Meet Our Team
The people behind
Lorica Ministries
Meet the team shaping resources, coaching leaders, and walking alongside churches and organizations.
CEO & President
Doug Rumford
Doug is the founder of Lorica Ministries and the author of SoulShaping and Shaping a Leader's Soul. With over four decades of pastoral, coaching, and teaching experience, he helps busy Christians and leaders build a sustainable rhythm of soul care.
Focus areas:
Founder & primary teacher
Executive & pastoral coaching
Author of SoulShaping
Cohort facilitation & event teaching
Director of Ministry Development
Makayla Clibon
Makayla Clibon serves as Director of Ministry Development at Lorica Ministries. She helps shape how Lorica’s resources, cohorts, partnerships, and communications reach churches, leaders, and teams. She oversees ministry development, participant journeys, program operations, and the digital infrastructure that supports the ministry’s growth.
Focus areas:
Ministry development, partnerships & program operations
Digital infrastructure, systems & workflow management
Branding, design, marketing & email communications
Donor support, events & community connection
Meet Our Team
More About Doug Rumford
Doug’s greatest joy in ministry is equipping people to experience Christ’s abundant life through spiritual vitality and intentional living. He founded Lorica Ministries in 2022 with the mission of making spirituality practical and assessable for individuals, groups, congregations, and organizations.
A Certified Navigator for the Auxano group in both Church Unique and God Dreams, Doug is also a certified coach and master trainer for Younique: A Gospel-based Life Planning Course, and is currently obtaining his Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential from the Professional Christian Coaching Institute, accredited by the International Coach Federation.
Doug received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, CA) and earned his Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (S. Hamilton, MA), graduating summa cum laude as valedictorian. He graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Miami University, (Oxford, Ohio)
Ordained as a pastor in 1978, Doug has served in Presbyterian churches since 1983. Most recently he was Lead Pastor of Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Santa Ana, California from November 2006 until his retirement from pastoral ministry in July 2022.
Doug and his wife, Sarah, have been married since 1974. They currently live in southern California, and have four adult children and five grandchildren.
Doug’s blog, “Heart and Mind: A Spiritual Journal” can be found at www.dougrumford.com and his profile can also be found on LinkedIn.
Additional books written by Doug Rumford can be found in the Resources section of this website.
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“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28