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Our Mission Statement
EFM is a non-profit organization committed to equipping pre-marital and married couples, single parent and traditional families with tools resulting in healthy relationships that lead to a lifetime of love.
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Our passionate team will accomplish our mission by developing Biblically based seminars, retreats, and outreach with enthusiasm, confidence, integrity, and commitment to help others succeed.
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Pastors, Church Staff, and Church Marriage Ministry Leaders,
We know that God created relationships and the most important relationship we can have is a personal relationship with Him, knowing Him as our Lord and Savior. We believe God is also very concerned about relationships in marriage and family. Our country faces many challenges with our high divorce rates as well as the high percentage of marriages that are not satisfied, happy, or healthy. Consequently, there are higher rates of abuse with both spouse and children, and other residual problems that develop. Unfortunately, the divorce rate within our churches is as bad as those who are unchurched or do not know Christ. We believe that we can choose to complain or we can choose to act. We have a passion to see churches step up to the plate and provide couples and families in our churches and communities an opportunity to strengthen their marriage and family.
Thank you for taking the time to stop by and get acquainted with Eagle Family Ministries. We were founded in 1996 for the purpose of helping build strong marriages and families, as a support and resource to the local church, and to present the saving message of Christ. The need to provide singles, couples, and families with Biblical principles that will build healthy relationships is greater than ever.
We would be excited to visit with you about teaming up with your church to provide a marriage or family seminar. Please feel free to email us with any questions you have about our ministry. If you would like to visit by telephone you can reach our office at 888-548-4858.
We would count it a privilege to discuss the possibility of partnering together to strengthen marriages and families in your church and community.
Serving Him Together,
Steve and Susan Tucker, Co-Founders of Eagle Family Ministries, Inc.
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Eagle Family Ministries is a Christian non-profit, non-denominational ministry.
We are committed to helping strengthen marriages and families with principles based on God's Word. Eagle Family Ministries was established in 1996 to build stronger families and to be a resource and support to the local church. We are addressing the need to provide singles and couples with Biblical principles that will build healthy relationships and point marriages to a lifetime of love. The need greater than ever.
Our mission and purpose is to conduct retreats and seminars that provide families and couples with biblical, practical, and specific tools that are useful on a daily basis in strengthening family relationships. We mainly accomplish this mission by conducting seminars with local churches nationwide. However, we also host retreats in areas such as Branson, Missouri; Eureka Springs, Arkansas; Roaring River State Park in Cassville, Missouri; and other locations across the country. The seminars we host are held at a bed and breakfast, resort, or hotel and are designed toward an informal and relaxed atmosphere.
The majority of our seminars are with local churches all across the United States. Most churches have the seminars at their church facilities to keep cost to a minimum for couples or families. However, many churches also have retreats at locations away from the church. These locations include hotels, conference centers, and church camps. Our seminars at local churches have no limitations on size except the size of the facilities.
As you know, the breakdown of marriages and families in our nation is at a critical if not crisis stage. There are many discouraging statistics, but the fact is that we can choose to ignore or do something about it through the healing power of Christ. The mission of Eagle Family Ministries is to be a part of seeing marriages and families strengthened and future generations impacted. We accomplish that mission by being a resource to the local church and ministering together with you through our seminars.
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| Steve and Susan Tucker, Founders |
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Steve and Susan were married on January 27, 1979 and have lived in Bentonville, Arkansas since 1984. They have two sons who are both in college. Steve and Susan founded Eagle Family Ministries in 1996 after having served full-time on two Southern Baptist churches. They are active members of First Baptist Church in Bentonville, Arkansas
Steve and Susan have worked heavily in providing Biblical instruction in the areas of pre-marital coaching and family relationships. Steve has an Associate of Arts degree from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri. He also has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Christian Education from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. He is a certified professional life coach and a graduate of Rapport Leadership International. He is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, is certified in Life Innovations Prepare and Enrich, and is certified in Couples Communication I and II by Interpersonal Communication Programs. Susan has a double major in Psychology and Sociology from Southwest Baptist University. Their education, years of experience, and burden to minister to marriages and families is what helped to prepare them to meet the many challenges and opportunities that God has placed before them in Eagle Family Ministries.
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| Brad Franklin |
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Brad Franklin works with couples and families who attend various seminars and retreats and has been in ministry for 15 years. Brad and his wife Beth were married in 1999. They reside in Bentonville, AR and stay busy raising three daughters.
Brad is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families. He earned a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family therapy from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in Religious Education and is a licensed and ordained minister. Brad received a BA in Religious Education from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
In addition to serving as a conference speaker with Eagle Family Ministries he is the co-founder of Fresh Roots Family Counseling Center in Rogers, AR where he counsels with individuals, couples, and families.
Brad began his career in mental health in 1990 at the Psychiatric Institute of Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas working with addictions. He moved to Northwest Arkansas in 1993 to work as a family therapist with a medical practice. He has served on staff with First Baptist Church of Bentonville, Arkansas as a counselor and associate pastor, and with Hyde Park Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. He was the director and primary therapist of the New Hope Counseling Center in Springdale, Arkansas for five years.
Brad works with Steve and Susan in the seminars and retreats with the couples and family sessions. He is an excellent speaker and his counseling skills are a great asset to this ministry.
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| Kim Norton |
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| Kim Norton serves in several capacities at EFM. She is the Media and Marketing Director, worship leader for conferences, and leads the children's sessions at our family conference. Kim began her relationship with the Tucker's as a student in Steve's early youth group's and now extends to working with the children during conferences. Kim's ministry extends beyond EFM with her Kingdom Kidz Club. God has blessed her with many talents and we are excited to have her as a ministry team member!
You can check out Kingdom Kidz Club at www.kingdomkidzclub.com
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| Bruce and Leta Wilbanks |
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| Bruce Wilbanks is our Development Director. Bruce has 30 years business experience, the last 19 years in his own company. He has been a career and life coach for professional and executive men and women for the majority of those years. Bruce has a BS degree in Business Administration from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri. He sang and traveled with the Sonshine Quartet for many years, and still reunites with the group for special concerts. Bruce married Leta, his high school sweetheart in 1976. They live in Tulsa, Oklahoma and have two grown sons. Both are active members of First Baptist Church, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. After seeing some of their closest friends divorce after 30 years of marriage God has placed a call on their lives to marriage ministry. They have a heart toward working with couples to renew their love and commitment. They oversee our satelite office in Tulsa.
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| Seth and Melody Tucker |
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| Seth and Melody Tucker- The son and daughter-in-law of EFM founders Steve and Susan Tucker and a student at Southwest Baptist University. Melody is a graduate of College of The Ozarks. Seth and Melody lead the youth sessions of our Family First Conference. Seth and Melody live in Bolivar, Missouri where Seth is a senior and baseball player at Southwest Baptist, they are active in church and do volunteer youth work. He is majoring in youth ministry and counseling. Seth and Melody were just married on June 27th, 2009.
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