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Ivan Filby
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Ivan Filby
Ivan is an ordained minister in the Free Methodist Church in the UK and Ireland and ministers alongside Kathie at Towerview Church. Ivan has had a successful career in higher education. He taught business for 16 years at Trinity College Dublin before moving to the USA to chair the business department at Greenville University. He served as dean of business at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California, before serving seven years as president of Greenville University. More recently, Ivan has assisted Taylor University in developing a Ph.D. in Leadership.
Ivan holds a Ph.D. in management from Aston University and an MA in Evangelism Studies from Cliff College,
Ivan has written three books:
“Livestream: Learning how to minister in the Power of the Holy Spirit. Seedbed, TN 2021
Two more are due to be published in 2024
Speak Tenderly: Prophetic Ministry Seasoned with Grace. Seedbed, 2024
Parables Rewired (with Mike Elms) Invite Resources, 2024
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Kathie Filby
Ivan Filby
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Kathie Filby
Pastor
Rev Kathie Filby – Pastor
Kathie was born in Bangor and grew up in Northern Ireland before heading to Trinity College Dublin to study Spanish and Russian. At various stages in her life, Kathie has worked for Aer Lingus; taught English in several language schools; worked as a missionary in Buenos Aires, Argentina; worked as an international student evangelist in Dublin; worked as a university professor of Spanish and university First Lady at Greenville University in Illinois and served as the Conference Evangelist of the Gateway Conference of the Free Methodist Church in North America. In addition to her degree in Spanish and Russian, Kathie holds a MLitt in Argentine Literature from Trinity College Dublin. She was ordained as a Free Methodist Minister in the United States in 2018 and has served at Greenville Free Methodist Church and Parkview Free Methodist Church in Illinois.
Kathie is a wonderful Bible teacher and you will become more like Jesus under her ministry.
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Ivan Filby
Ivan is an ordained minister in the Free Methodist Church in the UK and Ireland and ministers alongside Kathie at Towerview Church. Ivan has had a successful career in higher education. He taught business for 16 years at Trinity College Dublin before moving to the USA to chair the business department at Greenville University. He served as dean of business at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California, before serving seven years as president of Greenville University. More recently, Ivan has assisted Taylor University in developing a Ph.D. in Leadership.
Ivan holds a Ph.D. in management from Aston University and an MA in Evangelism Studies from Cliff College,
Ivan has written three books:
“Livestream: Learning how to minister in the Power of the Holy Spirit. Seedbed, TN 2021
Two more are due to be published in 2024
Speak Tenderly: Prophetic Ministry Seasoned with Grace. Seedbed, 2024
Parables Rewired (with Mike Elms) Invite Resources, 2024