Meet Pastor Billy

Lead Pastor

Billy Lowe previously served as a Pastor at The Summit Church in Durham, NC for 5 years. He is married to his wife Allison and they have four children, Emma, Addyson, Elliot, and Keller.

 

Billy grew up in Central Florida and went on to play football at both Northern Illinois University and Georgia Southern University. He was a student at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte where he worked on a Masters of Theology in Biblical Studies.

 

It was during his time at the Summit Church that God called him to plant a church. Years of sitting under the teaching of Pastor JD Greear and being a part of a “sending church” moved Billy and Allison’s hearts to plant a church. Through years of discernment, Billy came to the conclusion that it would be selfish to stay and not multiply the lessons he learned at the Summit Church. They believe that God’s church is his “plan A” and they want to give their lives to pastoring a healthy church in Alpharetta, GA. Billy is passionate about preaching the Gospel, seeing people come to faith in Jesus, and serving others.

 

City Church is also a part of the Summit Collaborative. This is a church planting network that has a vision of planting 1,000 churches in our generation. The Summit Network believes in a three distinctives: Gospel, Balance, and multiplication.

 

Email Pastor Billy at billy@citychurchga.com

Meet Pastor Jim

Executive Pastor

Jim is married to Helen and together they raised four beautiful daughters, one of whom is now married. Jim, Helen, and the girls returned to Alpharetta 10 years ago after 20 years away that included living in Europe for 3 years.

 

Following a decision that the “second half” of his career would be dedicated to serving people and local community, Jim is blessed with the opportunity to serve at City Church, as well as caring for the elderly in Jim and Helen’s local senior living business.

 

The first half of Jim’s professional life was spent in executive roles globally, Jim led international businesses across 6 continents and he traveled to more than 40 countries.  While working globally offered the change to see the world and make friends across many countries, Jim now enjoys building relationships in Alpharetta and serving God’s people locally.

 

Jim earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University, and Master of Business Administration from Loyola University Maryland.

 

Email Jim at jim@citychurchga.com

Meet Dustin Willis

Elder

Dustin and his wife, Renie have two children and can often be found at a local sporting event or a Clemson Tiger football game on Saturdays. Dustin is an avid sports fan and coaches both youth football and baseball locally in Alpharetta, GA.

 

Dustin has served as a marketing executive; serving small businesses, start-ups, local churches and large faith-based nonprofits in North America and internationally. After an extended sabbatical from serving as elder, God has graciously, through the leadership of City Church, restored Dustin back into church leadership. Dustin currently serves as the Chief Marketing Officer for a Global Non-profit organization. Dustin & Renie love Alpharetta and have been praying for a move of God across the city.

 

Email Dustin at elders@citychurchga.com

Meet Allison Lowe

City Kids & Women’s Ministry Director

Allison is married to Billy and they have four kids (Emma, Addyson, Elliot, and Keller). Allison was born in Carrolton, TX and grew up in Johns Creek, GA. She attended Savannah College of Art and Design and Georgia Southern University. Upon graduation she excelled in a career in Commercial Architecture and Design. She and her husband, Billy, moved to Alpharetta, GA in January, 2018 to plant City Church. Since moving to Alpharetta Allison has practiced photograph. Allison joined the staff at City Church in 2023.

Email Allison at alowe@citychurchga.com

Meet Joe Outlaw

Elder

Joe and Margaret Outlaw have been married, well, let’s just say a long time, and are blessed to be known as “Mimi and Papa Joe” to their two grands, Tatum and JJ. Joe and Margaret are proud and thankful parents of Joseph and his wife, Tori (the parents of Tatum and JJ), their daughter Margaret Hunter; their son Samuel and his bride, Chloe, and their youngest son, Caleb.

The Outlaw clan moved from Myrtle Beach to Cumming in 2004. While living in Myrtle Beach, Joe and Margaret were called to help start a church, Carolina Forest Community Church, as lay-leaders serving in many capacities including Joe as an Elder. It was during this time that Joe felt called to serve more full-time with faith-based organizations. After 16 years in manufacturing, Joe joined the North American Mission Board (NAMB) as its CHRO, which blended his HR expertise with his passion for church planting.

In 2016, Joe transitioned to serve as the EVP of Talent Advancement with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and now serves with the Georgia Baptist Mission Board. Joe and Margaret are honored to help lead City Church Students and serve in the small group ministry together as well.

Meet Sam Umar

Production Director

Sam and his family moved from Lagos, Nigeria in 2018 and currently reside in Alpharetta, Georgia. Sam joined City Church as a Covenant Member in 2019 and served faithfully on our production team. Over the years it has become evident that Sam is a sacrificial leader and our church benefits greatly from his service.

Sam is currently working as a security engineer at Lexus Nexus. He has been involved in the production ministry since College and he specializes in graphic design and videography. He loves serving in the local church and sees it as a way to use his skills to spread the gospel in the city.

Email Sam at sumar@citychurchga.com

Meet Pastor David

Church Planting Resident

David came to America when he was 14 with his parents. He went to undergraduate at UNC-Greensboro majoring in Business Administration with Marketing Concentration. After graduating from college, He worked as a sales representative for several years until he was ready to start his own business. David had his own business for 10 years until God called him to a full-time ministry. He went to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary for my Master of Divinity program.
and completed his seminary in 2018.

David serviced 4 different Korean American churches mostly in college and young adult ministries since 2014. David is now prayerfully planning on planting a church to serve Asian Americans English speaking people in North Georgia.

David am married to Rael Minju Chung and they have a 4 year-old son together named Elijah Haram Chung.

Email David at dchung@citychurchga.com

Meet Kylie Thurman

Events Coordinator

Kylie is married to Kris and they have 3 wonderful rowdy boys (Ben, James & Charlie). Kylie’s love for ministry began in 2010 as an intern for the North American Mission Board serving Church Planters during the summer. She would later join the staff of a local church serving as the Children’s Ministry Assistant for 5 years.

After Kris and Kylie got married in 2014 they moved to Wyoming where Kris was stationed in the United States Air Force, they moved back to Georgia in 2018. Soon after the move back to Georgia they joined City Church in 2019 and have called it their church home ever since. Kylie served on our staff previously as Children’s Director but stepped down to focus on her most important ministry: her family. After a few years off she is excited to be back on staff as our Events Coordinator.

Email Kylie at kthurman@citychurchga.com

Meet Helen Boyle

Missions Coordinator

Email Helen at hboyle@citychurchga.com

Meet Derrick Hamm

Worship Director

Derrick and his wife Emily have two girls and are originally from Charlotte, NC. They moved to Durham, NC in 2015 where they went to the Summit Church and met Pastor Billy. After several years, they felt the Lord’s calling to move with Pastor Billy and help plant City Church.

Since City Church was started, Derrick has lead a small group and served on the worship team. He has played music for over 15 years at various churches and loves leading others in worship. Derrick is currently employed as a law enforcement officer and loves serving his community.

Email Derrick at dhamm@citychurchga.com