Orlando, FL :: Our Witness :: Covenant Presbyterian Church

Serving with Equipping Pastors International (EPI)

Carol Arnold and her husband Jack raised four sons, and they have served in churches in California, Virginia, South Carolina, and Orlando. Carol has served as member of the Women's Advisory Sub-Committee for the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). She is a retreat and conference speaker throughout the PCA as well as at conferences around the world. In 1997, Jack began Equipping Pastors International (EPI), a missions organization developed to train and equip pastors and their wives, mainly in third world countries. Through this ministry Carol and Jack traveled to several continents, speaking at conferences and seminars to both pastors and their wives, as well as to lay women of all denominations. In January 2005 Jack died while preaching at CPC on Phil. 1:21- "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." Though Jack's passing was difficult, Carol continues the work he began as a full-time missionary with EPI, traveling to speak and teach in Australia, Europe, Central America, South America, the Middle East, India, China, Japan, Egypt and seven countries in Africa. She has been a guest speaker at Reformed Theological Seminary, Knox Seminary, New Geneva Seminary, Regent University School of Divinity, Bible Institute of South Africa, Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, and Nairobi International School of Theology. Carol is the author of two books, The Liberation of a Resentful Wife and Devoted Wife, Liberated Widow, featuring Vonette Bright. The EPI web site can be found at http://www.equippingpastors.com/.

Serving with Equipping Pastors International

Rev. Jim Fitzgerald served as senior pastor of Covenant Prestyerian from 2000-2009. Having made previous trips to Kenya and other parts of the world during those years, a passion for seeing trained ministers of the gospel was growing. In December 2008 Jim announced his plans to resign as senior pastor in order to pursue a full-time international teaching ministry with EPI. While a search committee concentrated on finding a new pastor, Jim continued to stay on as Covenant's pastor while taking various trips to Africa. After returning from a teaching trip in October 2009 he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Since that time Jim has been seeking aggressive treatment for this cancer and the Lord has been pleased to bring healing through the treatment while receiving prayer and support from his wife Carole and the congregation. You can follow Jim's progress at BlessUCancer.

Internet ministry and ministry affairs with Campus Crusade for Christ in Orlando, Florida

Children: Rebekah and Julia

David and Holly joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) in 1988. The mission of CCC is to reach the world through the gospel of Jesus Christ by training people how to share their faith and how to multiply the ministry. The work includes prayer, evangelism, discipleship, constant reliance on the Holy Spirit, and planning.

Campus Crusade's ministry reaches into 191 countries with approximately 26,000 staff members and 500,000 trained volunteers. David helps mission teams around the world use current technology to enhance their ministries. Recently he has helped CCC staff in Canada and Mexico online and at their staff conferences.

Holly's main ministry is to the couple's children Rebekah and Julia. She volunteers in their school and also spends 1 day a week helping Mrs. Vonette Bright, the co-founder of CCC, take care of her home and ministry affairs. Holly has been lovingly helping Mrs. Bright since starting at Campus Crusade. Please visit www.mygcx.org/clowministry or www.technology.ccci.org.

Serving with The JESUS Film Project of Campus Crusade for Christ in Orlando, Florida

Children: Jessica and Caleb

During his senior year at Florida State University, Flip came to Christ. After graduating, Flip joined Campus Crusade for Christ, serving at Colorado State University, where he met Connie. They married in 1976 and immediately began preparations to minister overseas. For the next twenty years, they worked in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. They helped open the CCC work in Yugoslavia, helped get Crusade materials translated into Russian, and led teams of U.S. college students into the Soviet Union. They moved to Moscow, Russia then to Kiev, Ukraine to pioneer the CCC ministry and to coordinate the in-country set up teams for the International School Project convocations. Then they were led to Orlando, Florida where Flip received a Master of Divinity at The Orlando Institute. In 2000, they joined The JESUS Film Project to introduce and distribute "The Story of Jesus for Children" to children's ministries throughout the U.S. and the world. In the summer of 2002, Flip and Connie and their children, Jessica and Caleb, moved to San Clemente, CA to The JESUS Film Project main office to lead The Story of Jesus for Children department. In 2005, the JESUS Film Project was moved to CCC headquarters in Orlando, FL and the Amon's followed in June 2006. They currently work as Partnership Coordinators on common strategies with non-CCC missions and ministries. If you would like to learn more about the Amon's story, you can go to their web site at http://amon.cccministry.org/.

Good News Jail & Prison Ministry in Orlando, Florida

Married to Amanda; children: Michael Jr., Matthew and Aria

Mike Dumas began serving with Good News Jail & Prison Ministry in October of 2006. Mike's background includes several years of service with Threshold, Inc., a residential and school program for developmentally disabled persons who have special behavioral challenges. After Mike's former wife, Wendy, went home to be with the Lord in 2005, God began to encourage him to look for other opportunities for ministry. Mike has been working for the last four years as the chaplain of the Horizon facility (which houses a 1000 men), sharing the Gospel of our Lord Jesus to the inmates of Orange County Corrections. He also directs the Life Learning Program, a discipleship program that encourages inmates in their new walk with Christ. Mike has two children from his former marriage. Eventually, Mike was blessed by God to meet Amanda Van Dyk, who was herself a missionary overseas. She and Mike married in July 2007 and Amanda recently gave birth to Aria Vail Dumas. To learn more about Mike's ministry you can visit the web site at http://www.goodnewsjail.org.