Marlene Gleason has worked in Christian ministry for 27 years along with her husband, Rev. Stan Gleason, District Superintendent of Missouri, UPCI.  Marlene attended the Apostolic Bible Institute of St. Paul, Minnesota.  She is involved with Ladies Ministries at "The Life Church" of Kansas City, Missouri, where her husband is pastor.  They are the parents of four children, Justin, Marissa, Micaela and Caleb.

Becky Willeford is the wife of Reverend Steve Willeford, pastor of Apostolic Pentecostal Church, St. Louis, Missouri.  She was born in Miami, Florida and moved to Wilmington, North Carolina at the age of seven.  She lived in North Carolina until coming to Gateway College of Evangelism.  Upon graduating from Gateway with a music degree, she married Steve Willeford and moved to St. Louis where her husband was Youth Pastor.  During 1979-1981, they assisted Rev. Louis Green at Apostolic Pentecostal Church.  Bro. Willeford assumed the pastorate of Apostolic Pentecostal Church in 1981.  She has been involved in the music department, as a Youth Choir director, Adult Choir director and musician.  They have three girls, Andrea, Amber and Alysa. 

Joann Thornton is the wife of Chris Thornton, Pastor of Harvest Tabernacle in Lebanon, Missouri and the mother of three children: Ceci, 17,  Celine, 12, and Christopher, 8. Joann loves anointed Praise & Worship and leads a strong local Ladies Ministry group with a focus on prayer, fasting and Bible study groups.  She is a volunteer in the local school and travels speaking to ladies and teen girls groups.   She enjoys reading, walking/exercise, time with family and friends, and decorating.

Barbara graduated from Gateway College of Evangelism in 1986 with an Associate of Arts in Music.  She is an active member of New Life Center in Bridgeton, Missouri where she serves as a 3rd & 4th Grade Sunday School Teacher, VBS Director and Praise Leader.  She has served as a contributing writer for Word Aflame Publications.  Her interests include music, cooking, photography, scrapbooking, and creating multi-media presentations for special family events.  She lives in Florissant, Missouri with her husband, Keith Braswell and their three children, Tyler, Tiffany and Trey.

Rosalie was born in the St. Louis area to Italian immigrants, Ann and William Fiorino.  In 1963 she married her high school sweetheart Bill Harpole. They have 3 grown children, Scott, Jeff and Dana who are married to Jenn, Tami and David respectively.  They have 10 grandchildren:  Taylor, Ross, Grant, Max, Roman, Regan, Alexandar, Nicholas, Elijah and Sebastian.  
 
Brother and Sister Harpole pastored Shepherd's Church in Troy, Missouri for over thirty years.  The church, now called Family Worship Center, is pastored by Rev. Jim and Robbie Crawford and Brother Harpole is the Senior Pastor.  They are still very active in the local church preaching, teaching and evangelizing and travel to their son's church in Terre Haute, Indiana to visit as often as possible.

Rosalie shared a love of cooking with her mother, and began to cook at the tender age of eight. She enjoys being able to use her talents to bless the church family by cooking Italian Dinners for both home and outside churches. With the Lord's help, she published her first cookbook, Rosalie Serving Italian.  She is always open to cook, speak, or teach classes for any church, school or club.  She maintains a cooking website  and a weekly e-newsletter and free recipe that you can sign up to receive at www.rosalieservingitalian.com. 

Donna Mangus serves as the Pastor's Wife of Festus United Pentecostal Church and as the Leader of Section 2 Missouri District Ladies Ministries . 
 
Donna has a variety of interests that includes cooking, scrapbooking, reading, and shopping for antiques.    She looks for ways to incorporate her interests into an outreach for the women in her community.   On one Friday night a month they host a scrapbooking event in their church fellowship hall.   She is also active with BeautiControl Spas and wants to use this as an outreach as well.
 
Donna has been married to her husband, Arnold, for almost 40 years.   They will celebrate their 40th Anniversary in November.   They are the parents of 3 grown children, Melissa, Rebecca, and Chris.   Their Shih Tzu, Chloe, is also a special part of their family.  Brother and Sister Mangus have served as Pastor of Festus United Pentecostal Church for 23 years.     Sister Mangus teaches a new converts class,  Abundant Life, on Sunday mornings.  

Angie is the wife of Rev. Craig Mitchell, who is currently serving on the staff of Calvary United Pentecostal Church in Jackson .  Angie is the Music Director at the church .  She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 2000 from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau .  She is currently employed by the University as a Senior Buyer in the Purchasing Department.   She and her husband have two children, Megan, age 15 and Blake, age 12.

 

Eva Littles was born in southeast Missouri, and moved to St. Louis when she was nine. She attended Bro. Harry Brandings church until she was married, except for a short period when she helped in a Home Missions church in East St. Louis.
 
In 1955, while attending Daily Vacation Bible School at 13th & Gravois, she met a cute guy who had come up from Piedmont to go to DVBS. Five years later she married him and became Mrs. James A. Littles.  
 
After marriage they moved to Illinois and worked in a Home Mission church for six years, and then became the Pastor of a small church in southern Illinois.  They later moved to upstate New York to start a Home Mission Church, and were in New York for 21 years pioneering four churches. While living in New York she served as Secretary for the New York District Ladies for a number of years.
 
For the last fifteen years they have been in Piedmont, the church in which her husband was raised. She has had the Holy Ghost for fifty-two years.
 
Brother and Sister Littles are proud parents of four boys.  Three of them are preachers, and God has given them wonderful wives. Six girls and six boys call them Granny & Pepaw, and to two other little guys they are great grand parents.
 
First she enjoys her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. After that she likes to cook, sew, and raise money for Mothers' Memorial at their table at Ladies Seminar.

Linda Wyatt, and her husband, Tony, pastor Apostolic New Testament Church in Mt. Vernon, Missouri.  Linda is active, not only as a Pastor's wife, but in Children's Ministry and teaching on the Christian Home and Family.    In her free time, she enjoys reading decorating magazines and scrapbooking.

Rebecca Medlin serves alongside her husband as Pastor's Wife of Calvary United Pentecostal Church in Springfield, Missouri.

She has two daughters, Sheila and Sandra, six grandchildren, and one great grandchild.

Sandra Axton, and her husband, Robert, pastor a growing congregation in Palmyra, Missouri.  They founded the church as Home Missionaries in 1985 and have pastored there for 23 years.   They have been married for 31 years and are blessed with 5 children, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, and are the proud grandparents of 2 grandchildren.