Core Instructors

Wanda Alger is an ordained minister, commissioned fivefold prophet, speaker, and author. Her writings have appeared on The Elijah List, Charisma magazine, and numerous online outlets. She also hosts a YouTube and Rumble channel where she posts weekly videos. She has produced numerous books as well as several video and audio teaching series which are available at www.wandaalger.me and Amazon.

Joel Bomberger has served as a missionary with HarvestNet International. He has experience as a youth evangelist at Ephrata Community Church and with YWAM Circuit Riders as an evangelist on college campuses. More recently, he has been involved with the Jesus Rallies in Lancaster County, PA. He lives in Huntington Beach, CA with his wife and four children. One of Joel’s favorite quotes is, “Save the lost, revive the saved, and train them all.”

Duane Britton has served for over 30 years in a variety of leadership positions in both the church and business world. He served for 17 years at DOVE Westgate Church as the lead pastor. Duane owns and operates an organizational development consulting and leadership coaching practice, which launched in 2008. He holds a master’s degree in psychology/counseling. Duane’s blend of gifts—geared toward equipping leaders and strengthening the body of Christ—includes teacher, administrator, church planter, counselor, mediator, and conference/seminar speaker.

Peter Bunton, originally from Great Britain, lives in Pennsylvania. His main responsibility as the director of DOVE Mission International is to help develop and send missionaries from the USA. He is also a member of the DOVE Europe apostolic team. Peter holds a PhD in missiology from the University of Manchester, England. His most recent publication is Succeeding at Succession: Founder and Leadership Succession in Christian Organizations and Movements (Wipf & Stock).

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Rex Burgher is president of Kingdom Life Ministry in Dillsburg, PA. In 1995, Rex and his wife, Lois, were touched by a powerful baptism of the Holy Spirit, which propelled them into a worldwide ministry. They traveled around the world for three years assisting Randy Clark in spreading revival in over 15 countries. Rex carries a powerful anointing of the Father’s love that people tangibly feel in every meeting.

Lee DeMatos and his wife, Teresa, are the lead elders of Grace Fellowship in Worcester, MA. Lee also serves on the DOVE USA Northeast regional apostolic team. He is a recognized fivefold minister who has evangelistic and apostolic giftings. Lee especially has faith for physical healings.

Tony Fitzgerald oversees Church of the Nations, a growing international church movement. He is an Australian who has spent much of his life in England and South Africa, planting and leading churches. Tony now resides in Richmond, Virginia. He and his wife, Marilyn, serve as true spiritual parents to church leaders all over the world. Tony has a clear message from God for the church of our generation.

Bruce Heckman and his wife, Joyce, met while serving the Lord in the Middle East. Their nearly twenty years of service in that region equipped them to prepare others for ministry among the world’s unreached peoples. Bruce is a graduate of Fuller Seminary with a M.A. in missiology with a concentration in Islamic studies. He currently serves as director of Immerge and gives leadership to its curriculum development. Immerge is a cross-cultural apprenticeship system that prepares people for effective ministry among the world’s unreached.

Erin Herndon is a campus pastor at Life Church Macungie, a multi-site church in Lehigh Valley, PA. She has been married to her husband, Jo-Jo, for 25 years, and together they have five incredible children. It brings her great joy to see people walking in their true purpose and call. Erin is passionate about seeing this generation equipped for all that God has for them!

Dave and his wife Sheri serve as senior leaders of Christ Community Church, a vibrant fellowship of Jesus-followers in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. He is the author of three books, Hope Beyond Reason, Hope Beyond Disappointment and Side by Side: Women and Men Leading Together in the Church.

Dave and Sheri enjoy ministering together, doing life together, and spending time with their growing family—three grown children and five grandchildren. Their rescue dog, Hayley, rounds out the crew.

 

 

Deryl Hurst is an ordained minister and the lead pastor of DOVE Westgate Church in Ephrata, PA. He has served in a variety of roles at the church, including small-group leader, elder, and executive pastor, prior to accepting the position of senior pastor in 2011. Previously, he had a 22-year career as a business owner, sales manager, and president of the Lancaster County Association of Realtors. He currently serves on the apostolic oversight teams for both DOVE USA and DOVE Latin America, with a focus on Brazil.

Jose Jimenez and his wife, Minelly, serve as the lead pastors Activ8 Church. He is the young-adult director of Water Street Mission, where he also acted as the director of Teen Haven for 20 years. Together, he and his wife have two children and reside in Lancaster, PA.

Becky Jones is the founder and president of Called to Pray, a ministry with an emphasis on teaching and training the body of Christ in the areas of prayer, intercession, prophetic, and deliverance. Becky is part of the Hopewell Network of Churches, where she serves on the fivefold ministry team and has been part of the Asian mission team since its conception. For the last thirty years, she has attended Hopewell Church in Elverson, PA, where she serves on the elder board and leads prayer ministry. Becky has four grown children and 10 grandchildren. She resides in Kutztown, PA.

Jake Kail was called to ministry in college after a life-changing encounter with God. He is passionate for the presence of God and to see His Kingdom come and will be done “on earth as it is in heaven.” He preaches and teaches the Word with authority, compassion, and a demonstration of the Holy Spirit’s power. After six years as lead pastor, Jake now serves as the apostolic leader of Threshold Church. He lives with his wife and children in Lancaster, PA.

Kevin Kazemi is the lead pastor of Identity Church in Canton, Ohio, where his wife, Mariella, serves as the worship coordinator. After meeting at YWAM (Youth With A Mission) in South Africa and serving as leaders there, they became missionaries in Cape Town. Over the past decade, they have traveled together to over 45 nations together. The Kazemis have two daughters and one son. As a family they passionately pursue God’s presence and continually challenge His people to be kingdom-focused.

Charlie Kline and his wife, Heidi, planted The Fireplace Christian Fellowship in Myerstown, PA, in 2001 and turned the church over to its current leaders in 2014. Charlie is now a businessman that operates multiple businesses in different industries. Charlie loves to share his experiences with Christ with others and lead people toward a deeper relationship with Jesus and trust in God through stories of faith.

Larry Kreider is the founder of DOVE International, a worldwide network of churches in 26 nations. He is the author of more than 40 books. A featured speaker at conferences and churches, he travels extensively, training and mentoring Christian leaders globally. Larry and his wife, LaVerne, live in Lititz, PA, USA.

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LaVerne Kreider started out in ministry as a teenager, reaching out to kids on the street in a parachurch ministry. A compassionate “people person,” she has the special ability to connect with people’s hearts as she challenges them to grow spiritually. As an inspirational speaker, encourager, and spiritual mother to many women, her strength is challenging the Church to walk in intimacy with the Lord and in the fear of the Lord. Along with her teaching ministry, she spends much of her time ministering to pastors’ wives.

Doug Lehman is the lead elder of Overflow Community Church in Chambersburg, PA. Doug leads the DOVE Apostolic team that oversees hundreds of churches in South Central Asia. He serves on the DOVE USA East Coast regional apostolic team. He and his wife, Jen, have three children.

Curt had a powerful conversion experience with the baptism of the Holy Spirit in 1982, and immediately felt the Lord’s call to ministry. God raised Curt up through the business world, and over the last 16 years he has served in both assistant pastor and lead pastor roles. He has successfully led home groups, led people to Christ, taught in schools of ministry, and led numerous teams on mission trips. He carries a prophetic anointing and gifting as a teacher and has the heart of a servant leader to raise up all believers into the fullness of their calling.

Nelson Martin has a unique gift of encouragement and teaching. Nelson enjoys serving in practical ways in order to build genuine community and relationships with the people he serves. He envisions every believer living a victorious life as they connect in relationships with others and function as healthy members of the body of Christ. Nelson and his wife, Sue, have three adult sons.

In 1991, Bishop Bill Hamon ordained Dale Mast as a “prophet who would pastor.” Dale has been a lead pastor and now leads Destiny Dover and Destiny Nashville. Dale and his wife, LuAnne, speak at churches, retreats, and Bible schools and minister to church leaders, networks, pastors, and the saints both nationally and internationally. His unusual stories of ministry to a head NFL coach, waiters, cashiers, airplane passengers, and those caught in new-age religion will challenge you to step out and be a witness, trusting the Holy Spirit to lead you.

Kendra Musser and her husband, Dwayne, are the lead pastors at Good Shepherd Community Church in Reamstown, PA. Prior to stepping into a lead pastoral role, Kendra served in various staff roles for 20 years including children and youth ministry. She has a passion for teaching the Word of God to the generations, challenging people to grow in their understanding of the Word, as well as in Christlikeness. Dwayne and Kendra have been married for 27 years and have 4 young adult children.

Ron Myer has been involved in starting and multiplying small groups and churches for over 35 years. He serves as the assistant director of DOVE International and provides regional leadership to the USA apostolic team. Ron travels as a conference speaker, providing leadership training and imparting the life of God to the body of Christ.

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Craig Nanna and his wife, Tracie, serve as the lead pastors of Life Church Reading, which is an inner-city church with a mission to reach the nations through a multi-cultural, small group–based approach. Craig’s passion is to prepare the church for the Greatest Awakening yet that will touch the nations of the world.

Tracie Nanna and her husband, Craig, live in Reading, PA, where they planted a church over 20 years ago. Tracie serves as the discipleship and life-group pastor at Life Church Reading and is on the leadership team alongside Craig. She enjoys traveling and ministering around the world to see God’s Kingdom advance, healthy leaders raised up and encouraged, and God’s people set free. Her favorite role has been being a mom to their three children.

Hesbone Odindo is the director of DOVE Kenya and serves on the DOVE International Apostolic Council, the DOVE South Central Asia Apostolic Council, and the DOVE Africa Apostolic Council. He and his wife, Violet, have four biological children and one adopted child. Together, they lead Victory Christian School in Kisumu, Kenya, as the co-founding directors. Hesbone is also the lead pastor of Restoration Community Church in Western Kenya.

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Ibrahim Omondi and his wife, Diane, serve on the DOVE International Apostolic Council. Ibrahim is also the leader of the DOVE Africa Apostolic Council. This team oversees over 200 churches in seven nations of Africa. Much of Ibrahim’s time is spent in training and mentoring leaders for the work of church planting. He and Diane travel to provide leadership training in the form of seminars and equipping classes for leaders and churches in the DOVE Africa network.

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Nick Payne serves as the DOVE USA youth director and associate pastor at Crossroads Community Church in Winchester, VA. He has been in youth and young-adult ministry for 14 years. Nick studied culinary arts at Baltimore International College and graduated from DGLMS in 2015. Nick and his wife, Emily, have been married for 20 years. Together, they co-authored the book The Secret Place of Devotion, which is a 30-day devotional helping youth and young believers build a blueprint for their personal prayer lives.

Steve Prokopchak has been involved in leadership and the Christian counseling field for over 40 years. He earned a master of human services degree from Lincoln University. He is the author and co-author of twelve books, including Called Together, a premarital and postmarital counseling workbook. His latest publication is Identity: The Distinctiveness of You. Steve also travels throughout the world teaching and imparting to the lives of many, especially leaders.

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Brian Sauder has been training leaders for over 25 years as the director of leadership training for DOVE International. Brian also serves as a member of the DOVE International Apostolic Council and leads the DOVE Canada Apostolic Council. Brian is a prophetic teacher who loves to see people find their gifts and the courage to use them to minister in the church and the marketplace. He writes training resources and books.

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Merle Shenk is the international director of DOVE International and the lead elder of Newport Church in Elm, Pennsylvania. Cheree serves on the Apostolic Council. Together they serve on the apostolic team for DOVE South Africa. Merle and Cheree planted an inner-city church in Woodstock, South Africa. They are parents to five children and live in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

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Sam Smucker was raised in an Amish home in Lancaster County. He and his wife, Sherlyn, went to RHEMA Bible Training Center in Tulsa, OK. After graduating in 1977, they received an invitation from a newly formed group that was looking for a pastor. Sam and Sherlyn returned to Lancaster in May 1977 and started The Worship Center in New Holland, PA. After leading The Worship Center for 40 years he turned the church over to new leadership and now serves as regional director for RHEMA Ministerial Association International.

Gerry Stoltzfoos and his wife, Julie, planted Freedom Valley Worship Center in Gettysburg, PA, in 1992. Since then, God has given them the grace to help more than 50 other churches get started as well. Their goal is to plant more than 1,000 churches in their lifetime, here in the US and around the world.

Shawn Weaver has served for 10 years as the senior pastor of ACTS Covenant Fellowship in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He also loves serving his family, those incarcerated at Lancaster County Prison, and NHT Logistics as a truck driver.

Barry Wissler is the founding pastor of Ephrata Community Church. He is also the founder and president of HarvestNet International. Under his leadership, HarvestNet established Gateway House of Prayer. He also leads the apostolic council of Outpouring Family International, which is a family of churches founded by Alan Vincent. Holding theological degrees from Geneva College and Westminster Theological Seminary, Barry’s passion is to produce churches that are faithful to sound doctrine while also being receptive to the work of the Holy Spirit.

Dave Yarnes is an international developer, author, and business leader who passionately endorses a Christian biblical worldview. His humor and candor give fresh insight as he acts as an executive coach, consultant, and keynote speaker. He is the former executive vice president and treasurer for MorningStar Ministries. Dave has now joined forces with Lance Wallnau Ministries. He is also dedicated to providing compassionate poverty relief to the worlds most impoverished regions. Dave resides in Fort Mill, SC with his wife of over 30 years, Gina Barnes, and their three children, Mathew, Nathan, and Samuel and their families.

Allan Yoder and his wife, Rebeca, led Good Shepherd Community Church in Reamstown, PA, for many years and currently serve as mission pastors. They have planted churches in Arizona and California. Allan serves on the apostolic team of the Hopewell Apostolic Network. With Rebeca, he also coaches church planters and pastors of turnaround churches. Allan and Rebeca have been married for over 30 years and have three sons.

Brian and Kim Zimmerman have a calling to move outside the four walls of a church building and to take prayer, worship, and serving to the street. They have served in the City of Lancaster for over 20 years in church leadership from worship director to elder. In 2007, they founded City Gate Lancaster, a center for prayer, training, and serving. Brian and Kim provide leadership to the apostolic oversight team for the House to House Microchurch Network with DOVE USA. They have a heart for making disciples, raising up leaders, and for seeing microchurches multiply.

Lester Zimmerman and his wife, Erma, live in New Holland, PA, where they served as founders and pastors of Petra Church for 38 years. Lester also serves as apostolic leader of the Hopewell Network of Churches. He has a heart for practical regional transformation. Lester holds a master’s degree from Chesapeake Bible College & Seminary.