ABOUT

The Leaders of Faith Foundation

The work among leaders has been taking place for a number of years and with past generations. Many friends throughout the world have been laboring as servants to those in elected office. The Leaders of Faith Foundation was established as a working tool to carry out the mission of discipling leaders.  We work with a number of affiliates on Capitol Hill and with state legislators.  This non-profit provides the organizational structure and accountability to carry out this mission. The Leaders of Faith Foundation is a registered 501C charitable organization and registered in Pennsylvania through the Department of State as a non-profit.

Our team works towards building into the lives of our leaders eternal and lasting virtues.

Rob Fields, Executive Director and Legislative Chaplain for Pennsylvania

Rob Fields is the Executive Director of the Leaders of Faith Foundation and serves as chaplain to the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

He is a man who has heart for other’s to grow in their walk with Christ.  He comes with the pastoral experience of more than 13 years in the areas of administrative, senior, and discipleship.  He is a graduate of Mission University (Pastoral Theology/Biblical Studies 1988) and Dallas Theological Seminary (MABS 2003).

Rob co-host a weekly television show called Todays News and Biblical Views that can be seen in Lancaster, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Dover, and Lehigh Valley.

He works with the US Congressional Groups and National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C.  He also works with state legislators groups meeting in the state houses along with state wide prayer breakfast.

Rob and his wife Bonnie have been married for 34 years.  They have one daughter in Lancaster and two grandsons.

Jerry Hale, Legislative Chaplain for Delaware and New Jersey

Jerry Hale served 27 years in the Coast Guard, retiring with the rank of Captain.  He is a graduate of the Coast Guard Academy and received an MBA from the University of Connecticut.  He became a follower of Jesus prior to leaving home for college.  There he learned the importance of integrating faith with all areas of life through his association with the Officer’s Christian Fellowship (OCF).  He served on the Governing Board of OCF for 16 years. He was a member of the Executive Committee for OCF’s successful $12.5 million capital campaign.   After his Coast Guard service Jerry and his wife Kris moved to  Philadelphia to accept a position with Farm Journal Media as a financial manager.  He has a heart for young people and served the Valley Forge Military Academy and College in various capacities since 2006, most recently serving as Chaplain and Director of Character Development.  He has participated in the National Prayer Breakfast on a number of occasions.  He also is very involved in the prayer breakfast for Pennsylvania and Valley Forge.

Jerry brings his love for Jesus and his experience in discipleship to the position of Legislative Chaplain for Delaware.

Christie Leary, Legislative Chaplain for Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut

Christie and Katherine Leary currently live in Windsor VT.  They have been married for 34 years and have 2 children.

Christie and Katherine moved to Bennington VT and became involved in and led a ministry with an emphasis on prayer, being active in the state of Vermont and in New England.  They served as Vermont State coordinator for the National Day of Prayer and the Strategic Prayer Network under C. Peter Wagner for several years each.  They have held solemn prayer assemblies for their state, Pastor prayer retreats and various conferences during this period of time.

During the early 2000’s, Christie regularly visited the VT State House weekly in Montpelier to meet with a government leader(s) to encourage them in their walk with the Lord.  Christie and Katherine both continue to work full time in healthcare while also working to establish the Legislative Chaplain Ministry in Vermont, New Hampshire and Connecticut.

Jack Dyson, Lead Ambassador

Jack Dyson is the Lead Ambassador for Leaders of Faith Foundation.

Gladys is his wife of 45 years. They have two children. Beth is married to Ben, and they have a son and a daughter. Steve is married to Anjali, and they have a daughter.

He has a BA in Psychology from McDaniel College and an MAM from Lancaster Bible College. Jack worked with Young Life for ten years. Then he worked as the Director of Small Groups and Outreach for seventeen years. He has most recently served in development for a South African and an international ministry. For fun, he has put together baseball tours around MLB, visiting all the teams.

Jack’s passion is to encourage people to get out of their comfort zone and walk in faith with Jesus. It has been a blessing to have people tell him that they would never have taken leadership or ministry roles if he hadn’t told them that Jesus would walk with them in their adventure.

 

 

Jenna Dombach,  Executive Assistant

Jenna is a native of Quarryville, Pennsylvania and is an alumnus of Lancaster Bible College. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice as well as a minor in Biblical Studies (2024).  Jenna enjoyed playing collegiate basketball during her time at Lancaster Bible, and also found joy and continues to find joy in the ministry of leading worship at her local church and in many other spheres. She attends New Providence Church of God and is an active member there and within the Quarryville community. Jenna has a big heart for seeing lives and families transformed by the goodness and love of Christ and values that in her own family. She is an aunt to nine little ones (and counting!) and loves spending time with her family and seeing this transformation lived out.

Bonnie Fields,  Hospitality and Office Support

Dave Jackson, Spiritual Heritage Tours

Dave Jackson, who lives in Nazareth Pa with his wife Tyla, has had a love for American History from an early age.  He is most interested in the period in our nation’s history that encompasses the American Civil War and the American Revolution.  He is a Civil War and Rev War Reenactor. His passion is re-telling the story of our past through verbal and visual historical interpretation.

Dave believes, along with many others, that God’s Almighty Hand was and is active, influential and sustaining in the formation, organization, and continuation of our America.  Dave wishes to provide a ministry that utilizes our common heritage to prove that God moved through the people of the past in the same way that He moves through the people of the present to greatly impact the here and now for His Glory and to provide a spiritual legacy for those in Christ yet to come.

John and Sandy Stait, Co-Laborers

John served as the former Assistant to the U.S. Senate Chaplain, Dr. Dick Halverson.   John has work directly with State Legislators around the country.  Dr. Halverson and John worked together with The National Prayer Breakfast.  He helped pioneer prayer breakfast through various government venues – Mayors, Lt. Governors, Commissioners and many more.    Legislators who attend these gatherings return to their home state with a vision of replicating the prayer breakfast practice within their own legislative body.  Leaders give testimony that they have either come  to faith or grown in their faith while in office.

The National Prayer Breakfast is held in February when most state legislators attend their legislative sessions in their home state capitols. Many legislators, unable to come to Washington in February, are given the opportunity to have a prayer breakfast at their annual legislative gatherings.   Consistent with the support concept of the National Prayer Breakfast movement, a small group of volunteers formed to serve the needs of these events and their legislator organizers. This group, together with their actions, is assisted by Leaders of Faith Foundation.

John and Sandy are serving through music, training of new chaplains, meeting with Members and Staff, and hosting friends from around the world.