Discipleship Training has become an invaluable tool for our method of launching believers into active and meaningful ministry. I recommend it highly and without reservation. Pastor Jody McGuire - Salem Church of God, Clayton, OH
STAFF
Dr. Charles Lake
Executive Director of Growth Ministries
A discipling pastor and author, Charles presently serves as Executive Director of Growth Ministries and Consultant for Discipleship for the Salvation Army Southern Territory. In 1977 he became the founding pastor of Community Church of Greenwood (CCG), Indiana. During the 29 years he served as senior pastor, the church planted ten daughter congregations. They, in turn, helping to create a network of 32 churches, planted 10 congregations in Indiana, and twelve in the country of Brazil, SA. CCG's annual mission budget exceeded half a million dollars, and the network of churches' combined giving was more than $1.2 million. Charles speaks annually overseas at pastor's conferences, missionary retreats, and church dedications. During his pastorate, Charles authored Discipleship Training: An Experience in Training and Accountability (DT) which consists of 10 nine-week levels of small group discipleship training. Translated in nine languages, the DT program is used by churches all over the world, and the Salvation Army adopted it as their tool for making disciples. Charles earned an AB from Asbury College; an M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary; an MA from Butler University; and a D.Min. from Asbury Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Vicki, have two married daughters and two grandsons.
Mrs. Vicki Lake
Former Director of Ladies Ministries and Present Editor of Growth Ministries
A creative communicator, Vicki has taught students from middle school to graduate school, women in community-wide and downtown Bible studies, and missionaries in communication workshops. She wrote two ladies Bible study books for Scripture Press/Victor Books, a book on biblical absolutes for Zondervan, and a 100th year anniversary book for OMS International while serving as their editor. She also wrote numerous vignettes and full-length dramas while directing the Potpourri Players for her church. Vicki's real passion of ministering to women led her to direct the ladies' ministries for the church her husband pastored, overseeing the Bible studies, Godly Girlfriend Groups, and special events. The ministry grew to attract more than a 1000 women to some of the events. She is frequently invited to speak at ladies' events. Vicki earned a bachelor's degree in English/Education from Anderson University and a master's degree in Journalism from Ball State University. She and her husband, Charles, have two married daughters and two grandsons.
Mrs. Kim Gale
Ministry Accountant and Distributor
Kim Gale has a discipler's heart. Although she has discipled on various levels, she most recently taught DT Level One as part of her church's adult education program.
Having earned a BA degree from Asbury University, Kim has been a full-time or part-time accountant for the past twelve years, mostly for Capin & Crouse Accounting Firm. She currently is Growth Ministries' accountant and distributor of discipleship materials to churches and groups throughout the United States.
Kim not only disciples new believers and serves on the Ladies Ministry Plan Group at her church in Greenwood, Indiana, she also is a room mother for her son's elementary classroom. An avid marathon runner, Kim was recently named as the Executive Director of the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon.
She is wife to Chris, an engineer and vice-president for a large Indianapolis engineering firm, and mother to Kyle and Cole.
