About Us
WHat is the stone table?
For Kingdom Impact
Our Story
The Stone Table is a global missions organization rooted in the marketplace. We leverage the profits from our marketplace businesses to fund strategic global missions projects around the world. We also equip and encourage marketplace Christians to engage the Great Commission through books, seminars, online resources, and our business incubator program.
Meet the Team
The Leadership Team stewards Kingdom resources to help our partners minister to unreached people groups to fulfill the great commission.
Erik Cooper
President
After starting his career in the business world, Erik spent 12 years in full-time ministry, both on staff at a large suburban church and as a church planter in a downtown urban context. In addition to his role at The Stone Table, he also serves in executive leadership of Community Reinvestment Foundation, a nonprofit real estate company that provides high-quality affordable housing all over Indiana while investing its profits into missions through The Stone Table.
David Wigington
Board/Strategic Fundraising
David and his wife Shana pioneered Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Bloomington, Indiana in 1997. Cornerstone is consistently among the top 15 missions giving churches in the Assemblies of God. He has travelled around the world to engage, encourage, and equip missionary workers and pastors in over 50 countries. In addition to The Stone Table, David serves on the elder board of Live Dead and has helped raise over $40 million for missions in his lifetime. In July of 2018, he published his first book “God of the Long View.”
Bill Tibbetts
Education & Multiplication
Bill brings over two decades of experience in higher education to his role as Vice President of Education and Multiplication. As the former Dean of the College of Business and Technology at North Central University, he developed a deep passion for mentoring, missions, and business consulting. Bill’s extensive expertise uniquely positions him to lead initiatives that encourage marketplace believers and college students to actively engage with the Great Commission. He also serves on the board of the Community Reinvestment Foundation and is based in Minneapolis, MN, supporting The Stone Table’s expansion into new regions.
Dave Cooper
Founding Board Member
Dave is a life-long entrepreneur with a long resume of business investment and development. While his skillset was always in the marketplace, as the son of a pastor, his passion remained centered around the church and global missions. In 1992, he co-founded Community Reinvestment Foundation, a nonprofit real estate company that invests its annual profits to missions projects around the globe. CRF has flourished under his day to day leadership for over 30 years.
Tim Shrout
Founding Board Member
Tim graduated in 1982 from the Indiana University School of Business and has decades of experience as a real estate developer and entrepreneur. In addition to overseeing his operational companies, he serves on the board for Community Reinvestment Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit housing company he co-founded in 1992 that provides high quality affordable housing across the Midwest and invests millions into missions work around the world. Tim spends additional time serving on the boards of start-up companies as both a mentor and investor.
Rob Ketterling
Board Member
Rob Ketterling is the founding pastor of River Valley Church, a vibrant and generous church of 10,000 people across 8 campuses in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Planted in 1995, River Valley is a local church with a global impact, donating over $6 million annually to global missions with a goal of deploying 500 missionaries to the field. Rob’s 30-year ministry journey empowers leaders to elevate their influence. He’s the author of books like Change Before You Have To, Fix It!, Front-Row Leadership, and his latest, Speed of Unity. Rob serves on various organizational boards, enjoys travel and golf, and cherishes family time with his wife, Becca, their children, and grandson.
Emma Cooper
Business Associate
Emma joined the Stone Table in 2022 as a business associate. She graduated from North Central University with a degree in Business Administration in 2021. She currently helps the Stone Table with social media, events, and leveraging new technology to help the organization move forward. She currently lives in Avon, IN with her 3 dogs.
Darren Cooper
Creative Director
Darren is the lead creator and founder of 1898 Creative, a content strategy and video production company that’s on a mission to help purpose-driven businesses tell their story and grow their business with video. Darren helps The Stone Table with content creation, hosting the podcast, and messaging. He lives in Indianapolis, IN with his wife Lauren and 3 kids Story Cash, Vinyl Drew, and Indiana Ren.
What Drives Us
THE GREAT COMMISSION
Jesus commanded his followers to go and make disciples of all nations
UPGs
42% of the global population has little to no access to the Gospel
BUSINESS AS MISSION
The marketplace is uniquely designed to proclaim the Gospel in word and deed
FAITH & WORK
The Gospel redeems all things including the work of our hands
Resourcing Missions
Jesus commanded us to make disciples. Our heart is to see the Gospel preached and the Church planted to the ends of the earth, to all nations, and all people groups. We have a passion for the unreached, the areas of our world with no adequate witness of the Gospel. Business as mission is one of the most strategic ways for us to reach them. There are places today where people are born, live, and die without ever having the chance to hear about Jesus. We want to change that.