Living Hope Ministries Staff Special Thanks to
Living Hope Ministries Board of Directors Rev. Bob Stith, Chairman of the Board, Retired Pastor and Retired National Strategist for Gender Issues of the Southern Baptist Convention. Sue Bohlin, Secretary of the Board, Calligrapher, Webservant for Probe Ministries, and speaker. Member of Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX Larry Forkner, Retired attorney, Bible study leader, and member of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC. Rev. Darrel Auvenshine, Pastor, Southside City Church, Fort Worth, TX. Men’s Ministry Director Living Hope Ministries. Dr. Brock Faulkner, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Elder Community Church, Bryan, TX Michael McFarlane, Professional pilot and Delta Airlines Captain. Member of Denton Bible Church, TX. . Rev. Ricky Chelette, Executive Director, LHM, Minister of Pastoral Ministries, First Baptist Church, Arlington, TX. PAGE 26
Cash Belew is the volunteer co-director of LHM Denton since its inception. He holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology and presently works for Keasler & Associates as an inside sales associate in Plano, TX. He serves as an adult Sunday School teacher and is on the leadership team at Parkway Baptist Church, McKinney, Tx. Michael McFarlane is the volunteer co-director of LHM Denton since its inception. He is a Delta Airlines Captain and is actively involved at Denton Bible Church, Denton, TX. Brock Faulkner is the volunteer director of LHM Bryan/College Station and holds a B.S., M.S., and PhD. in Biological & Agricultural Engineering from Texas A&M University where he is also an assistant professor of Biological & Agricultural Engineering. He also is a small business owner, rancher, and serves as an Elder at Community Church, in Bryan, TX. Marsha is the Ministry Associate for Development and co-leads the Friends and Family group at LHM with her husband. She is a graduate of Wheaton College with a BA in English and Biblical Archeology and an Master of Arts from Midwestern University in English. She serves as a lay counselor in at Christ Chapel Bible Church, Fort Worth, TX in the Soul Care program. Samuel is the Assistant to the Executive Director, and is a graduate of The College at Southwestern with a B.A. in Humanities and Biblical Languages and is presently enrolled in the Masters program at B.H. Carroll Theological Institute. He is also serves as a youth small group leader for LHM and Bible study leader in the college ministry of First Baptist Church, Arlington. Darrel Auvenshine is the Men’s Ministry Director and is a longtime participant in Living Hope. He attended Dallas Baptist University and is a graduate of Emmaus Road School of Ministry. He has served as the Minister of Music and Minister of Mission at churches in Texas. He is an ordained minister and presently serves as the founding Pastor of Southside City Church in Fort Worth, TX. Darrel is married to Kim Newman Auvenshine. D’Ann Davis is the Women’s Ministry Director and has served in that capacity since 2009. D’Ann received a B.A. from Texas Tech University in History and Communications and a Master of Arts in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is a Covenant member of The Village Church, in Dallas, TX where she is actively involved in her small group. Ricky Chelette is the Executive Director of Living Hope Ministry and has served in that role since 2005. He also serves as Minister of Pastoral Ministries at First Baptist Church, Arlington, TX. He has a B.A. in Pre-Law/Political Science from Louisiana College and a Master of Religious Education from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is an ordained minister and has served in various capacities in churches in Louisiana and Texas. He is married to Merlinda Allen Chelette.