Barry Lawrence

Barry grew up in a local church that was committed to world missions. During one of the student conferences, he responded to the challenge to put his life on the altar to be used of the Lord in whatever way He desired. After seminary, the Lord led him to be on the pastoral staff of a church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His first taste of cross-cultural missions was a mission trip to Haiti during his time at Tulsa. Later the Lord called him to be Senior Pastor at Westside Baptist Church in Rochester, NY. During those nearly 18 years of ministry, the Lord led Barry to travel with teams to Nigeria, Romania, Turkey, Papua New Guinea and other parts of the world to preach in national churches and to train pastors and leaders.

The Lord intervened again and called Barry to invest his life in being a part of reaching the remaining unreached people groups. So Barry and his wife Diane left the East, their two grown daughters Holly and Stephanie, and five grandchildren to join the staff of Sixteen:Fifteen, where Barry is using his gifts and experience as a pastor to challenge and assist churches to fulfill the Great Commission in a unique and God-honoring way.

Barry Lawrence is passionate "to give my life to see Jesus treasured and worshipped in every part of the world as the all-powerful, all-wise, all-righteous, all-merciful and all-satisfying Lord and Savior for the glory of God

Tony Cassara

Co-Chairman

Tony lives in Rochester, NY with his wife Carol and family. Anthony Cassara has over 27 years of management experience in the telecommunications industry.

He is currently the President of Cassara Management Group, Inc. (CMGI), a privately held business counseling practice focused on the telecommunications industry. CMGI specializes in business evaluations, management recruitment & development, organizational change strategies and creating strategic business growth opportunities for telecommunications companies.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of ACN (a privately held telecommunications company operating in North America, Europe and Australia), CIMCO Communications (a privately held CLEC) Board of Advisors, and he has recently served on the Board of Directors of Mpower Communications (a publicly held CLEC), and has served on the Board of Directors for the Rochester, NY chapter of the American Red Cross, and several other board positions with organizations.

Mike O’Halloran

Mike O'Halloran lives in Gaithersburg, MD, near Washington, DC, with his wife Alisha and their 3 children. The family attends Cedar Brook Community Church, where Mike and Alisha oversee the young married/20 something's ministry; Mike serves on the elder/leadership team, and gives guidance to the missions ministry.

A passion for the fulfillment of the Great Commission and love and devotion to the local church drew Mike to be involved with Sixteen:Fifteen. He has been educated in ministry and missions, and has served on the mission field as well. Mike owns and operates a family real estate appraisal company in Gaithersburg.

Vic Jury, Jr.

Vic Jury, the Founder of Sixteen:Fifteen, saw the vision of coaching churches to success in their Great Commission calling in 2002. He and several other men, including Matthew Ellison, with similar passions and vision, joined together to begin the ministry of Sixteen:Fifteen.

Victor Jury, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Electric Supply Company, Inc. He & his family live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A leader in professional and community organizations, he serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Accion, New Mexico; serves on the Board of Directors and is Chairman of IMARK Group, a member-owned marketing organization representing companies with combined sales of over $6 billion; serves on the Board of Directors for the local Chapter of American Red Cross, and serves on the Board of several other local organizations.

Matthew Ellison

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Matthew was rescued by Jesus when he was twenty-three. Shortly after, he found himself in Ghana, West Africa on the first of what would be many ventures to the mission field. That first trip, Matthew says, "ruined me for anything less than a life lived for God's global purpose." In 1993 he began serving at Calvary of Albuquerque, in New Mexico, where he attended and graduated from their School of Ministry. He worked as the missions pastor at Calvary for nine years, developing and launching a strategic church-wide missions ministry. There he founded an international short-term mission ministry called LifeLine Missions that gave thousands across the country the opportunity to experience the mission field firsthand. Through these ministry opportunities he became extensively involved in short and long-term mission endeavors in countries around the world.

Now, he devotes his time to serving local churches across the country by coaching them in strategically focused missions and helping them to discover and use their unique gifts in partnership with others to make Christ known among all nations. Matthew is the Chief Ministry Officer and co-founder of Sixteen:Fifteen, and currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife, Renee, and their three children, Matthew, Cali, and Landon.

David Adkins

David Adkins resides in Albuquerque, where he, as president of Adkins & Goff Enterprises, is an entrepreneur and active investor in a wide range of New Mexico businesses -- including real estate, retail and service industries. David, his wife Anna, and their 2 children currently attend Northside Church, where David is an overseer.

Dave’s passion for the Great Commission led him to work for seven years as the Missions Pastor of a large Southern Baptist congregation, and now drives him to be involved with Sixteen:Fifteen as a board member and local Pebble Group leader. Dave enthusiastically supports the vision of 16:15 to reach the nations through the local church, “the way the Lord intended it to happen.”