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Meet WGM's IPSAT Coaches

Here are the WGM IPSAT coaches.

Please be patient as we get the photos and bios for each of the coaches.

 

paula crist wgmPaula Crist

Paula Crist has served with WGM as marketing director for the Oaks at Avon, a CMS coach and regional director.  Currently she is the Vice President for Human Resources and Mission Implemetation.

Her husband Lee is also the director of WGM's Planned Giving Team (part of the Advancement Department).

When not helping missionaries and staff grow, she is attentive to her new granddaughter and her dog, Heidi Sue.  And Lee, too.

  • MBTI:   ISFJ - Defender
  • Strengths:  Discipline, Relator, Achiever, Learner, Responsibility
  • Skills:  Interpersonal skills, Listening skills, Giving Feedback
  • Spiritual Gifts:  Giving, Administration, Discernment
  • Passions:  Mentoring, Crisis Pregnancy/Abortion

 

serena dunbar 2017 200Serena Dunbar

Serena Dunbar currently serves in Saltillo, Mexico with her husband, Mark. They began by working at WGM headquarters for two years before serving for over twenty years in Honduras, where she was involved in education and Sunday school curriculum development. Having been trained as a teacher and having the gift of administration, she loves her current role as the administrator of PETE (program for theological education by extension). Besides organizing the three centers in the northern part of Mexico, she is often found teaching classes either to theological students, women, or young adults.

God has also given her the opportunity to use her gift of hospitality to host World Gospel Mission’s guesthouse in Saltillo.

Mark and Serena are the parents of three grown children. Her life verse is 2 Timothy 2:2, “And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also”.

  • MBTI:  ESFJ (Consul)
  • Strengths:  Achiever, Arranger, Learner, Context, Responsibility
  • Skills:  Organization, Speaking, Decision Making
  • Spiritual Gifts:  Administration, Missions, Leadership
  • Passions:  Education, Leadership Development

beth muehleisen 2017 200Beth Muehleisen

Beth Muehleisen is currently living with her husband, John, in Uganda where they have been serving with WGM since 2008.

Although filling the role as field treasurer, her heart's desire is to help women of East Africa understand who they are in Christ Jesus and to be transformed by that knowledge in their daily lives. She does this through facilitating CHE and Women's Cycle of Life in rural areas, and Bible studies and discipleship groups in Kampala with ministry wives and university students. 

She and her husband, John, have served with WGM since 1985 in Kenya, Uganda, and the US. They have two adult daughters. 

  • MBTI:  ISFJ - Defender
  • SF: Input, Belief, Intellection, Learner, Harmony
  • Skills:  Interpersonal, Listening, Mentoring/Coaching
  • SG:  Faith, Pastoring, Giving
  • Passsions:  Discipleship & Women

 

 

 

 

david hawk wgm 200David Hawk

David Hawk is a WGM MK and has served in a number of roles.  He has been the director of El Sembrador and country director for El Salvador and Honduras. He is a champion for DNA: The Discipling Nations Alliance in WGM.

Currently David and his wife Debbie serve as assistant regional directors for the Americas with a special focus on Central and South America.

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betsy tejeda 2017 200Betsy Tejeda

Betsy Tejeda serves with World Gospel Mission in McAllen, Texas. Former WGM missionaries, Harvey and Cookie Bennett, raised her in Honduras. Her missionary kid upbringing cultivated a love for Hispanics and their culture. From the time she was very young, Betsy desired to serve God in full-time Christian ministry.

Betsy attended Indiana Wesleyan University and received a degree in Elementary Education. After graduating, she taught for four years at Lakeview Christian School in Marion, Indiana before answering God's call to serve as a teacher overseas. Betsy moved to Trinidad, Bolivia in the fall of 2003 to teach the missionary kids of two WGM families. She loved teaching the MK's in her small home where she converted one of the bedrooms into a classroom.

Betsy met her husband Gerson while serving in Trinidad, and they married in Santa Cruz, Bolivia in 2006. She then taught for several years at the Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center. God again redirected their steps and they moved to McAllen, Texas to serve on WGM's Texas/Mexico Border Ministries in 2010.

They have three children – Jayden, Edson, and Hadasa. Currently, Betsy is serving as field director for the Texas/Mexico Border Ministries. Gerson is involved in sports ministries and uses soccer as a way to reach families with the gospel. Both have a passion for discipleship and leadership training.

  • MBTI: ESFP - Entertainer with role as Explorer
  • Strengths: Communication, Woo, Connectedness, Belief, Achiever
  • Skills: Interpersonal, Learning, Conflict-Resolution
  • Spiritual Gifts: Exhortation, Mercy, Pastoring
  • Passions: Discipleship, Leadership Development, Immigration Ministries

 

john muehleisenJohn Muehleisen

John Muehleisen is a WGM missionary currently serving in Uganda.

Like many missionaries who wear many hats, he coordinates transformational development ministries in Uganda (including DNA / Samaritan Strategy, CHE, Farming God's Way, Women's Cycle of Life, and Children's CHE.

He also likes numbers and three letter acronyms (TLAs). His favorite numbers are 10:02 (for the 10:02 Challenge), 4:14 (for reaching the 4:14 Window) and and 2:2:2 (for 2 Timothy 2:2) as he tries to build multiplication into everything he is involved in.

His favorite acronyms are WGM, DNA, CHE, FGW, WCL, CMS, GTD (Getting Things Done), and is a huge believer in 4DX (The 4 Disciplines of Execution). He believes that we should integrate the core principles of CMS into about everything we do (helping people move from being a spectator to participation, then engagement, and on to cause ownership).

He also serves as a global strategy advisor to WGM ministries.

He and Beth have served with WGM since 1985 in Kenya, Uganda, and in the US.  They have two adult daughters.

  • MBTI: ESFJ - Consul
  • SF: Futuristic, Strategic, Maximizer, Self-Assurance, Relater
  • SG: Giving, Leadership, Apostleship
  • Skills: Leadership Development, Marketing
  • Passions: Leadership Development