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 Jim Boyle
Executive Director
Jim is married to Helen and together they raised four beautiful daughters, two of whom are now married. Jim and Helen returned to Alpharetta 8 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 leading production, 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 senior executive roles globally, Jim lead large businesses with operations in more than 40 countries. He traveled extensively developing successful for-profit business in mature and emerging markets.
While working globally offered the change to see the world and make friends across many countries, Jim is very much enjoying the fruits of remaining close to home 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 jboyle@citychurchga.com
Meet Clayton Felts
Associate Pastor
Originally from Tennessee, Clayton moved to Georgia in 2019. Prior to the Lord leading his family to City Church, Clayton served as a small group leader, deacon, writer, and speaker.
Professionally, Clayton served as a director for a communication firm that serves a variety of clients. Previously, he worked as an administrator in college athletics and as a current events columnist. He also is currently a part-time mass communication professor at Georgia State University.
Clayton has a bachelor of arts degree from Austin Peay State University and a master’s degree from East Tennessee State University. Along with his wife, Katie, who serves as a teacher in Forsyth County, the couple has two children, Tyler and Paige, who they adopted in 2021.
Clayton currently oversees our Servant Leader teams, Small Group ministry, communications, and strategic pipelines.
Email Clayton at cfelts@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 Nelia Joyce
City Kids & Women’s Ministry Director
Nelia and her family moved from South Africa five years ago. Nelia is married to Gustav and they have two amazing children, Lene and Gustav. They moved to Alpharetta in 2020 and started attending City Church shortly after.
Nelia is a trained Industrial Phycologist and Life Coach with more than 18 years of experience in her field. Her career has given her a platform to speak into the lives of many people and help them find their identity in Christ. She is passionate about investing in kids, teaching them the Word of God, and she’s excited about seeing them discover a relationship with Jesus.
Email Nelia at njoyce@citychurchga.com
Meet Zach Norman
Director of Worship, Production, Creative Arts
Zach joins our team with a ton of experience, which includes time serving in Nashville, Los Angeles, as a worship resident in San Francisco, and five years at Passion City Church in Atlanta. Zach is also an entrepreneur and the owner of a non-profit geared toward helping people deal with mental health.
Zach is married to his high school sweetheart Katie, and they have three kids, Kingston (6), Gwen (4), and Dior (1).
Zach has a heart for the local church and he and his family are excited to put roots down in our community. He has expressed wanting to see the Lord move in our city and see his kids discipled here.
As they officially transition to Atlanta, you can drop Zach and his family a welcoming note at znorman@citychurchga.com.
Email Zach at znorman@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 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 David Chung
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