Pastor Wade Mobley was born in northern Minnesota and raised in the town of Lake Preston, in east-central South Dakota. While Pastor Mobley considers himself to have been a “church-going agnostic” for most of his early life, three years of instruction in God’s Word at Calvary Free Lutheran Church in Arlington, South Dakota brought conviction of sin. He came to personal faith in Christ just after high school graduation at the 1991 Free Lutheran Youth convention in Estes Park, Colorado.

Pastor Mobley attended four years at South Dakota State University (Brookings, South Dakota), studying electrical engineering, physics, math, and physical education. During this time, Pastor Mobley also pursued career in coaching basketball, coaching numerous elementary and middle school teams and serving as assistant boy’s basketball coach at Brookings (SD) High School from 1993-1995.

While pursuing his coaching career in 1995, Pastor Mobley perceived God’s call to attend the Association Free Lutheran Bible School (AFLBS), a two year school of the Bible located in Plymouth, Minnesota. He graduated in 1997 and served on staff until 2002, including two years as Athletic Director and Men’s Basketball Coach. After receiving a degree in history at Northwestern College (St. Paul, MN), Pastor Mobley completed studies at the Association Free Lutheran Theological Seminary (Plymouth, MN), concluding in 2003 with a one year internship in southern California.

Pastor Mobley met his wife, Michele Deubner of rural Brockton, Montana while serving together on staff at AFLBS. The Mobley’s were married in 2000 and have served together at Living Word Free Lutheran Church in southwest Sioux Falls, South Dakota since their call in June 2003.

Pastor Mobley loves shepherding a group of Christ-followers who proclaim the Living Word and serve the Living God. He is passionate about multiplication and church planting, believing the Scriptural instruction for pastors to equip believers for ministry (Ephesians 4:11) and to teach faithful people who will in turn teach others (2 Timothy 2:2).

 

Eric and Leslie Ludy are bestselling authors, known for tackling some of the toughest issues facing young people today.  They have toured extensively, speaking to hundreds of thousands of teens and college students as well as parents and leaders around the U.S. and abroad over the past eleven years.  This couple’s unique “insider perspective” on the sexual and spiritual climate of our contemporary culture has made them a respected voice on relationship issues among both the younger and older generations.  Eric and Leslie have authored thirteen books, and their popular presentation for young adults on the “four secrets to an amazing love story” has garnered applause from marriage and family experts, media personalities, and youth specialists around the country.  They have shared their message and music on numerous media platforms, including being among the year’s top ten Focus on the Family radio broadcasts, both in 2002 and 2006.  Their best-selling books include When God Writes Your Love Story, When Dreams Come True, Authentic Beauty, God’s Gift to Women, and Teaching True Love to a Sex-at-Thirteen Generation.  Their newest books, The Bravehearted Gospel (Eric) and Set Apart Femininity (Leslie) will be released in fall 2008. Eric and Leslie’s websites, www.setapartlife.com and www.authenticgirl.com draw multiple thousands of people each month.  The Ludy’s live in Windsor, Colorado with their two children Hudson and Harper.

What Others Are Saying…

“Eric and Leslie Ludy are among the most powerful voices speaking to the younger generation today.”
Bill McCartney, founder of Promise Keepers

“Eric and Leslie offer a vital message of hope that today’s youth desperately need to hear.” 
Josh McDowell, bestselling author, Campus Crusade for Christ

“The Ludy’s message is creative, challenging, intuitive and inspirational.” 
Dr. Joe White, founder of Kanukuk Kamps

“Eric and Leslie not only speak what they believe...they live it! Their message offers the keys to a purpose-filled life, one that is absolutely adventuresome because Christ is the center!”
Beverly Lewis, New York Times bestselling author

“Eric and Leslie’s message is straightforward and unabashed!”
Beverly LaHaye, founder of Concerned Women for America

“If you are looking for ways to build a God-honoring relationship, you cannot afford to miss what Eric and Leslie have to say.”
Drs. Les and Leslie Parrot, bestselling authors

“Leslie Ludy hits the mark in challenging young women to live a "set-apart" life."…skillfully combining Scripture and common sense to demonstrate the "how" of biblical femininity...” 
CCM Magazine

“Leslie Ludy effectively employs the power of her own story to show young women in a practical way the romance of a lifetime with their Savior, Jesus Christ…Her message is for all young women today.”
Christian Retailing

 

Pastor Tom Brock was raised in Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from Bethel College and Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has served Hope Lutheran Church in North Minneapolis since 1981. While he was a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America he was on the board of the Great Commission Network working for Biblical renewal in that denomination. Pastor Brock and Hope Lutheran Church left the ELCA in 2001 and joined the AFLC.  Pastor Brock hosts The Pastor?s Study on cable television and radio in the Twin Cities.

 

 

 

 

 

“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

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"'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty." Zech 4:6

 

Since 1985, Jim Johnson has been working in student ministry with college and high school students. The father of nine children and husband to Linda, Jim has a heart to reach the next generation.

Pastor Jim, who is planting a church with his family in southern California said “I love watching new believers grow.” Jim and Linda live in Camarillo, California, where Jim is senior pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, a new Free Lutheran plant 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Jim is 44.

A native of Minnesota, Jim served a growing church in northern Minnesota before serving in college ministry for 10 years. He was elected dean of Association Free Lutheran Bible School in 1996. AFLBS, a college level school of the Bible in Minneapolis, enrolled 100-185 students [yearly] during his time there. Previous to that calling he served as Pastor of Calvary Free Lutheran Church in Fosston, MN.

Jim and Linda have a heart to help people come to Jesus and to build up hurting families. They have devoted most of their ministry to evangelism and encouraging parents to build love and Christian character into their children. The heart for family ministry came as he served in a small town and watched Jesus do miracles in families. Jim grew up in Bloomington, MN, graduated form the University of Minnesota in 1987 with a degree from the School of Journalism. Before entering full-time ministry, he studied to become a sports reporter. He has written for the Des Moines Register and the Miami Herald and has been published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune and several other newspapers. Jim and Linda have nine children: Elizabeth (age 19), Hannah (17), Lydia (15), Benjamin (13), Grace (11), and Seth (9), Miah (7), and Isaiah (5), and Titus (3).

 

 

 

 

 

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