Meet Our Team

"𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦 ... 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦."

(𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 25:36, 40)

Our Story

Lloyd, our Executive Director, had been visiting the incarcerated in the Cherokee County Jail for the past couple of years. He realized that when they were released, ex-offenders frequently have no where to go, no one to help them and no knowledge of the abundant resources available to them within our local communities. The Isaiah 61:1 Project team has grown since then and we now have 25+ mentors working with us. Classes are being taught by some of our team members inside the jail every Friday. God is GOOD!

Our Team

Dedication. Support. Compassion.

Chaplain Lloyd Johnston

Executiive Director

Lloyd left his successful manufacturing business when he heard God calling him back into full time ministry. Lloyd handles daily operations, the ministry's Jail/Prison Men's Program, and is very hands-on with mentoring, connecting our mentees with resources & maintaining relationships with the men at every stage of the process: incarceratiion, recovery & reentry.

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Chaplain Irene Stout

Director of Mentorship

As our Director of Mentorship, Irene oversees & coordinates our men's & women's jail mentoring program. She also manages outreach as well as relationships
with our ministry partners (Jail, resource administrators, churches, etc). Our ministry would not flow nearly as smoothly without Irene's organization & attention to detail. We are grateful for everything she does!

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Lisa Johnston

Marketing &
Administrative Director

Lisa Johnston has 33 years of Advertising, Marketing, Sales & Administrative skills and feels exceptionally blessed to use her experience to further the mission of The Isaiah 61:1 Project. She was also in full time ministry with Teen Challenge in their Omaha, NE Re-entry center where she was "house mom", teaching life skills such as cooking, budgeting, resume building, job interviewing and more.

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Our Board

We could not do what we do without the guidance & support of our dedicated board members:

Dan Namirr, Treasurer

Matthew Euler, Secretary