Mr. Bryant Skinner, Jr. - President
President Bryant Skinner, Jr. - I charge you…preach the word ! 2 Tim. 4:1-2
Our calling at GTC is to obediently follow Christ in equipping “the called”. Our work is a joint effort with Christ. As GTC has been called, so, too, we are being equipped.
Rev. Dr. Bruce McDowell - Vice President
Dr. Bruce A. McDowell - Vice President
I am excited about how God can work in and through us to accomplish his purposes in reaching the world with the gospel. We are able to bring in the harvest through our congregation right here in Philadelphia as well as on the other side of the globe as our people are sent out. Being involved in getting the greatest news in history out to those who have never heard, to release them from bondage to sin and into a relationship with the living God, is the most privileged responsibility we have. Won’t you join us in the effort?
Dr. Noé S. Acosta - Founder & Executive Director
Email: noe.acosta@gospelthroughcolombia.org
Mrs. Mimi Acosta - Secretary
Email: mimi.acosta@gospelthroughcolombia.org
Mimi Acosta - I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. Galatians 2:20
Mimi Acosta is a retired secondary school administrator and teacher of English. In 1998, Mimi and her husband, Noé, began a ministry of education for pastors in Latin America—Gospel Through Colombia. The women’s ministry of GTC has given her opportunity to present devotional Bible studies throughout Colombia. At her church, St. Andrew’s, in Sanford, Florida, Mimi sings in the choir and teaches women’s Bible Study. She enjoys travel, teaching, and writing songs and poetry. Mimi contributes to an online women’s devotional. To read her work, search “letterstomysister-Romans” or click here. Her life verse is from Galatians 2:20, I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
Mr. Ed Sutherland - Treasurer
Ed Sutherland serves as Treasurer of the Board of Gospel Through Colombia.
Ed Sutherland holds a BA degree in Business Administration and Economics from Eastern Baptist College 1971. In 1974, Ed began a career in public accounting, eventually opening his own accounting firm which he operated until 1993. Since then, Ed has worked for Delta Community Support Inc. as treasurer to present. I grew up in an American Baptist Church and God revealed to me my salvation in 1977 the year I was married. My wife, Lorry, and I have been blessed with three boys and two grandsons, so far. We presently are members of Providence Reformed Baptist Church in Warminster, PA. Ed serves as Treasurer of the Board of Gospel Through Colombia.
Rev. Richard W. Tyson
Rick Tyson served as the first president of Gospel Through Colombia and has helped with the organization and development of GTC.
Rev. Rick Tyson holds a M. Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary, and has served in three churches over 36 years of pastoral ministry in the Presbyterian Church in America. Rick and his wife, Bethann, have been married 40 years and have two sons and two grandsons. Rick is presently the pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania where he has served for nineteen years. Rick has a fervor for preaching, while Bethann takes leadership in women’s ministry and hospitality. Together they have a passion for encouraging pastors and their families. Rick has served on the denominations Board of Trustees of Covenant Seminary, and Christian Education and Publications. He is currently serving on the Board of Great Commission Publications which produces Reformed Sunday School materials for the Presbyterian Church in America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Rick served as the first president of Gospel Through Colombia and has helped with the organization and development of GTC.
Dr. Don Galardi
Dr. Don Galardi is a minister in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Don Galardi is a minister in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He is the pastor of Community Evangelical Presbyterian Church where he has served for the past 31 years. The support of his church and his heart for missions have allowed him to teach in Peru, Guatemala, Russia and Colombia. Dr. Galardi received his Doctorate in Theological Studies from Trinity Theological Seminary and his masters from Reformed Theological Seminary. His undergraduate work was done at John Wesley College and he is a graduate of Elim Bible Institute. Dr. Galardi infuses his teachings with the passion of a preacher and the compassion of a shepherd. Through his presentations, you will find theology intriguing, stimulating and practical. He continues to bless the pastors of Colombia with his frequent visits there as teacher, preacher and conference speaker.
Rev. Harry Stoliker
Pastor Harry Stolike - Passion of my heart: The expansion of God’s glory among the nations!
Harry Stoliker was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts. He completed his undergraduate work at Berkshire Christian College in Lenox, Massachusetts, a few miles from Stockbridge, where the famed Norman Rockwell lived. It was at college where he met his wife Ruth, who also graduated from Berkshire with a major in elementary education.
After returning to Worcester, Harry and Ruth began a long and fruitful ministry with The Navigators at West Chester University and at the University of Delaware. Their family eventually grew to five children (one son; four daughters – all grown and on their own now).
Following numerous years of jobs in sales and manufacturing, Harry completed his M.Div. at Westminster Theological Seminary. He served as the assistant pastor of a local church in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, prior to becoming the Teaching Elder of Emmanuel Bible Church in Schooley’s Mountain, New Jersey in 1994.
The years at EBC have been rich with God’s blessing. Harry is privileged to teach the Book of Hebrews to missionary students at The Center for Pioneer Church Planting in Los Fresnos, Texas. Blessed with a huge heart for missions in Latin American countries, Harry has ministered in Colombia on several occasions.
Mr. Cy Lever
Cy Lever is an Elder at the Chapel at Warren Valley, New Jersey and Chairman of the Spiritual Life Committee at the Dock Woods Retirement Center
Cy Lever was born in Abington, Pennsylvania.
After attending the Pennsylvania Military College, where he earned a BS in accounting, Cy served in the U.S. Army. Afterward, he worked for the General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C. When his father passed away, Cy returned to Pennsylvania to operate his father’s business, the C. Lever Company, Inc., a chemical company that manufactured dye for the paper trade. After many decades as President and CEO, Cy is now retired.
A community supporter, Cy held the post as President of the Bensalem Rotary Club and is currently serving as Advisor to the Levittown Salvation Army. He is an Elder at the Chapel at Warren Valley, New Jersey and Chairman of the Spiritual Life Committee at the Dock Woods Retirement Center.
Cy and his wife, Norma, reside in Pennsylvania. They have been blessed with five children and seven grandchildren. They enjoy traveling to GTC Conferences in Colombia, where they offer their musical gifts!
