Staff

North American Ministries Staff

**Ken Akers,** Director of Master’s Men / Chief Financial Officer

Ken Akers began working with Master’s Men April 1, 2000. In 2002, Ken became director of the department. In 2015, the Master’s Men department came under the umbrella of the Free Will Baptist North American Ministries. Master’s Men is responsible for many areas of ministry including: Free Will Baptist Disaster Response, National Convention ushering, IMPACT, and the Ridge Church Restoration. Master’s Men also works to reach men through retreats, the National Convention, and the Deep South Golf Tournaments. Master’s Men serves our churches to help equip and encourage their men. Ken also serves as CFO of CELF and NAM.

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**Terry Austin**, Chaplain
Support Officer

As Chaplain Support Officer, Terry Austin is the contact for all FWB chaplains including our endorsed military chaplains serving those in the armed forces. Terry works with pastors to meet the requirements for chaplaincy, and he supports and encourages chaplains and their families in diverse ministries across the country and on military bases all over the world.

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**Rick Bowling,** Cross
Cultural Officer

Rick Bowling serves as the leader of Hispanic ministries for North American Ministries. He and his family faithfully served for seven years as international missionaries to Uruguay. Today, he is helping establish Hispanic churches across the nation. Rick also has been instrumental in encouraging Hispanic students to study at the NAM Hispanic Bible Institute in order to go back to their home countries to plant churches and share the gospel. Rick Bowling brings a new dimension to the multi-faceted work of planting Hispanic Free Will Baptist churches.

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**Kathy Brown,** CELF Accounting Administrator

After 30 years as Accounting Administrator for North American Ministries, Kathy Brown has transitioned to the same position with the Church Extension Loan Fund. Since 1982, the Loan Fund has existed to help churches buy land or build a building. Assets now exceed $100 million dollars. Kathy and her husband Billy enjoy their family consisting of son Daniel, daughter-in-law Jaclyn, grandchildren Jasper and Jemma, and son Jonathan.

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**Dr. David Crowe,** Chief
Executive Officer

Dr. H. David Crowe has a unique perspective on Free Will Baptists, with a working knowledge of denominational history and a comprehensive understanding of our mission of communicating the gospel and making disciples. David has served North American Ministries for 26 years, as director of missionary assistance (6 years), church growth (6 years), and development (6 years) respectively. David has served 8 years now as CEO, and he loves church planters and their families, praying for their success daily. He is loved by pastors and people across North America and has preached in more than 1,400 Free Will Baptist churches and at all of our Free Will Baptist colleges. As Executive Officer, it is David’s desire to do everything we can to help pastors and church planters succeed in the tasks to which the Lord has called them.

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**Bethany Douglas**, Publications Editor and Administrative Assistant

Bethany Douglas serves as the administrative assistant and publications editor to the NAM office. She works diligently to support the NAM officers, church planting families, and chaplains. Bethany manages social media accounts, helps with design work, coordinates event planning, and serves as the office receptionist. Before joining the team at NAM, Bethany and her husband Thad served as teachers with the NAM church plant and Christian school in St. Croix, USVI.

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Kylah Kivette serves as the NAM Accounting Administrator. Kylah is an alumnus of Welch College, where she graduated summa cum laude and received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. In addition to her academic qualifications, Kylah brings valuable life experience to the NAM team as the daughter of veteran church planters, Chad and Paula Kivette. Growing up in a church-planting home has given Kylah a unique perspective and true passion for the mission of NAM.

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Dr. Brad Ransom moved to Nashville in August 2013 to become Director of Church Planting for North American Ministries. For the previous 30-plus years, he and his wife Lori lived in Oklahoma where he served as a pastor and state leader. Brad has served at every level of denominational leadership including local church, district, state, and national. He has served extensively in church planting and church revitalization and has a passion to see new churches planted and every church healthy and growing.

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**Teresa Womack,** Accounting
Administrator

As Accounting Administrator, Teresa Womack is responsible for receipting $4.8 million dollars each year, paying bills, managing payroll, and maintaining all church planter accounts. She and her husband David live in White House, Tennessee. They have three daughters (Tera, Tayla, and Tana) and six grandchildren (Trevor, Samuel, Kimber, Ezra, Elaine, and Lauren).