Building a Christ-Centered, Global Church Network to Train, Equip, Connect, and Mobilize Church Networks for Times of Crisis.
We believe Christ died for the complete healing of all people impacted by crisis through physical, emotional, and spiritual assistance.
We invite all people into a transformational and intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.
We believe the Good Samaritan provides a vivid lifestyle example of assisting someone in crisis. A Good Samaritan (1) courageously faces reality, (2) creatively works towards realistic solutions, and (3) completely cares for another person’s reality, thoroughly helping them to get back on ‘the road’ of their journey.
We are ready to give an answer to everyone about the hope that is within us with gentleness and respect. We demonstrate this hope by training and equipping Crisis Response Church Networks who serve those suffering in the aftermath of a crisis to meet their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
This readiness requires us to train and prepare for these opportunities to love others in crisis.
We believe we can best respond to crises when we work together. We unite as a global network of church networks that show love for one another, share a common Statement of Faith, and glorify God’s Son Jesus Christ.
We value God’s unique gifts to each one for the common good. In this, we present a powerful witness of God’s presence to the world and know that He is pleased to bless the work of His unified Church.
We know that God’s presence working through us is vital to all we do, and we depend on the Holy Spirit to speak to us, guide us, and give us wisdom in every circumstance. As we continually seek His face, we trust Him to shine through us and that we will lack no good thing.
God’s Word teaches us how to pray and assures us that He will respond in power when we pray according to His will.
In September 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, Daniel was given by the Lord a crisis response vision to build a network of Greater Austin churches, who would set aside theological differences and mobilize, organize, and train together to meet the emotional, spiritual, and physical needs of those impacted by crisis.
Daniel served as Founder and Executive Director of the Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN) for 14 years. In that time ADRN assisted thousands of disaster survivors, trained over 20,000 volunteers, and raised more than $20 million to help families get back on their feet and into safe, clean homes after disasters. Expanding on this crisis response vision, today Daniel is Founder and CEO of United in Crisis, taking it beyond the city walls of Greater Austin to the nations.
Daniel lives in Leander, TX, with his wife Allison, and one of two daughters, while his oldest daughter attends bible college in Kansas City, MO. His family attends City Reach Church in Cedar Park.
Kimberly is proud to be a founding member of the UIC Leadership Team and is passionate about seeing church networks equip and mobilize God’s people to respond to crises in their communities. Kimberly brings with her 20+ years working in the non-profit sector, serving in various roles.
Kimberly’s wide range of experience working with non-profits includes national and international pregnancy centers, disaster relief agencies, sustainability initiatives, discipleship ministries, community-building initiatives, and the Texas legislature. She holds a Master’s of Public Administration degree and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Liberty University.
Kimberly lives in Northeast Louisiana with her husband Marc, and three of their four children. She is a proud mom to a United States Marine.
Jon has worked in video production technology for the last 18 years, including establishing a video studio for a large safety consulting firm, and as a Creative Trainer for Apple, Inc.
He has utilized his corporate experience to produce documentaries, training, live productions, and social media vignettes that inspire, enlighten and empower. He loves photography and personal training on Apple computers.
He is currently enjoying life in the Austin area with his wife and two children and loves fishing, camping, and spending time with the Lord as much as possible.
As a founding member of the UIC team, Allison enjoys creating opportunities for others to financially partner and share in this forerunner ministry of crisis response church networks in our nation, a platform for the Body of Christ to bring survivors the love and hope of Jesus Christ! She brings with her over 17 years experience in the corporate, retail, hospitality, and real estate sectors performing in various sales, marketing, and management roles.
Most recently, 10 years working in the nonprofit sector as Donor Ministries Director and Major Partners Director of Austin Disaster Relief Network. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration – Marketing from Texas Tech University.
Allison lives in the Austin area with her husband Daniel (UIC CEO) and their two daughters, while attending City Reach Church in Cedar Park. She enjoys gardening, cooking, traveling, oil painting, and camping with her family.
Sharon comes to United in Crisis with over 11 years experience as Training Manager with Austin Disaster Relief Network in Texas. Under Sharon’s leadership, ADRN provided nationally accredited training in Physical Response and Emotional Care Response amongst a host of Spiritual Trainings and organizational leadership training. During her tenure, she saw training expand from 6 training courses to 17 different training courses. She also oversaw the implementation of the online training platform so that volunteers could remotely advance in their training in the comfort of their homes. She spent 25 years developing her skills in all aspects of sole proprietorship in onsite photography from schools, sports, events, families, and weddings. She sold her professional photography business in 2010 to follow the call of the LORD to lay it all down to follow Him in disaster relief.
Sharon has 2 adult sons she is proud of and enjoys spending time with at every opportunity she has. She also enjoys (over 40 years) minor study in Alternative Natural Medicine, preparedness, gardening, sewing and cooking when she can.
