Daniel Apetroaie
Texas
 

Craig Bess

Craig is currently the National Director of Leadership Development and has been helping pastors, missionaries, and church leaders walk free from personal and spiritual conflicts since 2007. He has served on staff with churches and missions agencies in addition to leading a discipleship ministry. Craig is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and has been married to his wife Carolyn since 1998. They live in Waco, TX.

Marianne Becker
FICMI New Publications Director

Marianne is a widow after being married to Steve Becker for almost 41 years. She has three sons, two daughters-in-law, two grandsons, and two granddaughters. She now lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Marianne works with International Publishing and is responsible for New Publications. She takes a book from manuscript to publication. Since Marianne was hired, New Publications has released several excellent books, including Neil’s latest book in early Fall 2023. She has worked on the new Grace Course and is looking forward to its release in September 2024.

Seth Broadhurst
National Director of Ministry Relationships with Freedom in Christ-USA

Seth has served the local church for 20+ years in the roles of Executive Pastor, Church Planter, Lead Pastor, and Elder. He is married to Stacy, and they have three wonderful children. He enjoys active hobbies, traveling, and great conversations over a great meal.

He has a passion to equip the Church to transform the nations, and he absolutely loves to see people experience the full and abundant life that Jesus came to give them. As a pastor for many years, he noticed that spiritual growth often happened at a glacial speed because many people had not yet identified and properly dealt with the things that were hindering their relationships with God and others. Now he enjoys connecting leaders and equipping people with the proven discipleship principles and practices of Freedom in Christ so that they can go on to bear much fruit!

Kimberly Byrd

Chris and Cynthia Campbell (Founder and Director of Generation Freedom)

Education/Experience: M.A.B.S.; M.A.P.C./L.P.C.
Length of Time In Ministry: 22 years in youth ministry/ with FICM-13 years
Primary ministry Focus: Youth/adolescence/young adult/ social justice human trafficking

They reside in West Virginia.

Trenidy and JJ Davis

In 2021, After 20 years serving churches bi-vocationally in South Mississippi, Trenidy left his corporate work and accepted the role as the Pastor of Strategy and Leadership Development for Temple Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, MS. In 2009, he was introduced to the Ministry of Freedom in Christ and in 2017, he became the Mississippi State Director of Ministry Relationships for FICM. Currently, he also serves on the FICM USA Board of Directors.

He holds a Master’s degree in Christian Education from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering Technology from the University of Southern Mississippi. Trenidy is working towards a Doctor of Ministry degree from NOBTS.

JJ was an elementary teacher before being called to home-educate their children. For ten years JJ served as the Director of the Hub City Classical Conversations Community. She focuses primarily on using the FIC methods and materials for discipling young women in college. She has a passion to see them find their freedom, mentally, physically, and emotionally. JJ serves as the state Prayer Coordinator for Mississippi.

Trenidy and JJ live near Hattiesburg, MS with their three children.

State Web: ficmississippi.org

Mark Eshelman

Pastor Daryl and Stephanie Fitzgerald

Daryl attended Liberty University where he was part of a Hip Hop group that did summer evangelism in major cities across the USA. He has served as a pastor for many years. Stephanie has led Discipleship Groups for teens and been a Christian Education Teacher. The Fitzgerald’s are excited about taking the life-changing message of our new identity and freedom in Christ to church leaders and their congregations. They have a real heart for mentoring married couples. Daryl and Stephanie have been married 24 years and have 5 young adult-aged kids.

Sheryl Giesbrecht Turner
Southwest Regional Director of Training for FICM USA
Director of Women’s Ministry Resource Team for FICM International

Sheryl is a recovered drug addict, stage-four cancer survivor, former widow, loves Jesus and her second husband, Jim Turner. Jim and Sheryl have fun spending time with their blended family of twelve children and fourteen grandchildren. Sheryl and Jim live in Bakersfield, California and are passionate about helping believers understand their identity in Christ and how to stand firm in their authority in Christ.

Sheryl is a popular keynote, women’s retreat, and leadership seminar speaker. An award-winning author, her fifth book, published by Freedom In Christ International, Unraveling the Lie-Knot: Finding Freedom from the Tangles of Discouragement, Deception, and Depression. Unraveling the Lie-Knot is a resource for women and is offered as one of the FIC online discipleship courses.

Contact:
Website: www.sherylgt.com
Facebook: @SherylGiesbrechtAuthor and @SherylGiesbrechtTurner
Twitter: @SGiesbrecht
Instagram: @sherylgiesbrecht
Pinterest: @sherylgiesbrech

Dawson Grover

With more than 30 years of ministry experience, Dawson has a passion for the Church. Ministry roles have included youth pastor, elder, senior pastor, and Freedom in Christ Upper Mid-West regional director. Also having served five churches as an interim pastor, Dawson understands the challenges of a church in transition. He is excited to be back on staff with Freedom in Christ as the North Central Regional Director of Ministry Relationships.

Dawson and his wife, Karen, have been married for 46 years, have two adult children and five grandchildren. Dawson enjoys wood working, riding his bicycle and taking rides on their motorcycle.

Ann Harris

Ann has extensive ministry experience serving as a Women’s Ministry Coordinator and Leader. She is an Evangelism Explosion Trainer and worked on staff with BGEA with the TV Telephone Ministry recruiting, training and managing churches to answer calls from folks watching Billy Graham crusades. She has developed a study called “Contagious Victory” which is a group study of Victory Over the Darkness especially for women. She is excited about being on the front row watching Jesus help people realize and experience their new identity and freedom in Christ!

Sue Huber
National Course Coordinator, CFMA

Sue and her pastor husband Phil, live, work and minister in the Adirondack Mountain communities of Upstate NY where they are raising their 4 young adult children. Sue and her family love all the outdoor activities like hiking, kayaking, biking, fishing and just sitting near the garden or on the deck with a good book and a quality cup of tea or coffee. Sue and Phil are invested in building relationships within their community to bridge the gap and shine the light of Christ. They are involved with substitute teaching as well as coaching track and cross country at the local high school, managing the local famers’ market and singing in a community choir to name a few.

Sue was introduced to FICM in 2007 when her church hosted Neil Anderson for a Freedom Conference. She became a CFMA in 2019. Little did she know that this was only the beginning of her spiritual and vocational freedom journey. She began helping her NE Regional Leadership Team launch online FICM courses via Zoom during COVID. Sue now manages the National level online courses, recruiting and training facilitators, updating materials and helping with several website and database related projects.

Sue is so grateful for the dynamic change freedom has made and continues to make in her life. She would never have dreamed she would be serving the Lord with Freedom in Christ. Her role fits her education, experience and her gifts like a glove and she counts it a privilege and honor to serve.

Ryan Kurtz

Ryan has been serving as the Intake Coordinator for Arizona since 2021, He serves God by helping His children know who they are and Who’s they are.  His joy is to build a community of individuals that understand the transformation that comes from the renewing of their minds and delighting in the growth and freedom gained through Christ and His word in each of their lives.

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Peg McCabe

Peg holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work and has been involved in Full-Time Ministry since 1989 and with Freedom in Christ since 2007. Peg conducts all types of FIC training classes in local churches, building a network of churches engaged in FIC Ministry, facilitating women through the Steps to Freedom in Christ.

She resides in Missouri.

Howard & Aileen Ostendorff
Southern & Eastern Africa Coordinator for FICM International

Howard and Aileen have been married for 48 years and have 13 grands. They joined FIC in 2011 after 38 years with CRU and have lived in Kenya for more than 20 years.
Howard and Aileen work with the Africa Director, Ibrahim Dikko, to train and equip leaders to lead FIC in their home countries.

Terry Pausch – NC Director of Care and Training
Frazee, MN
 

Roberto Reed & Nancy Maldonado Araque
Director of Latinos for FICM USA
Latin America Director for FICM International

Gay Nell Scarborough Crain

Josh Shaarda
Associate for Rural Ministries, FICM Africa Director’s Team 

Gail Shipps
Round Rock, TX

Since her first introduction to Freedom in Christ Ministry (FICM) in the late 1990s, Gail has seen God use FICM to bring healing into her own life and the lives of many others.

In 2016, Gail became a CFMA and helped establish a Freedom Ministry in her church in Austin, TX.  She has seen the Lord use it to enable Believers to realize their identity in Christ and embrace the fullness of life that He has for us. Her heart is to see the body of Christ across Central Texas empowered and effective in sharing the love of Christ with the world.

Gail is a retired teacher and loves spending time with her family, especially her 4 grandchildren.

Dan Studt, President FICM-USA

Dan Studt is the President of Freedom in Christ Ministries-USA.

Prior to May 2019, Dan served in pastoral ministry for 25 years as a youth and family pastor and then as a church planter.  He loved developing leaders, leading mission trips, and helping people learn how to live freely submitted to God and His Word. In addition, Dan has worked in school and hospital settings using his degree in psychology.  It was in one of those settings that the Lord called Dan into full-time ministry.

Dan was personally impacted by Freedom in Christ Ministries as a young adult, and began teaching Freedom in Christ to others in 2001. In October 2007, the church Dan was serving at hosted Dr. Neil Anderson and other Freedom in Christ staff. As relationships developed, Rich Miller (FIC USA President from 2006-2019) asked Dan to serve in various roles. He served first as the Northeast Regional Director in 2009 and then as part-time Field Staff in 2016.

Dan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at Messiah College (1993) and a Master of Divinity degree at Palmer Theological Seminary (then Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary) in 1999.  Dan is currently working on his D.Min. in Christian Leadership and Renewal at Regent University. 

Dan and his wife, Jen, have four young adult children. Both of their daughters are married, and they are thrilled to be new grandparents as of December 2022! Dan & Jen’s sons live at home in Knoxville, Tennessee, when their older son is not at college. Jen is the Elementary Principal at Concord Christian School and is currently writing children’s book based around Freedom in Christ principles. Dan enjoys outdoor fitness activities, including running, hiking, and paddle boarding.

Kim Taylor

Amanda Thompson
Yoakum, Texas

Amanda has been a CFMA since 2015, actively ministering in her community with FICM. She has a heart for discipleship and believes that people really do grow better together. Whether virtually or face to face, in a one on one or small group dynamic, Amanda seeks to build vibrant community by growing authentic relationships where real and messy and wonderful lives are shared. She uses FIC resources as tools for exploring the Word and understanding the abundant life found in Christ. She adores the Lord and the calling He has placed on her life. She walks out that calling with the unfailing support of her husband, Valiant, and their three sons.

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Paul and Joyce Travis have been on staff with Freedom in Christ Ministries since 1995. They conduct Finding Freedom in Christ Seminars, Setting Your Church, Marriage, or Ministry Free Retreats: Breaking the Bondage of Legalism Seminars, Parenting Seminars and training in Discipleship Counseling. They also spend much time in personal discipleship counseling.

Paul graduated from the London Bible College, and received his theological degree from the London Theological Seminary in Ontario Canada. He soon started churches and was a pastor for thirty-one years. After the death of his wife, he received counseling and counseling training. He then began counseling full-time, as director of Christ Centered Counseling in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Throughout his life and ministry, he has experienced much of what he now sees as legalism. He realizes how he has been a spiritual performer, driven to work hard for God – believing that he had to do right, look right, be right in order to be all right with God. With this in mind, he has co-authored a book entitled: Breaking the Bondage of Legalism.

Joyce has always been interested and involved in Christian work. She was instrumental in starting the Christian Women’s Club in Hendersonville, North Carolina and worked in leadership capacity for ten years. After losing her husband, she became office manager of Christ-Centered Counseling. In 1989, she and Paul were married, and after a short time they joined Freedom in Christ Ministries. This ministry has taken them to over 100 churches in 26 states, D.C., Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northern Ireland, and the U.K.
Paul and Joyce have four married sons, and enjoy living near most of their eight grandchildren.

Brian and Jewl Westphalen
Tennessee

Jewl and I were first exposed to FIC ministry about 23 years ago while serving with another ministry. Not only did God do a great work in our lives personally but He birthed in us a new passion to help others resolve their personal and spiritual conflicts so they too can live out the truths of “Who they are In Christ”. We have been serving with Freedom in Christ now for the past nine years, but using their tools and resources for 23 years. It has been a gift helping Gods people connect with His TRUTHS in a fresh new way.

Tammy Williams

Tammy was raised in a Christian home and grew up in the church.  However, it wasn’t until college that she experienced salvation through her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Joe and Tammy have served in discipleship ministries for over 30 years, teaching and leading Sunday school and small groups as well as outreach and evangelism.  They have also served in their children’s schools by discipling young parents and students, and Tammy has been a leader with Moms in Prayer for many years.

When Joe & Tammy were introduced to the FIC ministry over 12 years ago, their lives were forever changed, and discipleship took on a new meaning to them. Today, Joe & Tammy joyfully serve as the South Central Regional Directors of Ministry Relationships helping pastors, leaders & their churches set up a FIC ministry in the church.  Tammy is also part-time staff with FIC and is currently pursuing continuing education classes in Biblical Counseling. She spends many of her days doing Biblical Discipleship Counseling with women and students to help them understand their identity in Christ & walk in the freedom Jesus died to give us. She is also passionate about getting the freedom message out on a larger scale to young parents, moms and their children.

Tammy lives on the family ranch she grew up on and enjoys gardening, bee keeping and her chickens.  She and Joe sincerely enjoy traveling across the country and abroad as well, meeting new people and sharing hope in Christ. Next to salvation, Joe, and her 3 grown children (Ben, Krysten & Caleb), Tammy’s greatest joy is coming alongside others and helping them experience life abundantly through Jesus Christ (John 10:10).