Directory
Directors
Pastors Mario Deramond & Elizabeth Labrin
We are a Pastoral Marriage from the country of Chile in South America, with an 11yearsold son named Alonso. We are currently the Pastors of Garden Valley Church Español in the city of Roseburg, Oregon. Elizabeth has her Theological studies at the Iberoamerican Bible Institute in Santiago of Chile in partnership with Hope International University located in California and is about to finish her studies as a licensed counselor at Revelation University in Miami, Florida in the middle of this year 2023. She has served God in her country, on mission trips to Ecuador and Peru, as well as at the plantation of the Hispanic Church in the city of Chandler, state of Arizona. Mario, for his part, has his studies from the Biblical Institute of the Assemblies of God in Curico, Chile and also has the complete plan of Intensive Seminars for Ministerial Improvement in Latin America ISUM for pastors in said Organization. He has served God in his country, as well as a missionary in India and Puerto Rico through sports. Together as a family they share a missionary heart and have left everything to serve the Lord in the Nations.
Vice-Director.
Pastor Craig Rodenmayer.
Craig and Debi Rodenmayer live in Grants Pass, Oregon, but they were both born and raised in Ashland, Oregon. In September of 2020, after living many years in Dallas, Texas, they moved back to Southern Oregon to begin a new church ministry. Craig is a licensed pastor with Grace International and holds a B.A. from Criswell College in Dallas. His focus is on church planting and revitalization. Debi is a global sustainability manager for a large national retailer. After starting a home church in Grant Pass, they have consolidated their Kingdom efforts into a local, national, and international ministry called Lifegate NW Ministries. Their calling is for growing people into genuine Christian disciples who are abiding with Christ individually, who are gathering together regularly, and reaching outward purposefully as God’s church with the message of living hope in Jesus.
Oregon District Superintendent.
Pastor John Zumwalt
John and Kami Zumwalt are revivalists at heart, and the Senior Pastors at The Father’s House located in the city of Sutherlin, Oregon. John holds a Master’s degree from Corban University, is a teacher and preacher of the word, often flows in a gift of healing, and has a passion and call to the Pacific Northwest. He also serves on the board for Grace International for the state of Oregon, and on the board for the regional BeOne Umpqua ministerial association serving over 40 pastors and leaders in Douglas County.
Kami serves as Co-Senior Pastor with John, and is a preacher of the word with a prophetic flair. She heads up the women’s ministry, “Flourish” at the Father’s House, is a freelance writer, and home-school mom.Together they are passionate to empower people into their callings, reach the lost, build community, and help usher in the next great awakening in the body of Christ.When they are not ministering, you’ll find them chasing chickens on their small farm, playing bluegrass or spending time with their three adorable kids, Ruth, Eliza, and Zeb.
Counselor
Pastor Craig Schlesinger.
He has been Lead Pastor of Garden Valley Church in Roseburg for 23 years and Superintendent of Grace Churches in the state of Oregon, with a great ministerial experience, which will be of great help to Grace Hispanic NW for his wisdom acquired by the years of service to the Lord. He has been married to Karen for nearly 50 years and share a daughter in Roseburg and a son in Oceanside, CA, while also being a proud papa of four exceptionally gifted grandchildren. A “born again Jew” with a rich heritage of Judaism and Charismatic Christianity, he brings a unique perspective as a Bible teacher and a strong prophetic voice in his community and state.
Financing strategies
Shane Stone.
He has been a Businessman for over 13 years based in Douglas County, Oregon. He is married to Christi, with whom they form a beautiful family of 10 children and 8 grandchildren. He is currently a leader at Garden Valley Church in the Worship ministry and is in charge of mens, areas of work in the Church that he has developed for more than 22 years. He is a man of God, with enormous faith and determination to obey the voice of God.