BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Charles King

Charles King is a retired Army officer, with over three decades of service at home or abroad. It was through the men he served with that he came to know Christ as his savior. He is currently serving as the chairman of the board of TCWM. He holds a Masters in Strategic Planning from the Army War College, and a Masters in Rhetoric from North Carolina State. Since retiring from active duty, he has been teaching English composition and rhetoric at a variety of schools. He also is active in the management of a family-owned farm just outside of Fayetteville, NC, where he lives with his wife, Jane. Together they have raised three children who are spread out between the Atlantic and the Rockies. He is an elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and is a member of Providence Church in Fayetteville.

Bill Long

Bill is a native of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, where his father, George Long, was pastor of the Lookout Presbyterian Church (PCA). He is a graduate of The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and Tennessee School of Law in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is married to his wife of 48 years, Betsy, whom he met at Wheaton. They have two married children and five grandchildren. Bill accepted Christ as his savior when he was 12 years old, and seriously rededicated his life to Him while at Wheaton. Following college graduation, Bill felt led to become a lawyer, trusting that he would have unique opportunities to witness in that capacity. Bill retired from the practice of law in 2020 after spending 41 years as a Business Litigator in Atlanta with the firm of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP and its predecessor iterations.

Along the way, Bill and Betsy were on church planting teams from Perimeter Church (PCA) and were instrumental in the planting of Intown Community Church (PCA) and Christchurch Presbyterian (PCA) in Atlanta, where Bill served as an Elder. Upon retirement, they moved to Dahlonega, Georgia, and became members of Creekstone Presbyterian (PCA). It was there that Bill met Pastor Pete as well as TCWM Board Member Steve Shuler and began learning about the vital mission of Trinity Center for World Missions. Bill is excited to be involved with the organization and its vision.

Kurt Nelson

Kurt Nelson is a retired Navy Commander with 24 years of service as a Naval Officer. He received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1977 before receiving his commission. After completing nuclear power training, he served on two submarines in engineering and operational positions before transitioning to the Engineering Duty Officer community in 1990. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1992 and then served in various maintenance and operational positions in Hawaii and Virginia before retiring from active duty in 2001. He has served as a leader in three Presbyterian churches. He currently serves as the Business Development Director for Q.E.D. Systems, Inc. in Virginia Beach, VA, where he resides with his wife Joanne and children Brittany, Amy, and Michael.

Nancy Olson

Nancy Peery Olson is a native of Tazewell, Virginia. She was raised in the Presbyterian Church US and became a Christian as a teenager. She is a graduate of King College, Bristol, Tennessee majoring in History/Political Science (class of 1978) and a Masters in Education from Virginia Tech (1985). She taught history and government at Grundy Senior High, Grundy, VA (1978-80) and at Covenant Christian School which is sponsored by Covenant PCA in Cedar Bluff, Virginia (1986- 1993). She served as an Admissions Counselor at King College from 1980-1984. She was Director of Educational Programs at Historic Crab Orchard Museum, in Tazewell, Virginia from 1993 to 2002. She's married to Dr. David R. Olson. They are both members of Christ Covenant Church in Greensboro, NC.

Don Parce

Don Parce has thirty-four years of experience in the computer field after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in Computer Science. He has worked as an engineer, manager, large project manager and entrepreneur, serving on the Board of a computer start-up, which he co-founded. As a church elder and missions' committee chairman, he worked closely with forty missionary families with whom he personally corresponded and eventually met in person. Following retirement, Mr. Parce relocated to Waxhaw, NC where he served as a Project Manager for Wycliffe Bible Translators at the SIL JAARS support center. Part of his job at SIL includes directing installation of power and computer systems to translation centers throughout Africa. Don and his wife, Joan, have been married for fifty years and live in Tucson, Arizona.

Steve Shuler

Steve was raised in Fort Worth, Texas where he became a Christian his junior year in high school. He graduated in 1977 with a BA degree in Finance and Real Estate from Texas Tech University and began his career in the real estate field. Past real estate experience includes ownership of a midsized development, management and brokerage company with over 100 employees focusing on retail, industrial and multifamily housing. He currently runs Shuler Properties focusing on the development and brokerage of retail properties. Steve is a member of Church of the Apostles in Atlanta and is also involved in Creekstone Church in Dahlonega, Georgia. He has served in various capacities within the church such as finance committee, deacon, small group leader, and on the board for some para-church organizations such as Atlanta Youth Academy, Gods Farm and Phi Slam. Steve and his wife, Cheryl, have been married for 33 years, reside in Atlanta, Georgia and have 4 grown children. I became interested in TCWM last year as Pete Anderson educated me on the mission and need in Africa for biblical education to the mass of people who are becoming Christians. The tremendous lack of trained leadership stunned me, and it seemed only logical that the gospel and truth would spread in a more effective manner through locally trained pastors and leaders. The African people are now on my heart to help and TCWM’s mission seems to hit right in the center of their need.

Keith Weber

Keith grew up in a Christian home and professed Christ as his Savior at 8 years of age. While earning his undergraduate degree his faith truly began to mature after being introduced to a United Reformed Church through a good friend. After graduating Keith was commissioned in the Air Force as a Second Lieutenant. Keith served in the Air Force for nine years and was medically retired as a Captain after sustaining a combat injury. Keith subsequently moved to Fayetteville, NC, and made Providence Presbyterian Church his church home where he was introduced to TCWM through Charlie King and Nancy Olson. Keith sought to serve on the board of TCWM to see the Gospel spread to all corners of God's creation while graciously serving those in need.

Bruce Sinclair

Bruce and Pam grew up in North Carolina but met at college in Florida. After graduation, they married and moved to the Washington, DC area where Bruce earned his Th.M. from Capital Bible Seminary. Pam later completed her Master’s degree at Birmingham Theological Seminary.

The Sinclairs have been involved in full-time Christian ministry since 1983. They began their careers as missionaries in Mexico where for four years they worked in church planting, leadership training, and theological education. Later, Bruce served 15 years as a church planter and pastor of PCA churches in North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida.

Since 2005, Bruce and Pam have been ministering in Uganda. Their primary ministry focus involves equipping church planters, pastors, and other Christian workers at Africa Reformation Theological Seminary and African Bible University. They are also deeply involved in local church ministries. Bruce’s church planting students have established more than 100 new churches in Uganda and other African countries.

The Sinclairs have two grown children. Tim, and his wife, Hannah, live in Tucson, Arizona. Celeste is a single middle-school science teacher at an international school in Uganda.

Pastor Milton Lipa

Pastor Milton Lipa was born in the Eastern part of Uganda, currently Budaka District, on 9th October 1962, the same day Uganda got her independence from Britain. He was born again at the age of 17 on 30th November 1979. He resides in Entebbe Municipality. He holds a Bachelors of Arts in Biblical Studies (BATS), Westminster Christian institute, Uganda; A post Graduate Diploma in Higher education and Pedagogy (PGDP), Westminster Christian Institute, Uganda. He is currently working on completing His Masters of Divinity at African Reformation Theological Seminary (ARTS), Uganda. Milton currently serves as Senior Pastor of Entebbe Presbyterian Church, which is part of the Presbyterian Church in Uganda (PCU). He is married to Rosemary and God has given them five children: Patience, Joel, Esther, Rebecca, and Miriam. He works part-time with Shalom Health Church network, an organization with a passion to work with churches that seek a healthy, vibrant transforming effect on the communities. He has a passion for Biblical Counseling and teaching of God's word. He is currently the TCWM Board Ltd, Uganda Chairperson. He is also the chairperson TBI governing council. He is one of the TBI faculty and he lectures part-time with Westminster Christian Institute Uganda (WCIU). He served as PCU General assembly Clerk, 2016 to 2019. Milton also worked at Entebbe International airport, as airports Operations officer for 23 years.

Rich Young

Rich Young, a native of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, is both a former United States Marine and U.S Army Chaplain. He became a Christian in 1971 while serving with the Marines in Iwakuni, Japan. Upon discharge from the Marines, he attended college at Southeastern Bible College where he graduated with a BA in Missions and seminary at the Anderson School of Theology. Graduating from seminary in 1981, Rich entered the Army as a Chaplain and retired from military ministry 25 years later. Since his retirement in 2006 Rich ministered with the International Association of Evangelical Chaplains (IAEC) for about ten years, serving as the Executive Director for the last five and a half.

Meeting Pastor Pete while stationed in Hawaii in the late 1990s, Rich learned about Trinity Center for World Mission (TCWM) during that time. He was able to get more involved with TCWM after his military retirement and relinquishing his duties with IAEC.

Rich and his wife Sandy met in first grade when they were six years old. They married in 1972. They have two adult sons and two grandsons. Rich is ordained by the Presbyterian Church in America.

James Nichols

James grew up in southern middle Tennessee. Having come to faith at a young age, it was not until college that he began to see the Lord’s love for him and understand Scripture. After graduating with a teaching degree, he taught elementary and middle school for 5 years while continuing to serve as a volunteer youth director. Feeling the call to ministry, he and his wife Melissa moved with their first two children, Isaac and Eli, to St. Louis so that James could attend Covenant Theological Seminary. While in seminary, they had their third child, Abram. After graduation, James served for 5 years as an associate pastor in Tampa, FL, then 4 years as an assistant pastor in Muncie, IN before moving to Cumming, GA to be the pastor at GracePointe Church. He has participated in mission trips to Mexico, Appalachia, and the Cherokee nation. James is particularly excited by the method and mission of TCWM of making pastors who plant churches who disciple.

Ashley Gess

Dr. Ashley Gess is an Assistant Professor of STEM and STEAM Education at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Gess holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Integrative STEM Education from Virginia Polytechnic and State University. Prior to working as a professor of Education, Dr. Gess spent 15 years in the K-16 science classroom as a Chemistry Teacher and Biology professor. Influenced by her 20 years of being in the science and science education classroom, Dr. Gess focuses her research primarily toward understanding cognitive and behavioral impacts of the design process on teachers, students, and others in professional practice. Additionally, she is particularly interested in how the Integrative STEM and STEAM educational approaches (anchored in the design process) may be utilized to promote authentic, faith-based education. She regularly publishes, speaks, and consults in regional, national, and international venues on the STEM and STEAM educational approaches and the centrality of the design process in professional practice.

Dr. Gess is married; she and her husband have five adult children (inclusive of one daughter-in-law) and one granddaughter. They have been members of a Presbyterian (PCA) church for 30 years and are currently members at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Evans, Georgia. While in Uganda supporting the training of the TBI faculty and staff, Dr. Gess realized the impact of TBI and TCWM, not only directly on pastors, but also into the extended communities through Christian Schools. Dr. Gess says she is excited to be an ongoing part of TCWM's ministry and extended impact on the ground in Uganda and is honored to participate in furthering the mission and vision of TCWM in a support role in the United States.