and his wife, Iris, pastored Alliance churches in Glendive, Montana, and Evanston, Wyoming. In 1996, he was elected District Superintendent for the Southwestern District. The Wetzels served for eleven years in that ministry before moving to the National Office of the C&MA in Colorado Springs in May 2006.
Alliance Strategies in Mission Evaluators
Alliance Strategies in Mission Evaluators are internationally experienced leaders who give personal attention to each cohort. The limited class size allows them to challenge and encourage their students' thinking and commitment.
Shelly Crouch
Alliance Polity Course Evaluator
Shelly has served in a variety of roles internationally and within the United States. She is currently a literacy instructor at Global Village Academy and simultaneously completing her degree in Global Development Social Justice. She is also the proud mom of four grown children. /p>
Rev. Chris Braun
Alliance Strategies in Mission Evaluator
Chris and his wife, Marcia, have recently stepped into retirement after serving in ministry with the Alliance since 1975. The Brauns live next door to their son’s family in Redding, California. They are enjoying their lives as grandparents and ministering in a variety of ways as “elders at the gate.” They also take great pride in cheering their daughter on as she completes her Ph.D. in Oxford, England.
Rev. Rollo Royle
Alliance Strategies in Mission Evaluator
Rollo formerly served as an international worker in West Africa. He currently serves as a regional ministry director in the Southwestern District.