to my resume.

Damon DeLillo
damon@damondelillo.com 805.276.0487
nextgenministry.us twitter.com/damondelillo
Mission: to know Christ and make Him known.
Vision: to lead people in a growing relationship with
Jesus Christ by helping churches become more effective
at reaching the next generation and their families.
Biography: Damon DeLillo is currently the Chief Creative Officer of Ten Cow Ministries
and NextGenMinistry.us which are dedicated to helping churches become more effective
at reaching the next generation and their families. He has been working with kids,
teenagers and families, producing events, teaching and creating environments for
ministry for 20 years. In 2008, he led a church planting team with North Point Ministries.
He and his talented and creative wife, Janna, live in Oxnard, California, and are presently
enjoying the challenge of raising their five children: Emilie, Corey, Tucker, Gracie and
Macie.
Values
Intimacy with God
Family
Leadership
Connection
Compassion
Humility
Remarkability
Personality
ENTP
Myers-Briggs
Director
Right Path 4
DI: Persuasive
DISC
Ideation, Achiever, Maximizer,
Learner, Strategic
StrengthsFinder
Spiritual Gis
Real Life Church
Leadership/Administration
24
18
Pastor/Shepherd
Exhortation
Prophecy
Creative Director
16
Teaching
Executive Director of Family
Ministries
Gospel Light
17
Mission Church
Family Pastor
14
Giving
Professional
Experience
12
11
Evangelism
9
Serving
Showing Mercy
7
North Point Ministries
Creative
Experience
Role: Creative Director
Development: Creative Process,
Idea Generation, Marketing, Design,
Social Media Marketing
Responsible for . . .
• Corporate Creative Process
• Development of Brand Voice,
Core Ideology, Messaging &
Customer Experience
• Leadership and development of
Creative Services and Design
Teams
Lead Pastor
River Park Community Church
First Baptist Ventura
Family Pastor
Ministry
Experience
Roles: Executive Director of
Family Ministry, Lead Pastor,
Church Planter
Teaching
Experience
Roles: Secondary Principal,
Teacher (7th-12th Grades)
Oxnard First Baptist
Family Life Pastor
Subjects: Humanities, Modern
Responsible for . . .
• Strategic planning & vision
casting
• vision and administration
of ministry to nursery,
preschool, children, students
and families
• leadership and development of
volunteer and staff teams
• fundraising
• development of ministry
environments
Mythology, Logic, Great Ideas,
Algebra I, Geometry, Yearbook,
Western History & Literature,
Composition.
Development: Administration,
Curriculum Development, Employee
Management
Morgan Creek Chr. Acad.
Principal/Secondary
Administrator
Hillcrest Christian School
Teacher
Cair Paravel Latin School
Teacher
Damon & Janna
Wheaton College
Strategic Planning
Vision Casting
Leadership Development
Team Building
Spiritual Formation
Missions
Places: Romania, Mexico,
Taiwan, China, Ukraine (USSR),
Costa Rica, China Town,
Chicago
Projects: Construction,
Evangelism, VBS, teaching
English.
“God used Mission Work
during the formative years of
my life to inspire a burden
for the lost, a heart of
service and clarify my calling
to full-time ministry.”
BA English Lit. &
Secondary Education
Education
BA English Literature &
Secondary Education (Biblical
Studies) Wheaton College, IL.
Honors Degree English
Literature
Development: Writing, Teaching,
Philosophy of Education, Lesson
Planning, Bible & Theology, Literary
Criticisim
Mission: Costa Rica
Bible Fellowship Church
Mission: Taiwan
Cons. Bapt. Foriegn
Mission Society
Bible Fellowship Church
Missions Team
Bible Fellowship Church
Student Leadership
Buena High School
Bible Club President
Mission: Romania
Teen Missions Int’l.
Baptism
Bible Fellowship Church
Ventura, CA
Baptism
Public Speaking
Bible Fellowship Church
Ventura, CA
Why Children are the Most Important People in the Church
Children’s Pastors’ Conference 2012 & 2013
Uncommon Families: Create a Rhythm
Mission Church, September 2013
Weird: Weird Families
Mission Church, September 2012
WWHD: What Would Henrietta [Mears] Do?
Gospel Light Staff Meeting, February 2011
Creativity for Non-Creative People
Gospel Light Staff Meeting, August 2011
Seasons of the Soul
Gospel Light Staff Meeting, September 2011
Surviving the First Two Years
Children’s Pastors’ Conference, 2012
Wired that Way: Raising Spiritual Champions
Roots and Wings Conference, Tulsa, OK; February 2013
Building a Faith that Lasts: The Elementary Years
Roots and Wings Conference, Tulsa, OK; February 2013
Help Wanted: Volunteer Recruitment for Beginners
Children’s Pastors’ Conference, January 2015
Leading through Opposition
Children’s Pastors Conference, January 2015
New Birth
Goleta, CA
Publications & Blogs
Associations
Give Me Jesus: Gospel
Centered Children’s Ministry
Writer, Contributer
April 2014
Click here to read an excerpt.
Sunday School Changes
Everything
Editor
July 2012
Click here to read an excerpt
Blogs
henriettamears.com
nextgenministry.us
Personal & Professional References
Please contact me for references at
damon@damondelillo.com