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Dr
Cheryl & Pastor Jim Armstrong |
Dr. Cheryl Roush
Armstrong and Pastor Jim Armstrong have a strong ministry in church
structure, leadership development, functional faith and
practical Christian living.
God called Dr. Cheryl into ministry during 1986 in St. Louis, while she was working for Roush Scientific, a medical
technology start-up, as evp marketing. Dr. Cheryl is a
graduate of Wagner Leadership Institute in Colorado Springs,
Colorado with a Doctorate in Practical Ministry. She
holds an MA in Theological Studies from McCormick Seminary in
Chicago,
Illinois and she received her MDiv. from Covenant Seminary in
St. Louis. Dr. Armstrong previously served as pastor of
First Presbyterian Church of Marengo and as the president of
the Marengo-Union Interchurch Council.
Dr. Cheryl has also been a frequent guest speaker and has led
a number of retreats for various churches. Today, she
feels that her calling is to serve the Lord, wherever He leads her, and to help bring about a revival in McHenry County on a
county-wide basis and in the nations.
During late 2002, Pastor Jim Armstrong was ordained to ministry by
Christian International as a co-laborer
with his wife at Fresh Harvest Church in Woodstock, Illinois.
Jim currently serves on the board of Fresh
Harvest Church and as the president of Fresh Harvest Ministries,
in addition to serving as president of James Armstrong &
Associates, Inc, which is a national media rep firm.
In many ways, Pastor Jim functions as an apostolic evangelist to a
lost and dying world. He also preaches from the pulpit,
previously led the Bible Study/small group on Saturday morning
at Valley Hi Nursing Home, served as advisor to the Crystal
Lake Chapter of Aglow International and has been a past
retreat speaker. In addition, he was previously evangelism
chair for the Marengo-Union Interchurch Council.
Dr. Cheryl and Jim Armstrong have recently completed the adoption their nephew, David Russell Roush, whose parents are
deceased. In addition, Pastor Jim has two grown children
and three lovely granddaughters.
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Ministries
Coordinator |
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Wright |
Linda
Wright serves the Lord at Fresh Harvest Church as our
ministries coordinator by doing the day-to-day, practical jobs
at our church that enable Dr. Cheryl to function in a more
strategic way. Linda previously served as ministries
coordinator at First Presbyterian Church of Marengo in
Marengo, Illinois.
This Christian woman has indicated that she is excited to be
involved with a different kind of church in McHenry County,
Illinois, which is not simply "church as usual."
Linda has attended a number of Christian conferences on the
prophetic and apostolic move of God today and she also
functions at Fresh Harvest Church as the small group leader
for church members and others, who have already completed the
Holy Spirit Encounter Bible Study. She also makes
pastoral calls to church members and others for body
ministry.
Linda has lived most of her life in McHenry County, Illinois,
where she graduated from Marengo High School.
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