Pastors Dan & Joan Olson:

Pastors Dan and Joan Olson are both ordained ministers of the Gospel and Rhema Bible Training Center graduates. They are also ordained with ICFM (International Convention of Faith Ministries) and Pastor Dan is an ICFM Regional Director.

They were married in 1971 and are the parents of six chidren, one of which (Jessica) is on our ministry staff. They are also blessed with a growing number of grandchildren.

Pastor Jessica Gibson:

Pastor Jessica Gibson is a graduate of, and licensed minister from, Rhema Bible Training Center located in Tulsa, OK. She has also graduated from SMTI (Supernatural Ministries Training Institute).She now has 15 years experience in the missions' field and has been a Project Director for Teen Mania Ministries since 1997.

Pastor Jessica is currently the Associate Pastor and Senior Youth Pastor of Living Word Church as well as the director for Oneighty Teen Center  - Branson West. Currently in leadership of over 30 youth workers, she has helped propel this ministry to new heights. Attendance averages 150 teens, weekly, a great stride from our original average of 10-15.

Rev. David Hawley, a former high school principle of 14 years, has a masters degree in Guidance and Counseling and is the founder and pastor of Christian Life Church, Delavan, WI since his 1980 ordination. Pastor Dave and his wife Marcia, a former elementory school teacher, have been married 37 years and have three grown children. Because God places a high value on the institution of marriage, they are committed to challenging married couples to experience the ultimate adventure that God intended this highest relationship between a man and a woman to be!

It is their desire that couples treasure and enjoy their marriage. They will offer fresh challenging scriptural insights, that, when followed, will give you a basis for a dynamic marriage.

David Hawley is the vice-president of L.W.C. of Stone Co. Inc. and also serves as an advisor to the ministry.

For five years, Dr. Bill worked with Oral Roberts University as a professor, and afterwards moved to Florida and founded Love And Grace Fellowship, which he and his wife pastored for over 14 years. His ministry is now focusing back to his country of origin. Scheduling multiple missions trips a year, Dr. Bill Basansky has started churches, established Bible Schools, and held leadership seminars to train pastors and leaders. With his partners and friends have been able to ship more than $15 million in medicine, medical equipment and supplies, vitamins, clothing, food, and shoes to his home country.

Dr. Bill is serving as an advisor and spiritual father to our church leadership.

            Len & Cathy Mink have been in ministry nearly 35 years - traveling the world with God’s best men and women: Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, Kathryn Kuhlman, Kenneth E. Hagin, Demoz Shakarian, Jesse Duplantis, Creflo Dollar, Jerry Savelle, and many others.
            Len and his wife Cathy have been involved in full-time evangelistic ministry, sharing the power of Jesus Christ through the Word and song. Cathy’s background was in professional modeling before her conversion. Len is a talented songwriter and records Christian music for both adults and children. He has appeared on several Christian television productions: Trinity Broadcasting, The 700 Club, Good News, The Kathryn Kuhlman Show, Help Line, Turning Point, 100 Huntley Street, The Believers’ Voice of Victory, and many more.
            Len has a powerful outreach to children through his “Gospel Duck” children’s series. He also works with Kenneth Copeland, leading worship in his U.S. and overseas crusades.

Since 1977, Buddy Bell has been serving pastors and families in the local church.  Because of his faithfulness and commitment to serve, God has anointed him to teach on the Ministry of Helps.

          In 1986, Buddy Bell founded Ministry of Helps International, Inc. (MOHI) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is the president of Ministry of Helps International as well as a successful author and international teacher. His focus is the much-needed message of the Ministry of Helps. His insights into this Bible ministry have enabled countless people to find and fulfill their place in the Body of Christ.  
          Dr. Bell is known as a Pastor's Friend and International Trainer of Champions..

Living Water Teaching was started in 1979 by the Zirkles. Since then, the work of this ministry has grown to include outreaches in several countries around the world. The Word of God is going forth by way of Bible schools, evangelistic campaigns, medical clinics, Operation Shoebox, and through the ministries of the graduates of the Bible Institutes in each of these countries.

When their Douglas DC-3 aircraft went down on November 1, 1998, taking the lives of her husband, son, son-in-law, two missionaries, and six group members from the United States, she knew that the vision was not completed. She picked up the mantle on that fateful night, and by the grace of God, continues running with the vision of changing Central America for Jesus.

On July 12, 2003, Pastor Marion married Pastor Clarence Wright and they, along with the Living Water Teaching family, are taking the gospel to all of Central America, and into Cuba, and Paraguay, South America.