Board and Advisors
Board
Merle W.
Chairman
Merle lives with his wife and eleven of their twelve children in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He serves in leadership in his local church and church network, as well as in several other non-profit & business organizations. His passion is to see the next generation of Anabaptist young people developed and empowered as serving leaders.
S.R. Simmons
Vice Chairman
The Simmons family resides in beautiful southwest Wisconsin, where S. R. serves as a church pastor and business owner. Two of his ministry passions are seeing young people develop in leadership and teamwork skills, and helping both current and future Kingdom workers experience emotional and spiritual maturity and stability as a part of normal life.
Anthony Gingerich
Secretary
Anthony and his wife Linda live in northwestern PA with their four daughters.
Glenn Martin
Member
Glenn and his wife Audrey reside with their family in central Pennsylvania, where they are involved in their local community in business, as first responders, and, in general, learning how to serve others well. Their desire is to see the Bride of Jesus being strengthened, connected and built up.
Judah Clapper
Treasurer
Judah and Bethany and their six sons and daughter live and serve in Lebanon, PA. Before marriage, they served overseas in south-east Asia and the Caribbean. Their heart is to pursue ministry and business as a family, and they have a passion for seeing marriages thrive.
Advisors
Verlon Miller
Pastoral Advisor
Verlon lives with his family in Athens, Tennessee; he is lead pastor of Wellspring Mennonite Church, where he has served for the past 20 years. Verlon has a heart to help assist God's laborers through practical ways of service, and provides insight and logistical support to Kingdom Channels staff in the states.
Steve Fisher
Advisor
Steve and his wife Suvilla live in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, they have eleven children and one grandchild. He serves as an overseer in a network of small house churches in the greater Lancaster County area.
Keith Yoder
Advisor
Keith and his wife Melody live in Hampshire County, West Virginia with their three children. They serve their local church through the youth group, Kid's Club Ministry, and school board and are passionate about serving the Lord and loving people wherever God takes them.
Terry Bauman
Advisor
Terry and his wife Bev live in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Their three children are married, and they’ve been blessed with 6 grandchildren. They developed a heart for missions through serving in Central America and more recently assisted in establishing an Anabaptist mission in Sicily, Italy. Terry also has a passion for representing Christ in business.
Vaun Hawbaker
Advisor
Vaun and Emily live with their son Cedric in south central Pennsylvania. Their vision is to see God’s Kingdom expand and reign on earth as it is in Heaven.