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
![JR Woodward](https://reliantorg.blob.core.windows.net/missionaryphotos/images/default-source/leadership-and-office-staff-photos/jr-woodward7f07b5038c3a6f84b816ff000045e7f0.tmb-hero-large.jpg?sfvrsn=c3dda77_1")
JR Woodward
National Director, The V3 Movement
Board member since: 2025
About JR: JR Woodward has been passionately planting churches on the East and West Coast that value tight-knit community, life-forming discipleship, locally-rooted presence and boundary-crossing mission for over 30 years. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester (UK), and a Masters of Art in Global Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Creating a Missional Culture (IVP, 2012) and co-author of The Church as Movement (IVP, 2016). His coming book, The Scandal of Leadership: Unmasking the Powers of Domination in the Church, is expected to be released in the Fall of 2022. This book is based on his experience and Ph.D. research. He co-founded the Missio Alliance and currently serves as the National Director for the V3 Church Planting Movement. He is the co-founder of the Praxis Gathering, writes for numerous websites and journals, and serves on numerous boards. He loves to surf, travel, read, skateboard as well as meet new people. He enjoys photography and film and tries to attend the Sundance Film Festival whenever he can.
I serve Reliant because: I believe that a missional and movemental approach to being the church needs missionaries, and while some may be bi-vocational, many need to develop a support team, and Reliant helps to train, coach, and support missionaries with excellence.
A favorite scripture of mine is: Ephesians 3:20, Hebrews 11:6
