Michael Swalley

Michael Swalley is 45 years old and was born again at a young age. He has been married to Ellen for 13 years and they have four children, ages 12-7. Michael founded Break Free in 2005 with a passion to see urban men discipled and indigenous church planting movements come out of the Hip Hop culture. With that passion, Michael received an MA from John Brown University in Youth and Family Ministry and received his ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary in World Missions. Currently living in Colorado Springs, Michael and Ellen have seen Break Free expand to 20 cities worldwide.  

Michael Swalley’s Contributions

Breaking Down Breakdancing

In this episode, Kymberli Cook, Michael Swalley, Fred Johnson, and Artem Usov discuss breakdancing (breaking), the…
July 29, 2025

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