Verlon Fosner

Dr. Verlon Fosner has led an innovative congregation in Seattle, Washington since 1999. In 2008, his century-old traditional church opened its first dinner church in a struggling neighborhood, and immediately the room filled with never-been-churched people. This launched a transformation into Community Dinners, a multi-site dinner church network serving neighborhoods throughout Seattle. In 2014, Verlon founded a coaching network centered on Jesus’ dinner table theology, and in 2016 joined the Fresh Expressions US leadership team. He has authored several books including Dinner Church, The Dinner Church Handbook, and Story Priority, and has been married to Melodee for 45 years.