Who is Reliant?
We were born in 1989 as a mission support agency for a small group of campus church planters. A lot's changed since then! (Less stonewashed jeans, for one).
Today we mobilize church planters and missionaries across like-minded missional groups and church-planting networks. As we've expanded our partnerships, we've adopted a new name. Yet our devotion to Jesus' command to "Go and make disciples..." remains. It's who we are.
Board Members
![Bisi Adewunmi (Chair)](https://reliantorg.blob.core.windows.net/missionaryphotos/images/default-source/leadership-and-office-staff-photos/bisi-adewunmi.tmb-hero-large.jpg?sfvrsn=3e27c077_1")
Bisi Adewunmi (Chair)
Executive Director at Ann Arbor Smiles Dental Group and Small Business Consultant
Board member since: 2017
About Bisi: Bisi has 18 years of experience working in the engineering and healthcare industry. He has worked in research, product development, customer service, and strategic planning for various small and large organizations. Bisi serves as a CEO, CFO or COO consultant in many small businesses helping them develop a strategic plan that aligns with their vision.
Along with his industry experience, Bisi coached soccer players at the highest level in the state of Michigan for over 15 years. Bisi enjoys using his skills in strategy to give back to his community. Bisi has served as the President of the Board at Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley located in Ann Arbor, MI, and is currently the Chair of the board at Reliant Mission.
Bisi has an Engineering degree from University of Michigan and an MBA from Indiana University focused on strategic planning. Bisi lives in Ann Arbor, MI with his wife Natalie and their children Manny and Maya.
I serve Reliant because: I believe God has given me the gift of planning strategically for the sake of His kingdom. I am excited to be part of a team that is planning, praying, and relying on God to figure out how we can support as many missionaries as possible so that His good news is taken to every corner of the world.
I belong to a church (New Life) that is staffed by Reliant employees and I have been blessed over the last 16 years to serve with many of the staff members and see the impact they have made and are still making for Christ in Ann Arbor and around the world.
A favorite scripture of mine is: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight." -Proverbs 3:5,6
