Don and his wife, Les'a, met on (a) kibbutz in Israel. After their return to the United States, they
were married. He completed his degree
and served as an assistant pastor. For
the next sis years, they again lived in Israel, during which time Don did
graduate studies. They helped High
Adventure ministries establish a Christian radio station in southern Lebanon. Working with the International Christian
Embassy in its early years, Don was director of ICEJ's Feast of Tabernacles
Celebration (an international congress which brought to Jerusalem 5000
Christians from 50 different countries).
Since returning to the U.S., Don has continued his graduate studies at
Fuller Seminary. He formed a political
action committee which was actively involved in the campaign of a conservative
gubernatorial candidate. Les'a and he
have written a Passover haggadah. The
Lord's Passover (which closely resembles the one Jesus observed). They also are the authors of a financial course,
Debt & Money Management…from curse to blessing. He is the executive editor and publisher of
If My People…pray and act magazine.
Throughout their 32-year marriage, Les'a and her husband
have worked together on many and varied projects. The constant themes in all their activities
have been Israel and America. In
addition to assisting Don with the manuscripts of The Lord's Passover on Debt
& Money Management…from curse and blessing, wrote a popular brochure which
was used industry-wide for several years.
Currently she is and assistant manager of a Tucson retail store. Their son, who lived in Israel the first two
years of his life, is serving in Iraq with the US Army. The Coles request prayers for Natan's
safety. After graduation from ORU, their
daughter, Yonah, who was born in Israel, spent the summer in Jerusalem as a
volunteer. Les'a is the administrative
editor of If My People…pray and act magazine
Statement of Faith:
Congregation Faithful Stewardship (CFS) believes there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omni-present. CFS believes the Bible alone as contained in both the Old and New Testaments, is the Word of God, the ultimate, and infallible authority for faith and practice.
CFS believes in the deity of our Lord, Jesus Christ, and His virgin birth, and His sinless life, and His miracles, and His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, and His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right had of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
CFS believes that salvation of lost and sinful men is obtained by repentance and regeneration by the Holy Spirit and is followed by water baptism.
CFSs believes that salvation is by grace through faith alone, but faith without works is dead.
CFS believes in the resurrection of oth the saved and the lost; they that are saved to the resurrection of life and they that are lost to the resurrectio of damnation.
We know that we have come to know Him if we obeyHis commands...Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did
.
I Jn 2:3,6
My family moved to Tucson in 1953, so I grew up here. Bonnie was born
in
Seoul,Korea, and was adopted and brought to the United States in 1956.
She was raised in Minnesota, but we both attended denominational churches
that supported Southwestern College in Phoenix, and that's where we met. She
was the first person who was brave enough to speak to me as we stood in line
to register for classes that hot August day in 1970. We were married one
year later, and have since raised four children. Thanksgiving of 1993
brought us to a new place of understanding the deep things of God, and we
have not looked back as He has taught us more about living in an
intimate relationship with Him.