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Dr. Townsend, clinical psychologist and marriage and family therapist, is an engaging and informative speaker. He has helped countless people in many arenas of life, with his unique blend of wisdom, humor, care, and spirituality. He offers keen insight on all aspects of relationship--family, marriage, parenting, dating, and personal growth--and connects with his audience in a very personal way.

Dr. Townsend is frequently able to combine these ministry and speaking opportunities with his strong personal interest in international travel. He has conducted seminars in China, India, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, Kenya, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, and Sweden.

A prolific writer, he has authored or co-authored eighteen books, the most recent being Rescue Your Love Life and Boundaries with Teens. He has sold over four million copies of his books, including the million-seller Boundaries. His work has earned him three Gold Medallion awards, as well as the Retailers Choice award for God Will Make a Way.

God Will Make a Way was also the focus of a book and television partnership with Integrity Publishers and Time-Life. Dr. Townsend has appeared often on radio and television broadcasts, including FOX News. He co-hosts the nationally syndicated radio program New Life Live, which broadcasts in over 150 markets.

Dr. Townsend co-founded Cloud-Townsend Resources, the company that produces and resources his speaking events. He also co-founded a health-care company that operated treatment centers in thirty-five cities in the Western United States, serving as Clinical Co-Director for ten years. This extensive background in clinical practice and research is the source of the many insights on personal growth and problem solving that he shares with audiences today.

Born and raised in North Carolina, Dr. Townsend earned his BA in psychology at North Carolina State University, graduating with honors. He went on to obtain his Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary, again with honors, and then his Masters and PhD in clinical psychology from Biola University in California.

Dr. Townsend serves on the board of Mustard Seed Ranch, a unique, faith- focused program that uses a ranch setting to assist those in need. He also serves on the Board of Advisors of two other ministries, India Gospel League, which supports the needy in India, and Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS), a ministry to moms. He served as president of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies (Western Division) and is a frequent guest instructor for the Graduate Medical Education Curriculum Program at Loma Linda Medical School.

Dr. Townsend, along with his wife and sons, lives in Southern California. He is a music lover, and despite his busy schedule, has been playing in a band here for the past several years!

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John Ragsdale is a speaker, singer and songwriter who is passionate about encouraging people to become who God created them to be, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

He has been in fulltime ministry for 22 years, 9 of those as a pastor. John was the co-founder and the co-worship leader, with Randy Phillips of the internationally televised program “The Awakening”. He is also a frequent guest on the TBN and Daystar television networks. John has ministered with some of the most loved and respected ministries in the world, including: Bishop TD Jakes, Michael W. Smith, Darlene Zschech, Tommy Tenney, Israel Houghton, CeCe Winans, Max Lucado, The Katinas, Jason Upton, Chuck Pierce, Nicole C. Mullen, Bishop Tudor Bismark, Phillips Craig & Dean, Bishop Joseph Garlington, Cindy Jacobs, Lindell Cooley, Claudio Fredzion, Israel Houghton, Gary Oliver, Mike Hayes, Bill Wilson and many more. He has also been a featured artist on the hit TV show “Friday Night Lights”.

John has written many inspiring songs that have touched people’s lives and enhanced their worship experience. One of John’s songs, “Thirst For You”, was recorded, released and singled to radio by CeCe Winans on her Platinum selling recording “Throne Room”. This song has become a favorite of worshipers across the world. His songs have also been recorded by David & Nicole Binion, Mary Alessi, Karen Wheaton, and Lindell Cooley, to name a few.

John lives in Nashville, TN with his wife, Kristin and their two sons, John Evan and Davis.

The vision of John Ragsdale Ministries is to see the globe covered with the glory of God through the power and passion of word and worship.

Bishop Gerald Garcia was born and raised on the Western Slope of Colorado and as a young man he moved to Denver where he met Debbie, his lovely wife of 32 years. After selling his first business he moved his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma to attend Rhema Bible College where he graduated in 1990 and went on to answer the call of senior pastor of several churches.  He has been an ordained minister for the past 18 years with the Assemblies of God and more recently, the Church of God.

Bishop Garcia has always had a heart for the nations and has traveled and ministered in word and song extensively from the age of 13 until now in and outside of the United States. Though he's always had a heart to build lives through ministry, he 's also built successful businesses from the ground up. Among his greatest passions in life is the are his marriage, daughters and grandkids. He has been labeled by many of his peers a “spark-plug for the Body of Christ”.  His heart is to Alert the body of Christ of the realities of heaven and his deepest passion is his relationship with God and the pursuit of His presence.

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Sister Carol was born Nov. 28, 1960 in Newport News, Virginia. She graduated from Hampton High School, Hampton, VA in 1978 and attended Virginia State University, graduating in 1982 with a BA in English/minoring in Mass Communication. She also holds a MA in Christian Education from Carolina University of Theology and is a thesis away from completing her Doctorate degree in Christian Education.

In January of 1985, Sister Carol accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior. She then began fellowshipping and attending Bible study at a church less than a mile from her home in Occoquan, VA but never had the prompting of the Holy Spirit to “join”. After praying and diligently asking the Lord to send her to the church He desired, the Holy Spirit directed her to become a part of Reconciliation Community Church of Manassas, VA, where Pastor John R. Peyton is Senior Pastor.

During her first year as a member of Reconciliation Community Church, Sister Carol became a part of the Sunday School Ministry where she began teaching the children. A year later the Lord spoke to her heart and instructed her to leave her job with the Journal Newspapers, Springfield, VA as a graphics artist – where she was positioning herself to become a reporter for the Journal – and to go into full-time ministry at Reconciliation Community Church. After being interviewed by Pastor John and Sister Marie Peyton, Sister Carol left her job with the Journal and became a part of the RCC staff family.

As part of the full-time staff of Reconciliation Community Church, for the last 21 years, Sister Carol served as the Administrative Assistant to the Senior Pastor and then as the Church Administrator. She has also served in numerous ministry capacities which included Sunday school teacher, Children’s Church worker, Vacation Bible School worker, the Evangelism Ministry and the Outreach Ministry. She has assisted in the Counseling Ministry as well and is a part of the Singles Ministry (God’s Gift) of RCC. She is a part of the Prison Ministry where she is a part of a team that goes into the Manassas Jail and Adult Detention Center weekly to instruct women. She also teaches a class to the male residents of the jail when asked by leadership entitled: “What Women Wish Men Knew.” She is currently a part of the Visual Media Ministry and has been an instructor at Carolina University of Theology. In August 2007, Carol accepted a new challenge and adventure in ministry from the Lord and accepted the position as Academic Dean of Carolina University of Theology.

Carol was licensed as a Teacher/Minister of the Gospel at Reconciliation Community Church in 1990 and ordained in 2000. Sister Carol’s love for the ministry she has been called to at RCC is only second to her love for ministry on foreign soil. In 1987, the Lord gave Sister Carol a vision of standing on foreign soil with children grabbing her around her waist and the Lord brought that vision to pass when He opened the door for her to go on her first short-term mission trip in 1988 to Haiti.

Since that faithful day the Lord has allowed Sister Carol to return to Haiti for a total of 6 short-term mission trips. In 2003, the Lord opened the door for Sister Carol to be a part of a mission trip to Kampala, Uganda. This trip impacted Carol’s spiritual life in a way she had never experienced before and she has been blessed to return to Africa to minister in Uganda and Ghana, for the last four years. Her love for the nation of Africa has moved her in ways she cannot describe. In 2006, Carol was blessed to travel to in the name of the Lord to Haiti, Honduras (Central America), Uganda and Ghana. She has also been blessed to be a part of study pilgrim to the Holy Land, Jerusalem in 1993 and returned for her second study pilgrimage in May 2008. She also returned to Uganda in September 2008.

“Sister” Carol, as she is affectionally known by many, is single and her heart-felt desire is to be pleasing to the Lord who she truly loves with all her heart, mind and soul. She has a heart for those who are single in the Body of Christ and that the Lord, will show them that it is possible through and in Christ, to be “Single, Saved and Satisfied.” Sister Carol simply wants to be remembered as one who loved the Lord.

Brenda Baecker has been married to her husband Rick since 1980.  In 1981 they became parents and she has dedicated her life to raising their three children.  Brenda’s love for her family led her to community service coaching, teaching Sunday school, and other youth activities. 
 
Brenda has had many jobs centering on children and service as a dance instructor, award winning cheerleading coach, fitness instructor, student advocate, volunteer coordinator, and former director of The Pregnancy Center of Montrose.  Currently Brenda is working as the Education Coordinator for The Pregnancy Center of Montrose teaching WAIT Training to our youth and Within Our Reach program for adults.  Both programs are a dynamic and interactive way to teach character, instill integrity, and strengthen families and marriages. 
 
Brenda has held the honored title of Mrs. Colorado United States 2001 in which she promoted the importance of a Child’s Need to Belong.  In 2008 she was Mrs. Colorado International and promoted WAIT Training.  Mrs. Baecker has dedicated her life to enriching marriages and empowering our teens.

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Kathy Richardson, a mother of two, an Ordained Minister with the Church of God, has been ministering to men and  women for the majority of her adult life. For the past 26 years she has frequently been used as a speaker  for revivals, retreats and seminars. Originally from Odessa, Texas, Kathy attended Lee University and Texas Tech University where she earned a double Masters in Nursing and Theology. She holds certification in counseling from Turning Point Ministries as well as in Obstetrical and Gynecological Nursing. She has been the Director of Women’s Health and Childbirth Services at St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado for the past 14 years.  Her background in nursing, the path her life has taken and a desire to see men and women become “vessels of honor” has fueled the call of God on her life. Kathy currently  lives in Grand Junction, Colorado where she serves as the Associate Pastor of Administration and Adult Ministries at Jubilee Family Church of God.