ABOUT
The NRP School of Ministry has been specifically created with a strategic purpose to give an opportunity for those who are currently serving in leadership at their local church to be further trained, equipped, and mentored by seasoned NRP pastors and leaders. We believe in empowering leaders through education, mentorship, and practical ministry experience. Our goal is to help you become the best leader you can be, so you can make a positive impact in your community and beyond.
OUR FACULTY
Our faculty consists of experienced NRP pastors and leaders who are passionate about equipping the next generation of pastors and church leaders.
Pastor Keith Tucci
President, SOM
Pastor Keith Tucci has served in a variety of ministerial roles, including pastor, church planter, and missionary. Until 2015, Keith was pastoring Living Hope Church in Pennsylvania. Currently, he serves as the Apostolic Team Leader for the Network of Related Pastors. Keith and his wife, Penny, have been married for over 40 years. They have 8 children and 15 grandchildren.
Dr. Ron Johnson, Jr.
Academic Dean
Pastor Ron has been the Senior Pastor of Living Stones Church (lstones.org) for the last 12 years. Before that, he served as Sr. Associate Pastor and Youth Pastor. His passions include discipling men, developing leaders, building strong marriages, and reaching unreached nations with the Gospel. He frequently travels to teach in ROAR schools which train and equip national pastors.
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He is part of the Apostolic Team of NRP and loves encouraging pastors to take a more active role in reforming our culture. He and his wife, Marion, have been happily married for 37 years and have been blessed with 8 children and 7 grandchildren.
Pastor Dick Bashta
Director/Mentor
For the last 45 years, Pastor Dick and his wife, Susie, have been missionaries, mission pastors, and directors of two mission sending organizations based at their local church. They served with Bro. Rod and Mary Aguillard in Reserve, LA for 20 years, and for the last 16 years, they have been mission pastors at Living Stones Church in Crown Point, IN.
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In 2008, Pastor Dick founded Global ROAR, a mission sending organization and the ROAR, a ministry training school, which he directs. This year, there are 16 ROAR schools in 12 nations of the world, equipping national pastors to plant churches in their countries and beyond. For the last 25 years, Pastor Dick’s focus has been on reaching unreached peoples and “Turning the Great Commission into the Great Completion!” He and Susie have ministered in 56 countries of the world and have a passion to do two things - TRAIN and SEND!
Susie Bashta
Administrative Director
Susie has a passion for serving the Body of Christ through her gifts of administration, excellence, creativity, and building teams. Although she is a registered nurse by education, her real love is serving side by side with her husband, Dick, in starting ROAR schools in the nations and handling the myriad of details that curriculum, travel, and correspondence with national directors involve. She also enjoys leading short-term mission trips.
She and Dick have been happily and strategically married for 45 years. They have five children, all serving in ministry, and eight grandchildren.
Pastor Gary Paladin
Northern Region Mentor
With a prophetic edge, a heart for the lost, and extensive work overseas, this church planter, business owner, and pastor of 33 years brings experience and energy to the NRP School of Ministry Team.
Pastor Keith Hodges
Southern Region Mentor
Pastor Keith Hodges is the founding/lead pastor of Liberty Church Campuses in North Alabama where he has been preaching and pastoring for 30 years. He has been married for 32 years to his high school sweetheart, Kellie. They have three children, three grandsons, and more on the way!
Pastor Keith loves people and desires God’s best for every person he meets. He is committed to equipping and empowering individuals and churches to walk in their God-given destiny. His preaching, books and leadership development all focus on one thing, raising people up into their full potential in Christ.
Pastor Chuck Vizthum
Midwestern Region Mentor
Pastor Chuck is the lead pastor at Whole Life Church in Sturgis, MI. After pursuing a business degree in college, he worked in the banking industry for 14 years. Five of those years, he was also the pastor of a United Methodist church. Then, sensing a call to full-time ministry, he planted Whole Life Church 27 years ago. He has been an adjunct faculty member of theROAR, a ministry training school in Crown Point, IN, for the last seven years. Pastor Chuck has been married to his wife, Kim, for 41 years. They have seven children and 16 grandchildren.
Pastor Chad Cocran
Southern Campus Host
Pastor Chad is the son of Pastor Jerry Cocran, the founder of Generations Church (formerly New Jerusalem Praise and Worship Center), where Pastor Chad grew up attending. In 2001, he moved to Thailand to serve as a missionary where he met his wife, Nan. Over the next 17 years, Pastors Chad and Nan worked together to preach the Gospel and plant churches among the unreached peoples of Southeast Asia. In 2018, they returned to the US to become the lead pastors of Generations Church. God has blessed their family with two wonderful children, Sam and Ana.
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Instructors for the online video courses at the School of Ministry will be NRP pastors and leaders who have a known passion for and focus on the subject they will teach. We know you’ll love hearing from so many different spiritual fathers who are excited to share their love for ministry with you!
Lisa Lane
Office Manager
Lisa Lane is the GlobalROAR office manager and registrar of the NRP School of Ministry. She has been involved with missions since 2011 when she went on her first trip to China and fell in love with the nations. She graduated from theROAR ministry training school in 2016 and joined the GlobalROAR team for two years. After that she managed a local family practice clinic for five years and has recently returned to be a part of the Global ROAR and NRP staff.
She has served in the local church for over ten years in different areas including children’s ministry, as a Life Group leader, and as part of the ministry team at Encounters. When she is not in the office, she enjoys her role as Auntie to seven nieces and nephews and her friend’s children as well as teaching in Living Stones’ homeschool classes.
ADMINSTRATIVE STAFF
Gina Santana
Admin. Assistant
Gina is the NRP School of Ministry Administrative Assistant. She graduated from Greenville College with her Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership. She and her husband, David, have been happily married for 23 years and have two children.
For the last 18 years, they have been in ministry together, involved in a variety of leadership roles in the local church including serving as Life Group leaders and coaches, leading mission trips, and teaching in ROAR schools in Latin America.
As the Administrative Assistant, she will be your contact person for any questions or concerns you may have regarding the school.
