Meet the Team!
"Plans go wrong for lack of advice; many advisors bring success." Proverbs 15:22
We know it takes a broad perspective of knowledge, experience, personality, and faith to run this org and we believe we have assembled a top notch team.
Read on to get to know us!
President: Tim Kirk
Tim is the Founder & Visionary of MMOG Ministries Inc, married to his wonderful wife, Chris, of 34 years and father of 2 beautiful daughters.
Tim & Chris started their ministry work appx 25 years ago together as full time Youth ministers in Inpls, In and that is where the vision of MMOG (Mighty Men Of God) began.
In 2005, They moved to Concord, Nc. In 2007 MMOG began as a weekend event for middle-school boys having a spiritual weekend retreat utilizing Battle-games & devotionals in backyards of church families, quickly outgrowing the settings and grew into a regional Fathers/Sons using camping retreat centers to accommodate the numbers.
Then when COVID came along, Tim had the vision to start serving the needs of the homeless and other unfortunate of Charlotte and that is where the Street Corners Ministries (SCM) dream came from.
Combining the two, having a Father/Son retreat weekend starting out with a serving event in the "Tent City". It was life changing for MMOG and Tim & Anthony (VP) decided to become a full Religious Charitable 501c3 non-profit to have access to resources to serve more and reach as many as possible.
Tim's passion is to "Love God with all his heart & to Love (serve) as many people" as he can and to continue the motto of Judgment Free Community Building.
Tim works full time as the Installation Manager for Ferguson Enterprise and has been in business management for over 30 years.
Community Partner Engagement: Audrey Ortiz
Audrey Ortiz is a Financial Billing Analyst working for The Hartford for 35 years.
She is a proud mother of 2 young men, loves people and vibrates optimistically.
She has previously served as an Alderwomen for The City of New Britain CT, Board President for Neighborhood Housing Services and Board Member for Greater Hartford Church of Christ.
As chair of the Partnership committee, she is looking to build partnerships with other organizations to increase the results and relationships of MMOG Ministries throughout the community, City and state.
Community Outreach Committee: CJ Knight
CJ Knight is a public school teacher that has been involved in MMOG Ministries, Inc. since her son, now 19, and husband, David, were first involved in the Middle School campout events.
With the onset of COVID, and the enormity of the homelessness in the Charlotte area, MMOG Ministries, Inc. began to shift towards outreach while still working with the Father/ Son events.
As they moved toward becoming a non-profit organization, she was asked to take over the position of Secretary. She is also honored to fill the position of Chairman of the Community Outreach Committee.
Fundraising Committee: Bruce Dixon
Bruce Dixon III, is a member of The Charlotte Church and a local Landscape Architect/Contractor.
Bruce has a passion for serving others and helping those in need, which directly aligns with the mission of the MMOG Ministries, Inc.
Sharing my gifts and talents allows me to support the MMOG Ministries, Inc. Fundraising Activities.
Fundraising Committee: Stephanie Dixon
Stephanie Dixon, is a member of The Charlotte Church, a retired Charlotte Mecklenburg School Teacher and co-owner of Yard Love Greetings.
Stephanie loves to help those in need and share God’s love and grace, which directly correlates to the mission of MMOG Ministries, Inc.
Stephanie is proud to serve on the board of this worthy organization.
At Large Chair: George Violante
George has a passion to love God and follow his commands. I would love to see our Street Corner ministry partner with other churches in communities spread around the Carolinas. I am honored to serve on the board with our other members and co-founders Tim and Anthony.
George has over 20 years mortgage banking experience, and over 7 years full time ministry experience. I have served on several not-for-profit boards. I have a BA in Economics from Bowdoin College, and a MBA from UC Berkeley.