Claudia Lavy

Claudia Lavy grew up in the small rural community of Arcanum, Ohio. After attending Ohio State University, she lived in Columbia, MD, New York City and Rutherford, NJ before returning to her home state. She worked in the real estate and construction industries before following a call to full time ministry. Since then she has served as Coordinator of Ministry Programming & Development at Tipp City United Methodist Church in Tipp City, Ohio; Director of Operations at EUM Church in Greenville, Ohio - a congregation that grew from 375 to 650 in the six years she was part of the executive lead team; and Assistant Director of Cell Group Discipleship at Ginghamsburg Church - a congregation of 4500 weekly worshippers in Tipp City, Ohio. In 1999, Claudia and her ministry partner, Dan Glover, co-founded Deepening Your Effectiveness, Inc., a non-profit organization that offers executive coaching and training in intentional discipleship systems and congregational transformation for pastors and church leaders. She is co-author of "Deepening Your Effectiveness: Restructuring the Local Church for Life Transformation" and has written a variety of articles, curricula and resources for use in the local church. Claudia and her husband, Keith, live in the historic district of Troy, OH. They have five grown children - Bill, Katie, Alison, Jane and Paul - and 6 grandchildren.