Bloom Church Founders
Bloom Church operates from a shared leadership model. Our gatherings are primarily interactive, so we don’t have a typical leadership structure. All members have the option of helping choose the content we discuss and/or spiritual practices we do together. With no monetary component of Bloom Church, no one takes pay for their involvement. That said, these two folks are who started this church, shaped its formation, and help keep it going.
Melissa Spolar
Melissa is a SoCal native and an mDiv graduate from Azusa Pacific Seminary. After decades of attending and working for various churches, she stepped away from the institutional context to explore a simple and relational expression of church.
Bloom Church began with a few people in her living room. She keeps the group organized and caffeinated ☕
Melissa is the Operations Manager for Coffee with a Cause/Rosebud Coffee. She is passionate about Jesus, mental health and community-building.
Yorke Fryer
Yorke grew up in Kansas City, but it was in Dallas TX, that Jesus fully captured his heart. He has called many places and churches in the US his home. He has also traveled the world spreading the name of Jesus.
In the last 25 years he has been a worship leader for multiple churches, but longed for a church space of deep connection, where realities like racism, inequality and injustice would be honored and engaged by the community. He has helped shape the culture of our little church from the start and leads us in songs of worship.
Yorke is an actor and producer in the film industry.
