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Peter Herbeck is the Executive Vice President and Director of Missions for Renewal Ministries. For more than thirty years, he has been actively involved in evangelization and Catholic renewal throughout the US, Canada, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Peter is the co-host of the weekly television show, The Choices We Face. He hosts the daily radio show Fire on the Earth. He is a frequent conference speaker. He co-authored his most recent book, Lessons From the School of Love: Cultivating a Christ-Centered Marriage, with his wife, Debbie. He has also authored When the Spirit Comes in Power, When the Spirit Speaks, and numerous booklets, and is a frequent contributor to Renewal Ministries’ popular YouTube channel. Peter and his wife, Debbie, have four children and twelve grandchildren, and reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Tom Edwards and his wife, Jean Marie, make their home in St. Augustine, Florida. In 1974, after working several years in retail, Tom resigned from his management position to answer a call to full-time ministry. This step soon evolved into an international mobile outreach of lay Catholic evangelization e preaching and teaching of the Holy Scriptures. His conference speaking, retreats, and presentation of parish missions have been widely received throughout the United States, Belize, England, Wales, Canada, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Kazakhstan, Jamaica, Trinidad, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, and Asian countries. Tom's goal always is to allow the living Word of God to become applicable to one’s life today. Tom has served twenty-eight years as a Renewal Ministries’ country coordinator, and currently leads missions in Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Tanzania.
You can read more about Tom and Jean Marie's personal outreach on their website.
Lloyd and Nancy Greenhaw responded to Pope John Paul's encyclical Mission of the Redeemer in April of 1991, by leaving successful careers in order to serve the Church in the full-time ministry of Catholic evangelization. Lloyd was a representative for a Fortune 500 Company, and Nancy enjoyed a career as an award-winning watercolor artist and teacher. Together, they have raised two daughters and currently have fourteen grandchildren and twenty-two great grandchildren.
In the USA, Lloyd and Nancy have ministered through parish missions, conferences and retreats for adults and youth, prison ministry, and work with the homeless. In conjunction with Renewal Ministries, they teach evangelization schools in various regions of the country.
As Renewal Ministries’ country coordinators, they have led numerous outreaches to several African countries, as well as Turkey, Haiti, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea. They work closely with Church authorities to teach catechesis, apologetics, and the New Evangelization.
The Greenhaw family also has a music ministry that plays both traditional music and original compositions in a lively style enjoyed by adults and youth. They have recorded five albums to date.
You can read more about the Greenhaw's ministry outreach, GRACE Ministries, on their website.
Deacon Zoltán (Zoli) Kunszabó and his wife, Panni, live in Budapest, Hungary. They have five children and one grandson. Deacon Zoli is the founder-leader of the New Jerusalem Catholic Community, a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest, and the current president of the National Service Committee for Hungary’s Catholic Charismatic Renewal. He has worked in full-time missions since 1994. He began collaborating with Renewal Ministries in 1996 and is the Country Coordinator for Hungary, Serbia, and Croatia. He also aids in outreach to Romania and the Ukraine.
Tibi Majoros was born in Hungary under Communism, and grew up without any faith. In 1989, at the age of 29, he met the Lord and became very active in his Catholic faith. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Greek-Catholic pastoral theology. In 1995, he married Martha. They currently live in Oradea, Romania, with their three boys.
Tibi is the founder of the community of St. Paul Oradea and the administrator of Foundation Missio. He is also the former president of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Transylvania and the former promoter of Radio Maria Transylvania.
Tibi began collaborating with Renewal Ministries in 1998, promoting and pioneering the work of evangelization in Hungary and Romania. Tibi has organized evangelistic events, Holy Spirit seminars, youth camps, retreats and rallies, and has worked in the renewal to help to form young leaders.
Jim Murphy is the founder and president of Vera Cruz Communications. He has been involved in youth ministry on parish, diocesan, national, and international levels; has served as a member of several parish pastoral teams; and has worked in religious education programs, including adult formation programs. Jim also is the former chairman of the National Service Committee for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and current president of International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Service, whose offices are located at the Vatican in Rome.
In 1992, inspired by the American Bishops' letter Heritage and Hope, Jim undertook a 4200-mile journey on foot across America, carrying a six-foot cross in an effort of prayer and evangelization. The journey took eighteen months... and fourteen pairs of shoes! Jim currently serves as a Renewal Ministries’ country coordinator for Mexico, organizing and leading regular mission trips to serve the impoverished in Mexico City.
Jim and his wife Susan live in Western Michigan near Lake Michigan with their son John Patrick.
Peter Newburn and his family served as full-time missionaries in Cameroon, West Africa, from 2012-2015. Peter taught theology at the major seminary (the first lay person to do so), and provided formation for lay leaders. He also hosted a weekly evangelistic Catholic radio program in Cameroon. Peter and his wife Joy have three teenage children.
Peter has worked in full-time ministry for over thirty-five years. His pastoral experience encompasses many different lay ministry positions. He served for almost nine years as a parish life coordinator in the Diocese of San Bernardino, California, where he was responsible for overseeing all aspects of pastoral ministry and the administration of a large parish. Peter currently serves as Director of Christian Life and Ecumenical Officer for the Diocese of Joliet (IL). Pete’s passion is to help others both grow in their relationship with the Lord and live out their God-given purpose in life.
Emmanuel Tamakloe began sharing the Good News with the youth in schools and parishes in Ghana after discipleship training in 1996. The Lord continued to open doors for him during the next three years through parish missions, rallies, retreats, conferences, and a school of evangelization. He first worked with Renewal Ministries in 1999, at the school of evangelization in Akim Swedru, Ghana. He currently works full time with the National Office of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Ghana as coordinator for missions, formation, and praise and worship ministries. He has traveled to Liberia, Europe, and parts of the United States, sharing the Gospel in parishes and among Ghanaian communities in the diaspora. Emmmanual, his wife, and their daughter live in Kumasi, Ghana. He is now serving as the Renewal Ministries’ country coordinator in Ghana.
Donald Turbitt has been a Catholic lay leader, father, and businessman for over twenty years. Now retired, Don served twenty-one years on the Providence Fire Department in Rhode Island, and owned a light construction business for twenty years. He and his wife Pat have three children, thirteen grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
Don's ministry in the Church has been diverse. For forty-five years, he has coordinated the People of God's Love Prayer Group. He has led parish missions and conferences throughout the U.S., Europe, Africa, and Vietnam. Don is the director of international ministries for Men of St. Joseph International. He continues his work overseas as Renewal Ministries’ country coordinator in Poland, Ukraine, Slovenia, Belarus, Ireland, and Latvia. In 2013, Don and Pat received the Lumen Gentium Award from Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, for their work in the New Evangelization.
Don and Pat live in Glocester, Rhode Island, and are members of St Philip Parish in Greenville, Rhode Island.
Dr. Peter S. Williamson completed his studies in Biblical theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Peter has been involved in evangelization and pastoral ministry for over thirty-five years in the United States, and more recently, in Lithuania and Kazakhstan. He presently serves as a country coordinator for Renewal Ministries, and holds the Adam Cardinal Maida Chair in Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Michigan.
Peter wrote Catholic Principles for Interpreting Scripture and How to Become the Person You Were Meant to Be. He is the coeditor with Ralph Martin of John Paul II and the New Evangelization. He is one of the editors of The Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture. He also coordinates Spirit of St. Paul Bible Studies at Sacred Heart Major Seminary. Peter lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Bohumir Zivcak, PhD, grew up under the Communist regime in Slovakia, secretly practicing his Catholic faith as a teenager. When Communism fell in 1989, Bohus and his new wife, Alena, began working as lay missionaries, helping to build the River of Life missionary community. Working with the Redemptorist order and a strong network of communities in former Communist countries, they have conducted parish missions, evangelization schools, and preached the Gospel throughout Slovakia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Kazakhstan. Bohus serves as Renewal Ministries’ country coordinator for Kazakhstan and Lithuania. He also teaches spirituality at the Catholic University in Ruzomberok, as a member of the department of missions and charity work. Bohus and his wife live in Podolinec, in the mountains of Slovakia, with their four children.
At the age of 16, Christ transformed Anthony’s life, and through the leading of the Holy Spirit, he embarked on an unconventional track of missionary discipleship which involved attending Word of Life Bible Center in Uppsala, Sweden. Immersed in a dynamic local church that effectively equipped missionary disciples, Anthony entered into a lifestyle of active evangelization which included international missions to Sweden, India, Africa, Kazakhstan, and China. Years later, the Lord brought Anthony back to his spiritual home in the Catholic Church. He has since traveled with Renewal Ministries to Turkey, Cameroon, and Mexico where he has had the privilege of serving the poor, sharing the Gospel, and ministering at lay leader and priest retreats. Anthony is the Director of Evangelization at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church and resides with his wife and five children in Plymouth, Michigan.
Tom Hornacek and his wife Marion live in East Tawas, Michigan. after selling and retiring from a life long grocery store, hardware and outlet store business. They have three daughters and four grandsons.
Twenty one years ago Tom was a lukewarm Catholic, then his favorite sports talk radio station in Saginaw, Michigan was purchased by Ave Maria Radio, and God went to work. Listening to great Catholic teaching, unexpected suffering, along with lots of God’s mercy, Tom went from lukewarm Catholic to intentional disciple. Tom served as the president of Baraga Catholic Radio in northern Michigan. for six years and now serves as a Community Outreach Director at Ave Maria Radio and membership drive host. Tom is also a member of Encounter Ministries prayer teams and Live Free prayer teams.
On Tom’s first mission trip to the Island of St. Lucia, with John Kazanjian, the first two days inside the cell blocks of the Bordelais Correctional Facility were unforgettable. I was very uncomfortable and couldn’t wait to get out. However, on day three, I asked the Lord for what to say to reach out in love to each individual prisoner, and everything changed. I couldn’t wait to go back. I have been back numerous times and look forward to serving on mission teams in other countries as well.
God always desires to stretch us and mold us into who he created us to be, so we can reach out to others with his mercy and Love.
Dr. Estelatus Antony Mtemanyenja is a retired national coordinator for Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Tanzania.
He served as the Assistance Dar Es Salaam Coordinator from 1995 to 2007, the Dar Es Salaam Diocese Coordinator from 2007 to 2016, and the National Coordinator from 2007 to 2017.
He shared the Gospel and served at leadership conferences in many countries, including Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Botswana, Germany, Brazil, Rome, and the Congo. He also attended an international Catholic program for evangelization in 2006 in Alleheilgan, Germany.
He was awarded a doctorate degree in evangelization in 2011.
Dr. Estelatus is married to Bernadetha and has five children. They live in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania , East Africa.
Ralph Martin is the president of Renewal Ministries and the host of the weekly Catholic television program The Choices We Face. He holds a doctorate in theology and is the director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. Ralph is also the author of the widely read A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward and The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints.
Ralph and his wife, Anne, reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and have six children and nineteen grandchildren.
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