SheSaid | Southeast District of the Foursquare Church

SheSaid Details

SheSaid is a monthly call designed to inspire and impact women in ministry leadership (WIML). The call formats are presented in conversational style. Each special guest is known to be an advocate for, as well as, an influencer of women leaders who will actively engage listeners concerning effective ministry leadership practices.

Also, viewers will be given an opportunity to engage with each guest after a time of teaching. These times of impartation will leave each WIML participant feeling championed, as well as, challenged for personal growth. Make plans to connect each month. Recordings will be offered below if you are unable to attend.

shesaid Monthly Call Information

Every third Thursdays @ 7:00pm EST

beginning January 23, 2020

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Meet Our Speakers

Chantal Edler | August 20, 2020

Chantal Edler is the senior pastor of Yakima Foursquare Church in Yakima, Washington, alongside her husband, Jacob. The two share the joy of parenting two young daughters – Emery (5) and McKenna (3).

Chantal graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Ministry in 2013 and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Strategic Leadership. As a Mexican/American female who grew up in a bi-cultural and bi-lingual home, Chantal has a heart for diversity, multi-ethnic and multi-generational congregations. She has been a licensed and ordained Foursquare pastor for the last 8 years, and is passionate about preaching, teaching and discipleship.

Luci Williams | July 16, 2020

Lucindra Williams has over 18 years of pastoral and community leadership experience. While an Assistant Pastor in Muncie, IN, she was the Director of College Ministry and served on the campus of Ball State University as a Religious Advisor to the student body. Luci was a part of the leadership team for a church plant in Scottsdale, Arizona and served for a term on the City Planning Committee in Gilbert, Arizona.

She currently serves as an Assistant Pastor at Lifehouse Church in San Antonio, Texas, overseeing Community Groups and serving the Executive Pastoral Team. Luci’s passion is to see broken individuals experience wholeness and discover their God given purpose. This led her to join the staff of For Her, a non-profit for women who are marginalized and exploited, including victims of sex trafficking. With For Her, Luci served as the Director of Advocacy and had the privilege of connecting women and their families to resources and care as they began their journey to recovery.

Luci adopted her son, AJ, in 2014 and is in the process of fostering a sibling group of two boys. When she isn’t working or chasing her son – which is work – you can find her with her nose in a book, or cheering on her favorite sports team.

Brian James McMahon | June 18, 2020

Brian James McMahon and his wife Michelle McMahon are Foursquare church planters, speakers, and consultants. Currently church planting and developing a network of intentional healing communities in Kansas City, they also serve as emotional and relational safety consultants, working with churches and community organizations to develop safe relational and emotional spaces for healing and connection. Never ones to shy away from messiness and pain, they have committed their lives to helping leaders honestly face the pain present in their lives and callings and to walk into the fullness of the life Jesus has for them with openness and bravery.

Michelle and Brian James also lead a network of Triage Groups that facilitate and hold space for pastors to process and navigate the weight and pain of senior leadership. With over 10 years of pastoral experience, they care deeply for the Church, its pastors and leaders, and its calling to bring healing to the world. BrianJames is also a marriage and family therapist working with individuals, couples, pastors, and communities to explore and facilitate empowerment and connection within and between individuals for healing, redemption, and wholeness. Learn more about his therapeutic work at www.recenterkc.org.

Kelly Schmidt | May 21, 2020

Kelly has served in full-time ministry for nearly 30 years, including working for churches, college campus ministry and missionary work in China. She currently serves Pastor Ken Hart at The Highlands Christian Fellowship in Palmdale, CA as the Community Life Pastor, overseeing the church’s efforts in discipleship. Completing her third year of Ph.D. studies at Eastern University, her research focuses on bias, change management, and women in leadership. When she is not studying, she enjoys reading, hiking, and taking road trips to national parks.

Jessie Cruikshank | April 16, 2020

Jessie Cruickshank is an ordained Foursquare minister and a demonstrated disciple-maker and facilitator of spiritual transformation. She is a nationally recognized leader in the fields of Experiential Education and Educational Neuroscience and holds a Master’s from Harvard in Mind, Brain, and Education. Jessie is a published academic and has edited several books on educational neuroscience. She currently works in Leadership Development across multiple Foursquare Districts.

Jessie is an independent denomination consultant, as well as is a core team member of 100 Movements. She is the co-founder and co-author of 5Q, which seeks to help implement an Ephesians 4 culture in faith environments. As a neuro-ecclesiologist, her goal is to connect the journey of faith with the science of transformation.

Kelly Schmidt | February 20, 2020

Glenn Burris Jr. | January 23, 2020

Glenn Burris Jr is president of The Foursquare Church and currently serving in his second five-year term.

A seasoned pastor, spiritual leader and executive, Glenn initiated the Reimagine Foursquare process, which is credited with empowering and resourcing the local church. This process has been instrumental in raising the bar of a catalytic culture among district leadership and networking the global movement to help finish the Great Commission.

Born in Columbus, Ga., as a child Glenn received Jesus as his Savior at Rock Hill Foursquare Church in Rock Hill, S.C. the congregation pastored by his parents, and committed himself to a life of Christian service at a Foursquare youth camp. He later pursued that call by attending Mount Vernon Bible College in Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he graduated in 1976. The Foursquare Church presented him with an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree on June 1, 2006.

In addition to overseeing nearly 1,900 churches and missional congregations, and more than 6,600 credentialed ministers, Glenn continues to be passionate about enfranchising and empowering the global church to finish the Great Commission. Glenn believes that we are not trying to fill churches but trying to fill heaven.

Glenn and his wife, Debbie, have two married children—Heidi (married to Dustin) and Joshua (married to Stephanie)—and four grandchildren (Avery, Hunter, Taylor and Luke).

Angie Richey | November 21, 2019

Angie Richey is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and the President of Life Pacific University. She received both an M.Ed. and an M.A. in Marriage Family Therapy from Hope International University and is currently earning her Ph.D. from Regent University.

In her private practice and teaching within higher education, Angie engages areas of emotional health, family systems, and generational studies. She is passionate about seeing people restored to wholeness and was featured in the 2012 documentary, I Forgive You, directed by Academy Award-winning producer, Arnold Shapiro. She has been married 25 years to Lew Richey, business owner, investor, and pastor of The Gathering. They reside in Santa Clarita, California and have two children, Ethan and Natalie.

Paul Kuzma | October 17, 2019

Paul Kuzma has been married to Colleen since 1986. They have two sons, both born in 1995 and each adopted from birth.

Paul is a Board Certified Pastoral Counselor and Pastoral Sexual Addiction Professional, with a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Liberty University. He brings over 30 years of Foursquare pastoral ministry experience as a Youth Pastor, Associate Pastor and Senior Pastor at the same church, as well as having served over 15 years as a Police Chaplain for the Simi Valley (CA) Police Department. Paul serves as Director of Center for Spiritual Renewal (CSR) East in Christiansburg, VA, a retreat center for Foursquare Pastors and their families.

He also serves as an Emotionally Healthy Discipleship (EHD) Course Coach & Director of EHD Course Coaches with Pete & Geri Scazzero. He also serves his community as a Chaplain with the Montgomery County (VA) Sheriff’s Office.

Tammy Dunahoo | September 19, 2019

Tammy Dunahoo serves as the General Supervisor of The Foursquare Church and has pastored with her husband Gary for some twenty-nine years.

Since she became general supervisor in 2009, her priority focus has been aligning the national and district offices to serve and support local catalytic mission, and encouraging healthy leadership lifestyles for living and finishing well.

Tammy’s greatest passion is to train and sponsor emerging generations. She loves to see young leaders, women and men of every people group, living out their God-given design, and creatively and effectively engaging culture.

A strong supporter of lifelong learning and personal transformation, Tammy has earned a Master of Arts in Ministry Leadership from Portland Seminary. Her Doctorate of Ministry in Leadership and the Emerging Culture with Global Perspectives is in progress with an anticipated completion date of April 2021.

Tammy and Gary enjoy life with their family, playing golf and watching sunsets at the beach.

Nick Gough | August 15, 2019

Angie Richey | July 18, 2019

Angie Richey is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and the Acting President of Life Pacific University. She received both an M.Ed. and an M.A. in Marriage Family Therapy from Hope International University and is currently earning her Ph.D. from Regent University.

Pastor Elwin Ahu | June 20, 2019

Elwin Ahu is the Sr. Pastor of Metro Christian Church located in the heart of Honolulu, Hawaii. In 1995, while serving as a Circuit Judge for the State of Hawaii, Elwin made his most important decision when he accepted Jesus Christ into his heart. It was a defining moment that led him to step down from his promising judicial career in order to step up to answer God’s call into full-time ministry.

Elwin and his wife Joy planted Metro Christian Church in 2012. However, in Metro’s inaugural year, Elwin was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia and underwent intense hospitalization and treatment. By God’s miraculous power Elwin was healed from this disease. Having experienced the saving grace of Jesus Christ, Elwin has a passion to teach, inspire, and equip others to develop a deeper relationship with Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. He captured his amazing journey in his recently released book, “Resilient Hope: Encountering the Unexpected,” which can be found on Amazon.com and Kindle.

Elwin is also the Director of Metro Christian Academy, a Christian pre-school which he began in 2014 dedicated to give every child a chance to grow spiritually and develop a passion to be a life-long learner. Currently, Elwin is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and Chairs the Hawaii Pastors Roundtable.

Elwin and Joy cherish their time as grandparents to Alana (2) and Hokua (3 mos), children of Brandon (son) and Kara. They also love living life with their teenage son, Jared, who finds fun in every moment of life.

Harriet Mouer | May 16, 2019

Harriet Mouer was born in northwest Ohio and learned many life-long lessons from being raised on a farm. As a student at Bowling Green State University she met her husband, Bill, who introduced her to Jesus! Harriet served as a music educator and taught in public and private schools in Chicago, California, & Ohio while joining Bill in ministry.

Her heart was drawn to college, women & children ministries and loved ministering with Bill in marriage retreats nationally and internationally. Harriet served alongside her husband in Amherst, Ohio, for 26 years. Her experience as supervisor of the former Mid-Atlantic District gave her many opportunities to connect with pastors and their families, which she loved.

Now into retirement, the Mouers enjoy hosting "Replenishing the Soul of a Leader" retreats in their home. Harriet is a life coach and recently co-authored "MYSTART Journal", a Lectio Divina experience for children. You will find them often on the road to North Carolina, Connecticut, and Toronto, Canada, visiting their children and 7 fabulous grandchildren!

Sam Rockwell | April 18, 2019

Sam is Supervisor of the Gateway District of Foursquare Churches. He founded and was pastor of NorthRock Church in Denver, Colorado for twenty years. He has been pastor and consultant to both church and business leaders in 30 countries on six continents.

He is adjunct professor at Life Pacific College and Pepperdine University. He is published in the Journal of Change Management, International Journal of Business and Management, Organization Development Practitioner, and others. His work was featured recently in the European Institute for Advanced Studies Symposia in Vienna, Austria.

Sam likes skiing, Rockies baseball, and jazz. He and wife Deterri live in downtown Denver, Colorado.