Reverend John Cager

The Reverend John Edward Cager III serves the greater Los Angeles area as a thought leader, innovator, community developer and voice of moral authority.  Programmatically, he heads the Faith Community Coalition of Greater Los Angeles (FCCLA), an association of over one hundred congregations and faith-based organizations focusing on social enterprise & social entrepreneurship to improve their catchment areas.  In partnership with the Latin University of Theology, FCCLA also reaches several hundred primarily Spanish language congregations.

Cager also works as Senior Partner for LOGOS Faith Development, which provides opportunities for faith communities to monetize their underutilized real property to create revenue to fund community service, outreach & expansion.  Having previously worked at FAME Housing and Housing Development Services, Inc., he understands the impact that the faith-based sector wields, with churches often being the largest property owners and the largest providers of services in south Los Angeles. Cager spent 5 years as the President of The Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders, 12 years as the President of the Southern California Conference Ministerial Alliance and his board service has included Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE), Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE), First to Serve, Inc., Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches (LAM) and Progressive Christians Uniting (PCU).