Roger Nix
Roger Nix has served in vocational ministry & leadership for over 40 years. Along with his wife Donna of over 40 years, he is a father of three, grandfather of two boys. Roger graduated from Oral Roberts University with a BA in Biblical Literature & a MA in Counseling Psychology from Liberty University. ​Roger currently serves on the US Board of 24-7 Prayer, an international movement of prayer, mission & justice. Locally, he is the Pastor at Large & elder at Believers Church.
He’s a certified spiritual director through Sustainable Faith & a graduate of Transforming Community School of Spiritual Formation. Roger’s primary graces are pastoral in nature & he’s a compassionate listener. He’s served in both the non-profit world for 18 years & as lead pastor of Believers Church in Tulsa for nearly 20 years. Currently he provides mentoring, coaching, counsel & spiritual direction with an emphasis on leaders, ministers & missionaries.
He’s ministered in nearly 60 countries & provides soul care and guidance using these resources: Week-long Debriefs for healing & burnout recovery, One Degree (vocation/calling discernment process), Spiritual Direction, Pastoral Counseling, PreMarital/Marriage (Prepare/Enrich Assessment), 12 Step Recovery/Addictions, Discernment Training (Pursuing God’s Will Together process).​
Lisa Koons
Lisa has 30 years of cumulative experience serving in these varied fields: ​Church Crisis & Conflict Consultant. Church planter. Pastor of Discipleship for A-Pak (Organic church). Pastor of LifeHouse Church. (Nondenominational). Director of 24-7 Prayer/Charlotte (Cross-denominational). Ministries Pastor at Renovatus Church (Church Of God). Pastor of Spiritual Formation at The Grove Church (Presbyterian). Spiritual Director for the western region of United Methodist missional leaders. Director of The Justice Project - helping local churches effectively serve inner-city neighborhoods. Director of ESC, an anti-trafficking agency raising awareness, mobilizing volunteers, training organizations & providing safe-houses for survivors, 24-7 Prayer National Director, 24-7 Prayer National Prayer Director, co-launcher & leader of the FORCLT City-wide Prayer Network (cross-denominational church unity movement).
She is currently serving as a Spiritual Director to Spiritual Directors, Pastors & leaders of all kinds from racially & culturally diverse backgrounds & across diverse Christian faith traditions all around the world. She's also a highly experience exorcist. Lisa is a spiritual mother to many leaders & serves as the National Mission & Justice Director with 24-7 Prayer in the Unites States.
Peter White
Peter White Is The Abbot Of The Sabbath Life.
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Anglican Priest, The diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others.
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Trained spiritual director, Sustainable Faith, member of ESDA.
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D.Min. in contextual theology from Northern Seminary
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M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary
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B.A. in English literature from Oral Roberts University.
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Husband to Jackie, dad to Coen and Nora.
For the past 15 years, his ministry contexts have included the local church, campus ministry, the non-profit sector, and the corporate world. He knows firsthand the joys, demands, stresses, and weirdness when you rely on a paycheck from a Church. He believes in the power of story in community as the place where we find healing and freedom and meaning. Especially in the story of God in Jesus. He believes that serving in ministry should make us more human, not less. He created The Sabbath Life out of a need to slow down, find sustainable rhythms, and experience freedom from the constant pressure of being busy all the time.
Bethany Arndt
After Bethany Arndt received her master's degree in social work, she spent 16 years working in child welfare, adoptions, and family preservation. She co-founded & directed an NPO that serves abandoned babies and pregnant women in poverty, in South Africa. 10 years in missional & cross-cultural ministry were spent training leaders, planting simple churches, making disciples, & offering spiritual & soul care to women living in poverty & to full-time missionaries.
She has been trained in trauma informed & therapeutic counseling, Theophostic inner healing prayer, church planting and disciple making methods, restorative mediation, individual & team debriefing, non violent communication, as well as a two year training to become a spiritual director.
As a certified spiritual director, she loves journeying with others into a deeper awareness of God & connection with God. In addition to individual & group spiritual direction, she offers pastoral counseling, retreat design, & debriefing through www.flourishdirection.com, as well as the opportunity to mend broken relationships & resolve conflict through www.olivetreemediation.net.
Brian Augestein
Brian Augenstein is a trained Enneagram Coach, team coach, worship leader, spiritual mentor, & father to many. For the past twenty years, Brian has helped lead youth group, house church & a young adult community, while also teaching high school math and music.
He now travels & ministers with Akouo Missions, serving the 24-7 Prayer communities in several states & nations and is the Worship Community Pastor at Believers Church in Tulsa.
Brian offers one-on-one sessions in coaching and spiritual mentorship. This could include a week-long season/transition debriefing, specifically for missionaries & church leaders. He also does group leadership training and facilitation for church staffs, worship teams and missionary teams.
John Arndt
John Arndt fell in love with helping people through coaching in 2011, when he became a certified coaching professional using Gallup's Clifton Strengths. He now works with IntegerNetwork.com, an international coaching network cultivating authenticity, connection & wholeness. John helps his coaching clients address inner conflicts, set audacious goals, & navigate relational struggles with support & encouragement.
During his 7 years in South Africa, John trained missionaries in Christian Formation and church planting techniques, & has a passion to help believers find their place in the Story of God. In 2018, he began offering spiritual direction, a type of sacred listening that helps clients become aware of their connection to God in deeper ways. He & his wife offer spiritual direction, pastoral counseling, debriefing difficult seasons, & more at flourishdirection.com.
Collette Awalt
Collette Awalt is a lifelong learner with 18 years of experience in mentoring, pastoral counseling, house church planting, and team leadership. She is a Symbis Certified pre-marital counselor, has been trained in the WEPSS Enneagram Model, & is certified in Restorative Mediation. She serves on a variety of teams & loves the synergy of collaboration.
Additionally, she practices trauma-informed, compassionate soul care to women leaders & offers leaders in transition debriefing, a week-long, gently structured healing process for missionaries, Christian leaders, & pastors who desire to process ministry life or are in a period of change.
With a deep desire to facilitate restoration of strained or fractured relationships, Collette & her teammates founded Olive Tree Mediation; offering conflict resolution for individuals, groups, & churches
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Along with her deep love for people, Collette delights in spending time with her large & lively family, reading, exploring new places, being immersed in nature, and hosting deep-hearted conversations around the table.
Kaylyn Arndt
Kalyn Arndt was catapulted from helping lead a small church in Oklahoma to international ministry in 2007. Her years in cross-cultural ministry were focused on discipling new believers, teaching in ministry schools, & strengthening & coaching leaders.
Kalyn has had the joy of helping start house churches across the world, & she has often used Strengths Finder to help leaders discover their unique wiring. Kalyn is a trained inner healing facilitator, leading individuals & couples into freedom from inner wounds. She offers individual coaching & mentoring, & helps leaders & the missional discover how God is present in their season of life.
Kalyn & her husband Mike are trained & skilled debrief facilitators, helping leaders, pastors, & missionaries address difficult seasons in ministry & relationships. Kalyn loves to see people healed & set free from hurts & issues that have kept them stuck.