Category: Be Inspired

We are pleased to introduce you to Mohammad Ali (pictured below), one of our newest interns in the GCI-USA Intern Program. Mohammad is interning in GCI’s San Jose, CA, congregation under the tutelage of Lead Pastor Mel Dahlgren, with CAD team member Ted Johnston serving as Mohammad’s ministry coach. Here is a short bio from Mohammad:

I was born in the Ukraine and moved back and forth from Jordan and Kazakhstan due to my father’s job. My mother and I came to the United States nine years ago, when I was 12. Throughout my middle school and high school years, I always acknowledged the existence of God, but never partook in the intimate relationship that Jesus Christ provides.

At age 18 I moved away from home and went from being a hereditary Christian to an individual who was transformed in heart, thought and action by Jesus through the Word. I believe it is my calling to be a minister of the gospel.

Currently, I am serving as the youth pastor and one of the worship leaders at my church. My hope is to one day plant a church and live in a region where the Word of God is either being suppressed or has never been presented. I know that God will use my GCI internship to continue improving my effectiveness as a disciple of Jesus.

Paul Kurtz, a deacon in GCI’s Jacksonville, FL, congregation, was recently inducted into the International Educators’ Hall of Fame. A highly skilled trumpeter, Paul (pictured below) has been a mentor to younger music students and an inspiration to other blind musicians in his advocacy of braille musical notation. Congratulations Paul!

Hearty congratulations to GCI member Lucille Charlton of Eden, Wisconsin. On October 4, Edith will be celebrating her 100th birthday. Happy birthday Lucille!

Cards may be sent to:
Lucille Charlton
W4439 Lime Rd.
Eden, WI 53019

Below are interviews with Pastor Paul Siddall and Pastoral Resident Anthony Walton. These videos conclude our introductions to the pastors, facilitators and pastoral residents who attended the GCI-USA New Pastors Orientation Conference in Glendora, CA, in February. We hope you’ve enjoyed meeting them and we encourage you to pray for them as they follow the Spirit, journeying with Jesus in his ministry to fulfill the Father’s mission to the world in and through the church.

On YouTube at https://youtu.be/MrL2cIQXLJE.

On YouTube at https://youtu.be/mX9J_0csn6I.

Several of GCI-USA’s newest pastors and pastors-in-training (pastoral residents) were interviewed at the New Pastors Orientation Conference at GCI’s Home Office in February. Here are videos of interviews with Pastor Enoc Palacios and Pastoral Resident Dwight Sanders.

On YouTube at https://youtu.be/NTAgGirCgLA.

On YouTube at https://youtu.be/S6IiTRfWkvE.

Several of GCI-USA’s newest pastors and pastors-in-training (pastoral residents) were interviewed at the New Pastors Orientation Conference in February at GCI’s Home Office in Glendora. Here are videos of interviews with Pastors David Allen and Ernest Owens.

On YouTube at https://youtu.be/YLlN2agl544.

On YouTube at https://youtu.be/6E_N4W1tDDM.

Several of GCI-USA’s newest pastors and pastors-in-training (pastoral residents) were interviewed at the New Pastors Orientation Conference held in February at GCI’s Home Office in Glendora, California. Here are videos of interviews with Pastors Kenneth Barker and Israel Hernandez.

On YouTube at https://youtu.be/K_WjCe9W86s

On YouTube at https://youtu.be/vKR9So04PGw

Several of GCI-USA’s newest pastors and pastors-in-training (pastoral residents) were interviewed at the New Pastors Orientation Conference held in February at GCI’s Home Office in Glendora, CA. Here are videos of interviews with Pastors Dennis Elliott and Terry McDonald.

On YouTube at https://youtu.be/CExE63j5IEg.

On YouTube at https://youtu.be/LO15PEr2KMY.

Several of GCI-USA’s newest pastors and pastors-in-training (pastoral residents) were interviewed at the recent New Pastors Orientation Conference held at GCI’s Home Office in Glendora, CA. Here are videos of interviews with Pastoral Resident Jillian Caranto and Pastor Craig Kuhlman.

On YouTube at http://youtu.be/cbeq6QI7Er4.

On YouTube at http://youtu.be/ZKzJjOHgwM4.