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Nathan and Wanda |
Grady and Sandy |
Dick and Mary |
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Gregg and Beth |
David and Jennifer |
Jim and Pam |
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Nathan and Wanda Daniel |
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Pastor Nathan
Daniel grew up in a Baptist pastor’s home and was called
into the ministry as a teenager. He began serving as a
youth pastor while in high school and became a pastor
while still a college student. He and his wife Wanda met
and married right after college in Arizona. Both of their
father’s were pastors and friends. After graduating from
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth,
Texas in 1977 they pastored in Arizona and California
where they founded Grace Fellowship in 1983. Shortly
afterward Nathan was reconnected with the Holy Spirit and
began to minister to people who had been wounded in
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wrote his
first book “Freedom Through Forgiveness”. In addition to
pastoring Grace Fellowship, he and Wanda are also traveling
and leading conferences related to the teaching in the book as
well as ministering to missionaries and leaders who are
wounded and in need of healing. The Daniels were part of
Rejoice Minstries International’s original member care team
into China in 1999 and continue to be a vital part of the RMI
team.
For more information on Nathan and Wanda's ministry please visit their website:
www.ftfm.biz
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Grady and Sandy Strop |
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Prior to becoming an associate with
Rejoice Ministries Grady and Sandy served at Lincoln
Christian Fellowship in Lincoln, Nebraska, for over 24
years, 18 of which Grady served as Sr. Pastor. They have
been married since 1978 and have seven children. Grady is
an honors graduate of Friend's University (BA/Religion and
Philosophy) and has earned a M.A. in Biblical Literature
from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in
Springfield, MO. Grady also teaches Bible and Art courses
at Parkview Christian High School in Lincoln, NE. Sandy
was a home schooling mom for 19 years and currently
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parenting class coordinator at the
Lincoln Crisis Pregnancy Center. Grady and Sandy have had a
heart and love for missions for over 25 years and desire to
help keep Christian leaders spiritually healthy so they can
serve long term on the frontlines of God’s Kingdom. The Strops
have been part of the RMI member-care ministry since 2000 and
currently are Regional Team leaders serving foreign workers
living in NE China. They are also involved in member-care in
the Middle East. In the States they teach on marriage,
parenting, and other topics usually dealing with the basics of
Christian life.
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Richard and Mary Dungan |
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Richard (Dick) Dungan came to the Lord in
1976 at the age of thirty-three. Although successful in
the eyes of the world as an executive of one of the
fastest growing insurance companies in the U.S., Dick
found himself in bondage to alcohol. His desire for
success, financial security and material possessions had
led him down the path of self-destruction as well as
deeply damaging his marriage of thirteen years. God in His
mercy, graciously revealed His salvation, deliverance and
healing power to Dick in Jan ’76 at Pisgah Baptist Church
in Excelsior Springs, MO. Later that same year his wife,
Mary, came to faith in Christ. They have been graciously
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In ’79 Dick and Mary and family returned to Mary’s home town
of Norfolk, NE. where they currently reside. In 1980 they
became part of a new church plant now known as Christ is King
Community Church. Since 1982 Dick has been involved in
pastoral ministry as well as international missions in
Hungary, Romania, Russia, Sweden, China, SE Asia and more
recently Malawi, Africa. In 1994 Dick began partnering with a
ministry focused on mobilizing workers to serve the persecuted
church in China. Since 1998 Dick and Mary have transitioned to
providing pastoral (member) care for mobilized workers and
equipping/training Christian leaders throughout China.
Rejoice Ministries International was founded in 1995 as a
ministry of encouragement to the Body of Christ. Dick carries
an anointing to come along side of pastors and ministry
leaders to strengthen them in their personal walk with the
Lord as well as assist them in training up the next generation
of kingdom leaders. Additionally, God has given Dick a mandate
to “call men up” into biblical manhood, with an emphasis on
developing a pure heart and embracing a sense of divine
destiny. Dick and Mary mentor and coach many couples in the
area of marriage and family.
Dick is a 1991 graduate of Emmaus Road Ministry School and a
member of Fellowship of Connected Churches and Ministries (FCCM)
and Harvest Network International (HNI). He and Mary have
three married children, eight awesome grandchildren and they
recently celebrated their 45th anniversary.
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Gregg and Beth Stone |
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Gregg and Beth Stone have been affiliated
with Rejoice Ministries since January, 2006. They have
been part of the International House of Prayer in Kansas
City since it began in May, 1999. IHOP is a ministry that
combines worship and intercession and has been going
non-stop 24/7 for the past 8 years. Gregg served as a
worship leader at IHOP for 7 years and traveled with IHOP
teams to train worship leaders and musicians worldwide in
the "Harp and Bowl" model. (For more information about
IHOP-KC, please visit
www.IHOP.org
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them back to their first love which is a call
to the nations. Gregg and Beth were missionaries in E. Europe
in 1995-1996. They both taught English-as-a-second-language
and worked with many different churches and ministries in the
Czech Republic. While they were living there, God directed
them to Kansas City, MO. Years later, they had the opportunity
to travel back to E. Europe with IHOP teams to minister to
houses of prayer that God has since raised up there. It was a
full-circle moment!
Meeting Dick and Mary Dungan was at a pivotal point in their
lives! As much as they have loved being part of IHOP, they
know that God has called them out, to "Go" where and when He
leads. It is easy for them to connect quickly with the
missionaries as they can relate to the challenges and issues
of the missionary life. Their heart is to counsel, encourage
and minister to the missionaries’ deepest needs.
Gregg and Beth’s ministry vision is to encourage missionaries,
encourage and assist houses of prayer that God is raising up
in the earth, and to use their gift of hospitality to bless
and encourage those that God brings to their doorstep!
Additionally, Gregg continues to lead worship for various
churches and ministries and welcomes the opportunity to train
and encourage worship leaders and teams in their gifting and
calling. He has released two CDs, Everlasting and Fortress.
The first CD is an instrumental of piano solos, the second is
original worship songs that were recorded with various IHOP
singers and musicians. The CDs are available from Forerunner
Bookstore at IHOP, RMI and also directly from the artist.
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David and Jennifer Kruse
Nathaniel (14), Jackson (11), Isaak (9), Hudson (8), Gabriel
(5), Olivia (2) |
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David and Jennifer Kruse are the
“youngsters” on the RMI team and are our only
foreign-based team members living in SE Asia since July,
2006. Actually, they originally moved to SE Asia with an
ESL organization in 2001 but had to return to the USA in
January of 2003 to provide medical treatment for their
fourth son, Hudson, who had contracted leukemia. We praise
God for Hudson’s healing and for the return of the Kruse
family to a people and country they love.
It was during Hudson’s treatment and recovery time while
in the States that God brought clarity to their pastoral
calling and leadership gifting and connected them “heart
to heart” with Dick and Mary Dungan and Rejoice Ministries
International.
Living and serving overseas has been in God’s plan for
David and Jennifer since they met on the mission field in
Peru, South America and married in 1991. Jen is the
daughter of career missionaries and David received his
call from the Lord shortly after coming to Christ during
his university studies.
Since returning to Asia their gift of hospitality has been
used to encourage, strengthen and equip missionaries so
that they can continue in their call to reach and disciple
the nations. Additionally, the Lord is opening several
doors for the equipping and training of national leaders
through the unique network of relationships that David and
Jennifer enjoy.
David serves as the English Program Coordinator at a
language/vocational school in addition to teaching.
However, their primary kingdom work and calling is
evidenced by their ministry to foreign workers (expats) in
the area of pastoral care and shepherding several dozen
youth.
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Jim and Pam Macchi |
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Jim and Pam came to know Jesus Christ as
their Lord and Savior by inviting Him into their hearts in
the spring of 1976. They were both baptized in the Holy
Spirit shortly after that and their lives were radically
changed.
In 1984 they moved to the Northeast of England for two
years to work in a small Apostolic church, teaching and
preaching in several churches of that denomination and
began a children’s ministry.
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various capacities. Their greatest
heart-involvement was to assist pastors, pastoral leadership
and short term missions.
In 2004 they moved to Kansas City, MO at the ‘invitation’ of
the Lord and traveled with another ministry as well as
belonging to the Forerunner Christian Fellowship, a division
of the International House of Prayer.
Jim and Pam have traveled extensively with short-term mission
teams for evangelism, medical missions, building teams, and
teaching teams. Their primary goal has been to build up,
exhort and encourage the body of Christ wherever the door is
open and to assist the local church in evangelism and
discipleship as well as ministering to the ministers.
The Lord has released a powerful anointing through ministry of
Jim’s life message on the Father heart of God. Pam’s passion
is to see women set free into their destiny in addition to
being a gifted painter.
The Macchis were married in 1969 and have two married sons and
four grandchildren. They continue to reside in Kansas City,
Missouri, and have been a valuable addition to the RMI team
since 2005 when Jim joined Dick to teach and minister to
national church leaders in Asia.
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