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Ric Garland was saved in children’s church at the tender age of 6. His first experience with a Word of Life Club was in 7th grade. His youth leader began to disciple Ric, keeping him accountable to doing his Quiet Time every day. He graduated from Word of Life Bible Institute in 1977, and from there went on to Tennessee Temple University. It was there that Ric heard Jack Wyrtzen speaking at a chapel, and afterward he went up to meet Jack and the Local Church staff. He approached a man and said, “Hello, I’m Ric Garland. Does Word of Life have any openings?” The man replied, “I’m Mike Calhoun, and let’s talk.” So began a discipleship Joe Jordan came to know Christ as Savior while Jack Wyrtzen spoke at camp on Word of Life Island in 1961. God began to change Joe from a troubled teenager into a young man who desired to reach others with God’s truth. Joe graduated from Tennessee Temple University in 1969 with a degree in Bible and Theology, then furthered his education at Philadelphia College of the Bible and Lynchburg College as well as receiving a Doctor of Divinity Degree from Tennessee Temple. In 1969, Joe became a full-time missionary with Word of Life to Argentina, where he Tom Phillips received Christ in 1966 through a Word of Life Club Ministry located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He dedicated his life to the Lord during a staff campfire service on Word of Life Island during the summer of 1971. In 1974, he joined Word of Life staff as an Area Missionary. He served in Tennessee until 1979, when Word of Life asked him to move to Anaheim, California to serve as a Southern California Area Missionary. He served on the West Coast for 12 years first as Area Missionary and then as West Coast Regional Director. In 1991,
relationship between Mike Calhoun and Ric Garland that resulted in them being best friends. Ric served as the Area Missionary for Western New York for 6 years and then as Area Missionary in Florida for 3 years. He also served as Southeast Regional Director for 9 years and National Coordinator for Local Church Ministries for 5 years. From 1995- 1999 he served as Assistant Director for the Island. He is now Vice President of the Word of Life Bible Institute in New York and has the privilege of speaking for Word of Life throughout the US and foreign countries. founded and directed the ministry. Through God’s blessing, a Bible Institute was formed as well as two camps and Clubs throughout the country. Argentina also serves as the home base, sending out missionaries to Spanish-speaking countries all over Central and South America as well as parts of Europe. Joe returned to the United States to serve five years as Senior Vice President of Ministries, then became the Executive Director of Word of Life Fellowship International, a position he has held since 1999. George Theis asked Tom to move to Hudson, Florida to direct the ministries of Word of Life in Florida. Tom currently serves as Vice President of Florida Ministries. He oversees the Florida Bible Institute Extension Campus, the Word of Life Florida Youth Camp, RV Park and the Conference Center. His life verse is Colossians 2:6,7: “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving’.’
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