PASTOR ALAN LANGSTAFF - Senior Pastor
Doctor Alan Langstaff, originally from Sydney, Australia is currently the Senior Pastor of New Life Assembly of God Church in Chaska, MN. He is also the president of Kairos Ministries, Inc, and has a vision for releasing people in ministry and training Christian leaders.
He is the Apostolic Overseer of Omega Team, an international Association of pastors, churches and ministries based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN.
Previously, he was the Apostolic Overseer of the Harvest Network International. For a number of years he co-hosted a weekly television program called 'Crossroads', a ministry of the Lakeland Leadership League. He was a member of the General Committe that sponsored the 1996 Billy Graham Crusade in Minneapolis, MN.
Born in Sydney, Australia, where he trained and worked as an architect, he was originally ordained by the Methodist church of Australia.
In 1973 he founded The Temple Trust, later named Vision Ministries. His ministry in Australia found him holding large conferences and sponsoring crusades featuring world-renowned leaders in the charismatic renewal. He also edited a national charismatic magazine called Vision Magazine, established a Bible College, and hosted the Australian PTL Club television program. In 1980, after he turned over the leadership of Vision Ministries/Australia to another leader, he moved to the USA to develop an international base for his ministry.
From 1986 to 2000 he was the Senior Pastor of Antioch Christian Fellowship. The ministry of Antioch Christian Fellowship included ACTS International (Antioch Christian Training School), plus many specialized ministries reaching out to the community and the world, including church planting both locally and overseas.
Dr. Alan Langstaff is a member of the Board of Directors for Church Growth International, directed by Dr. Paul Yonggi Cho, who pastors the world's largest congregation in Seoul, Korea. He is also a member of the International Coalition of Apostles (ICA/Dr. Peter Wagner).
A gifted preacher and teacher, Dr. Alan Langstaff has an extensive ministry of spiritually stretching Christians, enabling them to enlarge their vision so that they may reach their full potential in Christ. To this end Dr. Alan Langstaff also travels extensively throughout the United States and in many overseas countries speaking in churches and conferences of different denominations. He has also written a book called 'Hedges.'
Dr. Alan Langstaff and his wife, Dorothy have two married daughters, Beth and Joy and six grandchildren.
PASTOR DOROTHY LANGSTAFF
Dorothy Langstaff was born in Wales, but moved to live in Australia in the years following the second World War. There she met and married Alan. After sharing with him in pastoral ministry in the Methodist church for ten years, they founded a ministry called 'The Temple Trust', later know as Vision Ministries. They founded Vision Bible College, a residential Bible College, where Dorothy was one of the teachers.
In 1980 the Langstaff family moved to Minnesota, in the United States. There Dorothy continued to serve alongside her husband. When he became Senior Pastor of Antioch Christian Fellowship she was co-pastor, leading the women's ministry, organizing retreats and conferences and being actively involved in Antioch Christian Training School (ACTS) as a lecturer and leader of the student small group ministry. She was co-founder of Kairos Ministries Inc.
The Lord has used Dorothy over many years through prophetic insight and wisdom to minister to the body of Christ and individual believers. She has a fresh mandate to see the church and its leaders released to fulfill the purposes of God. She has a call to prophetic intercession and has been a member of Prayer Walk America, as well as counselling and mentoring emerging leaders.
She is the author of 'Called Together' which tells the story of Alan and Dorothy Langstaff's life and ministry in Australia before they moved to America.
Dorothy and her husband, Alan, have two married daughters, Beth and Joy and six grandchildren.