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Dr. Richard Gardner — FFICM Founder & President
Richard grew up in Philadelphia, PA, and received Christ as a 21-year-old through a pastor in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. In 1981, he completed his M.Div through the Reformed Episcopal Seminary, and in 2011 he received his doctorate in missiology from Western Seminary. After marrying his wife Janice in 1985, the two moved to Portland, OR, where they learned about Wycliffe Bible Translators. From 1991-2005, Rich and Janice lived in Nigeria as translators with Wycliffe, working on the Izere New Testament and raising their family. Through his various experiences with Wycliffe, The Seed Company (a division of Wycliffe Bible Translators), and studying for his doctorate, Rich saw a deep need to follow up with new believers as they grew in their Christian faith.
Evangelism and follow-up quickly became a passion of Rich, and in September 2013 he took steps to form Firm Foundation In Christ Ministries.
Carly Powne – US Based International Trainer
Carly Powne has always had a passion for youth and for missions. Retiring from 23 years of youth ministry, she is now ready to join our team as the International Trainer.
Carly is from Hillsboro, Oregon and currently living in San Antonio, TX. She has spent time serving locally and globally as a volunteer with the Oregon Food Bank, Nazarenes in Volunteer Service in Venezuela, Village of Hope Uganda, and as a Team World Vision Captain. She has a heart for connecting youth with serving others in their community and world.
Carly has a degree in Special Ministries with an emphasis in Youth from Northwest Nazarene University. She holds a certificate in youth and theology from Princeton Theological Seminary as well as a Certificate from the Youth Cartel’s Youth Ministry Coaching Program.
Stacey Lloyd — International Director of Multimedia
Stacey is a volunteer with FFICM, who coordinates our multimedia efforts including editing of pictures and videos. He helps with our website, electronic data management, and other projects in the office. He has been a long-time partner with FFICM and went to Nigeria to film the Izere New Testament dedication.
Eskinder Alemayehu — Director of Firm Foundation In Christ Ministries partnership with EKHC in Ethiopia
Eskinder grew up in a conservative Ethiopian Orthodox Church family, and came to know Christ in his teenage years through discussions with a school friend and has been serving the Lord in ministry ever since.
He feels called to minister to the unreached people groups in Ethiopia through evangelistic ministry. He attended Bible college, and was appointed Evangelist and Church Ministry Coordinator of his local church after graduation. After working for seven years with the local church, Eskinder accepted the call to serve at a national level–becoming a coordinator of the church planters training program in the missions department. He coordinated over a hundred and twenty-five training centers of the church planters all over Ethiopia, in two different languages. Eskinder has produced training materials for church leaders, pastors, evangelists, and ministers to evangelize, equip, disciple, and make leaders in the process of church planting.
Eskinder assisted FFICM in translating training material from English to Amharic, and was deeply compelled by the organization’s mission and ministry. Since then he has served alongside FFICM, equipping many people to evangelize, follow-up and train new believers in Ethiopia, Africa, and all over the world.
Since June 2019 he has been serving as the FFICM National Director for Ethiopia through the partnership that FFICM has with the Kale Heywet church in Ethiopia.
Peter Wash — Director of Firm Foundation In Christ Ministries Africa (Nigeria)
Peter has a BA in Missions and Evangelism, as well as a National Certificate of Education. He worked with the Great Commission Movement with the Jesus Film team from 1996-2001, and with CREI ministries from 2003-2016 as a trainer and supervisor. He joined Firm Foundation In Christ Ministries as Nigeria Coordinator in May of 2016. Peter loves training people and raising up disciples who can call others to Christ and establish them in their faith. He is filled with hope by seeing people changed by practicing what he teaches in Firm Foundation In Christ Ministries trainings. Many have given their lives to Christ as a result of his sharing his faith, and it gives him great joy!
He is currently working on his Master’s Degree and is helping Firm Foundation In Christ Ministries Africa to grow and expand in Nigeria, in partnership with many different organizations and churches.
Firm Foundation In Christ Ministries provides training and resources to help new Christians thrive in a joyful relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
