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President's Roundtable
Each year, men and women of exceptional accomplishment are awarded honorary and earned doctoral degrees.
These recipients embody and esteem the ideals of Life Point Christian University’s core values of being—academically excellent, globally engaged, intentionally diverse, personally transforming, and socially relevant.
The President’s Roundtable is a tradition that will annually commemorate our doctoral honorees and other select people of outstanding public influence.
The following individuals were selected by Life Point Christian University's Board of Trustees and installed in the President's Roundtable:
Dr. Paul Stuart Linblad (2024)
Dr. Paul has been In ministry for over 50 years, preaching and teaching in just about every position available. He has planted and pastored over several churches, and has taught in several institutions across the United States. Dr. Paul is committed to impacting people for the glory of God and building leaders to make a difference for the Kingdom. He is currently an Area Pastor for Foursquare Churches in Central Arizona’s Western District.
Dr. Scott James Ingegneri (2024)
Dr. Scott has been in ministry for over 30 years. He is a teacher, pastor and mentor. He is the founder and President of Awaken Ministries International, a movement called to awaken generations to Kingdom culture. Awaken is dedicated to the holistic development of ministerial leaders, creatives, and marketplace leaders. Dr. Scott is also on staff with ACT International (Artists in Christian Testimony) and is currently being mentored to become the president and CEO within the next year. For over 50 years, this organization has served artistic missionaries and ministers as they pursue their unique mission or ministry calling
Dr. Jerry Dirmann (2023)
Dr. Jerry Dirmann is the founder and Senior Pastor of The Rock, based in Anaheim, California. He and his wife, Kimberly, launched Solid Lives in answer to the many ways the Lord was leading them to resource, strengthen, and encourage the Body of Christ at large. Solid Lives is committed to raising up leaders, disciplers, and pastors.
Dr. Jerry is known as the author of Operation Solid Lives (or OSL, as it’s more informally known), which provides intense and life-changing discipleship that now over 10,000 students have taken at just his home church.
Dr. Jerry is known as the author of Operation Solid Lives (or OSL, as it’s more informally known), which provides intense and life-changing discipleship that now over 10,000 students have taken at just his home church.
Dr. Caroline Pearl Camfield (2022)
Dr. Caroline is the Senior Pastor of City Church in El Paso, Texas. She has been ordained and pastoring since 1982, the first 35 years as co-pastor with her late husband.
Dr. Francis Shorn Jules (2022)
Pastor Francis is presently the overseer/Head pastor of God's Trumpet to the Nations and also the covering leader for MAPS Church in Martinique and France. He actively travels, doing church ministry in different church organizations, teaching and establishing leaders and congregants in their ministry gifts and callings.
Dr. Curtis P. "Earthquake" Kelley (2022)
Dr. Curtis has made frequent appearances on TBN, 700 Club, Impact Network (Direct TV), Sid Roth’s “It's Supernatural” and the Inspiration Network, which have provided him the platform to reach millions with his testimony of deliverance, God’s mercy, and hope. Currently, Bishop Kelley ministers worldwide—China, London, Pakistan, Haiti—and resides with his wife Selena Kelley in Los Angeles County, California.
Dr. Rae Casteel Orozco (2022)
Dr. Rae has preached and ministered around the world, led three churches, raised up pastors, and overseen the planting of several new churches in Arizona, Mexico, and Africa. Currently, I serve as the Lead Pastor of a new church plant for the Church of God, Grace Culture, in Chandler, Arizona. I speak internationally for conferences and mission events worldwide (India, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Ghana, Rwanda, Brazil, Bahamas, Cuba, Panama, Canada). Additionally, I consult and write for my denomination, churches, and ministries, specifically on the topics of church revitalization, women in positional ministry, and ethnic diversity.
Pastor Brenda Robinson (2021)
Pastor Brenda Robinson has been in ministry for over 30 years. This individual is a licensed minister and has an Associate's Degree in Theology. This person has served in many capacities of ministry, including locally and internationally.
Dr. Kelvin Box (2021)
Dr. Kelvin currently has 3 church locations in Hebbronville, Laredo, Texas, and Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. He has worked internationally with Iglesia Buenas Nuevas in Santa Clara, Cuba. Ministering in the Navajo Nation since 2000, he has also ministered in Ukraine since 2004.
Dr. Richard Casteel (2021)
Dr. Casteel is currently the lead pastor of Grace Chapel in Scottsdale, AZ. He and his wife have pastored the church for 35 years and are currently in transition to pass the lead pastor role to a younger couple. He is involved in Women in Ministry Leadership with Dr. Marion Ingegneri.
Pastors Ellson & Debra Bennett (2020)
Pastors Ellson & Debra are the founders of Covenant of Faith Church located on the Navajo Nation in Hidden Springs, AZ. CFC is a ministry of many outreaches devoted to meeting the needs of the Indigenous People of America and the world. The Bennetts travel extensively throughout the United States and North America. Ellson has ministered to millions of people through the Trinity Broadcasting Network of Arizona. Along with his ministry, he is also a renowned Native American artist.
Rev. Todd Bailey (2020)
Rev. Todd resides in Fort Collins, CO. He is the President of Todd Bailey Ministries. Rev. Todd is an itinerant minister, an author, and travels nationally and internationally preaching and teaching the Word of God. His travels have taken him to 43 states and twenty-one nations around the world, ministering in eighteen nations of Bible schools on five continents.
Rabbi Jack Zimmerman (2020)
Rabbi Jack is the founder of Tree of Life Congregation in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a Messianic Rabbi with the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America and Staff Evangelist for Jewish Voice Ministries International. Rabbi Jack is also an Instructor for LPCU. He is also an award-winning reporter, radio and television host, and has taught Bible classes throughout the United States, and at theological universities in Russia and Ukraine.
Pastor Marion Ingeneri (2019)
Pastor Marion is a strategist with prophetic insight. Her leadership perspectives have helped churches and leaders around the world. As an ordained minister with the Foursquare Church, she takes her calling seriously, presenting messages and living life in a way that challenges people to respond to God.
Pastor Sally Edwards (2019)
Since 1986, Pastor Sally and her husband, Dr. Ricky Edwards, have endeavored to reach and teach people of all ages, bringing forth God’s message of salvation, healing, hope, and deliverance. She is currently the Pastor of Family Worship Center in Pawnee, OK.
Pastor Bob Hake (2019)
Bob Hake served on staff at the Orangewood Nazarene Church in Phoenix, Arizona, for 31 years; the last 22 as lead pastor. He currently serves as a lead pastor at Pure Heart Church in Glendale, Arizona.
Pastor Dawn Masters (2018)
Dawn has been in Christian leadership all of her adult life. She is currently a CARE Pastor at The Refuge Church in Russellville, AR, and an honorary graduate of Life Point Christian University.
Apostle Tim Odom (2018)
Ordained with the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, Tim is an apostolic missionary for the Foursquare Church in St. Lucia. He has served as a full-time minister since 1988 and has most recently received his doctorate degree from LifePoint Christian University.
Apostle Barb Odom (2018)
Barbara Odom, along with her husband Tim, is a Foursquare Church Apostolic Missionary in St. Lucia. She has also led many teams on short-term mission trips and has been in 29 nations. She has most recently helped establish a Bible Institute in Saint Lucia, WI.
Pastor Dan Steffen (2018)
Dan has had the privilege of serving in ministry for 30 years and was ordained in 1995. He accepted the role of Senior Pastor of Pure Heart Church in 2005. He is also the founding pastor of School Connect Ministries, a non-profit connecting churches and businesses with local schools, and the Resilient Church, which is a conference and support ministry for churches that are passionate about impacting those dealing with trauma, mental health, and addiction issues.
Pastor Rene Diamond (2018)
Licensed for ten years with the Board of Behavioral Health of Arizona and licensed and ordained with the International Church of Foursquare since 1987, Pastor Rene specializes in providing individual, addictions, grief, marital, family, and abuse counseling to clients from a Christian perspective. Married for 49 years to her childhood sweetheart Pastor Howard Diamond, her heart is to leave a legacy of the love of the Lord to everyone who comes into her life.
Messianic Rabbi Allan Moorhead (2017)
As a devout and zealous teacher of God's Word and truth, Rabbi Moorhead has ministered both in Israel and the United States through God's Word, prayer, and music. He is a licensed preacher, an ordained Messianic Pastor, and the Founder and Senior Rabbi of Hebraic Harvest International. He currently serves as Rabbi of Arrowhead Messianic Congregation.
Rev. Ricky Edwards (2017)
Rev. Ricky and his wife, Pastor Sally Edwards, pastor Family Worship Center and travel across the country teaching and preaching the Word of God with signs following. Since 1986, he and his wife have endeavored to reach and teach people of all ages, bringing forth God's message of salvation, healing, hope, and deliverance.
Pastor LaNora Morin (2017)
Dr. LaNora Morin is the President of FountainGate Ministries International. She has been gifted by the Lord with a dynamic prophetic ministry. LaNora travels and ministers nationally and internationally, declaring God’s Word with the revelation the Lord has given her. Her message has brought breakthroughs to the lives of both individuals and churches.
Bishop B. Derone Robinson (2015)
Bishop B. Derone Robinson was the Founder of Word of Abundant Life Christian Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Bishop Robinson was called into ministry in 1978, licensed in 1986, ordained in 1989, and consecrated a Bishop in November 2009. In ministry for over 36 years, he traveled and ministered extensively, conducting teaching seminars and evangelistic outreaches throughout the United States and many countries abroad, including Africa, Spain, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Italy.
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