Micah Fries

Micah Fries (pronounced Freeze) is the Director of Engagement at Glocal.net and the Director of Programs at the Multi-Faith Neighbors Network has served as a Senior Pastor in Tennessee & Missouri, at LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN, as an international church planter in Burkina Faso, West Africa and as a frequent speaker in churches and conferences. He holds a Master of Divinity from Midwestern Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from The Baptist College of Florida. Micah is currently a Ph.D. student, studying North American Missiology at Southeastern Seminary. While in college, Micah met Tracy, and they married in May of 2000. After college graduation, Micah & Tracy moved to Burkina Faso, West Africa where they worked as church planters among the Dagaara people of Burkina Faso and Ghana. After planting churches in West Africa, Micah and Tracy returned to the US where they moved to Kansas City so that Micah could attend seminary.

Micah's most recent book is Leveling the Church, a book about church leadership & discipleship, written with Jeremy Maxfield & published by Moody Press. Micah is the author of a commentary volume on Haggai and Zephaniah in the Christ-Centered Commentary Series. Micah, along with Dr. Keith Whitfield, is the co-editor and author of Islam & North America: Loving our Muslim Neighbors. Micah is a Guest Lecturer in the Doctoral program at Anderson University.