Past & Present Intructors
Peter Bunton
Peter and his wife, Ruth Ann, have served in evangelism, church planting and leadership training in YWAM for many years. Peter speaks five languages, oversees the DCFI churches in Europe, and also serves as the leader of DOVE Mission International.
Rex Burgher
Rex was born and raised in South Dakota and recently moved to Harrisburg, PA, with his wife, Lois. He and Lois travel internationally leading seminars on such subjects as healing, words of knowledge and deliverance. He loves to pray for the sick and lay hands on people for the stirring up of the gifts within them.
Dennis DeGrasse
Dennis has successfully pastored three churches for a total of eighteen and one half years. He currently ministers as an itinerant prophetic minister. He is associated with Evangel Fellowship under Houston Miles. He travels to minister in the United States, Europe and Central America.
Harold Eberle
After pastoring in the mid-west, USA, Harold Eberle began traveling to minister at leadership conferences, Christian gatherings and churches of many different doctrinal persuasions. His primary focus is upon preparing the church for a mighty awakening. He is a prolific author and the founder of Worldcast Ministries and Worldcast Publishing.
Glenn Eshelman
Glenn is the founder and CEO of Sight and Sound Entertainment. Hundreds of thousands of people come to Strasburg, PA, to experience Sight and Sound’s dramatic, theatrical Bible story productions.
Calvin Greiner
Calvin has served the body of Christ during the past two decades as a pastor, youth pastor, missionary and cell leader. As a prophetic teacher, he has a passion to see people discipled, trained and released in their spiritual gifts. Calvin and his wife of 24 years, Stephanie, have recently started a micro church in Manheim, PA. They have 5 children.
Don Jacobs
Don gives leadership to the Mennonite Leadership Foundation and travels extensively throughout the world training leaders in many parts of the body of Christ. He has lived with his family in East Africa as missionaries and has served in leadership of African Evangelistic Enterprise. He is a spiritual father to many and a missionary statesman to the body of Christ.
Monte Jones
Monte and his wife Sandra are currently leading a team planting a church in Red Lion, PA. Monte serves as an assistant director for this school. He has started and led several cell groups. Monte and Sandra have been married 22 years and have two children.
Rick Joyner
Rick serves as the Executive Director of Morning Star Publications and Ministries. He is also the editor of the Morning Star Journal, The Morning Star Prophetic Bulletin, and the author of several popular books including There Were Two Trees in the Garden, The Harvest, and his latest release, The Final Quest. Rick has become a popular conference speaker and an internationally recognized prophetic voice for the strategic purposes of the Lord.
Dan Juster
Dan is the director of Tikkun Ministries. He hungered for more knowledge of the Messiah of his own Jewish roots, and of the role of the Church in Israel’s salvation. His search led him through five Bible colleges, four degrees and nearly three decades of intense study. Dan offers a rich wealth of understanding and insight through the unique historical and academic perspective of an anointed Messianic Jewish scholar, teacher and leader. Dan is one of DCFI’s recognized spiritual advisors.
Charlie Kline
Charlie is the Senior Elder of the Fireplace, a cell based church plant in Myerstown, PA. He is a gifted evangelist and stirs a heart in believers to reach the lost. Charlie also serves on the DCFI Church Planting resource team.
Larry & LaVerne Kreider
Larry and LaVerne have spent the past few decades training leaders to make disciples with the cell group concept. Larry serves as the International Director of DOVE Christian Fellowship International, a worldwide network of cell-based churches. Larry, an author, has written several books and travels extensively teaching and imparting the cell vision to many leaders. LaVerne is a spiritual mother to many women in the body of Christ and a gifted teacher.
Floyd McClung
Floyd McClung is the former International Director of Youth with a Mission. A noted author and speaker, he is currently the Senior Pastor of Kansas City’s Metro Christian Fellowship. Metro is the church that was started by Mike Bickle. Floyd is also the director of All Nations Leadership Fellowship.
Ron Myer
Ron has been involved in starting and multiplying cells and churches for over 20 years. He serves on the DCFI Apostolic Council, overseeing the churches in the USA. Ron travels as a conference speaker to give leadership training and impart the life of God to the body of Christ.
Craig Nanna
Craig is the senior elder of DOVE Christian Fellowship Reading, PA, a church in the city of Reading with a mission to reach the nations through a multi-cultural cell-based approach. They are currently reaching out to the cross-cultural population of the city and have seen results among the Hispanic community. Married for 11 years, Craig and his wife, Tracie, have three children and live in Reading, PA.
Ibrahim Omondi
A native of Kenya, Ibrahim gives apostolic leadership to DOVE Christian Fellowship International in East Africa. Ibrahim is a journalist and writes various publications and serves as senior pastor of DOVE Christian Fellowship in Nairobi, Kenya. Ibrahim, who has a mantle of prayer on his life, coordinates citywide pastors prayer gatherings in Nairobi, and is a sought-after speaker throughout Africa.
Jim Pesce
Jim Pesce is planting a cell-based church in Keswick, Ontario. He is an instructor for TOUCH Ministry; training many Canadians for cell ministry with an emphasis on evangelism. Jim’s heart is to see the kingdom of God expand through conversions.
Steve Prokopchak
Steve serves on the DCFI Apostolic Council and has been involved in the Christian counseling field for over 20 years. He earned his Master of Human Services degree from Lincoln University. He is the author of Called Together, a pre-marital counseling workbook. He also travels throughout the world teaching and imparting to the lives of many, especially leaders.
Brian Sauder
Brian serves as the director of the House to House Cell-based Church Planting and Leadership School. He has started and led many home cell groups. Brian serves on the DCFI Apostolic Council, oversees the DOVE churches in Canada and has a heart for church planting.
David Shenk
David grew up in Tanzania, East Africa. He and his wife have 16 years of missionary experience, focusing especially on reaching Muslims with the gospel. David is a well-known author and respected authority in communicating the gospel to Muslims. His written materials have led thousands of Muslims to faith in Christ.
Steve Shenk
Steve has served as a church planter both in Central America and in the United States. Steve serves as a resource to dozens of churches throughout the USA to help them facilitate a clear missions and church- planting vision. He has ministered in five continents of the world and loves to train Christian leaders and church planters. Steve currently resides with family near Strasburg, PA.
Sam Smucker
Sam serves as the Senior Pastor of the Worship Center, a church of more than 2500 in Lancaster County, PA, with a strong mission emphasis. An anointed teacher of the Word and a leader in the body of Christ, Sam travels regularly, training Christian leaders throughout the world. Sam also gives oversight to the Worship Center Ministers Fellowship, which oversees more than 100 pastors and traveling ministers.
Bob Snyder
Bob leads the DOVE ELANCO church and has served overseas as a missionary. He is a gifted, practical leader and lives with his family in East Earl, PA.
Gerald Stoltzfoos
Gerald (Gerry) grew up in a Christian family in the heart of Lancaster County’s Amish country. He attended Valley Forge Christian College while maintaining his involvement in the local church. While studying there, he assumed a position with Victory Chapel as Youth Pastor, and later became Associate Pastor. In the fall of 1991, Gerry and his wife, Julie, received a call from the Assemblies of God to plant a church near Gettysburg, PA. They accepted and started Freedom Valley Worship Center.
Michael Stoltzfus
Michael lead the team that gave oversight to the Tuesday Bible Study (TBS). TBS gathers thousands of youth and young adults from many churches in the Lancaster, PA area together for worship and Bible study. He is now the leader of the Lancaster Micro-church Network, a cluster of house churches. He is also a graduate of CPLS.
Alan Vincent
Alan was a scientist who converted to Christ in 1958. Since then, he has been involved in planting clusters of churches and in ministry in Europe, Africa, Asia and India. Alan and his wife, Eileen, now reside in San Antonio, Texas, where they are respected as a true mother and father in the body of Christ. Alan gives apostolic oversight to numerous leaders.
Scott Walsh
Scott was used 25 years ago to transform a dying Baptist church into a thriving cell-based Dove church. The church is thrilled to be presently relocating into their own 58,000 sq.ft. building which they will partially lease to commercial rentals. Scott has a passion for experiencing the Holy Spirit, revival, passionate preaching, and vibrant men’s ministry. He has a B.A. degree from Wheaton College in Illinois, and a M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston. He has been ordained by the American Baptists, by Elim Fellowship and by Dove Christian Fellowship International.
C. Peter Wagner
Peter Wagner is a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and widely recognized as a leading authority in the fields of church growth and spiritual warfare. He is the author of more than 50 books, including The Rising Revival, The Acts of the Holy Spirit Series, Praying With Power and Churchquake.
Glen Yoder
Glen is the leader of Oasis Fellowship, a cell based DCFI church located in Akron, PA. Glen is an effective teacher/consultant in areas of cell growth and church planting. He serves on the DCFI Church Planting resources team.
Keith Yoder
Keith and his wife, Marian, live in Leola, PA. Since 1987, Keith has been the Director of Teaching The Word Ministries which encompasses the ministry responsibilities of teaching, equipping, consulting with congregations and mentoring leaders. Keith is one of DCFI’s recognized spiritual advisors. He travels internationally, teaching and training within local churches and Bible schools. Keith has a BA in Education from Millersville University, a Masters Degree from Drexell University, and a Doctorate in Education from the University of Pennsylvania.
