A Conversation with Gregory Gibson, Co-Founder and Global Team Leader for SALT Interview conducted and edited by Karie Riddle

Abstract

In this conversation with Gregory Gibson, the co-founder of SALT, we learn about how his organization was upended by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. SALT is, and has remained, a network of pastors in pursuit of leadership development, but many of its members' day-to-day tasks have shifted. Pastors in Ukraine and other parts of Europe began caring for refugee families and bringing supplies to the front line, and the global network paused their regular operations to raise funds and provide logistical, emotional, and social support to this work. While they continued meeting online to discuss church planting and leadership development, the organization also pursued a "ministry of presence" to physically walk alongside those whose lives had been disrupted by the conflict. This ministry is inspired by the incarnational Jesus, who showed up to dwell among us.