Leadership
Dhati Lewis
Lead Pastor
Dhati is the Lead Pastor at Blueprint Church in Atlanta, GA. Dhati, born and raised in California, moved to Texas for his undergraduate studies at the University of North Texas and his graduate studies at Dallas Theological Seminary (Master of Arts in Cross Cultural Ministries). While in Texas, Dhati served on staff at Denton Bible Church for 7 years. He started Plumbline, a very successful college ministry on UNT and TWU campuses. He served as the college pastor there and eventually planted a church, which he pastored for 3 years. During that time, he also served as chaplain to UNT's football team and coached high school football (sports have always been a big passion for Dhati and a large part of how he came to the Lord). Dhati furthered his training in Little Rock, AR at Fellowship Associates in 2008-2009, completing a year long course designed to train pastors in the area of church planting. After completion of that course, Dhati and his family moved from AR to Atlanta, GA with dreams to start a church that was both culturally relevant and biblically accurate. Dhati, along with 25 other individuals moving from Tx to GA, launched Blueprint Church in 2009. Dhati's passions are for church planting and discipleship.
Samuel Dula
Mobilization Pastor
Samuel Dula has spent most of his adult life serving middle & high school students in one capacity or another. Upon graduation from college, he immediately began working with middle and high school students all over the country, concentrating on leadership development through a non-profit organization in Atlanta, Georgia called New Generation/Youth United. He also invested several years of his life leading and building the high school ministry of Destiny Metropolitan Worship Church where he was a licensed minister.
In addition to Samuel's work in churches and other non-profit environments, he also taught middle school students in Georgia's public school system. In 2005, he transitioned into full-time ministry with Next Exit - Rewired, a vehicle he used to consult and create curricula and other resources for urban youth ministries.
Currently, he serves as the Mobilization Pastor for Blueprint Church. He and his wife Tina have one child, Myles. After their son was diagnosed with Autism, Tina launched Myles-A-Part, a nonprofit organization to assist families facing autism.
John Onwuchekwa
Teaching Pastor
Since his early college years, John has been enthralled with educating believers. After having to co-lead a thriving campus ministry at Baylor University, John's hunger grew to be insatiable at the thought of being a part of the Lord's ever growing work. Upon graduation, John didn't hesitate at the opportunity to pack up and relocate to Denton, TX where he would be a part of a church plant. While at Lifeline Bible Fellowship, John served as college pastor while earning his Masters in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary. It was in Denton that he met and married his beautiful wife, Shawndra. She enjoys ministering to the women in the context of roles and their relationships.
Currently, John serves as one of the Teaching Pastors at Blueprint Church, spending the majority of his time focusing on equipping and discipleship.
James Roberson
Missional Communities Pastor
James, the son of a pastor, went off to college at James Madison University in order to play college football with hopes of one day playing in the NFL. Little did he know that God was using football to prepare him for ministry. James served as a leader of the IMPACT Movement, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ reaching African-American college students at both James Madison University in Va. and Howard University in DC. Later, he interned with New City Fellowship in Chattanooga, TN where he learned about community development, and lead a summer camp serving urban youth. He also served as the Director of Research and Development for Jobs for Life, a national non-profit agency. There he created training classes and developed curriculum to serve the jobless. He went on to serve as the senior pastor of Church on the Rock in Raleigh, NC for five years where he grew in preaching, teaching, and leadership. James attended Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. He is married to Natarsha Roberson who played college basketball and oversees membership at Blueprint. They have two beautiful daughters Faith Symone (2) , and Leah Noel(1).
