I N S T R U C T O R S & STAFF
Each session will feature university-level instructors with unique perspective and insight into the regions we visit as well as local Arab and Israeli guest speakers while in the Holy Land. Please inquire about the current session and scheduled instructors.
Current and future instructors include:
Professor and Former Ambassador Michael Omolewa
Professor Michael Omolewa is a pioneer of adult education and the leading education historian in his native Africa. He is the ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Nigeria to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). As a distinguished scholar, civil servant and diplomat his contributions impact local and national educational activities in Africa and throughout the world. As a policy maker, Omolewa has dedicated his life to adult education and the promotion of literacy for the under-served and even unacknowledged populations in the world.
Professor Michael Omolewa is also an author, professor and JIMS board member.
Pastor Lisa Bourland
Pastor Lisa Bourland is the Co-Founder and Director of The Father’s House International with established ministries in Guatemala, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, India and Bethlehem. She also serves as the Senior Pastor of The Father’s House Church in Henderson, Kentucky. After twenty years as a successful real estate broker, Pastor Lisa was called into ministry in 2003 following a life-changing experience in Eastern Africa. Since that time doors have not only opened for her to reach out to what the world would consider the “least of the least” throughout numerous countries, but also to work directly with heads of state and government entities, especially in countries where unification remains challenging. Pastor Lisa served as the instigator and point person in the creation of the Africa Centre of Law and Justice. She is ordained through the Atlanta Revival Center and the International Congress of Churches and Ministers, and serves as an Elder in the Kingdom International Nations of Christ.
Pastor Lisa Bourland is the Co-Founder of JIMS and serves as our President.
Celia Klaver
Originally from Canada, Celia Klever has joined our team and is currently serving as Father's House International country director overseeing The Father's House of Prayer in Bethlehem.
Celia is a Global Intercessory Prayer Leader ministering the Love of the Father and speaking Prophetic Truths that encourages and builds the Body of Christ. Previously, she served full time as an Overseeing and Prayer Leader for XP Ministries in additional to being Patricia King’s Personal Intercessor for about 15 years.
"I find it quite a rewarding job to serve the Lord and Love His people back to life. To Love, to honor, to esteem one another is what I would like to see everywhere I go."
Dr. Victor Khalil
Dr. Victor Khalil has worked since 1970 among the peoples of the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Born in Egypt, his expertise in Muslim ministry and in the languages and culture of the Middle East are combined with a passionate heart for the suffering church. He has followed God’s call to train leaders and workers for this field, to produce television, and other forms of media for evangelism and Biblical teaching in the context of Eastern culture, and to strengthen believers who suffer for their faith in the Arab world. His regular travels to the Middle East keeps him up-to-date with the changes taking place in the Muslim world.
He runs a satellite station media ministry that covers 220 million Arabic- speaking homes in the Middle East, Europe, Australia, and North America.
He was trained at the Middle East Theological Seminary in Beirut, the American University of Beirut, the Waterloo College in London, and he earned his Doctorate from the International Bible Institute and Seminary in Florida.
Dr. Khalil continues to train up the next generation leaders and has taught at William Tyndale College, the Defense Language Institute and Biola University.
Dr. Victor Khalil is the Co-Founder of JIMS
Pastor Vance Murphy
Vance Murphy has been married to his wife Laura for twenty years. They have four children: Jordan, Luke, Josh and Lauren. The Murphys currently reside in Douglasville, GA. Pastor Vance birthed a church in his living room thirteen years ago with only twelve people. The church, Atlanta Revival Center, now has three hundred members and is growing and thriving with God's life. He is the co-founder of The Father's House International, which is headquartered in Henderson, KY. The Father's House has established children's homes in India and the Ukraine, a feeding program in the dumps of Guatemala City and a House of Prayer in Bethlehem. Pastor Vance has traveled to numerous nations ministering the goodness of God with a free-flow of the gifts of the Spirit.
Pastor Vance Murphy also serves as a JIMS board member
Author and Bible Teacher Ben R. Peters
Ben Peters is an international Bible teacher, conference speaker and author of over twenty books. He and his wife, Brenda, are the founders and spiritual leaders of Kingdom Sending Center, based in Elgin and Algonquin, Illinois. Ben has been a serious student of the Scriptures since he could barely read. As a child, he was reading through the Bible on an annual basis and memorizing large portions of Scripture in response to the motivation provided by his God-fearing parents. After high school, he earned a BA and an MDiv from Canadian Theological Seminary in Regina, Saskatchewan. Since then he has been involved in many different facets of ministry, including pioneering churches, establishing and administering Christian Schools, teaching Bible College courses and seminars. Over the past decade and a half, Ben and Brenda, have been involved in an international itinerant ministry. During this time, Ben has authored over twenty books on various subjects relevant to the Christian life. In addition, God called Ben and Brenda to establish the Kingdom Sending Center, a ministry with the focused purpose of equipping and sending gifted leaders into the harvest fields of the earth and the seven mountains of society around the world.
Ben's expertise resides primarily in the following subjects: 1. General Old and New Testament insights. 2. Spiritual Gifts and Ministries, especially, Prophetic Ministry and the Five-Fold Ministries. 3. The Power and Source of Unity. 4. Knowing our Place as Kings under the King of Kings on God's Kingdom Mountains. 5. Signs and Wonders - Their Function and Purpose. 6. Faith as God's Tool to Accomplish His Purposes. 7. Getting Ready for the Great Final Harvest.
Ben Peters also serves as a JIMS board member.
Gina Huff
Gina currently serves as our school administrator. She is a B2B sales and marketing consultant by trade and resides in Milwaukee, WI.
She has ministered in Israel, Zimbabwe, Ukraine and Guatemala with The Father's House International and has served as the Communications Director on the stateside board for Outstretched Hands of Romania; a Romanian missions organization focused on the poor and marginalized Roma population, since 2011. Gina has also volunteered locally in Milwaukee with the St. Hyacinth Food Pantry and with Milwaukee Refugee Resettlement Services.
Gina also serves as a JIMS board member.