Instructors &
Guest Speakers
Instructors
Adjunct Instructors
Guest Instructors Highlights
President & Founder
Andrew Wommack
Andrew Wommack is a Bible teacher known world-wide for his foundational teachings on God’s love and the balance between grace and faith. He is the President and Founder of Andrew Wommack Ministries and Charis Bible College, which has transformed millions of lives, thanks to his faithfulness in sharing the biblical truths God has revealed to him since 1968.
Ministry Ambassador
Wendell Parr
Wendell Parr was born on March 19th, 1943. Wendell and Linda were married in 1963 and have two children, one grandchild, and two great-grandchildren. Wendell started in ministry in 1973 when he began pastoring a church. He became connected with Andrew Wommack in 1989 at the Minister’s Conference in Buena Vista. He would go on to help Andrew start Charis Bible College in 1994 as well as plant the first international Charis campus in England in 1997. Wendell continues to teach at Charis Bible College and holds the title of Ministry Ambassador; sharing the Word of God and encouraging believers to keep their eyes on Jesus.
Executive Vice Presidents
Mike & Carrie Pickett
Mike and Carrie Pickett are seasoned Bible teachers and the Executive Vice Presidents of Charis Bible College and Andrew Wommack Ministries. With over 20 years of experience in ministry and mission work, they have empowered believers to live out their faith and step into the call of God on their lives. They continue to disciple and mentor believers to grow in their relationship with God and their understanding of His Word, through their powerful teachings.
Senior Instructor
Barry Bennett
Barry Bennett graduated Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas, Texas, and began serving the Lord in 1972. He and his wife, Betty Kay, were missionaries in Mexico, Guatemala, and Chile, for nearly twelve years before returning to Texas to direct a Spanish Bible institute. In 2007, Barry came to Andrew Wommack Ministries, where he started as a prayer minister and answered doctrinal questions that came through mail and email. Today, Barry is the Senior Instructor at Charis Bible College, and the host of Free Indeed, where he shares his passion for the Word of God with others!
Director of Ministry School
Greg Mohr
Greg Mohr serves as the Ministry Ambassador of ARMI (Andrew Wommack’s Ministers Network) and the director of Charis Bible College’s third-year Ministry School. Formerly the senior pastor of River of Life Church in Decatur, Texas for 24 years, Greg is now a beloved Charis instructor, conference speaker, author, and founder of the TV program, Wisdom for Living. He holds a degree from Rhema Bible College and a master’s degree in leadership from Southwestern Christian University. Greg is married to his best friend, Janice, and they are blessed with four children and twelve grandchildren.
Faculty Instructor
Rick McFarland
Rick McFarland was born on December 3rd, 1967. Rick and Joann were married in 2001. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1991. He then graduated from Rhema Bible Training Center in 1993. He also attended and graduated from the School of the Local Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1996. Rick was a singles pastor at Grace Church for sixteen years and moved to Colorado in 2011 to attend Charis Bible College with his wife, Joann, where he would graduate from the Year 3 Ministry School. Rick is the senior pastor of River Rock Church in Colorado Springs and teaches several core classes at Charis including Principles of Grace and Faith and How to Study the Bible.
Executive Director of Academics
Daniel Bennett
Daniel Bennett is not only the Executive Director of Academics at Charis Bible College, but he also serves as a teacher, sharing his experience and insights through the eyes of God’s abundant promises. He is passionate about discipling believers into a personal friendship with God.
Adjunct Instructor
Audrey Mack
Audrey Mack is a graduate of Rhema Bible Training Center and Victory World Mission Center and has been in the ministry since 1987. Audrey has been healed of bone cancer in 1999, and has a burning desire to bring the message of faith, grace and healing to this generation.
Audrey married her husband Frederick in 1999. Frederick is a graduate of Charis Bible College but also a successful general contractor who sees his business as an avenue to serve and share his faith. Audrey’s joy is to connect people with God’s heart, teaching them to walk with the Holy Spirit so that they may become fruitful and fulfill their God given destiny.
Adjunct Instructor
Lawson Perdue
Lawson Perdue and his wife, Barbara, have been in full-time ministry for over thirty years and are the senior pastors of Charis Christian Center in Colorado Springs. Lawson was called to preach in 1978 through the ministry of Andrew Wommack. He challenges his students to break out of the mold, emphasizing abundant life and identity in Jesus Christ.
Adjunct Instructor
Duane Sheriff
Duane Sheriff is the senior founding pastor of Victory Life Church, a multi-campus church headquartered in Durant, Oklahoma. Pastor Duane is an author and speaker who travels around the world speaking at conferences and churches. He also serves as an instructor at Charis Bible College, teaching a personal presentation of the Gospel that resurrects hope and ignites faith.
Adjunct Instructor
Arthur Meintjes
Arthur Meintjes, originally from South Africa, trained at Christ for the Nations in Dallas, Texas. He and his wife Cathy now reside in Colorado and travel the world preaching the Gospel with Kingdom Life Ministries. Arthur is also an adjunct instructor at Charis Bible College where he teaches first and second year classes for both the day and night school. He teaches with integrity and openness, so that hearts and lives will be changed and people will realize their acceptance by God and value as human beings.
Adjunct Instructor
Alex McFarland
Alex McFarland is a Christian apologist, author, evangelist, religion and culture analyst, and advocate for biblical truth. Alex was the third president of Southern Evangelical Seminary and College, located in Charlotte, NC, from 2001 until 2005. He has preached in over 2,200 churches throughout North America and numerous more internationally. He also speaks at Christian events, conferences, debates, and other venues to teach biblical truths and preach the gospel.
Guest Speaker
David Barton
David Barton is the Founder of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization that presents America’s forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on our moral, religious and constitutional heritage. David is the author of numerous best-selling books and a sought-after speaker. David is also a frequent guest on a number of national media programs, and is a host on a daily radio show, WallBuilders Live. He serves as a consultant to state and federal legislators, has participated in several cases at the US Supreme Court His work in media has merited several Angel Awards, Telly Awards, and the Dove Foundation Seal of Approval.
Guest Speaker
Pastor Terri Copeland Pearsons
Pastor Terri Copeland Pearsons, eldest daughter of Kenneth Copeland, drawing on her rich heritage of faith, connects people with the living presence of God, teaching them who they are in Christ Jesus and how to pray from that position. Terri and her husband, George Pearsons, are the Senior Pastors of Eagle Mountain International Church at Kenneth Copeland Ministries, where they have pastored for 30 years. She is also the Chief Visionary Officer of KCM and the President of Kenneth Copeland Bible College. She is passionate about standing with Israel and serves as the Daughters for Zion Texas State Director for Christians United for Israel. She helped establish Brother Copeland as a forerunner in television ministry as his first producer for 13 years, developing the Believer’s Voice of Victory television broadcast.
Guest Speaker
Timothy Barton
Timothy Barton is the President of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization that presents America’s forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on our religious, moral, and constitutional heritage. Tim is an ordained minister and has worked in a variety of church staff positions, including as youth minister, worship leader, and assistant pastor. Tim has been a guest on numerous national television and radio programs including The Ben Shapiro Show, the Glenn Beck Program, Louder With Crowder, TBN, Andrew Wommack Ministries, and many others. He is also a writer for the Epoch Times. Regardless of where he is, Tim speaks into the lives of those around him, encouraging them to live passionately and to follow Christ whole-heartedly.
Guest Speaker
Creflo Dollar
Creflo Dollar is a founder and senior pastor of World Changers Church International (WCCI). He’s a world-renowned Bible teacher, sought-after conference speaker, and bestselling author with hundreds of books, CDs, and DVDs in distribution worldwide. He is the author of such game-changing books as The Radical Life of Grace and Why I Hate Religion, and his award-winning Changing Your World television broadcast reaches nearly 1 billion homes. Creflo Dollar and his wife, Taffi, have five children, and they live in Atlanta.
Guest Speaker
Rick Renner
Rick and Denise Renner are the founders of the Moscow Good News Church, Renner Ministries, and Media Mir, a Christian media outreach in the former Soviet Union. Rick has written over 30 books and hosts his TV program, Rick Renner, which can be seen around the world. Renner Ministries’ vision is “to take the Gospel both to our nearby world and to the ends of the earth, proclaiming Christ, and warning and teaching every man with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person fully mature in Christ Jesus.” (Colossians 1:28.)
Guest Speaker
Jesse Duplantis
Jesse Duplantis has traveled throughout the world since 1978 preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesse founded Jesse Duplantis Ministries (JDM) with a desire to use every available voice to cover the earth with God’s love. JDM has its International Headquarters in Destrehan, Louisiana as well as additional offices in the United Kingdom and Australia.