About the Founders

Dave and Dee Alei have been in full time Christian ministry since 1989.  They attended Fountain Gate Bible College in Plano, TX for five years prior to that, and both hold ordinations through Shekinah Ministries in Blountville, TN.  They planted and pastored Living Water Community Church in Los Alamos, NM from 1990-1995. 

They then ministered to Church leaders and others in the Body of Christ in association with Proclaiming His Word Ministries and Christian International Ministries in Santa Rosa Beach, FL for two years. 

In December 1996, the Lord led them to move to the northeast of England to establish a beachhead for ministry in the region.  There, they planted Lifeline Christian Fellowship in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, and founded the Northeast Regional Ministry Training Centre, which served churches in the region.  They also ministered through various seminars and retreats around the north of England and in Northern Ireland. 

They remained in England until December of 2002, and after a sabbatical season, moved to Guaymas, Sonora (Mexico) in August of 2005 to establish a base of ministry there. They have been used by the Lord in church planting, pastoring, worship leading, prophetic ministry, youth work, equipping seminars and prophetic prayer counseling during their years of international ministry. They are currently establishing a youth center and working with the young people of Guaymas, which has the highest per capita teen suicide rate in all of Mexico for cities with populations under 150,000. Their vision is to give value, hope, training, and encouragament to these precious young liives.

Bryan and Alexis Stegall oversee the stateside office for Lifeline Ministries. Our relationship with Bryan goes back more than 30 years - he and Dave fought fires together before Dave even met Dee! How wonderful is the Lord to have saved us both, restored and renewed our friendship after losing touch with each other for over 20 years, and joined us together as co-workers for His Kingdom! We so appreciate all that Bryan and Alexis are doing to keep us on the mission field without having to worry about handling our funds!

This couple takes care of the U.S. office of Lifeline Ministries.  These include all our banking and reporting needs, prayer, and serving as the registered agent in New Mexico for Lifeline Ministries. If you need to call, Bryan will be the one to answer our US phone. Alexis keeps us informed of contributions, makes bank deposits, updates our giving records, deals with misdirected mail, and handles our database needs. Bryan and Alexis have beautiful servant hearts and we count it such a blessing to have them as a part of Lifeline Ministries!

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