FaithFest 2010 Speaker Information

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Bishop James Bowman

 Bishop James H. Bowman, Sr., through his devotion to the Will of God has been blessed in many facets of his life. Since his union to Kathy Bowman, they have had only one agenda and that is to win lost souls for Christ. Together they have participated in numerous community outreach programs, lecturers and seminars in order to spread the gospel across the country.

In 1983, Bishop Bowman was appointed the pastor of Antioch FBH Church after his father Rev. Morris L. Bowman Sr. retired. In 1994, Bishop Bowman was appointed the ruling Elder of the Canadian District of the FBH Churches of God of the Americas.

In 1995, Bishop James & Kathy Bowman, was one of many host pastors for the Buffalo Area AZUSA Conference with Bishop Carlton Pearson and guests. Along with his wife Kathy Bowman, they have performed with legendary greats such as Andre Crouch, Walter Hawkins, and Karen Clark-Sheard.

In 1997, Bishop James & Kathy Bowman released their first CD nationally along with the Antioch Sanctuary Choir entitled, “Please Stay,” featuring Dorinda Clark-Cole. In 1998, Bishop Bowman was appointed the ruling Elder of the newly organized Western New York District of the FBH Churches.

In 1999, Bishop Bowman began a consistent work with international ministries that took him into the countries of Jamaica and Canada. As a result of his faithfulness to the ministry, Bishop Bowman has received extended invitations to England, Africa, and India.

In 2000, Bishop Bowman was appointed the national Director of Music of the FBH Churches.

In 2003, Bishop Bowman accepted the elevation to the sacred office of the Bishopric, and also, the establishment of the newly formed organization, “Great Commission Fellowship of Churches International.”

Even with such great responsibilities, he has still found time to provide a loving support for his four children – Karla (Chakunda), James Jr., Kristina, and Jason.

Bishop Bowman has made Jesus Lord and Saviour of his life along with the driving ambition to preach the Gospel and win souls for Christ.

Minister Deidre Burchett

Deidre Danielle Burchett was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. She graduated from Immaculate Heart of Mary High School for girls and pursued her collegiate studies at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL.

Deidre moved to the Corning area after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and accepting a position with Corning Incorporated.

After several years with Corning Incorporated, she decided to obtain her Master’s Degree in Education at Elmira College in Elmira, NY. Since her graduation in 2006, Deidre has been a member of the teaching staff at Diven Elementary School in the Elmira City School District.

Since November 2000, Deidre has been a member of Faith To Face Ministries where she has fallen in love with the Lord and continues to grow in His grace and knowledge. She strives to be a faithful “service matter expert”! Burchett received her ministerial license in 2007 and has served on the Christian Education, Finance, Hospitality & Helps, Pulpit Associate, Intercession, Events, and Dance ministries at Faith To Face.

One of Minister Burchett’s favorite scriptures is, “For thus it stands in Scripture: Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen (honored), precious chief Cornerstone, and he who believes in Him (who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him) shall never be disappointed or put to shame.” I Pet 2:6 (AMP).

When she is not engaged in ministry or work, her interests include graphic design, traveling, and reading.

Minister Kimberly McGrady

Kimberly is native of Corning, New York, growing up in the neighborhood in which Faith To Face Ministries is currently located. She is the youngest of three daughters born to the late Genesis and Lou Nell McGrady. A 1982 graduate of Corning West High School, Kimberly holds an Associate’s Degree in Applied Science (Secretarial Science) from SUNY Alfred which she received in 1984.

Upon graduating from Alfred State College, McGrady moved to the nation’s capital and spent several years as a Legal Administrative Assistant/Paralegal and since then has held a myriad of positions ranging from Administrative Assistant to Product Coding Administrator to Business Manager to Training Alliance Coordinator.

Though raised in the church, it wasn’t until August of 2000 that Kimberly came into an intimate relationship with the Lord. Under the leadership of Bishop Mark & Pastor Jeanette Vaughn the Lord has enabled her to realize who she is in God. A partner at Faith To Face Ministries for the past decade, Kimberly is currently the Chief Musician, a member of the Christian Education ministry team, a part of the Senior Leadership Team of the ministry. She also serves diligently as one of the ministry’s Intercessors and is a member of the Events Team. A minstrel and psalmist, McGrady helped to produce the ministry’s inaugural CD project, The Kingdom is Dangerous, on which she wrote the title track. She was licensed as a Minister of the Gospel in November of 2007 and notes Prophecy as one of the gifts that the Holy Spirit manifests in her ministry.

In June 2010, the Lord blessed Kimberly to earn a Bachelors degree in Childhood Education with honors (Cum Laude). She is planning to pursue her Master’s Degree in Literacy and to ultimately obtain a PhD in Education.

Kimberly is the proud mother of two sons, Xavier and Adrian, and is also proud to be “Gigi” to her first granddaughter, Lillyan Faith (affectionately known as, “Lilly Pood”).

Kimberly truly has a love and passion for the reading, study and ministry of the Word of God. While the whole bible is her “favorite scripture”, the one scripture that punctuates this season of her life is, “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” Philippians 4:11

Pastor Pete Miller

Pete Miller has been pastor of Friends of the Cross Christian Church in Corning, NY, since December, 2000. He converted to Christ in 1975; attended Elim Bible Institute, and graduated in 1980.

He trained under Senior Pastor George Veach for 4 ½ years before he was sent out to plant a church (Living Waters Church) in Leroy, NY, where he served as Pastor for 17 years. While at Living Waters, he led the church in numerous short term missions trips to Guatemala and Mexico. He has travelled to China on several occasions for Leadership Conferences, and just recently returned from teaching at a Leadership Conference in Ghana.

Pastor Miller has been married to Deb for 32 years. They have 4 children (1 son, 3 daughters) and 3 grandchildren.  

 

Pastor Raymond Randle

Prophet Raymond W. Randle has a Christ-centered evangelistic ministry that carries a strong prophetic anointing to edify the local church. Through anointed preaching and teaching, God uses him to elevate the consciousness of God’s people to who they are and their purpose in the Kingdom of God.

Prophet Randle is from St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Dillard University in New Orleans and graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. He also earned his Masters of Divinity from the Charles Harrison Mason Seminary of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia in 1997. He was ordained in the Central Georgia Jurisdiction by the Bishop C.D. Owens, Jurisdictional Prelate and then Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ in 1995.

Prophet Randle was brought up in a traditional Pentecostal/Holiness environment and was exposed at an early age to the awesome power of the Holy Spirit. Prophet Randle loves God and God’s people and his ministry’s focus is to recapture the essence of the lessons taught by the “Saints of Old” and to present its current relevance by demonstrating the power of God’s Word.

Prophet Randle, his wife Tracy and their three children Raymond II, Rylan and Rayne currently reside in Lithonia, Georgia a suburb of Atlanta. Prophet Randle served as one of the Senior House Prophets at Anointed Word Evangelistic Tabernacle COGIC in Atlanta, Georgia under the pastorate of Dr. Bobby Henderson. The Lord moved Prophet Randle to open Redeeming Word Church which began as a bible study in June of 2005.

Prophet Randle’s ultimate desire is to bring healing to those hurting emotionally, physically, and spiritually. His ministry has taken him to various cities in the United States and also to Capetown & Johannesburg, South Africa. His ministry crosses denominational and racial barriers and has resulted in many being saved, healed and delivered.

Minister Jennifer Reid

Minister Jennifer Reid is a native of Jamaica, West Indies. She is the first of six children born to Balfour and Norma Thompson. She migrated to the United States with her parents, brother and sisters in 1970 at 14 years old. Minister Jennifer lived in Brooklyn, New York, where she attended junior high and high school. She then attended Brooklyn College where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences. She has since completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at Alfred University, and a Master of Science degree at Nazareth College in the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner program. Currently, Minister Jennifer is attending St. John Fisher College where she will complete her doctorate in Executive Leadership in the summer of 2010.

In 1974, Minister Jennifer met Elder Howard Reid, the man of her dreams who was ordained by God to be her husband. At the time, she did not realize God’s plan for her life but because of her love for God at an early age, she told Howard that she would not marry him unless he promised to serve God with her. Minister Jennifer and Elder Howard will celebrate 31 years of marriage in August 2010 and have the pleasure of parenting three wonderful sons: Howard, Jerod and Elijah. Howard is a graduate of Penn State University and the School of Business at The University of Rochester, where he earned his MBA. Jerod and Elijah are graduates of SUNY Buffalo, earning degrees in international business and human resources, respectively. All three sons are gainfully employed, happily married and all testify that the Lord Jesus Christ is their Savior. Minister Jennifer and her husband have two beautiful granddaughters and another granddaughter is due to be born in October 2010. Minister Jennifer and Elder Howard are celebrating God’s blessings.

Jennifer and Howard have lived in Rochester for 28 years. Howard is an ordained Elder and Jennifer an ordained Minister at New Life Ministries where they serve as marriage ministry leaders and have an active couples’ cell group in their home. They actively serve the Lord in ministry in numerous ways and have enjoyed and not taken for granted God’s anointing in their life and ministries. They both accepted the Lord as their Savior in 1979, the year they said “I do” and have not looked back nor have a desire to do so.

Minister Jennifer will always love and celebrate God for His many, many blessings and His mercy and grace throughout her life. She loves God deeply and is unable to envision a life where she is not serving Him.

Pastor Stephen Ryce

Pastor Stephen D. Ryce, an active member of Antioch Holiness Church located in Buffalo, NY serves as Chief Adjutant to Bishop James H. Bowman, Sr., Presiding Bishop of The Great Commission Fellowship of Churches, International. Traveling extensively in this role, Elder Ryce has been favored to see many souls come to the knowledge of God, healed and delivered thus strengthening his own mission to reach the nations for the Kingdom of Christ.

Pastor Steve was born and raised in Buffalo, NY where he excelled in the public school system. During his youth, at about the gentle age of eight, he felt the pull of the Lord in his heart assuring him that he too would one day be active in the affairs of the church. Even at that age, this draw was not strange or intimidating being that he came from a long line of family members active in church leadership roles and church work. It wasn’t until Pastor Ryce turned twenty-two that he accepted the call to a more defined role in ministry. His trial message was entitled “What Time is It? It is Time to Be Real!” This message has truly proven to be an ongoing mantra of his life with the significance of it being threaded in some fashion throughout his entire ministry. The theme of restoration and deliberate confidence in the Lord also burns in many of his messages, with Hebrews 10:35 “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward” often being proclaimed.

Pastor Steve has been blessed to see both the outside and inner-workings of church ministry. He is not afraid to get his hands dirty, nor is he too busy to learn new skills. At one time serving in just about every function of the local church setting including, Choir Member, Usher, Sunday School Teacher/ Superintendent, Janitor, Deacon, Administrator, Trustee, etc., these opportunities have shaped the way he extends himself to ministry. His desire is to bring forth excellence and to present ministry to the masses in a manner that is dynamic and enriching, therefore compelling souls to come into the ark of safety. Banishing the lull of mediocrity, with the Lord’s help and order, he directs himself in a fashion that is gentle yet commanding, blunt yet articulate, open yet instructed in the way of Holiness.

In the mid 1990’s he was Ordained as a Licensed Elder. This opened the door for him to serve in the capacity of Youth Pastor at Antioch Holiness Church for ten years. During his tenure, he gained extensive experience working with the youth, motivating them to experience the fullness that Christ has to offer. His greatest joy and most challenging role, Pastor Steve lovingly prays for and inspires his own two sons, Jonathan and Joshua, encouraging them to bring forth the teaching/preaching gifts which resides within them. Pastor Steve sees this as one of his supreme tasks and takes great care in how he helps to develop their God-given gifts and talents.

Pastor Stephen D. Ryce attended SUNY Brockport where he studied Communications. He is the Owner of Provision Consultants LLC ~ a multi faceted company that serves the many needs of people especially helping to secure affordable housing. This is yet another way in which he serves in humility and love.

Pastor Jeanette Vaughn

Jeanette Vaughn is a native of Buffalo, NY and the loving wife and friend of Dr. Mark D. Vaughn (a native of Elmira, NY). They have co-labored together in ministry for over 25 years. She is the proud mother of five lovely children (Karissa, Kyela, Cullen, Carrington, and Clayton). They live and pastor in the Southern Tier of New York. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, a Master's degree in Education, and her Certification for Administration. She has taught in the Corning-Painted Post School District for four years.

Jeanette accepted the Lord in her youth through the consistent prayers and steadfastness of her mother (Mother Mildred Brooks) taking her to prayer at church. Through anointed exhortation and intercession, Pastor Jeanette is used of God to propel His chosen into their rightful place in the body of Christ. Her powerful preaching and teaching ministry of restoration and deliverance is evidence that she is persuaded that "nothing is impossible to those who choose to commit their ways unto the Lord."

Jeanette is committed to serving in the body of Christ, to sharing the Word of God and to encouraging men and women alike to have 'faith to face' the challenges of life. Above all, she wants to be faithful unto God.

Pastor Anthony Weenie

Rev. Anthony Wennie is a man called by God with a commission: “To Raise An Army” - a commission geared toward pursuing the enemy and setting the captives free.

He was born in 1962, in lower Bong County, Sanoyei District of Liberia. He holds an Associate’s degree in Biblical studies from the Liberia Theological Institute and Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Theology from the Global University and extension of I.C.I. Rev. Wennie is the founder and general overseer of The Army of The Living God Ministries (ALGOM) Inc., in Monrovia, Liberia. ALGOM is a ministry with a vision to raise and equip men and women for the end time harvest. He is also the founder and general overseer of all Overcomers’ Churches in Liberia with three branches at present.

Rev. Wennie is also the founder and president of ALGOM School of Healing and ALGOM School of Prayer, a school devoted to:


Anointed by God, Rev.Wennie is an evangelist, teacher and preacher of the Word. His calling demonstrates the miraculous power of God, which is manifest in his ministries.

Rev. Wennie has traveled to Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Senegal where he has conducted crusade, seminar, workshop, revival and deliverance services where the power of God was so mighty that demon-possessed souls were set free and the sick were healed.

Rev. Wennie is married to the beautiful Rev. Mother Lucy Y. Wennie, the Assistant Pastor of Overcomers’ Central Church, and they are blessed with two wonderful children, Victoria Favor and Victor Elijah, and many spiritual children.