About Michigan Pray

We believe in prayer.

For over 15 years our leaders have been connecting Michigan pastors, Legislators, and people of faith across the state for prayer and engagement.

We keep our pulse on what is happening in Michigan government, politics, and culture. Our goal is to serve the Body of Christ with education and information, starting with our Clergy and State Legislators. 

We believe that God’s command is for us to pray and take action (James 2:17-23). We invite you to get to know us, join us, and partner with us to see His peace and wisdom come to our state!

Our Advisory Board

  • Representative Greg Alexander

    Greg was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2022. He serves the 98th House District, which includes residents in portions of Lapeer, Sanilac and Tuscola counties, as well as all of Huron County.

    He has worked in small business, retail, building and infrastructure for nearly 40 years. He owns and operates a Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program-verified apple orchard.

    Greg has served as Sanilac County’s Drain Commissioner, Utility and Community Development Director for the city of Croswell, Chair of the Board of Public Works, and a member of the Landfill and Recycling Board.

    Greg lives in Carsonville and has been married to his wife, Patty, for 33 years. They have three children. Greg serves on the Holy Family Parish Catholic Church council and is an Endowment Life Member with the National Rifle Association.

  • Representative Cam Cavitt

    Cam was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2022. He represents the 106th District, which includes the Northern Michigan counties of Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle, and portions of both Oscoda and Cheboygan.

    Cam has been a northern Michigan realtor for over 20 years. He also runs a small business and served his community as Cheboygan County Drain Commissioner. He was also the Northern Michigan Chairman for the Michigan Association of County Drain Commissioners. Cavitt was a board member of the Cheboygan County Salvation Army, Cheboygan County Historical Society, and the Indian River Chamber of Commerce.

    Cam and his wife, Lynn, have lived in Northeast Michigan for decades, where they raised three children. 

    Cam is an outdoorsman, and works every day to ensure Michigan’s land and water remain the greatest place to work, play, and raise a family. Cam believes our rights come from God – not the government.

  • Pastor David Christian

    David & Gerri served nine years as missionaries to Mexico and Ecuador. They speak and minister in English and Spanish. 

    Returning to the U.S. with their daughters, they served 25 years on the pastoral staff of Resurrection Life Church in Grandville, Michigan. Their duties included ministry to marriage & family, general teaching, oversight of building projects, and overseeing the Hispanic congregation within the church. 

    In 2016 David & Gerri began to focus on national and international teaching of the Word of God regarding the requirements of being a disciple, training and equipping both English and Spanish speaking churches, pastors and leaders, in a variety of meeting venues. 

    The Christians reside in Grandville, Michigan, where they oversee their ministry, DiscipleHeart.org.

  • Minister Donald Eason

    Minister Donald Eason

    Donald T. Eason has been a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ for over 25 years, He currently serves as the Senior Minister to the Metro Church of Christ in Sterling Heights, MI, and the Great Lakes Regional Director of pastoral engagement for the Douglass Leadership Institute.

    Donald was a Financial Executive for over 20 years. He served as Chairman of the Board Directors for Outreach, Inc. an Indianapolis faith based non-profit organization that services the needs of homeless and displaced youth.

    He has also held leadership positions to a variety of organizations, including current Board member of the Herald of Truth and Advisory Board member of the Church of Christ Care Community.

    He was Special Assistant to the President of Hillsdale College and Corporate Chairman for the National Forum for Black Public Administrators (ATL Chapter), he was also a US Congressional candidate.

  • Pastor Jeff Hall

    Pastor Jeff is the founding Pastor and current Lead Pastor of Community Faith Church since 2004.  

    Jeff has been in ministry since 1992, serving as Youth Pastor, School Administrator, Associate Pastor, and Worship Leader over the years.  He is ordained and in good standing with Living Word Church International in Midland, MI.  

    Jeff is an Air Force veteran and has been married to his wife Lynn, since 1995.  They have four adopted children, Izahia, Samuel, Joseph, and Emily.

  • Representative Gina Johnsen, Founder

    Gina Johnsen is a native of Michigan, a mother, and a business professional in the healthcare industry. Gina currently serves in the Michigan House of Representatives as the representative of District 78.

    She is also a grassroots faith leader and a catalyst for empowering and unifying Michigan Christians toward action. She has assisted in activating people of faith to become educated, engaged, and influential in government affairs affecting every individual and family.

    Her goal is to inspire people of faith to pray, stay informed, and contribute in a positive way to their community by voting and engaging with elected officials.

  • Pastor Austin Kreutz

    A native of Queens, New York, Austin Kreutz moved to Michigan many years ago and is Senior Pastor at Restoration Christian Community in Allegan.

    Austin became a Christian in college while studying music. He’s been married to his college sweetheart for 48 years, and they have two sons and several grandchildren.

    Austin has worked in the marketplace, the factory and the ministry. His skills of organization, management, and scholastic enterprises has given him an exceptional grasp of subjects.

    For more than forty years, he has been teaching life applications from God's word, Natural Law Theory, as well as the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and history.

    As an ordained minister, he has pastored churches in Michigan and New York as well as taught internationally. He is a graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary and a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, the Evangelical Philosophical Society, the Thomas Torrance Fellowship and President of the Bonhoeffer Forum for Church and Culture.

  • Representative Luke Meerman

    Luke and his wife Victoria live in Coopersville and have five children. They have led a home foster care program and have fostered 15 children in their home. The Meerman’s have also hosted six international students in their home, sharing American culture and values with young people from all over the world.

    Luke’s Christian beliefs shape his philosophy and worldview. He and his family are members of Chapel Pointe in Ottawa County.

    As a State Representative for the people of West Michigan, Luke is guided by faith and the principles of limited government and personal responsibility. He is passionate about reeling in bureaucracy and defending individual liberties.

  • Pastor Scott Price

    Pastor Scott Price

    Scott is the Senior Pastor of Lifegate Church in Hastings, Michigan.

    He graduated from Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Management Degree with a Ministry Leadership Specialization.

    He and his wife Dawn planted Lifegate Church in 2009 and have been married for 35 years.

    Scott pastored the church for 13 ½ years while working bi-vocationally at Consumers Energy and he retired from the company in 2023 after 30 years.

    Pastor Scott now pastors full-time with a passion to help people know Christ personally, experience true freedom in Christ, live as fully faithful disciples of Christ, disciple others in Christ, and take the gospel of the kingdom of God to the spheres of influence Christ has called them. Those spheres include government, business, media, education, arts and entertainment, the family, and religion.

  • Pastor Andy Shaver

    Andy is a passionate and practical communicator of God’s word, presenting messages in creative ways and reaching people of this generation.

    Andy is also a musician and songwriter and has traveled and ministered extensively both nationally and internationally.

    Andy is a graduate of Master’s Commission of Greater Cincinnati, and has also studied the Bible at Judson University.

  • Pastor Chuck Vizthum

    Chuck is Family Research Council’s Michigan Pastoral Chairman and is also the founding and Senior Pastor of Whole Life Church in Sturgis, Michigan. 

    A graduate of Alma College (B.A.), the University of Michigan graduate executive management program, and Associated Biblical Seminar (M.Div), Pastor Chuck has served in ministry for twenty nine years, the first five years in the United Methodist Church and the last 24 at Whole Life Church. 

    Before entering the ministry, he was a commercial banker for fourteen years. 

    Pastor Chuck and his wife Kim have been married for 37 years and have been blessed with seven children and ten grandchildren. 

    His primary five fold gifting is pastor/teacher and has been privileged to be used beyond the local church setting, especially in cultural engagement.