THE KINGDOM IS COUNTING ON COURAGEOUS MEN WILLING TO TAKE RISKS TO BRING THE LOVE AND TRUTH OF GOD TO OUR SPHERES OF INFLUENCE. JEFF AND THE OTHER MEN OF THE WAY HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO INVEST DEEPLY IN THE LIVES OF A SMALL COMMUNITY OF MEN WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP UP TO THIS TASK.
JEFF SPADAFORA
Jeff Spadafora is a former management consultant and leadership development expert for Fortune 1000 companies. In 2005, God led him to repurpose his time, talent and treasure toward helping successful people in mid-life transition discover and engage in their second half calling. He did this as a part of the leadership team at the Halftime Institute where he was the Director of Life Purpose Curricula that was used by thousands of people. He was also Director of Global Coaching Services and trained 41 Halftime Institute-certified coaches in 6 countries.
As a result of training Halftime coaches, directly coaching 100’s of successful Christians one-on-one, and speaking and facilitating workshops globally, he wrote The Joy Model to provide a blueprint for people to live with peace, purpose, courage, character and freedom.
In 2018, on an extended sabbatical along the Mediterranean coast of Spain, the Holy Spirit guided Jeff back to the fundamentals of discipleship. To double-down on being a life-on-life disciple maker and not an organization builder. To help men break through any and all barriers preventing them to live and love like Christ. To grow in this direction with others, locally, over time.
If you're ready to take the next step in your personal, professional and faith life, then join one of The Way small group communities and let the adventure begin.
JON SBOROV
Jon Sborov is a Coach & Spiritual Director at The Way. He has a background of 25 years serving in men’s ministry and church leadership while balancing and navigating a career in technology consulting, where he specialized in continuous process improvement and organizational change management serving enterprise clients across the healthcare, media, and financial sectors.
With a solid foundation of mentors that invested into his life after coming to faith from an unchurched background, he has come to understand that true discipleship occurs within the context of connection and relationship. His faith journey led him to serve in various ministry roles within the church, until the call of the “wilderness pastor” very clearly emerged in his life. As he was wrestling with what God was laying on his heart, Jeff Spadafora invited him to join a cohort of The Way. While his hope was that the experience would provide clarity on his calling, it unexpectedly became the catalyst for life transformation. Out of that experience, Jon co-founded The Pursuit podcast and then launched UpRising as a mentorship ministry designed for life-on-life discipleship. Over the last 2 years, Jon has served as a coach and leader of 4 cohorts in The Way, ushering them through the same program that revolutionized his own life.
Transformation is a messy, miraculous, hard, complex, beautiful, and necessary process… the one thing it is NOT is passive. It requires a man to be “all-in”. In response to that call, Jon retired from his corporate career and most recently walked away from his avocation as a Division 1 college football referee. He has thrown down the gauntlet in his own life in order to invest, challenge, and lead men into true life transformation that enables them to find and answer the call of God on their lives that echoes in Romans 8:19 – “All of creation is waiting, in eager expectation, for the sons of God to be revealed!”
Married for 30 years to Tara, they have 4 adult “kids” in their 20’s, and they are now enjoying an exciting empty nest season, taking as many date nights, weekend trips to the mountains, and beach vacations as their schedule allows. Together they lead pilgrimages and missions trips, and have a passion for working on the medical and clean water needs in Rwanda.
MATT JEPKES
Matt is a Colorado native, born and raised in the Denver Metro area. He fell in love with the Fire Service at a young age, and joined the Aurora (CO) Fire Department in 1983. He rose through ranks, working as a firefighter, paramedic, Lieutenant, Captain and currently serves as a Battalion Chief in charge of four stations and 45 firefighters. He is planning retire soon to pursue his next passion, men's ministry/discipleship.
Matt was raised going to church, but didn't have a real encounter with Christ until 2014, when he attended a Marked Men for Christ retreat at Camp Santa Maria in Colorado. There he realized what it means to have a relationship with Christ, and began a new journey of walking with Him. Since that retreat, he has attended The Crucible Project weekend and has served as a staff member for other Crucible weekends. Additionally, Matt has also led men's small groups both at work and through The Crucible Project. He has a passion for service and is eager to help lead men in their personal walk with Jesus. Matt firmly believes that we are all called to be Disciples of Christ to each other. That is why he is a member of The Way, in Seasoned Leaders 2 (SL2), and now leading others in The Way.
Matt lives in Evergreen with his lovely wife Sharla. They enjoy listening to and playing music and hiking through the beautiful mountains of our state! Matt has two wonderful daughters and two "bonus" children (four, if you count their spouses) that he was blessed with when he married Sharla.
What we believe
God is spirit, omnipresent, and pure love.
We came from Love, to be loved, to go love.
God is not mad at us when we sin. God is mad at evil for high jacking our minds and causing us to sin.
Unidentified sin (aka ignorance) and unrepentant sin (aka obstinance) blocks us from receiving the blessings God is trying to give us.
Jesus is the visible image of God. He is our Savior and Lord. He modeled The Way.
The Holy Spirit is alive in us, wants to guide us, and is our source of comfort and power.
Personal transformation happens best locally, over time, and in small groups.
There is no freedom without authenticity.
Life-on-life discipleship is the method of The Way. Courage, creativity, joy and the advancement of God’s love is the result.