{"id":684,"date":"2023-05-22T04:05:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T04:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thememxpro.com\/theme\/sopot\/?page_id=684"},"modified":"2025-03-12T14:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:03:51","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hopeandgraceinternational.org\/index.php\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"684\" class=\"elementor elementor-684\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5be760 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c5be760\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3fc3f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b3fc3f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13c1a5e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13c1a5e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4076a4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4076a4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">US Board of Advisors<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-051c3e8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"051c3e8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c70424 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7c70424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b4d19 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"67b4d19\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07ef148 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07ef148\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e8b0a2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e8b0a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hopeandgraceinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/428154003_10211512803572649_4081002525505313580_n.jpg?fit=220%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"428154003_10211512803572649_4081002525505313580_n\" alt=\"428154003_10211512803572649_4081002525505313580_n\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e14c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63e14c7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8383e98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8383e98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><b>Gary Short<br \/>Founder \/ Director<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94cb4fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94cb4fe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-601015c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"601015c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hopeandgraceinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241207-WA0004.jpg?fit=220%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG-20241207-WA0004\" alt=\"IMG-20241207-WA0004\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b36056a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b36056a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d5c11e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d5c11e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><b>Louise Short<\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><b>Founder \/ Director<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a2d058 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9a2d058\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-939e6f4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"939e6f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hopeandgraceinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/richard.jpg?fit=203%2C219&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3673\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hopeandgraceinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/richard.jpg?w=203&amp;ssl=1 203w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hopeandgraceinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/richard.jpg?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hopeandgraceinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/richard.jpg?w=223&amp;ssl=1 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348c1c9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"348c1c9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84795ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84795ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><b>Richard Barnor<br>US Ambassador<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-298b348 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"298b348\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be59124 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be59124\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: left;\">Gary and Louise Short are the founders of Hope And Grace International.\u00a0 They have been involved in ministry in Africa for more than 50 years.\u00a0 They first began in West Africa in the 1970\u2019s and ended up founding and leading a Disciple Making Movement in In East and Central Africa.\u00a0 Hope and Grace is now in 11 countries in Africa and the Middle East with over 100,000 people attending weekly meetings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b5b41 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78b5b41\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0222b84 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0222b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: left;\">Richard Barnor is a spiritual son to the Shorts with their relationship going as far back as 50 years when they worked with his late father Dr. Davis Barnor during their early years in Ghana. Richard\u2019s ministry currently spans four continents in the market place, sports evangelism and humanitarian work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-151fdbf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"151fdbf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df3fc37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"df3fc37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87b6d6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"87b6d6c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e896c0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e896c0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d21a6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d21a6c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d2ed92 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9d2ed92\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dce8ffc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dce8ffc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hopeandgraceinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000114874-e1733989386382.jpg?fit=223%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"1000114874\" alt=\"1000114874\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf4e93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abf4e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><b>Joel Lamb<br \/>US Board<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-852173b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"852173b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: left;\">Joel Lamb is a pastor in South Central Texas. 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text-align: center;\"><b>Tonny Bonnallie<br \/>US Board<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45bd8e6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45bd8e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: left;\">Tony Bonnallie is a businessman in Western Washington and has been involved with Hope and Grace for a number of years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2df7376 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2df7376\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf26b1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cf26b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hopeandgraceinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jr.jpg?fit=223%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"jr\" alt=\"jr\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3695bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3695bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><b>JR Rozier<br \/>US Board<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3009f89 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3009f89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: left;\">JR Rozier is a retired businessman who lives in East Texas and has also been with us in East Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46b116d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46b116d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-275982f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"275982f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hopeandgraceinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241207-WA0003.jpg?fit=223%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG-20241207-WA0003\" alt=\"IMG-20241207-WA0003\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ff5373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ff5373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; 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