Brett Franke

Brett is a transplanted Canadian that started in YWAM through a summer camp almost 20 years ago, SST's Rock! Once the hook was set, he's been on the YWAM line ever since. During his time in YWAM Brett's been to 6 different countries, taken several different training courses from Biblical Studies to Christian Counselling and done everything from digging ditches to building websites.  Presently he is exploring new passions that God has put in his heart like writing, helping meet the needs of orphans and doing something about the atrocities of human trafficking. Brett is married with two wonderful, cute, hilarious children, of whom the source material for his writing flows in abundance.

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Iúile Ruarc

Iúile (pronounced “YOO-ih-leh”) has been on staff with YWAM Tyler since 2001. She currently works in the Communications Department. She is originally from Ireland where she worked for 15 years in health care. During that time, God gave her a heart of compassion for the poor, underprivileged, and downtrodden. She had many opportunities to minister to the unlovely and the unloved in the course of her work—to be “Jesus with skin on” to people.

Since joining YWAM, she has had many more of these opportunities, including several outreaches with MercyWorks, where she has helped bring aid to those affected by natural disasters. Her desire is to serve the poor and needy of the world by loving them as Jesus loves them.

Iúile also has a heart for worship and prayer and has led worship and intercession times with several YWAM Tyler training schools.

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Josh Langer

Originally from Germany, Reverend Josh Langer is an ordained minister through the Ecclesia Ministers Alliance. After attending a school for jazz and popular music in Germany, he became a part of the missions organization Go-Mission e.V. in his birthplace of Augsburg. In 2001 he came to the USA to join Youth With A Mission Tyler, Texas with a huge heart for worship. For the last several years he has served as the worship leader both at YWAM Tyler and at a local church in Lindale, Texas, where he lives with his wife Marsha. Together they lead the School of Worship at YWAM Tyler, and they also lead training school outreaches. Additionally, Josh is involved in 24/7 prayer, YWAM Tyler’s annual youth event Take Action, and several leadership committees.

More then ever he emphasizes what a big deal it is to approach God through worship and prayer led by the Holy Spirit. His leadership has brought many people to God's throne room and changed lives all over the world. He has traveled to over 15 nations and is a speaker for youth conferences, seminars, and training schools. He is not only an accomplished musician, but also a motivator for young and old to pursue intimacy and security in Jesus Christ.

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Katherine Ewing

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Kurt Hurst

Kurt is 32 years old. He and his wife, Logan, serve full-time with Youth With A Mission in Tyler, Texas. Kurt has his BA in Philosophy from Texas Tech and has been involved in ministry for the past eight years. He has served as a youth pastor at a local church in Texas and as a college pastor where he ministered to the students of Texas Tech University. At YWAM, Kurt is involved in several areas of ministry. He works with YWAM's training programs where he helps to disciple young men and women to live authentic, Christ-centered missional lives. He helps give oversight to the 24/7 prayer ministry of YWAM Tyler's Twin Oaks campus, is involved in mentoring young worship leaders, and serves on YWAM Tyler's Worship Leaders Network. He works in YWAM Tyler's Communications Department where he assists in web development and helps give oversight to YWAM Tyler's videocast.

Kurt has a passion to see intimacy with Jesus return to a central place in the Body of Christ. The vehicle he believes God is using to accomplish this is in our generation is 24/7 prayer.

In the place of prayer, we find out who our Saviour is. In the place of prayer, we find out who we are. In the place of prayer, we are transformed into the ministers of the Gospel that God is calling us to be.

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Robert Kilkenny

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