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Leadership Profiles

Ministry in the Village: Bill Dahlquist

By Bill Shepson | 2 Comments

For more than 13 years, Foursquare Pastor Bill Dahlquist and his wife, Eileen, have served in the small town of Blue Diamond, called The Village by residents, 25 miles into the desert southwest of Las Vegas. Ministry in a small town has its challenges, but Bill has seen lives change as the congregation has built bridges to the surrounding community.

 
 

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Following God’s Lead: Marc and Kathy Shaw

By Bill Shepson | 1 Comment

After 16 years of church planting and leadership development for Foursquare in Europe, Marc and Kathy Shaw have moved back to the U.S. and planted a church in Washington State with the goal of releasing the next generation into ministry. Marc says it’s all about building a band of disciples who will be change agents in their world every day.

 
 

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A Living Anthem of Worship: David Hanley

By Bill Shepson

David Hanley, founder of the band Press Play and worship pastor at New Hope Christian Fellowship, a Foursquare church in Simi Valley, Calif., believes that a lifestyle of worship is a calling for all of us. Worship is not mainly about leading from a platform, he says. It’s about leading people to Christ.

 
 

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Starting a Revolution: Tommy Green

By Ken Walker | 1 Comment

Tommy Green from Salt Lake City Foursquare Church in Utah reaches out to “hardcore” young people who are normally overlooked by the church. He insists they have a passion we need to recognize, and encourages leaders to look past the hairstyles and tattoos and see their hearts.

 
 

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A Lifetime of Loving People: David and Joyce Wing

By Bill Shepson | 4 Comments

David and Joyce Wing have served Dover Foursquare Church in Dover, Ohio—a small town of 12,000 people in the shadow of Amish country—for 42 years. Loving people well is what this church is all about. They are known as a place where the people show friendliness and love, serve the community and give freely.

 
 
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