ELevation Planting Team

 

 

Michael Hull

Lead Pastor

 

email: mike@elevationrising.com

 

     Mike is husband to his wonderful wife, Nichelle, and father of 2 beautiful children, Chloe and Sam.  He has spent the last 16 years serving in various ministry roles, such as preaching, leading young adult ministries, leading community groups and writing and teaching theology.  Mike is now pastor of ELevation Church in Reno and has a passion to lead people to know God, follow Him, and make Him known to the world.  Mike has a genuine love for the Word of God and communicates in an authentic, passionate manner, challenging followers of Jesus to live their lives completely for Him on a daily basis.  He loves it when a person genuinely understands the transforming power of the Gospel, as they experience it in their own life by the enabling of the Holy Spirit.  In January, 2008, Mike and Nichelle sold their home in Newcastle, CA - in a nearly impossible market - out of obedience to God's call to plant a new Gospel-preaching, missional community for His glory in the Eastern Sierra foothills.  Reno is now their home, and Elevation Church of the Eastern Sierra is their God-given vision.  Mike will oversee the vision of Elevation Church and serve as Teaching Pastor.

 

Favorites

Movies:  The Hulk, Remember the Titans, I am Legend, Rocky III, The Incredibles, Joe Dirt, Amazing Grace, Finding Nemo, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Patriot, The Quiet Man, Dumb and Dumber, Jurassic Park, Patriot Games, Unbreakable, Meet the Parents, Batman Begins

Books:  Confessions of a Reformission Rev. by Mark Driscoll, Living a Life of Hope by Gary Busenitz, The Emerging Church by Dan Kimball, The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel, Truth Matters by John MacArthur, Every Man's Battle by Stephen Arturburn, My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers, See I Told You So by Rush Limbaugh, Prey by Michael Chrichton, Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man by Tim Allen

Music:  Third Day, Newsong, Elvis Presley, Newsboys, Carman, Petra, Russell Watson, Chris Tomlin, Jeremy Camp, Tony Saieva

Recreation:  Football, Vollyball, Softball, Hiking, Climbing, Movies, Reading, Water Sports, Beach Time, Any Time with My Family

Vacation Getaways:  Maui, Kauai, Boston, Virginia, Estes Park - Colorado, Truckee, The Florida Keys, South Carolina, Any Place with Alpine Mountains or Tropical Beaches

 

Mike is currently praying through and considering several others to join the team in planting Elevation Church of the Eastern Sierra.