Directors, GlobalROAR
Mission and LifeGROUP Pastor, Living Stones Church, Crown Point, IN
Campus Pastor, Living Stones Church, Chicago, IL
Academic Dean, Living Stones College

In the late seventies, the Bashta’s initial mission experience was serving with Operation Mobilization’s ship, the Doulos, and leading an international outreach team to Muslims in southern Spain. They later moved to New Orleans, LA, to direct the 700 Club Counseling Center for the Gulf Coast region of the U.S.

For 21 years, Pastor Dick and Susie served in pastoral ministry at Reserve Christian Church where they also directed GSMA (Global Strategy Mission Association ) – the mission arm of the Gulf States Pastors Fellowship. Read more about GSMA here.

Sensing a life-time call to unreached peoples, in 1999 they moved to Colorado Springs, CO, where they began directing the ministry of Adopt-A-People Clearinghouse. Read more about AAPC here.

Besides directing GlobalROAR, since 2006 they have been on staff at Living Stones Church in Crown Point, IN. Pastor Dick and Susie have been happily and strategically married for 33 years and have five children who are all involved in mission, music, and ministry. They have one grandson.

The Bashta’s have  traveled extensively and ministered in almost 50 countries of the world. They have a passion to win the lost, make disciples, and see heaven planted in the dark and unreached areas of earth!

Senior Apostolic Overseer, Network of Related Churches (NRP)
Founding Pastor, Reserve Christian Church, Reserve, LA

Bro. Rod Aguillard was born of the spirit in 1968 and called by a vision into the ministry in 1969.  He graduated from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1973. 

He and Mary, his wife of 52 years, pastored Reserve Christian Church in Reserve, LA, for 37 years.  He also served as the lead Presbyter for Global Strategy Mission Association for 22 years. In January 2007 he turned the church over to his youngest son, Stephen and his wife, Laura.  LifeHouse Church is a growing Full Gospel congregation of approximately 180 families.

Bro. Rod is now the Senior Apostolic Leader of the Network of Related Pastors (NRP) based in Reserve, LA.  Bro. Rod’s greatest joy is pastoring, mentoring, and uniting pastors for the final harvest in their communities, cities, and regions beyond.

Senior Apostle – Network of Related Pastors (NRP)
Senior Pastor – Living Hope Church, Whitney, PA

Pastor Keith’s passion for the local church and concern and care for its leaders have endeared him to many pastors and their families.  He is frequently called upon for strategic assistance and leadership development.  Keith has a commitment and track record for training and releasing others into ministry and has been involved in church planting efforts both in the U.S. and abroad.  He has been intimately involved as a grassroots missionary in “pre-Glasnost” Soviet Union. His other missionary activities include Norway, Romania, Sweden, Egypt, Taiwan, and the Americas.

For five years, he and his wife, Penny, along with their children, led a national effort called Team Redeem. They recruited high caliber young people from across the country in which they invested their entire summers doing high impact youth conferences with these young people, addressing the cultural power bases and ideologies that this age groups deals with. In addition, this team also led dynamic worship and demonstrated evangelism and discipleship.

Keith has shared the pulpit with many of today’s esteemed Christian leaders including being a speaker for the National Association of Evangelicals. He has spoken at leadership conferences across the country and internationally. Most often Keith teaches on the nature and character of the church and its mission.

Keith has appeared and has been a guest on a number of media outlets to articulate a Christian worldview and response to a number of cultural issues. These appearances have included all the national network news shows, including Nightline, Good Morning America, and most notably, Firing Line with Dr. William Buckley.

Keith and Penny have been married for thirty-three years. They have eight children of their own and four grandchildren in addition to their many spiritual sons and daughters.

Apostolic Team Leader, Living Stones Churches
Senior Pastor, Living Stones Church, Crown Point, IN

Dr. Ron Johnson Jr. serves as the senior pastor and team leader for Living Stones Churches (Crown Point and Gary, Indiana and East Rogers Park in Chicago). He is also the founder and president of Living Stones College, a two‐year school which has been given exempt-degree granting status from the State of Indiana. This school is dedicated to the training of pastors, missionaries, and marketplace leaders. Dr. Ron has B.A. degree from Taylor University as well as a Master of Arts in Counseling and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Regent University.

Dr. Ron’s passion is to see pastors taking a more active role as leaders in their communities. In January, 2010, he founded and now directs the Indiana Pastors Alliance, a network of clergy, churches, and Christian organizations who have come together to advance and defend the cause of faith, family, and freedom throughout the state of Indiana (www.indianapastorsalliance.org). He writes a weekly blog that is dedicated to bringing a Biblical perspective to the contemporary cultural issues of today (www.reformingculture.com).

Additionally, Dr. Ron is one of the leading voices in the Alliance Defense Fund’s Pulpit Initiative (www.speakupmovement.org) and serves the Family Research Council as the lead pastor for Indiana.

He is happily married to Marion, his college sweetheart of over twenty‐six years, and they have been blessed with eight children. Dr. Ron and his wife have always had a heart for mission and led mission trips for many years with Teen Mania when they were Youth Pastors at Living Stones Church. When Dr. Ron was the Associate Pastor, Living Stones Church was an early adopter of an Unreached People Group and head of the Somali Network, sending many short-term teams to minister among them.

Senior Pastor, New Jerusalem Praise and Worship Center, Slidell, LA
Leadership Team, NRP

Pastor Jerry is the Founding and Senior Pastor of New Jerusalem Praise and Worship Center. He became a Christian in 1977 and began diligently serving the Lord. In February of 1985 he started the church with a group of about 50 people meeting  in a doctor's office.

Graduating from Slidell High School in 1969, Pastor Jerry furthered his education by attending Southeastern University and Bible School.

Pastor Jerry has a love for mission, as evidenced by the administrative support that New Jerusalem provides for missionaries and his many trips to the mission field.

Jerry’s first wife of 33 years, Susie, went to be with the Lord in March of 2006. He is happily remarried to Denise, and they have six children ranging from 34 to 14 years of age as well as six grandchildren. One of Pastor Jerry’s sons and family have been serving as church planter trainers in Southeast Asia for many years.

Debbie has been an invaluable part of the Living Stones team since 2009. She handles our reception, coordinates the networking for Unreached People Groups, and takes care of monthly support for our missionaries. Debbie was part of the Living Stones mission team to Mongolia in 2009 and directed a VBS for over 75 children. She also has a vital ministry with the Kid’s Cell Network of Living Stones Church and co-directed our Kid’s Kingdom Camp in the summer of 2010. Debbie is married to Greg Aguilera, and they have four children ranging in ages from 18 to 5 years. Debbie’s email is Debbie@GlobalROAR.org.