Sandra McKay has served as Director of Women’s and Children’s Ministries since August of 2010. Sandra is Mexican American and is bi-lingual. She and Marcus were married in 1982 and have two daughters and five grandchildren. From 1984 until 1994, Sandra was bi-vocational. While and serving in pastorship with her husband Word of Life Church, she also worked as a fulltime classroom instructor for the State of Oklahoma’s school for handicapped children. As an instructor, she taught motor skills to handicapped children and received the outstanding employee of the year award. In 1994, Sandra became a board member with Speed the Harvest International and along with Marcus became a missionary to the country of Mexico. As a missionary, she focused on children’s ministries in churches and orphanages, assisted in planting churches, and acted as the ministry’s Spanish interpreter. In 2005, she and Marcus returned to the U.S. and together planted a World Harvest Foursquare Church in Silver City, New Mexico.
Pastor Willie Dunn is responsible for the Benevolence, Hospitality Meals, Van Ministry, Master Men’s, Cottonbloom, Gospel Rescue Mission, Emergency Email Prayer Network Ministries. He came to Las Cruces in 1986 while serving in the U.S. Army and retired after 27 years. In 1989 he graduated from the Sergeants Major Academy. In 1990 he accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior. He worked as a DA civilian and retired after 16 years. He has a B.S. degree in Sociology/Business from the University of NY. He has served as a Children’s Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Director, Church Board Member, & Minister of Education. In 2008 he completed the Foursquare Polity Course, passed his ministerial review board and obtained his Foursquare Ministers License. He is married to Ulli Dunn. He serves as the Spiritual Director for the La Ristra Emmaus Gathering.
Singer/songwriter, Tenecia Yeboah began singing in her grandfather’s church at the age of three. In 1980, God sent her and her family to what she refers to as “Bible Boot Camp” in Panama where an intimate relationship began with her best friend, Jesus Christ. It was also there, in a little whitewashed wooden Pentecostal church on a Wednesday night, where she received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Since then, she has continued to grow in her relationship with Christ and in the knowledge of His Word. God has blessed her with a wonderful husband of twelve years and three beautiful children. She and her husband have been involved in music ministry for over twenty-five years. In 2007, Tenecia accepted her call into the ministry, and became a licensed minister. Shortly after, she and her husband launched a youth ministry in White Sands called Elev8. In fall of 2010, they were blessed to establish the “Power House Kids” children’s church ministry. God has honored her to minister in music for various ministries over the years in the community and abroad, including local churches, The March for Jesus, The Living Christmas Tree, Character Kids, and opening for Patti Cabrera. In 2003, God blessed Tenecia to debut her first CD entitled “You’re Everywhere.” In 2010, she released her single, “Who Do You Say I Am” and is currently working on her second CD project entitled “Crown Him.” Her ultimate prayer and mission is to be “a daughter that makes her Heavenly Father proud!”
Pastor Rick Denman is responsible for Adult Education. Pastor Rick moved to Las Cruces in 1973 to attend New Mexico State University. He recently retired from White Sands Missile Range after 37 years working on data collection for test missions. He pastored an independent Charismatic church for twenty years while working at White Sands. He was born and lived in Mexico where his parents were missionaries for the Presbyterian Church. Adult Education offers regular classes on Sunday morning at 9:00. Additional classes to support the family are conducted during the week.
Penny Cuaron is Church Triumphant’s Pastoral Secretary. She has been a member of Church Triumphant for 11 years and has been on staff for the last 6½ years. She is a graduate of International School of Ministry and has an Associate Degree in Theology. She was born, raised, and is a life long resident of Las Cruces, N.M.; and is living her life to serve our Lord and Savior.
Carl Applewhite is married to Martha for 26 years and has three children, Tony, Derrick, and Victoria. Carl serves as the Pastor of Local Personal Evangelism. Carl has been working in ministry since 1982 and is a graduate of Sure Foundation Theological Institute with an Associate Degree in Theology: Personal Evangelism Outreach Ministry meets once month and goes out into the community to share the gospel. Carl is also involved in Kairos Prison Ministry.
Pastor Michael J. Cramer: Youth Pastor for Church Triumphant’s Tru[You]th programs. Pastor Michael has been working in ministry for the last eight years and is a third-year student at the King’s Seminary & University finishing a B.A. in Theology. He is a certified Foursquare Disaster Relief Worker and Victim’s Relief Ministries First Responder. Tru[You]th meets Wednesday nights at 6:30PM weekly and is open to 14 year-olds up to College youth. It is a safe, supportive environment dedicated to instilling Kingdom values and the love of Christ into the lives of Las Cruces’ young people.
Jessica has been in ministry for over 25 years, but only within the last 10 years has she really come to know where her destiny lies, within the nations. Her greatest passion is to preach the Gospel of Jesus. Knowing the gifts and call of God upon her life, she recognizes the need to support missionaries and missions organizations throughout the world, as well as participate as a short term missionary herself, and uses photography’s to help her do so. She’s ministered in China, India, Iraq and several other nations. Part of the call of God on her life is to expose as many Christians as she can to missions and the mission field in order that they become fiery pots within their own church community in support of missions. Jessica and her husband Mike have been married for 36 years; they have 2 grown children and 4 grandchildren. They’ve resided in New Mexico for nearly 30 years.