R Duane Gryder Email & Phone Number

I am an ordained minister and have a chaplaincy endorsement with the Assemblies of God. I have ministered across denominational lines in Baptist, Methodist, Disciple of Christ, Presbyterian... Churches. Work experience includes serving as a youth pastor, senior pastor, bible class teacher, missions in various places in Mexico, Belize, and Africa, and even sang with a contemporary Christian band back in the late 70's and early 80's. My wife, Janet, rides with and works with me as not just a "sidekick," but an essential partner in the ministry. For the last 52 years we have been a team. We have two grown children who are married and two grandchildren. Janet has worked as a Sectional Missionette Representative and coordinator, in training various levels of teachers in the church, as a coordinator for new programs, and as a bookkeeper.In ministry our expertise has been to train, provide opportunities, encourage, and place believers into ministry roles. (Some say they were pushed, but they are thankful now).Although we ride motorcycles and have been involved in Christian bands, we did not come into this ministry with a testimony of how deep in the depths we have come from. We are more like Timothy in the Bible. Both of us were saved when we were young and have served God throughout our adult lives. We do not pretend to have been where the lifestyle bikers are or were... We do know that we can help them find a way out without losing their dignity or who they are.I also do advertising graphic design for banners, brochures, and websites for their ministry and for other ministries pro bono.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We also owned and operated a design/build construction firm from 1980 through 1993. Project sizes varied from 20K to 250k.Specialties: Discipleship training, Establishing start up ministries, teaching, preaching, Church financial management, Computer graphic design, construction design and plans, construction project management.

Listed skills include Preaching, Discipleship, Missions, Church Events, and 43 others.