Prayer Team Leaders and Locations

National Prayer Initiative Teams

Marie Schultz at dinner with the Larsons

At a recent Bethel event, Marie Schultz, co-chair of the National Prayer Initiative, connected with Rod and Gwen Larson, co-chairs of the Presidential Prayer Council. Many prayer groups come together to pray for Bethel.

Prayer team leaders and members are individuals with various Bethel connections: family related to current and former students, alumni, and friends. Our prayer team leaders range from young hockey moms to grandparents of current students. Here is a sampling:

Eleven are retired pastors, many of whom continue to be involved in ministry, and one is a seminary student.
Two members are former deans of Bethel Seminary, and one is a former university trustee.
A grandson of the late Bethel President Henry Wingblade numbers among the leaders, as do several former Bethel employees.
One team is led by a former Bethel basketball star, another by a KTIS broadcaster.
Another team leader works with the Evelyn Christenson prayer ministry
Many participants are recent alums, and others are educators and Minnesota “snowbirds” who may reside in warmer climates but their hearts remain at Bethel.
Several groups were already part of a small prayer group in their church and simply added Prayer Points.
One team leader enlists his Sunday school class to pray for Bethel once a month.

All members are busy, but have made a commitment to take time to meet and pray for Bethel.

Learn more about the activities of the Prayer Teams.
Visit the News section to read reports about various team leaders.

Prayer Team Leaders	Prayer Team Location
Bruce and Alice Anderson	Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Cliff and Alice Anderson	San Diego, Calif.
Mark and Sue Anderson	Fairmont, Minn.
Will Banister	St. Paul, Minn.
Russ & Bev Baustain	Cook, Minn. and Lakeland, Fla.
Doug and Marcia Berg	Homer Glen, Ill.
Rick and Diane Berggren	Shoreview, Minn.
Dale and Sherri Berry	Cambridge, Minn.
Don and Amy Brushaber	Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
Carol Carlson	Spring Lake Park, Minn.
Joel Carlson	Vadnais Heights, Minn.
Mark and Nancy Carlson	Rockford, Ill.
David and Helen Clark	Shoreline, Wash.
Delmar Dahl and Winifred Jackson	Sister Bay, Wis.
Frank and Ginny Doten	St. Paul, Minn.
Don and Nadine Dye	Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Bruce and Carol Erickson	Prospect Heights, Ill.
Bernie Farabaugh	Erie, Pa.
Bob and Marge Franzen	Bradenton, Fla.
Jim and Sharon Goding	Schaumburg, Ill.
John Goodman	Minnetonka, Minn.
Wanda Hagstrom	Roseville, Minn.
Gordon and Alta Johnson	New Brighton, Minn.
Jeff and Susie Kraakevik	Beaverton, Ore.
Earl and Joan Lassen	Cambridge, Minn.
Faith Lindahl	Shoreview, Minn.
Barb Martin	Vadnais Heights, Minn.
Roger and Julie Moberg	St. Paul, Minn.
Don and Trudy Moore	White Bear Lake, Minn.
Mary Nesvig	Woodbury, Minn.
Len and Betty Olson	Bradenton, Fla.
Lisa Paulson	Sioux Falls, So. Dak.
Larry and Lynne Petersen	Shoreview, Minn.
Bud and Sue Peterson	Centennial, Colo.
Brian and Lisa Provost	Savage, Minn.
Dale Saxon	Huntington Beach, Calif.
Ron and Linda Skon	Mesa, Ariz.
Alice Jane Starr	Cambridge, Minn.
Stewart and Zelma Urban	Andover, Minn.

Bethel University prayer group leaders: Pam Jervis, Jean Miller, Bernie Missal, and Sue Yonker.