REV. DR. BILL DASCH
ED.D, M.DIV., L.P.C. - FOUNDER
“All people can pray for healing because it is God who heals!”
With those words, Dr. Bill Dasch challenges people today to lay hands on the sick and pray for healing and wholeness. He personally has seen God heal heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, cancer, constant pain, life-threatening blood clots, headaches, tumors, fevers, and much more. A cutting edge leader in healing and wholeness prayer ministry, Bill Dasch never promises healing but seeks the Healer, Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit. He introduced healing prayer to St. Mark Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas in 1993. In three years, St. Mark became a church of prayer. He moved to St. John Lutheran Church, Mansfield, Texas in 2004. God has been doing great things there through the ministry of prayer. His entire staff was trained and prays for any who need prayer. Bill transitioned to full time prayer ministry in August, 2015.
Who is Bill Dasch? Born in 1946 in Jennings, Louisiana, Bill Dasch attended Concordia College, Austin, Texas and graduated from Southwest Texas State University in 1969 with a degree in Speech and History. He attended and graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois in 1973. While serving as pastor of a town-gown church in Commerce, Texas, he received his Masters in Counseling and later a Doctorate in Counseling from East Texas State University (now Texas A & M at Commerce). He has served as Minister of Singles and Counseling and Senior Pastor at St. Mark Lutheran Church, Houston and St. John Mansfield, Texas as Senior Pastor for 11 ½ years growing the church from less than 200 to an average attendance of 565. Pastor Bill has published articles in the Lutheran Witness and numerous newspapers. He has led singles, pastoral and lay conferences in Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, Nebraska, Florida, Ohio, Colorado, and Canada. He has written and published "Reclaiming the Healing Ministry of Jesus – A Comprehensive Workbook". A leader’s guide has also been published to assist in teaching and training. His healing ministry is included in two chapters of Ron Rehrer’s book, Lighthouses of Hope. In addition, Dr. Bill Dasch published another book, Spiritual Warfare, This is How You Fight Your Battles.
His wife, Sheila, is a strong supporter of healing prayer. She has a special ministry alongside Bill’s prayer ministry. Bill and Sheila have 3 sons; one in Temple, Texas, one safe in heaven and one in Lake Tawakoni, Texas.
When once asked about upcoming workshops for pastors and lay people, Bill stated, “I am amazed at what God does through ordinary people. I pray that people will experience the extraordinary and realize God may have meant this to be the ordinary. These workshops are meant to help people recover the healing and wholeness ministry of Jesus Christ in light of our understanding of the Holy Scriptures. Come and be amazed!”
SHEILA DASCH
Warm and relational, Sheila is our best people person. Her beautiful smile greets all anxious faces who come in for prayer. Energetic and artistic, you will find her working hard and making things beautiful. A heart for service, Sheila is devoted to ministry in the name of Jesus.
Sheila graduated from East Texas State University with a BBA, majoring in Marketing. She has developed and managed a hospital gift shop for several years and worked at St. John Lutheran Church as a staff assistant for 2 years. Sheila published a book, “Behind the Collar”, a Pastor’s Wife’s Journey from Illusion to Reality, in December 2020. Sheila is both an author and speaker, always pointing to Jesus as our Savior and Helper. In addition, she accompanies Dr. Bill to his conferences. either assisting or speaking. She and Bill have 3 children.
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DON GARDNER
Don may be one of the most easy going and devout lovers of God you will ever meet. He lives to pray for people and he himself was miraculously healed of a brain aneurism. He helps lead a prayer team at his church and serves with us as well.
He holds a BBA degree in accounting from UTA in Arlington, Texas. Don has worked as a mechanic at a large plant and achieved the highest rating as a Master Mechanic. He later became a planner, scheduler, and a shift supervisor.
Don is married to Diane and they have four children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Don and Diane live in Venus, Texas.
DAVID VALENTINE
David was born in Kansas City, Kansas and grew up in the Midwest. He graduated from Valparaiso University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, majoring in accounting. He is a certified public accountant and retired from Sysco Corporation as Vice President in 2013. David and Jill currently reside in Katy, TX. Jill is a nurse anesthetist at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. They are proud parents of seven children ranging in age from 11 to 34 with two still at home. The Valentine’s attend church at CrossPoint Community Church (LCMS) in Katy, TX
In their spare time, David and Jill enjoy the out doors, backpacking, fly-fishing, hunting, and spending time with their family and friends. David also holds a commercial pilots certificate and volunteers his time and treasures with Angel Flight flying patients to and from Houston for medical treatments.