Pastor Kris Mavin
Co-Founder / Executive Director
Pastor Mavin has been married to his wife Trina for 34 years, They met each other in the first grade, where even then, Pastor Mavin left Mrs. Mavin speechless, an exercise whether good, bad, or indifferent he still engages in today. The Mavin’s have 8 children: 1 daughter, 7 sons, and 11 grandchildren
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Pastor Mavin has been in pastoral work for 35 years in a variety of positions within the local church, mission field, and Christian education. At the beginning of his career, he did pastoral work vocationally and focused on youth ministry. For the last 17 years he has continued in pastoral roles as a tent maker. During the bulk of this time, he has been in the non-profit world, specifically in the arena of Organ, Tissue, and Eye donation. His most current vocational role has him performing the recovery surgery for the eyes. He is part of an amazing apparatus that enables providing a surviving next of kin the opportunity to be able to potentially provide the gift of sight for up to two people who are experiencing corneal blindness.
Additionally, He has served in a variety of leadership and teaching roles at a number of private Christian Schools in
Southeastern Michigan and sits on the board of a local Christian non-profit organization.
Pastor Mavin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Youth Studies from William Tyndale College and a Master’s degree in Christian Ministry focusing on leadership from Liberty University. He has recently been accepted into a doctorate program and will soon begin work towards that degree.