Home – Ipswich Queensland Australia.

Garry was born-again somewhere between 9-12 years of age in Sunday school. Garry was not offered the opportunity of discipleship until thirty years later so for all those years he lived a very worldly life, until in 1993 God intervened and Garry experienced a series of supernatural encounters over about a one month period, culminating in Garry receiving the revelation of his own salvation. This is the moment his direction in life changed 180 deg.

At 15 Garry was filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke, what he thought at the time was gibberish. It wasn’t until he was 43 that he again experienced this and then he realised he was actually speaking in tongues.

Garry’s discipleship began in Word of Faith doctrine when he was 43, which continued for a little less than a decade. From the moment his discipleship commenced he actively stepped into various ministry roles, commencing with two years street ministry.

Garry was baptised in water by Ps David Sweet in 1993.

Garry graduated from Laymen’s School of Ministry in 1998, where he received training from Ps David & Ps Lindy Sweet who were both graduates of Rhema Bible Training Centre Perth Western Australia.

Since 2002, Garry has listened to Andrew Wommack’s Gospel Truth TV, AWM audio-visual teachings and Charis Bible College teachers. He has transitioned to the ‘Balance of Grace & Faith’ doctrine, which he believes is the current move of the Holy Spirit today.

Garry met Gloria online in 2007 and they married 6 months later. Soon after, they commenced a home Bible Study which ran in various locations, until they took their Bible Study on-line in 2018 which was the beginning of GFCD. Together with Gloria, Garry (at the age of 68) founded Grace Faith Christian Discipleship and today it is a registered not-for-profit charity in Australia.

Garry has four children from his previous marriage …two boys and twin daughters. He has eleven grandchildren and at the age of 73 became a great-grandfather (twice in the same year). Praise be to our living Jesus! Should you mistakenly think Garry’s getting old, please allow me to tell you of some of Garry’s recent fetes. Garry’s an electrician by trade and at the time of writing this bio Garry’s still doing physically demanding electrical jobs in the couple’s home. Some of that electrical work require Garry to climb and swing through the ceiling of their home like a young orangutang 🙂

Home – Brisbane Queensland Australia.

Born again and baptised in the Holy Spirit on Valentine’s Day, 14th February 1984. Graduated Rhema Bible Training Centre end of 1986. Lindy pioneered and pastored churches in Alice Springs outback Australia, Brisbane, Australia and Toowoomba, regional Australia with her husband David. Ministry website: https://www.heavenbks.net/ with ‘How to Get to Heaven evangelistic mini book available free in 10 languages and ‘How to Get Your Prayers Answered’ book also available for free in English. Lindy is actively involved in itinerant ministry primarily in the area of healing and is a director and member of the ministry team at Grace Faith Christian Discipleship.

Home – Toowoomba Queensland Australia.

Richard first met Garry and Gloria at a Curry Blake meeting in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia many years ago. As they chatted they realized that they were all, to varying degrees, under the teaching of Andrew Wommack.  In 2007 Richard would occasionally drop-in on Garry & Gloria’s Bible Studies that they held in their Ipswich home each Sunday afternoon. All these years later the friendship between the two couples, Richard and his wife Mabbie and Garry and Gloria, continues to grow.

Home – North Carolina USA.

Born again at the age of 10 after a God encounter where Jesus came into her room, in 1982 Cherry Lynn Tull (Lynn means water) received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit after a priest and a friend prayed. Grace Church Street Ministry, 1983-1984 Pulled a “boy out” and walked with him through recovery. Ministered to the street people. First invited female board member to an all-male campus – Greater Piedmont Teen Challenge. 1996 attended Rhema Summer Ministry Classes. 2019 Graduated Charis Bible College. Today, Cherry is held in high esteem by Garry and Gloria as a member of the GFCD Ministry Team. Cherry is a regular guest minister on the GFCD live-streamed Bible Studies each weekend.

Home – Michigan USA.

Rick and Elaine Busch met in high school and have been married almost 50 years. They both dedicated their lives to the Lord at a young age—Rick age 13, Elaine age 18—and they are baptised in the Holy Spirit.

Rick Busch served as a Joy of Jesus counsellor for troubled youth in 1982.

They have been blessed with 5 children and 11 grandchildren. They’ve made their home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.

Garry’s input: Rick and Elaine joined the GFCD ministry team in 2019 …back when our Bible studies were audio only …primitive you may say, but these two hung in there with us. Over the years the friendship between us, Rick & Elaine and Garry & Gloria has grown to where we are now family (GP).

Home – Grimsby, England, United Kingdom.

Pastor Wendy Hawkins received Jesus as her Savior in Sheffield at a Billy Graham convention in 1988 and experienced baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1989.

Wendy was ordained with her husband Tom in Stoke, England, in 1998.

Home – Grimsby, England, United Kingdom.

Pastor Tom Hawkins received Jesus as his Savior in 1992 under the ministry of David Hathaway. He received baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1994, and went on to be ordained into the pastoral ministry by Pastor Trevor Newport (Life Changing Ministries) in Stoke, England, 1998.

Home – Bunbury Western Australia.

Pastor Kathleen Wall had a supernatural encounter that changed her life forever. Three years later, in 1973, she met a Christian lady who took her to her first-ever Pentecostal Church and Kathleen’s spiritual eyes were opened wide. 

In 1983, Kathleen attended and graduated from Rhema Bible Training Centre (RBCT) in Perth, Western Australia. She Graduated 2nd year at RBCT in 1984, after which she was involved with various ministering activities. One such activity was her first mission trip.

Home – Bunbury Western Australia.

Pastor Keith Wall was born again at a Billy Graham Crusade in 1956. Keith was an active member in the local Methodist Church and taught Sunday school until 1967, when he left the Methodist church and joined a Pentecostal group at the 4 Square Church. There he was baptised in water and later received the baptism of The Holy Spirit. In 1976 he became Pastor of that church.

In 1986, Keith studied at and graduated from Rhema Bible Training Centre, then returned to the 4 Square Church.

Minister Patrick Kigongo became a social worker before marrying at the age of 32.  He works for a non-profit that aims to reduce poverty and transform communities through a health, education, agriculture, and livelihood programme. He is married to Susan, with whom they have two boys.

At the age of 11, Patrick lost his mother. Four years later, his father passed on as well.  With both parents gone, the world seemed a dark place. Patrick was clothed with anxiety about where the source of his livelihood, school, and healthcare needs would come from amidst other concerns like the ability to retain his family home after his parents’ death and the separation of his siblings.

Home – Huston, Texas, USA.

Devon would be one of GFCD’s longest serving supporters. Devon first joined the GFCD ministry team in about 2019 in the days of Free Conference Call before we began using the Zoom app.

Today Devon humbly takes a behind the scene role sharing to about a half-dozen platforms every live-streamed video produced by the team here at GFCD.

A truly loyal and trustworthy supporter. Thanking you Devon.

Home – Sherville Indiana, USA.

Minister Carmen Saunders was born again and baptised in the Holy Spirit on 16th March, 1986. She is a graduate of Rhema Bible Training Centre of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and graduated from Charis Bible College in Dallas, Texas in 2015. Carmen has served and ministered at Charis Bible College in Schererville, Indiana; ministered to inmates with Restoration Outreach Prison Ministry in Chicago, Illinois; and served as a facilitator for new members as well as an altar care prayer minister at Eagle Mountain International Church in Ft. Worth, Texas, with Kenneth Copeland Ministries.

Home – Sherville Indiana, USA.

Minister Victor Saunders was born again and filled with the Holy Spirit on the 16th of March, 1986. He graduated from Rhema Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma in 1997; he also graduated in 2015 from Charis Bible College in Dallas, Texas, and went on to complete additional schooling at the Charis Bible Media School in Woodland Park, Colorado, where he received a bachelor’s degree Cinema Arts.

Founder and CEO of Grace International Ministries, Moses Vitegni authored the book Love: the DNA of God. 

Moses graduated from Charis Bible College In Woodland Park, Colorado, in 2019.