written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message first priority of america type non profit industry ministry publishing founded 1996 headquarters local cities across the country u.s. services strategy and resources for christian youth campus ministry website http www.fpofamerica.com first priority is a youth organization that supports student initiated student led christian clubs on middle school and high school campuses . first priority of america inc. supports local city fp movements in cities across the us . first priority strategy was founded by christian author and speaker benny proffitt and 11 other youth pastors in the irving tx area . the first city to take this strategy and follow it through to maturity is found in birmingham al approx 20 years old . the vision of first priority is to see the hope of christ in every student in america . the way they implement the vision is to unite the body of christ with a plan of action to influence the schools with the gospel . the distinction on first priority is to empower the 325 000 evangelical churches to reach the students in 69 000 middle and high schools . this plan makes first priority a local church strategy rather than a para church ministry . local organizations edit first priority greater birmingham al executive directors greg davis first priority south florida executive director chris lane fred revell first priority of lakeshore western mi executive director randy white first priority of south mississippi executive director jd simpson first priority muskegon mi area director jim keck first priority tri states east tn ky west va executive director emery minton first priority nw arkansas area director phil brown first priority tri county ky area director tim bargo first priority west georgia area director david parrish first priority front range co area director shannon popp first priority tampa fl area director amber johansen first priority southern illinois first priority greater nashville tn area director steve cherrico first priority great plains sd ia area director kim erkonen kari elrod first priority greater decatur executive director larry franks first priority northern ky executive director paul anglin first priority cincinnati oh executive director scott dotas first priority orlando area director brody howell first priority blueridge tn area director haley wherry first priority arklatex area director john carruth first priority permian basin tx executive director shane kenney first priority heritage ky executive director shawn ingram first priority los banos ca area coordinator justin lopes first priority north al area director laura davidson and alan ostrzycki first priority of pensacola fl jonathon hill first priority of metro east st. louis mo sean hall first priority of baldwin county ory hampton first priority of lake city fl steven greene first priority of clayton nc joel rowland first priority of west florida aaron kramer references edit conway joe . teens break barriers with first priority . onmission.com . retrieved 2007 10 21 . sampson hannah 2006 09 28 christian clubs thriving in s. florida schools miami herald singleton rickman lisa 2007 09 26 students gather to pray for school country times daily external links edit first priority of america national organization site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title first priority & oldid 739389086 categories youth organizations based in the united stateshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from september 2016all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 11 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view