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A couple of years later, we moved to a town called Weaverville, about twenty miles from Lewiston. There we became leaders in a small-but-powerful church called Mountain Chapel, where we met Bill and Beni Johnson and began building a lifetime friendship and partnership with them. We invested in the lives of many for seventeen years, Kathy as the Children’s Pastor and me as Youth Pastor and home group leader.
Part of our training for ministry took place in business. We were entrepreneurs for most of the twenty years we lived in the Alps. We started three auto parts stores, an air conditioning remanufacturing plant, and two automotive repair shops. We also owned a Union 76 service station while we pastored at Mountain Chapel. Through managing businesses, we learned valuable lessons about trusting God and leading people.
We have two sons and two daughters who all grew up in Weaverville working in our businesses and helping with the ministry. Two of our children are now in full-time ministry. Our oldest daughter, Jaime, and son-in-law, Marty, are senior pastors in Fortuna, California. Our daughter, Shannon, is the superintendent of a school district. Jason, our youngest son, and his wife, Lauren, are the Pastoral Care Overseers at Bethel Church in Redding. Our oldest son Gene lives in Santa Rosa and is working in the transportation industry. We also have 10 beautiful grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild.
In 1997, we moved to Redding to join Bill Johnson’s apostolic team and to found and direct the
Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. From its meager beginning with just thirty-seven students, the school has grown to more than 2,000 full-time students in Redding, alone. We have also planted several supernatural schools in other nations. In addition to overseeing the school, I serve as the Senior Associate Leader at
Bethel Church.
I have authored numerous books including the bestselling
The Supernatural Ways of Royalty, as well as
Heavy Rain,
Poverty, Riches and Wealth,
Moral Revolution
and
Fashioned to Reign. I also head the annual
School of the Prophets.
My beautiful wife Kathy is a singer, musician, songwriter and worship leader. She heads the annual School of Worship at Bethel and serves as an overseer in the school of ministry. She has an album out called
Child of the King.
With a passion to see revival spread to every nation and all realms of society, we speak in conferences and churches around the U.S. and abroad.
We continue to pastor, mentor and father revivalists and prophetic teams with the aim of changing nations. We aim to model a devoted marriage and an open-book life poured out for the Lord, His Church, and the world.
I’m thankful that you’re here and I encourage you to spend some clicking around and getting equipped on this website. I share many more personal stories on
my blog,
podcast, and weekly newsletter.
