Board of Directors

John Henderson, Ph.D.
Counseling Center Assistant Director, Denton Bible Church

John Henderson offers counsel based on the teaching of the Holy Scriptures and desires to encourage all people in their relationship with Jesus Christ. He believes God and His Word are necessary and sufficient to bring about true and lasting change in human lives. His graduate degrees were received from the University of North Texas and he is licensed as a Professional Counselor by the state of Texas. In 2000, John began his work for Denton Bible Church on a part time basis before joining the full time pastoral staff in 2002. John, his wife Ruth, and their three children have been a part of the DBC family since 1997.

Michael Rasa
CEO at Rasa Floors

Michael Rasa founded Rasa Floors and Carpet Cleaning 13 years ago and has led the growth of this dynamic company from start-up to a position of state-wide dominance with $60 million plus in sales, in the process creating exciting careers for over 370 employees and revolutionizing the industry. Rasa Floors and Carpet Cleaning earned numerous awards such as the prestigious "Dallas 100" award in 1997, 1998, 1999,2000 and 2001 and has been featured in the January 2000 issue of "D" magazine and the March 2002 issue of the Dallas Morning news.

Michael has attained numerous award winning achievements as a professional salesperson selling carpet services to the apartment industry. In addition was an Honored Professional in "Who's Who" Executive & Professionals 1999 & 2000 Edition. Michael received personal training, coaching and mentoring from some of the finest sales and business coaches in the country, such as Zig Ziglar, Jack Welch, Tom Hopkins, Michael Gerber, Tom Peters, in addition to spending 2 weeks studying under Anthony Robbins to name just a few.

Michael became grounded in basic discipline and problem solving during 8 years with the US Army and US Post Office. Served as member of the Dallas Apartment Association Legislative Committee in 1998, 1999, 2000 and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Tarrant County Apartment Association in 1999 and 2000. Michael is happily married to Debbie and has three teen-aged daughters.

Tamra Lahmer
President, The Lahmer Group

Tamra Lahmer is the founder and President of The Lahmer Group, a parent corporation of MediQuick Physician Services. She provides healthcare consulting services to physicians and hospitals across the United States, as well as serves as a national speaker and educator to large groups of medical providers and their staff. She assists providers of all specialties by identifying areas of improvement geared toward compliance with federal government regulations and achieving financial success. She also shares her industry knowledge through her teaching capacity at Tarrant County College where she has worked in that area for over five years.

Tamra served as a Biblical lay counselor for several years prior to receiving her training and approval in 2004 as a Volunteer Chaplain with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Since that time, she continues to utilize her training through informal means, as well as serving as a volunteer chaplain with the Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth. Most recently, she became a spiritual mentor with the Carswell Federal Women’s Prison in Fort Worth, Texas, where she provides one-on-one counseling to inmates. Tamra’s passion and heart for the hurting comes from the hope and healing that she has received in her own life from the love of Jesus Christ.

Tamra and her husband Bill reside in Fort Worth, Texas and are members of Capstone Church. Tamra has been active in leading the Ladies’ Bible studies at Capstone Church, and Tamra and Bill have opened their home to monthly Bible studies for many years. Both serve as leaders of the Capstone Church Greeting Ministry. They have six children and seven grandchildren and enjoy the fun of family and outdoor activities.

Margaret Ashmore
A Speaking Ministry of Missio Dei

Margaret Ashmore was born in Aransas Pass, Texas in 1953. She was raised in Bonham, Texas where she graduated high school and went on to earn her college degree at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas. It was in Denton that Margaret began to attend newly established Denton Bible Church in 1980 and has been a member there ever since. Margaret has always been single – considered by her a gift so that she can be free to serve the Lord wherever He calls.

Margaret has been a teacher/lecturer of women for the past 24 years. Margaret’s desire is to see godly women raised up and equipped to understand their role as a woman, a single, a wife and a mother. To see them gain understanding in the true knowledge of Jesus Christ, to counsel them in the blessed confines of the Scriptures alone so that they would be bastions of truth in a day that they would live the life altering promise of Isaiah 58:10-12.

Parkey Cobern
Preaching Elder / Directive Leader, Capstone Church, Fort Worth, TX

Pastor Parkey Cobern is the preaching Elder at Capstone Church and functions as Directive Leader. Pastor Parkey has served on the counseling staff of a large local church. He also worked in a supervisory capacity over the telecommunications department of a nationwide prayer ministry.

Pastor Parkey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Counseling and Guidance from Texas A&M Commerce and has served on staff here at Capstone since 1997. Rhonda has a BBA in Management and currently leads Capstone's Ladies Ministry. Parkey and Rhonda, have three (3) children, Tory, Tabor & Tarryn Cobern Hatcher.

Mike Sharrett Teaching Elder and Pastor: Reedemer Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, VA
	Mike came to the Lynchburg area from Texas in March, 2004, but hails as a native Virginian, having grown up in Fairfax County. After graduating from Gettysburg College (1978), Mike and Janice were married, moved to Charlottesville for graduate school at U.Va., and began a wonderful spiritual transformation at Trinity PCA. During his years as a career counselor at U.Va., Mike sensed a call to ministry. Following three years on staff at Trinity, the Sharrett’s moved to Philadelphia to attend Westminster Seminary (M.Div.). They returned to Trinity (1988) until 1992, when the Lord called Mike to plant a PCA church in Ft. Worth. Mike and Janice are blessed with three children: Mike, who lives in Texas, Luke, and Laura, both students at New Covenant School. Janice teaches 6th grade at NCS and enjoys reading and gardening; Mike enjoys golf, the beach, and outdoorsy stuff.
Jeremy Lelek President, Association of Biblical Counselors
jeremy@christiancounseling.com	Dedicated to the idea that the Bible is sufficient and “Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12), Jeremy has dedicated his life to esteeming the efficacy of Scripture as the only means of true “soul care” within the Church. Pointing others to the eternal truths of God, and the Redeemer of mankind, Jeremy is passionate about the message of change, transformation, hope, security, humility, love, kindness, trust, and worship offered in the changeless message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Concerned that the Bible has been severely overlooked in its capacity to answer the questions often put forth by Psychology: questions such as, “Who is Man”, “By what is mankind motivated”, “What causes emotional turmoil”, “What is the true source of human change”, “What is the purpose of existence”, and “What is the goal of change”, Jeremy seeks to lovingly and compassionately point believers back to the Bible in search for such answers. Jeremy serves as President of the Association of Biblical Counselors. (www.christiancounseling.com). He is also responsible for creating many of the resources offered by ABC. Jeremy provides training and lectures on marriage and other counseling issues for conferences, churches, seminaries, universities, and organizations throughout the country. Jeremy Lelek is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. He has earned a Master of Arts degree in Counseling from Amberton University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Liberty University. He is also a Ph.D. Candidate at Regent University where he is earning an advanced doctoral degree in Counseling, Education, and Supervision. He currently operates a vigorous counseling ministry in his church, Fort Worth Presbyterian Church, PCA (www.fortworthpca.org). Jeremy is married to his beautiful wife Lynne, and they have three children (two sons and one daughter).

Scott Lowrey
Vice-President: Member Care, Association of Biblical Counselors

Scott Lowrey brings experience both from his extensive sales background and his ministry background. Scott holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Tennessee and a Masters of Education in Marriage and Family Therapy from Carson Newman College.

He has served as a pastor and counselor on church staffs in both Tennessee and Texas, and his resume includes serving as a staff pastor/counselor at Irving Bible Church in Irving Texas. Scott also has experience in counseling in private practice. As a community-care pastor, he trained lay counselors for pre-marriage and marriage mentoring and also trained and developed leadership for over twenty support groups. He has conducted marriage conferences in this country and overseas. He has a passion to promote and educate others in authentic Biblical counseling. Scott has been married to his wife, Allison, for 16 years and they are the parents of two awesome sons, ages 12 and 9.

scott@christiancounseling.com

Ronnie McElroy
Chief Financial Officer, Association of Biblical Counselors

ronnie@christiancounseling.com

Ronnie offers knowledge from over 25 years experience in financial operations. He served as director of payroll at the University of North Texas Health Science Center for 22 years where his responsibilities included overseeing all functions of payroll (paying over 1,000 employees) with a budget exceeding $50,000,000. He was also responsible for producing financial reports and tax preparation. UNT Health Science Center is an agency of the State of Texas and thus a non-profit governmental entity, therefore Ronnie possesses extensive experience in the functions of non-profit organizations. Ronnie operates a personal business where he serves as an accountant for small businesses. He has also established a 501(c) (3) for a missionary in Guatemala, also overseeing his contribution records and tax returns.

In addition to his extensive experience in accounting, Ronnie is an ordained minister and has over twenty-five years experience in youth ministry. He currently serves as a youth leader at Capstone Church, and directs a Bible study twice a month at Tarrant County Juvenile Detention Center. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Zona Junevil Ministries (Youth Zone), a Christian youth organization in Guatemala.

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