Foursquare Foundation Board
Cedric Reynolds, Chino Hills, California, U.S.A.
Cedric and Barbara Reynolds have been the senior pastors of the ethnically and culturally diverse CentrePoint Christian Fellowship Foursquare Gospel Church in Chino, California since 1994. Cedric He has served in various assignments during his ministry. Regional Church Multiplication Coordinator, Divisional Superintendent in the Southwest District and District Supervisor of the San Gabriel Inland Valley District. Today’s personal ministry assignments include two ministries which he founded. Entrepreneurs Guided By God which ministers to business owners and entrepreneurial minded ministers and Kidz-n-Biz, a ministry teaching children business education through Kingdomprinciples. Reynolds has also planted two churches in Fullerton and Ontario, California. Presently serving as Corporate Secretary of the Foursquare Foundation and the Foursquare Church Bylaw Committee.
Jack Young, Hong Kong
Jack Young has been an international attorney for more than 30 years. He is also a Foursquare-ordained minister and a member of the Board of Trustees of The King’s College & Seminary in Van Nuys, California. In addition to being the president of the YMCA Hong Kong since 1994, Young serves on the board of several Christian ministries in Hong Kong including Harvest Evangelism, Jubilee Ministries, and Bridges for Peace. Married to his wife, Sharon, for 34 years, he lives in Hong Kong, and is the father of two sons, one of whom is in full-time ministry.
Jeff Kolodziej, Chairman, Medina, Ohio, U.S.A.
Pastor Jeff Kolodziej is the founder and Senior Pastor of Cornerstone Chapel Foursquare Church located in Medina Township. He and his wife Mary Jane started the church in 1985. During the 24 years of ministering in Medina, their mission is still the same: Up-reach, Out-reach and In-reach. This three-fold vision has developed a balanced ministry focus within the church. Starting with only a commission to plant a church, a guitar and a handful of people, Pastor Jeff and the congregation have experienced tremendous growth over the years. The small congregation that began in Medina High School is now located on 26 acres between Granger Road and Route 3. This interdenominational congregation is home to a diverse group of people from all ages, backgrounds and places in life. Jeff Kolodziej has served as a member of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Board of Directors, appointed as the Ohio Foursquare District Supervisor, participated in the Leadership Medina County class of 2004, and has served a term with the Medina Ministerial Association as President.
John Mark Prpich, Bogotá, Colombia
John Mark Prpich is presently pastor of the Colombian Foursquare Church “City Harvest.” After receiving Christ as a serviceman in Okinawa, Japan, “Mel” (a nick-name from the US Army) completed studies in Biblical Languages at LIFE Bible College in Los Angeles in 1980. As a “tent-making missionary” teaching English as a second language, he assisted Foursquare Missionaries John and Jean Firth opening new works in the north of Bogota. John Mark met his wife Yolanda in the church youth group. They have three children Jonathan Mark, married to Tatiana, Joshua Mark and Paul Beth. John Mark and Yolanda have pastored in differing cities in Colombia, and he served as Bible School Director, Director of the Charismatic Foursquare Church in Colombia and President of the South American Regional Council.
Piet Brinksma, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Piet Brinksma has led the Foursquare Church in the Netherlands since 2006. He and his wife, Riek, live in Amsterdam where they have pastored for more then a decade. Piet also serves as vice president of the National Platform of the Pentecostal Movement in Holland. Before becoming the national president, he served as board member and regional overseer for the national Foursquare Church. Piet studied electrical engineering and information technology and had a career in management of research, development and consultancy in the IT and telecommunications industry. He was technical director of an innovative IT company founded by Christians that was awarded the best innovation award from the mobile telecom industry in 2001. Piet and Riek and they have two children, Suzanne and Bastiaan.
Gabriella van Breda, Vice Chairman, Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A.
Gabriella van Breda and her husband Peter are senior pastors of Bellevue Foursquare Church in Washington. They are also the founders of World Impact Network, a Christian non-profit organization serving leaders worldwide. A Foursquare-ordained minister, van Breda served as divisional superintendent for the Seattle District of Churches for eight years. She has also served on the board of the Foursquare Foundation for the last six years. Van Breda spent the first 40 years of her life living and working in Africa. More than 20 years ago, she and her husband started their first church in Johannesburg; they went on to found Calvary Christian College, one of the first multiracial schools in South Africa, which will celebrate 25 years of educating children this year. With a passion for Africa, van Breda has worked in many squatter settlements and together with her husband Peter pioneered bible schools around Africa. She holds degrees from Rhema Bible Training Center in Johannesburg and Fill in the Gap Ministries in Lafayette, Louisiana. She received her master’s in inter-cultural studies from Hope International University in Fullerton, California and is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate with the Oxford Center for Mission Studies in Oxford and is scheduled to complete her research thesis on ‘how reflective practices facilitate leadership transformation and change’ by 2013. Van Breda and her husband work closely with The Kings College and Seminary, Hope International University and Bakke Graduate University to bring graduate and undergraduate theological education to leaders globally.
Willie Jordan, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Rev. Willie Jordan is the president of the Fred Jordan Mission, one of the most active inner-city ministries in the world. She has served the poor and helpless for more than half a century in some of the poorest cities in America, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Ghana, and Liberia. Since 1955, Jordan has challenged people to reach out to the less fortunate on her daily radio program, Take 2 with Willie Jordan, and on her weekly TV program, On the Street. She is the co-chairman of the Love in Action Committee for the Greater Los Angeles Billy Graham Crusade and founder of the Daniel Institute, one of the largest mental health facilities in Korea. Jordan is also the co-founder of an orphanage and hospital in Korea. She is the mother of seven children.Rev. Willie Jordan is the president of the Fred Jordan Mission, one of the most active inner-city ministries in the world. She has served the poor and helpless for more than half a century in some of the poorest cities in America, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Ghana, and Liberia. Since 1955, Jordan has challenged people to reach out to the less fortunate on her daily radio program, Take 2 with Willie Jordan, and on her weekly TV program, On the Street. She is the co-chairman of the Love in Action Committee for the Greater Los Angeles Billy Graham Crusade and founder of the Daniel Institute, one of the largest mental health facilities in Korea. Jordan is also the co-founder of an orphanage and hospital in Korea. She is the mother of seven children.
Leslie Keegel, Sri Lanka
Leslie Keegel is the National Leader of Foursquare Sri Lanka. He graduated from the Foursquare Bible College in the Philippines in 1981. It was there that he met his wife, Belen, and they were married in June 1981. In 1983, Leslie became the National Leader of Foursquare Sri Lanka and began a unique discipleship program. Since that time the number of Foursquare churches has grown from two in 1983 to more than 1,600 meeting places and churches. Leslie and Belen have three daughters: Blessie, Julie, and Rosie. Under Pastor Leslie’s leadership, the Church of the Foursquare Gospel in Sri Lanka is now a missionary sending organization having missionaries in India, the Middle East, New Zealand, Australia, Britain, and Germany. Leslie is the Founder / President of LIFE Bible Institute in Colombo, which has over 1,000 students in training through its satellites.
Presently, Leslie and Belen continue to Senior Pastor Living Way Church, Colombo, which is the headquarters of the Foursquare Church in Sri Lanka. He is President of the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka and the Chairman of the Eastern Council of Foursquare Churches (a fellowship of Foursquare Churches in the Asia/ Pacific Region which covers over 30 nations, representing of 26,000 churches). Leslie and Belen recently founded the Agapao Foundation in the state of California to do humanitarian work in Sri Lanka, South Asia, and other emerging nations. He received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from ICFG in 2001 and will graduate soon with a Doctor of Ministry degree from Bakke Graduate University, Seattle, WA.
Glenn Burris, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
As president of The Foursquare Church, Glenn Burris serves nearly 2000 congregations and 7000 licensed ministers in the United States as well as partnering with national leaders in 147 countries who minister in more than 20,000 local Foursquare churches worldwide. Though his office is based in Los Angeles, California, Glenn travels frequently, keeping in close contact with those he serves. Glenn’s passion for church planting is evidenced by the 200 congregations birthed between 1992 and 2002, when he served as supervisor of the 10-state historic Southeast District. Prior to that, he had served as a youth pastor, senior pastor, and divisional superintendent. Additionally, he was president of LIFE Bible College East, a member of the Foursquare Cabinet and chairman of the Foursquare Board of Directors. His relationship with Christ began in childhood, in the church his father, Dr. Glenn Burris Sr., pastored. At a Foursquare youth camp, he was filled with the Holy Spirit and committed himself to a life of Christian service. Glenn has influenced countless leaders who have been identified, equipped, and released to fruitful ministries, and he celebrates the success of others as distinct victories to the glory of God. Glenn and his wife, Debbie, have been married since 1975. They are the parents of two adult children, Heidi (married to Dustin Conley) and Joshua.
