Staff Bio
Joseph Barlow, Senior Pastor
Pastor Joe has been involved in leading worship for 37 years, is a recording artist, has a degree in music, and was a Bible School teacher at Word of Life School of Ministry, Praise Fellowship Church, Carol Stream. He later served as the Director of the Bible Training Center at Living Word Christian Center, Forest Park, IL.
Pastor Joe has been married to his wife, Nancy, for 25 years and has seven children. He was trained for the ministry by Pastor Van Gale of Praise Fellowship Church, Carol Stream and by Pastor Bill Winston of Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park, Illinois where he is ordained under Faith Ministries Alliance.
Tenese Bassett, Administrative Pastor
Tenese is a graduate of Charis Bible College Colorado. Along with her husband of 26 years, she helped to establish the first U. S. based Charis Bible College extension school in 2003, where she served as co-director and administrator for four years. She received her ministry license through Andrew Wommack Ministries in 2003 and was ordained under this same ministry in 2004.
Tenese is the co-founder of Grace and Faith Ministries, is on the Board of Directors of Charis Bible College Chicago Alumni Association and serves as an advisor to several other ministries. Tenese has a passion to see believers reach their full potential in Christ and experience the abundant life that Jesus provided.
Roger Flanagan, Associate Minister
Roger flows easily in the gifts of the Spirit. He has a pastoral calling upon his life, and has served the body of Christ in the helps ministry, prophecy, and as a teacher. Roger has a compassionate heart for those who need healing, and co-leads the healing ministry at Family Life.
Roger studied at Chicago Bible College in Chicago and at Christian Life College in Mt. Prospect. He has served for eight years as a homeschool support group leader, and is the co-founder of JESUS TODAY MINISTRIES, a ministry whose primary focus is to enforce God's will on earth as it is in heaven. Roger and his wife Carolyn have been married for 35 years and have four children. Together they lead four semesters of Weekly Healing Classes per year. Roger's hobbies are playing chess, listening to classical music, and memorizing Scripture. Roger is licensed under Family Life Christian Center.
Carolyn Flanagan, Associate Minister
Carolyn gained experience in the secular world as an administrative aide and an office manager. She has served the body of Christ as a Sunday school treasurer and secretary; Coordinator of the Infant Nursery; Sunday school teacher; and several other positions. She also served as a Christian homeschool support group leader for eight years, and established two different Christian Home Education support groups.
Her strong administrative gifts are complemented by wisdom, mercy, faith and many other giftings. She currently serves on the staff and as a member of the Board of Trustees at Family Life and co-leads the healing ministry here along with her husband. Carolyn is the co-founder of Jesus Today Ministries. (www.JesusHealsToday.com) She is the publisher and editor of the REVIVE Magazine, an arm of Jesus Today Ministries, and she authors a blog at www.decidingvote.blogspot.com. Carolyn is licensed under Family Life Christian Center. She has four children, has been married for 35 years, and home educated her children through high school graduation. This was her primary ministry for 17 years. Carolyn is a published author in several national, Christian home education magazines.