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David Brock  ▪  Horsemanship 2

David Brock, who grew up at Ironwood, accepted God’s gift of salvation in 1980, and in 1992 surrendered to do whatever the Lord wanted him to do. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Bible from Bob Jones University. He then went on to earn a master of divinity from Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Following seminary, he joined the staff at Tri-City Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona, where David works with the college-career group and is the president of International Baptist College.

 

Sam Brock  ▪  Junior High 5

Sam Brock, director of Ironwood, graduated in 1990 from Bob Jones University with a degree in Marketing Management. He then earned his master's degree in English Bible from Maranatha Baptist Bible College. While at Maranatha, Sam served as student activities director. He and his wife Cindy have been serving the Lord at Ironwood since 1991 and are active in their local church. They have four children—Hannah, Sierra, Cheyenne, and Bodie. Sam's interests include computers, woodworking, hunting, dune buggies, magic, and puppets. His life verses are 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind," and Philippians 1:20-21, "According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

   
 

Will Galkin  ▪  Teen 5

Evangelist Will Galkin has traveled in evangelism since 1995. He and his wife Christy traveled with the Steve Pettit Evangelistic Team for six years and have continued on in evangelism with their own family. Over the past eleven years, the Galkins have participated in over 275 evangelistic campaigns. During the summer months, they have ministered at Northland Camp and Conference Center where Will serves as staff evangelist and Christy is involved with various music responsibilities. Will has earned his M.A. and his wife Christy earned her B.A. in violin performance. The Galkins currently base their ministry out of their sending church, Red Rocks Baptist Church in Morrison, Colorado. They have four children.

   

Torrey Jaspers  ▪  Horsemanship 4

Torrey, director of the Ironwood Institute of Ministry and Ministry Bound programs, traveled as evangelist for several years and served at Ironwood the summers of 2006 through 2009 speaking at junior, junior high, and horsemanship camps. He and his family joined the Ironwood Team in August 2009. He also serves as the pastor of Faith Baptist Church of Cherokee Road. 

 

Joe Kopp  ▪  Junior High 3 & 4

Joe grew up in Indianapolis, IN, and at a young age made a commitment to Christ. In 1995 his family moved to Greenville, SC, and as a teenager he got involved with the youth group at Calvary Baptist Church in Simpsonville, SC, under Pastor Tom Craig. As a senior in high school he began to change from being a fun-loving guy with little spiritual leadership to taking life more seriously, and God began working in him. As he started to “delight myself in the Lord,” God began to change the desires of his heart. He graduated from BJU with a degree in Youth Ministries in 2007. During his college years, he worked with the children in Patch the Pirate Club at Calvary Baptist Church and interned at the Oak Ridge Baptist Church in TN. From 2003-2011 he worked with the junior campers at Northland Camp’s Pioneer Village, serving as a projects guy, counselor, team leader, and program staff. At Northland, he got to know Jeremy Frazor and grew to appreciate his love for the Lord and commitment to the ministry. Joe and his wife Kaytlynn travel with the Frazor Evangelistic Team.

   
 

Matt Ledgerwood  ▪  Junior High 1 & 2

Matt grew up in a family of ten in Watertown, WI. He graduated from Maranatha Baptist Bible College and has been heavily involved in youth ministries for nine years—two years at Ironwood, and seven in local churches. He is passionate about helping people to walk with God and think biblically. Matt owns a small home restoration and remodeling business to justify his obsession with tools. He currently lives in Centerville, IN, with his wife, Michelle.

   

Naion Lundy  ▪  Horsemanship 1

Naion Lundy’s first introduction to Ironwood was a counselor while he was a student at Bob Jones University. After serving on our Rivertown Program Team for several years, he became the assistant pastor at Barstow Baptist Temple, where he is now the pastor. Pastor Naion is very gifted musically and is passionate about helping young people grow in their walk with the Lord.

   
 

Jeff Redlin  ▪  Teen 3

Pastor Jeff Redlin received his bachelor’s degree from Pensacola Christian College and then traveled for the college as a representative for two and a half years. For the next 15 years, he served on the pastoral staff at the Campus Church and taught Bible at the high school and college levels. In 2003 he and his wife Julie moved to Front Range Baptist Church in Ft. Collins, Colorado, where he is the senior pastor. His love for people and his enthusiasm to share God’s Word combine to make a powerful message.

   
 

Mike Shrock  ▪  Teen 4

Originally from Seattle, Mike Shrock graduated from Bob Jones University in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in music education and went on to receive a master’s degree in trumpet performance from Boston University. While working on his master’s degree, the Lord called Mike to preach. Upon graduation he accepted a youth and music pastorate at a church near Springfield, Massachusetts, and then at Calvary Baptist Church in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. He later served as singles pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Schaumburg, Illinois. Mike was the BJU representative for the New England states and New York for nine years. He received the master of ministry degree from Northland Baptist Bible College shortly after beginning his work with BJU. Currently Mike is the staff evangelist for Bob Jones University and speaks frequently for churches, camps, conferences, church and school retreats, and Christian school chapels all over the United States and Canada. He is a talented trumpet player and uses his skill frequently in his ministry. He and his wife Lori, who serves on the nursing faculty of BJU, have one son.

   
 

Kristopher Schaal  ▪  Junior Camp & Horsemanship 3

Mr. Kristopher will be joining us for his second summer as our speaker. He gives 100% in everything that he does and has the ability to zero in on the needs of campers and challenge them to take the next step of growth in their spiritual lives. He grew up in Glendale, Arizona, and came to Ironwood as a camper. After graduating from Bob Jones University, Mr. Kristopher and his wife Elise returned to Glendale to help with the church and school ministries of Northwest Valley Baptist Church.

   
 

Todd Sivnksty  ▪  Teen 2

Todd and his family have traveled in full-time evangelism since May 2000. He grew up in the home of an evangelist and since graduating from Bob Jones University with a BA in Bible and MA in Pastoral Studies has been involved in many ministriescamp ministries (West Branch and Wilds of the Rockies), church planting (Fox River Baptist Church in Yorkville, IL), and church youth ministries (Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mechanicsburg, PA). He also served for several years at Faith Baptist Church in Longmont, CO, before entering evangelism. He and his wife Krista, who has recorded two sacred piano CDs, have two children.

   
 

Rob Watkins  ▪  Teen 1

Ventriloquism and gospel illusions are the cornerstone of Pastor Watkins’ ministry to young people. Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Yucca Valley, he has also served as a children’s ministry director and interim pastor. President of Pacific Baptist Bible College in Pomona, California, he speaks frequently at children’s rallies, youth rallies, Christian schools, children’s church, and Sunday school campaigns.

 
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