Meet the Staff
VMI
has an in-office staff of four in Oklahoma City consisting of Drue
Freeman, Director of Publications; Charlie Stillion, Director of
Ministries; Marilee Stillion, Office Manager; and myself, CEO.
Drue
Freeman
Director of Publications
The Great Commission involves making disciples as well as evangelism,
and very early in this ministry, it became apparent that there was
a need for a book to educate Christians in the fundamentals of the
faith and give them the necessary tools to study and interpret Scripture.
Foundations was written by Drue Freeman for this purpose, and it
is now translated into 16 different languages with over 70,000 copies
published worldwide. Drue now maintains contact with those who are
led to translate Foundations and follows the task through the process
of proofreading and printing in each country. He is also currently
overseeing the Spanish translation and printing of another book
for overseas distribution.
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Charlie
Stillion
Director of Ministries
It is Charlie’s responsibility to encourage the missionaries God
has led us to support, find out their needs and plan short-term
mission trips to help in their ministries. He visits with them on
the telephone and keeps in touch with them through e-mail. Why is
this important? Think how lonely it must be for them being in charge
of a ministry and having no one to consult with or to talk to about
their problems. Charlie not only plans, but also leads most of the
short-term mission trips.
Bob
Thompson
CEO
I spend about two weeks a month traveling to churches and conferences
to inform others about VMI. Why do I do that? As
our ministry increases, there is a need to increase the support
base, so we are constantly looking for open doors to tell others
about VMI. It is also extremely important to keep as many of you
as possible personally informed about our missionaries’ activities
and their needs, so you can pray for and support them financially.
Marilee
Stillion
Office Manager
Marilee answers the phone, processes your donations, sends out receipts,
pays bills, assures that monthly support gets to our missionaries
and oversees the volunteers. She also puts together our monthly
newsletter and makes sure Charlie, Drue and I have what we need
to travel—copies of Foundations, information folders, gospel coins,
sign-up sheets, etc.
Sharon
Delaney
Accountant
In addition to the office staff described above, Sharon Delaney,
has been doing our accounting for several years from wherever her
motorhome has landed. She made Oklahoma City her permanent residence
in 2007 but will continue to travel. Sharon makes sure money received
by VMI is recorded and spent as designated, the
payroll is handled correctly and that the required IRS forms are
accurate and sent in a timely manner. She also volunteers as office
manager back-up and helps with grants and editing of Bible study
materials.
Volunteers
God continues to provide volunteers to assist in the running of
VMI. Currently, there is one lady who comes in
on a weekly basis to help get books and coins in the mail to those
who have requested them. We have others who have helped on an as-needed
basis, including the back-breaking work of getting 280 cases of
books up to our second floor office. There is also a mission-minded
lady and her church in New Jersey, who go to conferences in the
Northeast, presenting information about VMI and
the gospel coin ministry.
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