Hello, I'm Gary Moritz.
Dr. Gary Moritz is the lead pastor of City United Church in Lunenburg, MA. City United Church has been featured in Outreach Magazine as one of the 100 Top Reproducing Churches in America, was awarded the Tyndale Publishers Church Comeback Award through Church Answers and has been featured in podcasts to tell the God-story of renewal and revitalization. City United and its team continue to foster leaders and churches to health and vitality by providing resources, development, and counseling to advance the movement of the Gospel in New England and around the United States. The Lord called their family to New England in 2013 to take over a church in bankruptcy and in need of church revitalization through a pastoral succession. The call to step into a hard place and do the hard things so that God gets the glory is evident, as is His ability to multiply supportive movements throughout New England. City United also partners with other like-minded missional organizations that are planting sustainable churches and making disciples with multiplication results all over the world.
Gary is gifted in creativity, futuristic thinking, systems, strategic renewal, conflict resolution, and leadership by galvanizing teams that establish a vision for the future. He loves to spend time with his family and enjoys downtime playing saxophone, drums, and vibraphone.
Gary works for Liberty University as a Subject Matter Expert in Church Revitalization and as an assistant professor in the online School of Divinity. He serves alongside Leadership Network and Exponential as part of their creative think tanks and Venture Partner's family. He also serves as the part-time Director of Church Revitalization for the Baptist Churches of New England, whose focus is to provide an established network of support for pastors and churches in New England so they can thrive.
Gary Established the Church Vitality Network, an online network for churches to find health in pastoring, revitalization, and renewal through a digital hub. Gary is married to Jana Moritz, and they are a ministry team, involved in serving the local church side-by-side. They have been part of many book projects during the creative process for other leading authors; however, they recently launched their own book project, Carry On: Tactical Strategies for Church Revitalization and Renewal. They have two incredible daughters leading and serving Generation Z and Generation Alpha and the local church.
Hello, I'm Jana Moritz
Jana Moritz is the Director of Operations at City United Church in Lunenburg, MA. City United Church has been featured in Outreach Magazine as one of the 100 Top Reproducing Churches in America, was awarded the Tyndale Publishers Church Comeback Award through Church Answers and has been featured in podcasts to tell the God-story of renewal and revitalization. City United and its team continue to foster leaders and churches to health and vitality by providing resources, development, and counseling to advance the movement of the Gospel in New England and around the United States. The Lord called their family to New England in 2013 to take over a church in bankruptcy and in need of church revitalization through a pastoral succession. The call to step into a hard place and do the hard things so that God gets the glory is evident, as is His ability to multiply supportive movements throughout New England. She is a significant part of the foundational success of City United and its daily operations.
Jana has life experience as the child of a pastor/missionary, as her parents established a leading organization in training nationals in discipleship movements in restricted access countries within the 1040 window. She has trained and impacted people all over the world to lead and serve in their context.
Jana has twenty years of legal experience as a paralegal in Fairfax Country, Virginia, and has worked in building systems in small businesses and churches. Her tenacity, business mind, and leadership have helped churches and leaders in New England to establish ground again.
Jana is an Education Specialist in Educational Leadership and is currently finishing her doctorate in Educational Leadership at Liberty University. Jana loves reading spy novels, drinking coffee while reading spy novels, and traveling with her family. She also loves spending time with family by the pool or at the beach.
Jana helped establish The Church Vitality Network, an online network for churches to find health in pastoring, revitalization, and renewal through a digital hub. Jana is married to Gary Moritz. They are a ministry team, involved in serving the local church side-by-side. They have been part of many book projects during the creative process for other leading authors; however, they recently launched their own book project, Carry On: Tactical Strategies for Church Revitalization and Renewal. They have two incredible daughters leading and serving Generation Z and Generation Alpha and the local church.
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