PASTOR SHAYNE PAYNE

Pastor is Shayne is one of the discipleship teaching facilitators with Tour of Truth. He is also the Founder and Director of Elim Global Missions Initiative (EGMI), based in Staten Island, New York. EGMI catalyzes spiritual awakening and revival around the world. The ministry partners with churches, businesses, communities, regions, and entire nations to help bring about spiritual awakening. It equips the revived with short and longer-term training to provoke them to discover and pursue God’s individual and corporate destiny. Mr. Payne hosts a radio Program called Return to the God of the Bible. He leads a regional prayer altar, and serves as the Senior Pastor at Elim Christian Assembly. He is also a covenant partner with World Trumpet Missions, a globally focused revival-oriented missionary organization headquartered in Kampala, Uganda. Shayne speaks locally and internationally about spiritual realities and how they influence nations, the tools of effective intercession, raising and maintaining personal, regional, and national prayer altars, revival, and community transformation. His published books are Walking with the God of the Bible, Lessons from the Great Intercessors, A Different Vantage Point, and Understanding the Grip of Darkness on People and Nations. Mr. Payne received degrees in Economics, psychology (BA), and Accounting (AS). He spent 12 years as a principal in the financial, real estate, and automotive industries before transitioning to pursue his life’s destiny. Shayne and his wife, Wendy, have been married for 20 years and live in Staten Island with their three sons.