Resoul: Thriving Holistically in Ministry

Speaker

Virgil Tanner

As the Senior Director of Leader Vitality at Life Action, Virgil is responsible for overseeing the constituency lane of leaders, including ministry leaders, missionaries, and marketplace leaders. Virgil leads the team at Life Action that focuses on helping mission, marketplace, and ministry leaders thrive holistically, do beautifully integrated work, and become everything God dreamed them to be, believing this to be a primary means for stewarding the reviving life of God through His people into the world.

Virgil holds a B.S. in Biology, an M.A. in Religion and Cross Cultural Studies, and an MEd. in Curriculum and Instruction. He is presently working on an EdD in Christian Leadership.

Speaker

Calvin Tiessen

Calvin is joining Life Action in the role of Director of Training. In this role, he will be part of the team preparing missionaries for fruitful field service, while also helping missionaries to thrive in their places of ministry.

Calvin holds a PhD in Anthropology and Missions. He has served for 25 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators. He also holds an M.S. in Biblical Studies, an M.S. in Linguistics, and a B.S. in Education. He and Gabi have been married for 20 years. They have a 16-year-old daughter, a 12-year-old daughter, and a 10-year-old son. Calvin has lived most of his life on the mission field.

He was born in the Philippines, where his parents served with SEND International, and then served with his wife in Central Asia for 18 years and Albania for 5.