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About Us
The Folks at RCI
RCI Board Members
(l to r) Don Austin, Jim Marrs, Dr. Glenn Mathews, Fleta
Mathews, Dr. Norris Belcher, Rev. Jack Gregory, and Rev. Bill
Bartlett.
not pictured, Gary Drake
Biographies
Glenn Mathews
Dr. Mathews was
saved at age eleven, and began preaching at age
seventeen.
Since that time, he has served pastorates in West
Virginia and Texas, and has been engaged in full time evangelism since
1976.
He
is a graduate of Tennessee Temple University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has produced weekly radio programs in West Virginia
since 1976, and has maintained daily broadcast
schedules in
the United States and the Caribbean area since 1977. He has led
22
tours to Bible Lands and taken multiple
missionary trips to Jamaica, Guyana, Poland,
Ukraine, Australia, Grenada, Dominican Republic,
Uganda, China,
Philippines and Thailand.
Dr. Mathews' focus is on
expository preaching, with messages developed to meet
the needs of the 21st Century. Mrs.
Mathews often travels with Dr. Mathews, and may
assist in speaking to ladies, music and counseling.
Both Dr. and Mrs. Mathews are members of the
American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
and are certified in Critical Incident Stress
Management.
 Fleta
Mathews
Mrs.
Mathews was saved at age sixteen during a tent revival near
her home in Asheboro, North Carolina.
Immediately following, she was baptized in a nearby
creek. She became a member of Fayetteville Street
Baptist Church, and served in many
capacities there for the next five years.
Since she had
known the call of God upon her life from the beginning, she
left to attend Tennessee Temple University in
Chattanooga, Tennessee. While there, she was active in church
and the school, and married Glenn Mathews on July 26, 1958.
Their
ministry together began at Belle Creek Baptist Church,
Dixie, West Virginia. Through the years, they have served pastorates in two states and ministered in
the areas of evangelism
and missions on every continent. After college and
graduate school, Fleta taught in both public and private
schools, and has had the privilege of serving in
singing, counseling and teaching women's and children's
groups.
On
July 26, 2008, Dr. and Mrs. Mathews will celebrate
their 50th anniversary. They have two daughters,
three grandsons, four granddaughters and one
great-grand son. Fleta writes, "We praise God
and thank Him for all He continues to do in and
through us."
 Bill Bartlett
Rev. Bartlett was saved November 21,
1952, at the First Baptist Church of Whitesville, West Virginia.
He was called to preach in 1953.
Bill currently serves as senior pastor of Maranatha
Baptist Church in Sissonville, West Virginia. He and his wife, Faith,
planted this church in 1970. They have four
children. Their youngest son, Kemp, is with the
Lord. The Bartletts also have five grandchildren.
In Bill's own words, "Revival Crusade and the
preaching and teaching ministry of Brother Glenn is a vital
part of our church. Our church is blessed to
contribute to the ministry of Revival Crusade monthly.
It is my privilege to serve on the board."
 Jack Gregory
Rev. Gregory was saved on
Thanksgiving Night, November, 1962 at his home. He
has pastored four different Baptist churches in the
course of his ministerial career. and is currently
pastor of Farrar Memorial Baptist Church in Rand, West Virginia.
Rev. Gregory had a local radio program for thirty-five years.
He and his wife, Shirley, have been married for fifty
years.
In Jack's own words, "I have been an
avid supporter of Revival Crusade for a great number of
years. It is great to have a radio ministry like
Revival Crusade with a history consistent with Biblical
truths. I consider it a great privilege to serve on the
Board with good Christian people."
 James Marrs
Jim was saved in 1949 at Farrar
Memorial Baptist Church at Rand, West Virginia, where Rev Guy
Smith, Dr. Mathews' uncle, was pastor. He was baptized in Witcher's Creek
in rural Kanawha County in January, 1950, where the ice had to
be broken for the baptism.
Jim is owner and General Manager of
Marrs Jewelry in Nitro, West Virginia, and has been in
business there since 1956. He and his wife, Jean,
are members of Teays Valley Baptist Church near
Hurricane, West Virginia, where
they are involved in various ministries there.
Having served on RCI's Board of
Directors
since its incorporation, Jim has proven to be an
invaluable asset over the course of his
association with the ministry.
 Norris E. Belcher, Jr.
Dr. Belcher has been
the pastor of the Church of the Open Door in
Westminster, Maryland, since October, 1995. He has been in
the ministry for over 25 years. He was a pastor in West
Virginia for twelve years, and served as pastor of Ridgewood
Baptist Church, in Joliet, Illinois for five years prior to
his move to Westminster.
In addition to his involvement with
RCI, Dr. Belcher serves as a member of the
Executive Board for
Sword of the Lord
based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and is a
frequent conference speaker for that organization. He and his
wife, Karen, have been married for twenty-five years, and
have three children.
 Gary Drake
Gary Drake, has been pastor of the Bethel Lighthouse Church, in Marietta, Ohio, since 1997. He was saved at the Newton Baptist Church at Newton, West Virginia, and has been preaching since October 1974, 32 years. He and his wife, Pamela, have been married 33 years and have two daughters, Amanda and Elizabeth. Before coming to Bethel Lighthouse Church, Gary pastored the Strange Creek Baptist Church in West Virginia for 15 years. Gary and Dr. Mathews have traveled on missions trips to the Dominion Republic and toured the Holy Land. In the late 80s, Gary traveled with Brother Glenn as he held tent meetings throughout West Virginia and North Carolina.
 Don Austin
Don
has served as treasurer of Revival Crusade, Inc.,
since his retirement from FMC Corporation in South
Charleston, West Virginia, in 1994. He was saved on November
12, 1955 and has been a deacon and served as treasurer of Maranatha Baptist Church in Charleston, West Virginia, since
1969. Don and his wife, Gloria, have five
grown children
and sixteen grandchildren.
In
his own words, Don writes, "I consider Brother Glenn a
close personal friend, and I'm happy to use the talent the
Lord has given me in the area of administration to
help such a worthy cause as Revival Crusade, Inc." How RCI Is Funded
Revival Crusade, Inc. is a faith ministry. It is a
501(c)3 nonprofit religious organization.
Revival Crusade, Inc., receives no
faith-based financial support from the United States
government, nor funding from any denomination,
convention, or corporate entity. Revival
Crusade, Inc., is supported solely by local churches
and individuals who believe in this work, and who
are blessed by its ministries of radio,
meetings, and missions. All contributions are
tax deductible in the USA.
RCI Statement of Doctrine
- We believe in the verbal inspiration and
authority of the Scriptures and that the Bible
reveals God, the fall of man, the way of salvation,
and God's plan and purpose in the ages.
- We believe in God the Father, God the Son, and
God the Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity, virgin birth, and
bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- We believe that salvation is by grace. The
conditions to salvation are repentance and faith.
- We believe that men are justified by faith alone
and are accounted righteous before God only through
the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Justification establishes an eternal relationship
that can never be broken.
- We believe in the visible, personal, and
pre-millennial return of Jesus Christ.
- We believe in the everlasting conscious
blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting
conscious punishment of the lost.
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