Mike Handler

Mike Handler serves as the Chief Innovation Officer for Awana. Serving with the Awana ministry since 2011, Mike has been involved with bringing change to the methodology of the Awana ministry while still holding firm to the biblical vision of equipping and resourcing churches to reach kids with the Gospel and form them into disciples who have a lasting faith in Jesus. Prior to Awana, Mike served as a pastor and church planter as well as the principal of a creative agency. Mike is the co-author of “Forming Faith” and “Resilient” as well as the co-founder of the Child Discipleship Forum. Mike, his wife Erin, and their four kids feel blessed to have relocated to Franklin, Tennessee from the Chicago area, but they miss Chicago food and sports.