GUEST MINISTERS

Barbara Wentroble
Barbara Wentroble is a mother, wife and entrepreneur. Barbara is strong apostolic leader and is gifted with a powerful prophetic anointing. She has motivated and coached leaders in all spheres of influence: government, business, education, media, etc. Her goal is to unlock your gifts and catapult you into realizing your potential as reformers in your sphere of authority. She provides practical teachings to apply to your life, giving you a formula for success. Her wisdom and straight forwardness is part of the package, but her faith is the true ingredient to take you the top! Barbara's pioneering spirit is evident through her cutting edge teaching and impartation that releases God's purposes. A powerful breakthrough anointing is released as she ministers. She activates giftings and anointings in ministers, business leaders and individuals. Barbara is founder of International Breakthrough Ministries (IbM), an apostolic network that unites business leaders and church leaders for opportunities in the Kingdom of God. This alliance provides an atmosphere to develop covenantal relationships with strategic visionaries. Barbara is also president of Breakthrough Business Network (BBN). BBN provides spiritual accountability, encourages, validates and promotes an environment of integrity and success for Kingdom businesses. Barbara has written several books including Rise to Your Destiny, Woman of God; Prophetic Intercession and Praying with Authority (Regal Books). She is a frequent contributing author for several Christian magazines. Barbara and her husband, Dale, live in Dallas, Texas. They are the parents of three adult children and eight grandchildren.

   
 

Billy Wilson
Billy Wilson currently serves as Executive Director of the International Center for Spiritual Renewal. The Center's mission is to help restore spiritual integrity, promote scriptural unity, and encourage social responsibility in the body of Christ. Currently, the Center is facilitating Empowered21: The Commission on Holy Spirit Empowerment in the 21st Century. This ongoing initiative brings together leaders, scholars, and next-generation voices from around the world to address issues in the modern Pentecostal/Charismatic Spirit-empowered movement. Reverend Wilson was selected as chair at its inception in 2008 and has successfully guided Empowered21 through 17 unique conversations on 5 continents with almost 10,000 leaders from 95 nations, which culminating in a Global Congress in April of 2010 with 10,000 attendees from 95 nations. Empowered21 conversations and events continue to focus on the future and function as a vehicle for addressing some of Christianity's most pressing concerns issues. The Center also coordinates the Awakening America Alliance with Rev. Wilson serving as chairman of the Alliance Executive Cabinet. The Awakening America Alliance is uniting Evangelical, Pentecostal and Charismatic movements for an increased awareness of the deep spiritual need in today's America and to pursue a new Christ awakening in the United States.Bishop Wilson also serves as is also the executive producer and host of Voice of Salvation Ministries' World Impact with Billy Wilson. This weekly television program is broadcast in all 50 states and more than 170 nations with a potential viewing audience of 500 million people. Reverend Wilson was recently elected to the Oral Roberts University Board of Trustees where he serves as vice-chair. He also serves on numerous other boards and committees including the Mission America Coalition (Lausanne USA) facilitation committee and the Pentecostal World Fellowship advisory board. Reverend Wilson served as the Executive Officer for the Azusa Street Centennial. The Centennial was held in Los Angeles, California, April 25-29, 2006, with more than 50,000 people gathering from 106 nations of the world to celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the Azusa Street Revival. During more than 30 years of ministry, he has served as church administrator, international youth director, senior pastor and international evangelist personally ministering in over 75 nations. He has authored numerous articles, sermon series, video projects and books. His releases include Fasting Forward: Advancing Your Spiritual Life Through Fasting and Foundations of Faith. He and his wife, Lisa, currently reside in Cleveland, Tennessee. They have two adult children a daughter and son and five grandchildren.

   
 

Dr. Jack Hatcher
Dr. J. Jack Hatcher is the President of the Fellowship of Ministers and Churches at CFN. He also serves as a vice-president of Christ For the Nations Inc and provost of Christ For the Nations Institute, Dallas, Texas. He is a member of the Executive Team of CFNI. Dr. Hatcher has a doctoral degree in Religions Education, Trinity Theological Seminary and also is a certified school psychologist. His educational background includes Counseling and Religious Education through Trinity Theological Seminary, Boston University, Boston State College and Bridgewater State College. He has served as Senior Pastor and Superintendent for the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He has planted churches and established Christian Schools in the New England area. Dr. Hatcher is also on the Executive Board of Directors of the Texans for Life Coalition. Dr. Hatcher, his wife, Alta, their children and their families all serve the Lord in their own ministries.

   
 

Dr. Sidney Westbrook
Dr. Sidney Westbrook is an instructor at Christ for the Nations, Dallas, Texas. He teaches Church Administration and Advanced Homiletics. He also travels and ministers extensively in the United States and overseas. His teaching ministry has reached into South Africa, Philippine Islands and many Latin American countries. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors, Vice President and Presbyter for Christ for the Nations Fellowship of Ministers and Churches. Sidney's ministry is rooted in the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. For 25 years, he served as an overseer in five south-central states planting and developing local churches. During that time, he was a member of the Foursquare Church Cabinet, served as Chairman of the Resolutions Committee, and was a member of the Board of Regents of LIFE Pacific College. He retired from these duties in 1999. Sidney also served two long term pastorates in Texarkana and Dallas, Texas. Sidney is developing a new field of preaching and teaching ministry. The vision for this ministry is to strengthen the Body of Christ through seminars, ministers' fellowships and leadership consultation. Recent men's conferences have filled a growing need in the United States. Ministers' conferences overseas have produced trained workers and new church growth. He has written two basic workbooks: "Kingdom Administration in the Body of Christ" and "Preaching to a New Generation." These classroom texts are currently translated into Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Russian and are being used by national workers in many cultures. Sidney's sincere goal is to encourage and equip believers in local churches. The experiences of a lifetime give Sidney's ministry a very practical viewpoint. The joys of servant hood characterize the entire ministry. Sidney's wife, Dona, is a vital part of the ministry. A daughter of an early-day church planter, she is an ordained minister and has invested her entire life in the gospel work. She is an excellent musician, an exceptional administrator and dedicated servant of her Lord. Dona has one son who is ordained and serving as a music minister. Sidney's extended family is deeply involved in ministries. His three daughters are ordained and active in ministerial assignments. A complete commitment to Spirit-led teaching and preaching of the Holy Scriptures is central to this ongoing ministry.

   
 

John Hatcher Jr.
John Hatcher Jr. is the current director of Christ for the Nations Leadership and Pastoral Major. He has 28 years of full time ministry experience. He served as a sr. pastor for 26 years at a church in Hanover, MA where he was a founding planter. He has served seven years as Southern New England Foursquare District Supervisor for MA, RI and CT. During his time in New England, he helped plant and fortified several churches, and helped found a Foursquare Bible Institute. He also served as a founding planter and Board Chair of an independent Christian School which grew to 400+ students while serving a variety of denominations. He is a graduate of Christ For the Nations Institute, holds a graduate degree in Ministry and is currently a Masters of Div. candidate at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.

   
 

Sandy (Nemeth) Childress
Sandy (Nemeth) Childress is a prophetic worship leader and conference speaker who has been ministering to people in over 25 nations into the presence of the Lord through worship for over 20 years. A 1985 graduate of Christ For The Nations Institute, and a former worship leader and faculty instructor at the Institute in Dallas, Texas. She has produced and led worship on several live worship recordings, including her latest release in 2011 in Portuguese, recorded live in Brazil. Sandy ministers in Portuguese and Spanish as well as English. Her humor combined with the prophetic ministry of the Holy Spirit has been used greatly by the Lord to see countless lives changed and set free from spiritual darkness, demonic oppression, and physical sicknesses.

Sandy is also the developer of the “Women’s Bootcamp” teaching modules, an intensive teaching series designed to bring women to a place of full maturity and leadership within the Body of Christ. She is a licensed and ordained minister through Mark Barclay Ministries and recently became a part of the faculty team of of West Coast Bible College and Seminary. She recently served for 7 years as Worship Pastor at Koinonia Christian Fellowship, a large, multi-cultural interdenominational church located in the city of Hanford, in the Central Valley of California. She and her husband, Jim, now reside in Dallas, Texas, and are the directors of Childress Ministries/Righteous Generation, an internationally based ministry that serves to build up the Body of Christ in many nations of the world. They have an extensive ministry base in Brazil and she travels there frequently in addition to traveling and ministering at conferences, seminars, and other events.

   
 

Serviss Family
Mark, Julie, Matthew, Melania and Justin: We are an American missionary family living in Romania. Since our bible school days (Mark and Julie are 1984 graduates) we have always had a heart for young people to come to Christ, grow in spiritual maturity and journey with God to fulfill their potential. We do this by: 1. Holding evangelical outreaches and camps in various villages, cities and countries around the world. 2. Edifying the local church through specially designed conferences and seminars. 3. By writing and printing manuals on various subjects to distribute free of charge to individuals, bible schools, and churches. 4. Various humanitarian aid projects. 5. Teacher (volunteer) at Christ for Romania Bible School in Cluj, where Mark is also a board member. 6. Matthew and Melania hold a weekly Kids' Club in Suceag for the purpose of evangelizing and ministering the gospel to children. They also give free English lessons to youth in the village on a continual basis. Mark is a church planter and overseer, a former Senior pastor in the USA for over 15 years. More recently he and Justin have traveled together to minister in European nations and in Asia. Julie has been a women's ministry leader and a teacher, besides all the other responsibilities being a pastor's wife and a missionary. Justin has led a home-church in a gypsy village, worked in a humanitarian organization targeting gypsies, worked with youth and children's ministry.