Gary Cowles

Fred Hall

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LIVE Weekend Updates

Elwood City, PA, First Church of God, Jan. 29 - 31

Lenoir City, TN, First Church of God, Jan. 29 - 31

Mid-American Christian Univ. Leadership Institute,
Feb. 2 - 4

Western Canada General Meeting, February

Elma, WA, Church of God, Feb. 26 - 28

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Gary Cowles

Executive Director

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After a few years away to pursue God’s call in his life, Gary Cowles has come back to LIVE Ministries as Executive Director. He knows the job well. For 17 years of the ministries’ early years, Gary had partnered with the founders, Dale and Marilyn Warman to help guide it through its developmental stages. Today, as a part time Executive Director, Gary gives more than full time to his vision of growth for this important lay ministry. Not only does he guide LIVE Ministries as it develops more lay opportunities of church renewal and revival, he is directing the ministry through exciting new challenges as we respond to invitations from many international locations. In addition, he is expanding LIVE’s Age of Miracles campaign – a very successful fundraising program offered to churches involved in land purchase, building, remodeling and debt retirement. For 20 years, Gary and his wife, Marion, were active with LIVE Ministries’ host church – First Church of God, Vancouver, Washington. He then sold his graphic design and printing business so that he could devote full time to answering God’s call on his heart. During the next ten years, he was on staff at a large community church in Portland, Oregon. In the summer of 2005, Gary became an ordained pastor in the Church of God and returned to the Vancouver Church. Raised in Idaho, Gary has a Bachelor’s degree in marketing from Boise State University. He and Marion have one son, Rob, daughter-in-law Katie and three grandchildren – Kelsey, Riley and Camille.

"Dedicated to congregational renewal using ordinary laypeople
to share what God is doing in their lives: We call this a LIVE weekend!"

Were you listening when He preached?

And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace
to those who were near; for though Him we both have our
access in one Spirit to the Father. So then, you are no longer strangers
and aliens, but you are fellow citizens
with the saints and are of God's household.

Ephesians 2: 17 - 19 (NASV)