ABOUT OUR TEAM

MINISTRY TEAM

ERIN DUNN

Dir. Administration

JENNIFER ECKSTROM

Donor Services

ANN CAMPAGNA

Ex. Asst. to the President

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Louis S. Pope, Chairman of the Board, Donna C. Pope:

Louis is the president of Louis S. Pope & Company, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm specializing in employee benefit plans, life, health, and disability insurance. He also has farming interests in Arkansas, where he raises rice, soybeans, wheat, and corn. Louis has served on several church boards and helped start a church in Memphis. He graduated from Memphis State University. Louis’s wife, Donna, is a graduate of the FFA Academy and is a retired air traffic controller. Louis and Donna live in rural Fayette County, Tennessee.

John King, Treasurer, Kathy King:

John is the owner of King Construction in Pennsylvania. He is a trustee of Honeybrook Church. John has taken several trips to India for a first-hand look at the various ministries BFTW supports in Northeast India. He has also been an advisor for the local construction of church and school buildings on the India field. His wife, Kathy, is a Bible teacher and travels to various mission fields to minister. John and Kathy have five children and reside in New Holland, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Mawii Pudaite, Co-Founder

Gordon Loux

John L. Pudaite, President

Mrs. Lawm Pudaite

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Dr. Lalrimawi “Dr. Mawii” Pudaite, Co-founder,

Dr. Mawii was born in Khawlian, Mizoram, India, and came to the United States in 1959 with her husband, Dr. Rochunga Pudaite, to begin their ministry. She is a popular speaker and author of the book Beyond the Next Mountain, a story about her husband and their ministry work. Dr. Mawii also serves on the boards of William Carey Heritage Foundation, Executive Council of Evangelical Free Church of India (EFCI), Partnership Mission Society (Trustee), Executive Committee of Partnership Mission Society, and Trinity College and Seminary. Dr. Mawii graduated with an Intermediate Arts Degree from St. Mary’s College in Shillong, Meghalaya, in Northeast India. After coming to America, she continued her education at Wheaton College in Illinois. In 2009, Trinity College and Seminary in Sielmat, Manipur, India, bestowed the Honorary Doctorate of Divinity to her. Dr. Mawii and Dr. Ro Pudaite have three grown children and six grandchildren and live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

John L. Pudaite, President & CEO

John, the son of Dr. Rochunga and Mawii Pudaite, was named President of BFTW in May, 2015. He previously served BFTW since 2006 as the Vice President for International Ministries. He also served for seven years as the Executive Vice- President (COO/CFO) at BTFW’s Colorado Springs headquarters. John was installed as President in May of 2015, succeeding his parents to lead the ministry for the coming decades.  He oversees ministry activities both in India and around the world.  John is also an award winning filmmaker and is passionate about appropriating new technologies and sustainable development to help advance the cause of Christ.  He also serves on the Board of Reference for The Christian Film & Television Commission. John received a B.A. in Philosophy and Art History from Wheaton College. He spends several months each year in India with his wife, Lawm, son Joshua and daughters Hannah and Joanna, but he also calls Colorado Springs, Colorado, home.