EIkon Is A Community CHurch determined to love others
not just in name, but in Action
Our Mission
Eikon Church is a church driven by the promise that Jesus’ love and life transforms everyone. We exist to share his love by empowering the lives of the poor, captive, blind and the oppressed. God has called us to build community by organizing first not around a Sunday liturgy or service but around the missional imperative of Luke 4:18 and Isaiah 61.
We live this out through action-driven paradigms that address the root causes of brokenness in Oakland.
We live in the community we serve, where God, the church, and the world all come together.
“‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed,’”
EIKon TEAM
John Huddle | Executive Director and Pastor
John is a pastor and Executive Director for EIKON, an Oakland-based nonprofit and church focused on empowering under-served and unsheltered people in the East Bay. John served with World Vision for eleven years. His last position was as the National Manager of Church Engagement. He is married to his best friend, Amanda, and together they have five children, an amazing daughter in law and a beautiful granddaughter.
Kenaniah Cerny | Chief FInancial Officer and Director of Economic Empowerment
Kenaniah moved up from Los Angeles to the East Bay during the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to be a part of EIKON's founding team. As a child, his family was hit hard by the early 1990s recession and he spent some of his formative years below the poverty threshold. That childhood experience helped develop a focused devotion to poverty reduction and economic empowerment. Kenaniah provides administrative support for EIKON and volunteers as our bookkeeper and CFO. Professionally, he is a successful tech entrepreneur whose most recent venture was acquired in July of 2021.
Lindsay Hill | Partnerships Manager for Infinite Christmas and Pastor
Lindsay Hill is our Co-Pastor and manages Co-Leads our Infinite Christmas Ministry through managing our partnerships. She is an integrative part to all our wonderful partnerships. Through persistent inclusive love that sees through the veil; she strives to see people, as they truly are - as God has called them. She walks side by side with them encouraging them to stubbornly fight for this gift of life that God has given them. She continues to affirm their tremendous impact in their community and in our Ministry together. She is a wife to Kelley Hill and mother of two awesome girls; that are just as determined to welcome and love everyone they encounter as she is. She has her BA in English literature and is passionate about how we tell our stories to each other. Every story a Testimony of God’s goodness. She loves to take her family out on adventures, cook breakfast and a good cup of coffee, that she joyfully shares with others.
Kelley Hill | Worship Director and Property Manager, Telegraph Campus
Kelley is our current Worship Director and Property Manager for our Telegraph Campus. Kelly is the salt that adds that deeply noticeable comforting touch to every gathering and space. Looking beyond the task and at the people on the other side. He is passionate about making every space for those who will someday dwell there, doing so in a way that is not boastful or loud but steadfast and like it was that way all along. He brings passion to every Worship session and invites all to come as they are however that looks to them. He is a Husband to Lindsay Hill and Father to two amazingly joyful girls. He leads his family with the same intentional steadfastness that he brings to Eikon. He enjoys a brisk early morning run, a good cup of coffee, and a well-curated music playlist to match the vibe of the moment.
Mysti Dyanleen | Administrative Assistant and Youth Empowering Scholar for our Y.E.S. program
Mysti is the one who helps us actualize and organize our dreams. With a skill in back end managing and technology paired with passionate curiosity she helps to bridge the gaps in business and relationships. Mysti is Wife to Carlton Dyanleen and Mother to an ever so clever daughter. She strives to live out the fruits of the Spirit is every aspect of her life including those that societally have been kept seperate. She nurtures, challenges and empowers our middle school student researchers at Y.E.S. to look deeper and deeper still. She is also a community Birthworker which embeds her deep within the life of our community in one of the most vulnerable and miraculous transformative spaces which is creation and parenthood.
Erika Cardona | Food Security and Distribution Coordinator
Erika is a Bay Area Native with a realness that is true to the city’s origin. She is a powerful mother to a young adult daughter who she has raised to truly give every moment to Christ. Erika is known for her many questions that steward a desire to go deeper in her relationship with everyone she meets. She faithfully serves the Oakland community through a passion to feed those who are hungry. Through a partnership with Peninsula Food Runners, she manages the pick up of many food and grocery donations. She works with an Eikon team to distribute them at our church gathering and out into the community from one hand to another. She has been blessed to have the vision and gift to truly see a family and works to meet needs beyond nutrition. It is not uncommon for her to come back with an action list that our team can rally around to support a family. Erika is a curly hair aficionado, lover of gel pens and statement earrings, and she loves the 49ers like a true Bay Area native.
Carlton Dyanleen | Infinite Christmas Warehouse Manager
Carlton is the powerful leader at our Infinite Christmas Hub in Hayward. He has lived a life that mirrors those we strive to serve and can dive right into caring for our community all with a spirit of playful clarity that sees people for more than their circumstances. He is a Husband to Mysti Dyanleen and Father to his copilot daughter who loves to be a part of the ministry of serving others at only 3 years old. Carlton is the ultimate connection builder that comes from a place of sincere authenticity. He has strengthened the many partnerships we have with our PODS as well as the communities they serve. He weekly leads and trains a team of volunteers to unload our donation gifts at our Hayward Hub, coordinates community events that meet the needs of the most vulnerable, and oversees Eikon’s Hayward property operations. As the thrill seeker he is, he loves being in the outdoors, getting his hands and boots dirty, pushing his body to its limits, and enjoying a good meal with his family.