Estate Planning Bio's

Ray Lyne

Observing the interpersonal relationship issues of family estate planning and desiring to learn the biblical basis of stewardship have resulted in the unique style of Lifestyle Giving. Mr. Lyne has creatively merged these two distinct and important areas of planning with the ever-changing tax and legal implications of estate and gift design. And he freely shares them with over 50 charitable organizations currently being served by Lifestyle Giving.

To become equipped to serve these clients, Mr. Lyne has committed himself to extensive studies in the classroom, through tapes and reading. However, nearly 40 years of "doing" has provided him with his greatest education.

Mr. Lyne has also had opportunity to speak before professional and charitable groups, and to present training seminars for personnel of charitable organizations throughout the United States.

But his greatest joy comes in knowing that God is using him to teach people to give, probably as much as $50 to $150 million a year, eventually to be used to meet the needs of a lost, dying and hurting world.

Michael Miller, Director of Stewardship Ministries

Michael has been a member of NorthRidge since 1997 and joined the NorthRidge staff as the Stewardship Director in 2007. He was called to full-time ministry from the marketplace where he was a banker and then a partner in a Paperboard Brokerage company. He received his degrees from Western Michigan (BA) and Wayne State (MBA). Mike has served as chairman of Young Life’s Timber Wolf Lake Development Board and is a recent graduate of Lifestyle Giving’s Estate Design mentorship program. These qualifications, combined with a Kingdom passion, have prepared him well for his NorthRidge Church Director of Stewardship Ministires role.