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OUR VISION & BOARD |
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MISSION
OF INTERCESSORS FOR AMERICA:
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the vision of America's Christian founders . . .
- Jonathan Edwards, 1742 |
PRINCIPLES INTERCESSORS FOR AMERICA is a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt, non-profit Christian ministry founded in 1973 which serves the Church of Jesus Christ by encouraging effective prayer and fasting for the Church, our nation, and their leaders. To that end we:
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Officers |
 John
Beckett has served as
chairman of the Board of Directors since 1988 and as president of
Intercessors for America from 1976 to 1988. He is an original board
member. He is also the chairman of R.W. Beckett Corp, a worldwide leader
in the manufacturing and sales of engineered components for residential
and commercial heating. A 1960 graduate from M.I.T., he joined his
father in the small family-owned business in 1963 and became president
in 1965 after his father’s death. The company, with its affiliates,
currently has sales exceeding $100 million and more than 700 employees.
Mr. Beckett also is a founding board member of The King’s College in New
York City, serves on the Board of Campus Crusade for Christ,
International, and is a director of Graphic Packaging Corporation, a
NYSE-listed manufacturing company. He has long been active in church
and community-related activities and an advocate for integrating faith
into the workplace. He has written two books about the subject,
Loving Monday: Succeeding in Business Without Selling Your Soul
(published in 1998 and currently available in 14 languages) and
Mastering Monday: A Guide to Integrating Faith
and Work (published in 2006). He
has been named "Christian Businessman of the Year” by Christian
Broadcasting Network (1999) and manufacturing “Entrepreneur of the Year”
by Ernst & Young (2003). Mr. Beckett has also received an Honorary
Doctor of Laws degree from Spring Arbor University (2002) and The King’s
College (2008). He and his wife, Wendy, reside in Elyria, OH and have
six children and fifteen grandchildren. Visit
www.beckettcorp.com. |
 Dave
Kubal has been in ministry for over 25 years. For The vast majority
of that he served Christ through The Fellowship of Christian Athletes
where he last held the position of Vice President of Training and
Leadership Development. David now is the President of Intercessors for
America as they mobilize a multi-generational army of intercessors.
David earned his Masters of Divinity at Asbury Seminary and is ordained
in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He is married to his high
school sweet heart and they have three children. |
 Cort
Randell
serves as secretary for the Board of Directors. Mr. Randell is an
experienced entrepreneur. He has founded a number of successful
businesses, including the National Student Marketing Corporation and the
Federal News Service in 1985 which grew to the fourth largest newswire
in the U.S. He and his wife, Joan, reside in Fairfax,
Virginia.
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 Jeffrey
Coors serves as treasurer for
the Board of Directors, Intercessors for America. A graduate from
Cornell University with a B.S. (1967) and M.A. (1968) in Chemical
Engineering, Mr. Coors is chairman of Fiskeby Holdings US LLC, which
operates a paper mill in Norrköping, Sweden. He retired as executive
vice chairman of Graphic Packaging Corporation (NYSE: GPK) at the end of
2007 after serving as executive chairman from August 2003 until July
2006. Mr. Coors was chairman, president and CEO of Graphic Packaging
International from 1997 to 2003. He was also CEO of its predecessor
company, ACX Technologies, from its inception in 1992. Prior to ACX,
Mr. Coors enjoyed a 25 year career with Adolph Coors Company which
encompassed a broad range of management responsibilities, including
board member (1975-1992), president (1983-1988) and chairman and CEO of
Coors Technology Companies (1986-1992). Throughout his career, Mr.
Coors has taken an active role in civic, educational and business
organizations and also serves on the boards of Free Congress Foundation,
Mercy Ships, John Hopkins Medicine Board of Advisors, Hillsdale College,
Independence Institute, and the Adolph Coors and Castle Rock
Foundations. He is past chairman of the Colorado Association of
Commerce and Industry. He and his wife, Lis, reside in Golden, CO and
have six children and eight grandchildren. Visit
www.graphicpkg.com
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Board Members |
Gary Bergel
is serving as president emeritus / senior editor of
Intercessors for America. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin,
Madison, with a B.S. (1966 Biology / Secondary Education) and a M.A.
(1969 Fine Art / Mixed Media), he has worked with IFA in various
capacities since its founding in 1973. In 1985, Rev. Bergel was
named executive director as the IFA national offices were moved to the
Washington, DC area. He served as CEO from 1985 until David Kubal's
appointment in 2009. He stands as a spiritual “watchman” and senior
editor in the ministry, writes for the monthly First Friday Prayer
Letter, and speaks at conferences and seminars. He authored and designed
the full-color dual booklet, When You Were Formed in Secret /
Abortion in America, first published by IFA in 1980 with over 3
million copies distributed. The booklet, which contains remarks by
former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop, Dr. James Dobson and
prominent African American leaders, Dr. Mildred Jefferson and Kay Cole
James, has been released in Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, German, Canadian,
Australian and Arabic versions and is being readied for publication in
the Middle East. Mr. Bergel serves on the executive level of America’s
National Prayer Committee and as a U.S. member of the International
Prayer Council. He has chaired the Prayer Committee of Prison
Fellowship’s Operation Starting Line and is a member of the National
Network of Youth Ministries, the National Committee of Mission America,
the 2008 Advisory Council for TheCall, DC, and the Editorial Advisory
Board for Pray! Magazine. Mr. Bergel also partners with Native
American church leaders and evangelists, church planters, pastors and
community development leaders in Israel, the Middle East, Haiti, and
West Africa. He and his wife, Susan, have resided in northern Virginia
since 1981, and have ten children, including two adopted daughters, and
elevin grandchildren. |
 Warren
Black is
presently involved in an outreach ministry of evangelism and healing in
speaking and writing. Mr. Black previously served as the Regional Field
Director with the Christian Broadcasting Network (700 Club) phone
counseling centers for the western United States and Hawaii. He resides
with his wife, Shirley, in Kansas City, MO.
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 Sally
Fesperman and her husband, Jay, founded a
full-time ministry in 1970, the Inn of Last Resort/Christian Training
Center International (CTCI). They operated it together until Jay’s death
in 1992. Sally has remained actively involved in the ministry and serves
with Larry and Susan Pons in overseeing CTCI’s programs and outreach. She
also serves on the Board of Directors of Derek Prince Ministries
International and Intercessors for America.
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John Talcott, Jr.
recently celebrated his 100th birthday. He served as founding president
for Intercessors for America. Mr. Talcott is a board member of Ocean
Spray Cranberry and the founder of the Plymouth Rock Foundation, an
organization instrumental in preserving, propagating and understanding
the significance of the Pilgrim story and its legacy throughout
America’s rich Christian heritage. In l970-71, he also served as the
chairman of the Anniversary Committee for the town of Plymouth when it
celebrated the 350th anniversary since the landing of the Pilgrims. Mr.
Talcott has residences in Plymouth, MA and Boca Raton, FL. Visit
www.plymrock.org |
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Founding Board Members – Deceased |
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Our Statement of Faith |
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The Apostles’ Creed* |
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell; the third day He rose again
from the dead; He ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic** Church;
the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. AMEN.
* The Apostles’ Creed is the
most widely used creed in Christian churches.
It was compiled between the second and ninth centuries from ancient question
and answer confessions of faith which the early Church used with baptismal
candidates.
** "catholic" refers to all
authentic believers and followers of Christ, the Church universal,
not only the Roman Catholic Church.
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"I have often said it would be a thing very desirable, and very likely to be
followed with a great blessing, if there could be some contrivance, that
there should be an agreement of all God's people in America... to keep a Day
of Fasting and Prayer to God; wherein, we should all unite on the same
day... It seems to me, it would mightily encourage and animate God's saints,
in humbly and earnestly seeking God, for such blessings which concerns them
all; and that it would be much for the rejoicing of all, to think, that at
the same time such multitudes of God's dear children, far and near, were
sending up their cries to the same common Father for the same motives."
