He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot
Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God. -William Carey
Vikki Bobb currently serves as the Coordinator of Florida Free BIBLE MISSIONARY & WORK Training Center (BMW). Vikki Bobb is an Ohio native from Chillicothe and holds a BA in finance from Ohio University. She has served on the State Youth board and directed camps for the Ohio Christian Union in addition to 15 years of [...]
Howard Vanderpool pioneered the first Florida Free BIBLE MISSIONARY & WORK Training Center. Originally from Artesia, California, Mr. Vanderpool has established a long history of faithful service in missions and church ministry. He graduated from Arizona Bible Institute with a Bachelor of Arts in Bible and served for 18 years with Village Missions pastoring churches [...]
Ron Voris serves as a guest instructor at Florida Free BIBLE MISSIONARY & WORK Training Center and has covered a variety of subjects including Church History, Revelation and, most recently, General Epistles. Mr. Voris, originally from Mountain View California, served in the US Navy as a sonar technician and also received training from Mendocino Community [...]
Sean was born in California but grew up in Lexington, North Carolina. He began his missionary experience with Teen Missions (TMI) as a teen on the evangelistic Sea Angels team in 1999. He continued to serve on TMI teams to Trinidad, Mozambique and Romania before enrolling as a student at Florida Free BIBLE MISSIONARY & [...]
Beth Kostner is a true southerner from Chattanooga, Tennessee. She became a registered nurse after completing her training at Baroness Erlanger Hospital School of Nursing in 1979 and then received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) in 1983. Beth also completed the advanced studies program (ASP) at Moody Bible Institute in 1986. Beth and [...]
Florida Free instructor Steve Richardson hails originally from Jonesboro, Arkansas but has lived for 30 years now in Central Florida. Mr. Richardson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science Education from the University of Central Florida and an Associate’s degree in Education from Brevard Community College. He has twenty years of experience teaching youth and adults [...]
Teen Missions founder & director, Robert M. Bland (Bob), brings a rich history of valuable Bible training and missionary experience to the faculty of Florida Free BIBLE MISSIONARY & WORK Training Center.
Linda Maher, originally from Benton, Pennsylvania, brings a wealth of practical missions experience to Florida Free, in addition to years of in-depth Biblical Studies. Linda has served on Teen Missions full-time staff together with her husband Thomas since 1978. Linda’s leadership experience in missions includes her service in the Director’s office as a coordinator of [...]
Steve Petersen was born and raised in Denver, Colorado and graduated with an Associate of Practical Theology degree from Christ For The Nations Institute— Dallas Texas in 1984. He has served full-time with Teen Missions International since the fall of 1984. Steve helped to found Teen Missions Video Department serving as a director and post-production [...]
