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March 9, 2020
DALLAS, March 9, 2020 /Standard Newswire/ -- The Bill Glass Behind the Walls (BGBTW) Board of Directors announced today that Michael Nolan has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer effective March 15, 2020. Michael is a well-respected ministry and business leader with a storied career of fostering responsible growth for ministries and local church organizations.
Most recently, Michael served as President of The Operation Andrew Group (OAG) in Nashville, TN, joining the organization in 2018. Concurrently, he served as President of The Intersection Ministries, a consulting firm he founded in 2017 to come alongside churches and ministry organizations with a network of professionals offering help in strategic planning, finance and business consulting, and operational leadership.
From 2005 to 2017, Mr. Nolan was Chief Operation Officer/Chief Finance Officer for GARBC in Arlington Heights, IL. The GARBC is a voluntary partnership of 1,200 independent Baptist churches in the U.S. and over 9,000 churches internationally who are committed to the Great Commission mandate. During his time at GARBC, Michael served as interim COO/CFO at Clarks Summit University (2015-2016). Before joining GARBC, Mr. Nolan worked with General Motors/GM Financial for eight years as Northeast Director -- Sales, Service and Marketing and Executive Officer -- Senior Analyst.
"Michael was the unanimous choice from our national search committee from the slate of impressive candidates we interviewed," said BGBTW founder Bill Glass. "He clearly demonstrated how his unique experiences will help us equip and ignite more Christians to share their faith in Jesus Christ with the least of these."
"Michael's grasp of how our evangelism and evangelism training ministry benefits the local church and community instantly impressed us," added Billy Glass, Chairman of the Board of Directors. "His demonstrated ability to cast a vision and identify and develop systems for scaling up an organization will help us achieve the sustainable growth we're after."
Michael and his wife Kristen have been married twenty-seven years and have three adult daughters. Mr. Nolan holds an MBA in Marketing and Operations Management from the University of Dallas, and a Bachelor of Science in Aviation and Financial Management from Louisiana Tech University.
"I'm humbled by Bill Glass and the Board of Directors selecting me to head up this Gospel- centered organization," said Michael Nolan. "I see tremendous growth ahead as more local churches learn about our proven method to mobilize Christians to obey Jesus's command in Mark 16:15 to go and proclaim the Gospel."
One of Michael's first acts of business as CEO will be to join the over 250 Christian men and women volunteers at the Bill Glass Behind the Walls Event on March 21, 2020 in Huntsville, TX.
"I'm looking forward to meeting the local church team and joining them the night before at the Equip & Ignite evangelism training session," said Michael. "Just talking about it has me eagerly anticipating my first trip behind the walls!"
Bill Glass Behind the Walls is an evangelism training and evangelism ministry headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Since 1972, BGBTW has trained more than 58,000 Christian men and women volunteers to share the Gospel with nearly six million incarcerated men, women and youth, resulting in over 1.2 million commitments to Jesus Christ.
Contact Mark Pfefferkorn at MarkP@behindthewalls.com or by calling 816.506.2877 for more information, including photos and interview opportunities.
SOURCE Bill Glass Behind the Walls
CONTACT: Mark Pfefferkorn, 816-506-2877, MarkP@behindthewalls.com
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