President OF MINISTRY ADVANTAGE  
       
 

Russ Olmon, President
Russ is the founding President of Ministry Advantage, founded in 1998. Ministry Advantage is a coaching organization designed to help churches worldwide reach their full ministry potential. Through Ministry Advantage, Russ has served over 500 churches throughout the U.S., Canada, and Australia. In 2003, Russ launched Church Solutions, a consulting organization which provides Onsite Consulting, Low Cost Capital Campaigns, and Staff Training services to churches and Christian-based nonprofit's.

From 1993 to 2003, he led his Dallas area church plant from 17 people in a park to over 1,000 members with peak attendance exceeding 1500. He personally led his church through numerous successful capital campaigns for land acquisitions, buildings, and two major relocations. He has provided Capital Campaign leadership for scores of churches in the U.S. helping to raise over 25 million dollars in capital resources for land acquisition, construction, and operational funding.

In 2004, Russ transitioned from his role as Senior Pastor to launch a new multi-campus strategy as Pastor of Multi-site Ministry at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas. Lake Pointe Church is led by Senior Pastor, Steve Stroope. Lake Pointe averages over 10,000 per weekend in attendance. Since 2003, Russ has led the development and oversees five new campuses with a combined attendance of over 1,500.  The development of these campuses includes over fifteen million dollars in land and property with over 30 staff. Russ also serves as the Campus Pastor to the largest satellite campus, Lake Pointe Town East.

Russ has a BS degree with a double major in Bible and Theology from Liberty University. He completed two years of postgraduate studies in theology at Dallas Theological Seminary. He has completed 20 hours of selected course work in the Graduate School of Business at Dallas Baptist University in the area of Organizational Leadership.

Russ and his wonderful wife Susie have been married since Valentine's Day, 1981. They have an only child, a son Stephen, in whom they are very pleased. Stephen will be a student at Texas A&M University in the fall of 2007. Russ, Susie, and Stephen live in Rockwall, Texas with their Jack Russell Terrier, Charlie.