About Us
Jessica Stern Foster
Jessica Stern Foster
Jessica Stern Foster
Jessica is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of
Grace & Truth Magazine, Redeem Our Children Foundation, and known for her Radio Show The Jewess Believer. She and her family are part of a Judeo-Christian fellowship of fire churches called, Worship At the ROC- also known as W.A.R., where she is Rabba and Pastor. Creating and starting this magazine has been a life long dream for Jessica. She works hours to labor and build this childhood dream everyday!
Jessica grew up in a Jewish family, who came to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Jessica’s Bubbie (who was thrown from the train to Auschwitz) along with her parents who raised her in an old school Jewish manner. With over 20 years ministry experience, Hebrew and Greek Studies, with over 12 years of college studies, a 3 time cancer survivor and writer. Jessica shares her journey of being kidnapped, sold at auction and supernatural rescued by God! She is an activist to stop human trafficking!
Ezekiel 36:26 - Isaiah 53 - John 3:16
Jessica lives on the Chesapeake Shores of Maryland with her big Jewish family.
Jocelyn LaFavers
Jessica Stern Foster
Jessica Stern Foster
Jocelyn is the Magazine’s Senior Editor. She is a writer, blogger, and ministry leader. She has spent many years writing, her work spanning from articles and short stories to a fiction novella and several stage plays. Jocelyn grew up as a Ministry kid. She is in ministry at her local church as the director of the drama department, where she writes all original material for their productions. Her passions and hobbies include reading, writing fiction, sewing her own wardrobe, watching documentaries, cooking, and DIY projects around her 1960s ranch home where she lives with her husband, Ryan, and their big family as a homeschool parent! Her favorite time of day is any time stolen away with
Jesus and a cup of coffee!
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Melissa Sundblom
Jessica Stern Foster
Pastors Jim & Melanie Carey
Melissa is the Associate Editor for the Magazine. With a passion for helping people, Melissa Sundblom enjoys living a life in service to others. Spending several years as a Counselor for women and inner-city youth, only fueled her desire to help people improve their lives. She also worked with local organizations that worked with women in human trafficking and those that were wanting to leave the life of trafficking. Seeing the significant impact of including biblical teaching in her counseling pushed her to see trauma and the effects of trauma in a different light. The impact of that work continues to guide Melissa in her current role as developing curriculum and a program designed to provide safe-haven, rehabilitation, and restoration for survivors of human trafficking. She understands the importance of being led by the Holy Spirit and her walk with the Lord touches every area in her life. Melissa understands the challenges of being a woman and a mother, having 4 children of her own who she homeschools, and having been married now for 11 years. Family is her primary focus, but she always makes time to find new ways to help those around her. She enjoys digging deep into the Bible, looking at the Hebrew, Greek and contextual meaning of scripture. Then applying it in counseling and everyday life. She desires every person to be set free, know who's they are, who they are in Christ, and walking in the destiny the Lord put in them.
Pastors Jim & Melanie Carey
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Allen B. West
Pastors Jim & Melanie Carey
Pastors Jim and Melanie Carey are the lead Messianic Pastors of Worship the ROC and the Delmarva Messianic Congregation.
Pastor Jim worked for the State Dept. for many years in Technologies and Education. He is not just a Pastor, he is a professor and has taught at many colleges and seminaries throughout his career. He has pastored and mentored pastors & leaders for over 40 years! Pastor Jim loves people and is a true Rabbi in that he loves to teach people about the love of Yeshua Jesus.
Pastor Melanie has worked in ministry for over 40 years, touring the world in missions, music, and evangelizing. She has lived in many places, but some of her vivid and glorious stories are from when she lived in the heart of Old Jerusalem in Israel. She has a love for people praying and music.
While Pastors Jim and Melanie have many degrees, certificates and titles, they are best known as Peapa & Yaya!
Marta Greenman
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Allen B. West
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Allen B. West
Marta is the co-hosts Under God With Maureen Maldonado. She founded Words of Grace & Truth and GraceAndTruthRadio.World which are partner ministries with our magazine. With a mission is to teach God’s Word to the nations and teach others to do the same, she is a teacher of teachers and speaks globally. She has been a on a multitude of radio and television programs and is the author of three Bible studies, Bound to Be Free, Leaders, Nations, and God, and ACTs420NOW.
You can hear Marta's radio show: Under God on GraceAndTruthRadio.World every Monday at 3:30 PM CST & 4:30 PM EST!
Marta lives in the Dallas, Texas area with her husband, Marshall, of over 25 years.
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Allen B. West
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Allen B. West
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Allen B. West
Lt. Col. West is a Christian constitutional conservative, combat veteran, and former Member of the US Congress. His life has been defined as one of service, sacrifice, and commitment to this Republic, the United States of America. He believes it will be conservative, free-market policies, not politics that secures a sound economic future for Americans – with growth, opportunity and returning the promise of the American dream for this generation and those to come.He is the third of four generations of military servicemen in his family. with a decorated 22- year career in the United States Army.Allen is a Contributor for many news & media outlets, author, Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, commissioned officer in the Texas State Guard., and a patriot.He is the former Executive Director of the National Center for Policy Analysis in Dallas Texas, and a former Director of the Booker T. Washington Initiative (BTWI) for the Texas Public Policy Foundation.He is married to Dr. Angela Graham-West, they have two daughters, and live in Texas.www.allenwesttx.com
Dr. Carol Swain
Dr. Candice Smithyman
Dr. Roberts Liardon
Dr. Carol Swain is the host of the podcast
“Be the People” (GTRW) and
“Two Minutes to Think About it with Dr. Carol Swain (Bott Radio). She is also an author and editor of nine books, which have won three national awards and a Pulitzer Prize. Dr. Swain is a former university professor of political science and law at Princeton and Vanderbilt Universities, and a nationally known political commentator who has appeared on Fox News, ABC Headline News, CNN, BBC Radio and NPR, among other outlets. Her opinion pieces have been published in the likes of The New York Times, USA Today, CNN Online,
the Epoch Times, the Washington Post,
and the Wall Street Journal. For more about her, visit her website at: www.CarolMSwain.com
Dr. Roberts Liardon
Dr. Candice Smithyman
Dr. Roberts Liardon
Dr. Roberts Liardon is an author of 86 books, public speaker, spiritual leader, church historian, and humanitarian. He has established many churches and accredited Bible schools. He is currently building Embassy International Church in Orlando, Florida, an apostolic center to serve his community and the nations. Dr. Liardon has ministered in over 127 nations and loves to pray, teach the Word of God, and prophesy to bless God’s people. He speaks to a current generation of believers who want to draw closer to the heart and mind of God and impact their communities and the nations through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Our IG community knows Pastor Roberts as the God’s Generals guy! For more about him, visit his website at: www.RobertsLiardon.org.
Dr. Candice Smithyman
Dr. Candice Smithyman
Priscilla Liardon-Guthrie
Dr. Candice Smithyman is an international prophetic revivalist & healing minister who is Founding Pastor (retired) of Freedom Destiny Church with husband, Adam, and Vice President of Dream Mentors International. She is also Host of the Glory Road Television broadcast shown on a variety of networks and also Hosts Your Path to Destiny on ISN- It’s Supernatural Network. She has appeared on Sid Roth’s Its Supernatural among other shows, and is the author of “Releasing Heaven: Creating a Supernatural Environment through Heavenly Encounters” and “Angels of Fire: The Ministry of Angels in the End Time Revival” among other books and publications. For a full bio you may visit: www.candicesmithyman.com
Priscilla Liardon-Guthrie
Priscilla Liardon-Guthrie
Priscilla Liardon-Guthrie
Priscilla Liardon-Guthrie, having been born into a family of ministers, encountered God at a young age. Her family's legacy has provided her with a great heritage that has laid a strong foundation in her life. Throughout her young years she was actively involved in church and worked alongside her brother, Roberts Liardon, as God began to use him mightily at a young age.
Priscilla is a graduate of Victory Bible Institute in Tulsa, OK, and Word of Life Bible College in Uppsala, Sweden. She is ordained with Embassy Global Network since 1993. Priscilla has travelled to 32 countries and is the founder of Priscilla Liardon Ministries. She has served in a variety of ministry positions such as, Children's Ministry Director, Youth Pastor, Bible School Instructor, and Assistant Pastor. Priscilla is an excellent and popular motivational public speaker and has a gift to encourage other people. She is honored to be used by God in any way He chooses.
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Rev. Gwen Dreger
Priscilla Liardon-Guthrie
Rev. Gwen Dreger
Reverend Gwen Dreger is the founder and senior leader of Celebration Life Ministries. She is also the BC Southwest Regional Secretary for Independent Assemblies of God, Canada. She is the author of several studies and books including “There’s Always Time to Hear God” and “Hard is Not Forever.”
Having Christian parents and a background from the Salvation Army provide her a broad spectrum of ministry experience. She has planted churches and travelled abroad preaching and teaching the word in strength, in power, and with signs and wonders following.
Her greatest desire is to see leaders from all nations come together in strength; to partner with and equip them to fulfill the dreams God has placed in their heart. Further, that they would increase in the understanding of the principles of the Word of God and that those principles would be firmly rooted into every aspect of their walk.
Pastor Gwen and her husband Barry live in Surrey, BC, Canada and are the proud parents of 3 daughters and 6 grandchildren and spiritual parents to many more.
We encourage you to visit the church’s website, www.celebrationlife.ca - where you can view messages online and the Celebration Life Facebook page for up-to-date messages and links to resources.
Pastor Randal Reeder
Pastor Randal Reeder
Pastor Randal Reeder
Randal Reeder a Texas native, ROC Board Member, Actor, Producer, Writer, Husband, father and grandfather. He began his career in Pro wrestling on the WWE and the acclaimed TV Show, Walker Texas Ranger.
Well known for his role in Marvel Comic Movies and many others, Randal took a detour into Christian Film and Media when he founded Red State Entertainment. He has since produced, written, acted, and released Son’s of Thunder on PureFlix and is currently working on a new series called Saved Savage!
As a Believer in Jesus Christ, Randal is working to produce quality Christian entertainment and media while reaching people for Christ and Building God’s Kingdom! Randal lives in Texas (and part-time in Hollywood) with his wife and family.
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Courtney Means
Pastor Randal Reeder
Pastor Randal Reeder
Courtney Means, originally from California was born in the Jesus Movement and adopted by amazing Christian parents. She and her husband Kyl do ministry in their home church in Kansas City, iHOP. She
the mother of three children. Courtney and Kyl raise their children in a Christian, holistic and healthy home where they homeschool using the Charlotte Mason/Unschooling blend. She is the host of the Live Lovely podcast. Her passion is to help others walk in their true identities as beloved by God. For fun, Courtney loves to explore nature with her family, ready, enjoy a good cup of coffee with friends and enjoy music! Courtney lives with her family in Kansas City.
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Christine Brejcha
Pastor Randal Reeder
Christine Brejcha
Christine Brejcha is the TV Host of Christine's Cornerstone, on The Life Network For Women, founded by Pastor Paula White-Caine. Download the Life Network For Women App on your favorite Streaming platforms to watch.
Christine’s series touches on the many facets of healing through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She applies what the scriptures have to say in a unconventional way in which people can understand the scriptures, and how they apply to the controversial issues of today.
Christine is also an on-air voice and Contributor at Christian Mix 106 Radio and a TV Host at CTF-TV Christian broadcasting.
Brejcha founded Christine’s Cornerstone Ministry in 2017, and after a near death experience. This is when she saw and spoke to Jesus Christ. This life altering experience, led her to give up her sixteen year career in sales, finance, and real estate, to pursue full time ministry.
Christine is a Prophetic voice in a world crying out for the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Evangelist Brejcha resides in Washington DC with her ministry. Her mission is to preach the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to see that justice is served in the areas of the most need in America. for more on Christine: www.ChristinesCornerstone.org
Heather Speck
Annie Pokrywka
Christine Brejcha
Heather is the head of the Home & Hearth section for our Magazine! She is the resident photographer and artist of making all thing appealing to the eye in our photos!
Heather is a scholar and advocate for healthy families and people. She teaches homeopathic home health understanding from a parents perspective. As a retired military wife, Heather has traveled with her husband and family. She makes her home in Kentucky, where she worships at the
Acorn House of Prayer and lives with her husband and 3 boys!
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Joel Beach
Annie Pokrywka
Annie Pokrywka
Joel Beach is first and foremost a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. His lifelong passion is to encourage the weak and seek to save the lost with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He has been a Professional Automotive Master Technician for 20 years. He is also a father of three sons, an accomplished writer of biblical devotions, Christian poetry, and Gospel messages. His gifting is in speaking a literary message through the Holy Spirit, from a firm and steadfast foundation of the Holy scriptures. His work can be viewed on his blog site The Soul Sower. Joel’s work has been an inspirational and uplifting part of the lives of many. He is a great asset to the body of Christ’s church, and to all who receive his message. For more, please visit www.thesoulsower.com
Annie Pokrywka
Annie Pokrywka
Annie Pokrywka
Annie Pokrywka studied kinesiology at the University of Maryland. She has taught Pilates with dance with a healthy lifestyle balance as a Believer in Yeshua Jesus. Annie currently cultivates her skills and knowledge on her farmette with her husband Justin, real estate agent and local Praise & Worship leader with 2 of their children.
When Annie is not being an amateur milkmaid, gardener, and bread maker, she is homeschooling her 3 children. After her oldest daughter finished Kindergarten (now age 13), Annie felt the call to begin homeschooling. Annie is active in her area homeschool co-op, where she leads a small group of teenagers in the adventures of high school homeschooling!
Annie and Justin make their home on the Chesapeake Shores of Maryland nestled on the Eastern Shore in God’s country, surrounded by 3 kids, cows, goats, chickens, cats and a dog! You will hear the sounds of homemade praise and worship band, Tetelestai, as you venture down the dirt lane to their little farmette and will often hear them locally on the Shore!
April Perkins
April Perkins
April Perkins
Writer, Wife, Mum and woman of God,
April is working everyday to help combat Human Trafficking. She is part of the
ROC Media team, helping to educate the masses and hunt down pedophiles and Traffickers on social media!
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Gary & Fay Arbaugh
Gary & Fay Arbaugh
Gary & Fay Arbaugh
Gary & Fay Arbaugh are the founders and creators of Torah Town. Torah Town is a ministry of volunteers dedicated seeking out and living out the Whole Word of God. Our purpose is to share all that we learn, not only to our youth, but also to their parents and caregivers. We began in April 2017, as an animated Torah adventure series with each episode based on a daily Parsha reading, aimed at the pre-school to 4th grade demographic.
Our initial aim was to provide a Scripturally Based alternative to mainstream, secular programs. However, after about 4 months, we discovered that there is a great need for all forms of Torah Based entertainment, activities and learning material for children and their parents.
Now our goals have grown to creating wholesome videos and animations for our youth, designing scripture centered games and activities, as well as developing a God-Centered, Torah Based Curriculum for Homeschooling that is both entertaining and motivational for the student and parent alike. And it is our hope to be able to provide all of these materials Free of Charge. For more about Torah Town, visit: www.TorahTown.xyz
Ryan LaFavers
Gary & Fay Arbaugh
Gary & Fay Arbaugh
Ryan is a ROC Board Member and a vital part of our Magazine Editing Team. He is the sound & audio director for Worship at the ROC as well as Producer and Production Engineer for GTRW. He produces The Jewess Believer Radio Show and Worship at the ROC. Overseeing the Visual, Sound, and Audio for ROC and Grace & Truth Magazine. Ryan is a vital part of what you see and hear!
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Maureen Maldonado
Maureen Maldonado
Maureen Maldonado
Maureen Maldonado cohosts the show Under God with Marta Greenman. Together they discuss how to be men and women of God by sharpening each other’s blades and encourage one another to live biblically in today’s world. Proverbs 27:17 teaches, “Iron sharpens iron so one friend sharpens another.” God’s Word will refine our lives and together we can be influencers in our families, communities, and nation. Maureen lives in the Dallas, Texas area with her husband, Ray.
Terri Gillespie
Maureen Maldonado
Maureen Maldonado
Award-winning author and speaker, blogger, and reviewer, Terri Gillespie writes stories of faith and redemption to nurture women’s souls. Her novels, devotionals, and blogs have drawn readers to hunger for a deeper, passionate relationship with their Heavenly Father.
Her first book was Making Eye Contact with God—A Weekly Devotional for Women (2008). Terri then published the first two books in The Hair Mavens series: She Does Good Hair (a 2013 LYRA Winner in Women’s Fiction) and CUT IT OUT! Book 3, Really Bad Hair Day is scheduled for 2021. A standalone novel, Sweet Rivalry (Winner for Contemporary Fiction, Phoenix Rattler Writing Contest) is scheduled to release September 2021. She resides with her husband and family in Georgia. For more about Terri, visit: www.authorterrigilllespie.com
Kelly Spiro
Lynne Grobbelaar
Lynne Grobbelaar
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Lynne Grobbelaar
Lynne Grobbelaar
Lynne Grobbelaar
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Joel Sinnhuber
Joel Sinnhuber
Joel Sinnhuber
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Don Spiro
Joel Sinnhuber
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