Our Residents

HUNTR MCMILLAN

My name is Huntr. I am the High School Director for Southwest Church and also a resident. I've spent most of my formative years in the desert, and I love calling the valley my home.

I felt the call of ministry from a young age (16) when I had an encounter with God at a prayer night. From that moment on I knew that I was called to Shepard people into a loving relationship with their creator. At this junction in my life, I can say without a doubt that the residency program at Southwest has been life-changing and career altering in regards to pastoral abilities. We are getting real world experience daily coupled with foundational biblical teachings. It's a program the likes of which I have never encountered, and I am blessed to be a part of it.

MAKENNA MCMILLAN

Hi, my name is Kenna McMillan. I have the honor and privilege of being one of our residents here at Southwest! I also am the Guest Services Director!

I have been on staff for around 3 years now, and I am so thankful that Southwest is invested in growing and developing me into the pastor I have been called to be. I love ministry with my whole heart, watching people fall in love with Jesus, understanding His word, getting into small groups, and just overall having a better walk with the Lord. Those are just a few reasons why I want to work in ministry for the rest of my life. The Lord has given me a passion for telling others about who He is!

Residency has been monumental for my journey in preaching, leading, learning the behind the scenes of church work, how to study scripture, and so many other things.

I am so excited to see where this program takes me, and I am excited to watch others take a step in faith and learn all these things too.

TYLER HOUGHTON

My name is Tyler Houghton. I'm originally from San Diego, and my family and I bounced around Southern California for about four years before we settled out here in the Coachella Valley. I didn't grow up in a Christian home; it wasn't until I was in the 7th grade that I started going to church here at Southwest Church. Over my high school years, I began to truly understand who Christ is and what he did on the cross, and I came to know our God, who loves us more than we could ever understand.Growing up in a non-Christian home, my parents did their best to raise me and my two brothers, but even at a young age, I had questions about God, Heaven, and faith that my parents either refused to or couldn't answer the questions I had.

When I first started attending church, the youth ministry leaders I had back in the day truly loved the students and loved God, but being a kid who didn't know anything about God, I always felt ashamed when I didn't have answers to the fundamental questions of faith my leaders would ask me. When God called me into ministry, he pressed it into my heart to remember my early days as a young Christian and remember that not everyone knows the answers to the basics of Christianity, so I feel called to pour into kids, students, and young adults to teach them about our perfect and loving God to fully understand their faith as well as learn how to build pathways from kids, students, young adults, and eventually into men and women ministry. I'm excited to dive deeper into my faith, gain a deeper understanding of it, and learn how to teach it to others. I want to build leaders who will go on to build leaders of their own and raise up the next generation of church leaders.