Davie Ferraro

Founder & President, CPT

Born and raised in Tampa, FL, I now reside in Wilmore, Kentucky where I am pursuing a Masters in Divinity at Asbury Theological Seminary. I was brought into this world by two very supportive parents who taught me to love God and to love others. I am an honors graduate from the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a minor in Management and Sales in Agribusiness. I am a Nationally Certified Personal Trainer with a specialization in Nutrition for Sports and Exercises. I have been married to my wife, Robin, since March 25, 2006 and we are cherishing every moment with our daughter, Emma Kate.

I grew up learning about and experiencing the great outdoors with my father, who is one of the toughest men I know. I am proud to say that I am an avid outdoorsman who enjoys both fresh and saltwater fishing, hunting all different types of wild game, and essentially living off of the land. Hunting is a demanding sport, it is what drives me to train both physically and mentally beyond my own expectations to be successful.  I train for a specific purpose, I Train to Hunt. I train to resist fatigue and to be confident that when the opportunity presents itself, I will be ready.

It is because of my passion for both the outdoors and for training that I began a blog on the internet in 2009 called Hunt Strong.  This blog led me to great experiences with great people.  I became involved in outdoor television as a crew member of the Backwoods Life TV show which airs on the Sportsman’s Channel. As amazing an experience of living out a childhood dream can be, God told me He had more planned for my life, bigger plans…

God kept directing me to push further, to reach more people, seeking His kingdom first (Matthew 6:33).  For the past eight  years I have been abiding in my faith, growing stronger in His word, and have been following the path He is lying before me.  Today Hunt Strong is more than a passion to me, it is my calling to rebuild His holy temples (Mathew 9:12).  Instead of Hunt Strong being strictly outdoor driven, it took on a new approach.  I am committed to helping others understand how to cherish and love their holy temples.  I believe in taking care of the gift God created, died for on the cross, and now lives in.  What can be more important than taking care of yourself so in return you can take care of others through your calling?  I have spent years in preparation for this journey, and I’d like to share with you how I got here.

Do not get me wrong, I grew up like any other normal kid in America.  Fried southern foods and fast food menu items were in my regimen.  I ate what I was given and what was convenient.  Sometimes naivety can be your worst enemy.  Fortunately I was involved in competitive sports year round, so my poor nutritional choices never had the full effect on me.  Not the same can be said for kids today as times have changed with electronic advances.  It wasn’t until college, after having lived through some tough experiences of being told as a competitive kid I will never make it, that I started to question how my body works and how the foods I eat fuel my body for exercise.  I became a junkie on understanding nutrition, constantly feeding my appetite to know more.  I would spend hours researching literature and then experiment on my body with what I uncovered.  I pushed myself to extremes, further than I ever thought possible.  I entered and conquered competitions across all avenues of sports including physique competitions, extreme mud runs, and stair climb races. It is through these trials and tribulations, successes and failures, that I have accomplished my greatest of victories, that of truly knowing Christ.  I now know how to take my success beyond my own body and help others to accomplish their goals for a healthier lifestyle. What I have learned more than anything is to surrender all, my strengths and weaknesses, to Him, letting Him resurrect my whole being. He has made me into His arrow, meaning a polished servant of the Lord. He has taken me beyond my physicality and has made me a new creation in Him in all ways, fully shaped with His heart for His purposes, to be shot from His bow to pierce the hearts of His children.

I am very passionate about what I do. Nothing excites me more than watching my clients, my friends and family reach their goals through being encountered by Christ. I am committed to teaching others what I have studied and perfected all because of His doing an inner working. I am a  follower of Christ, hunter, provider, loving father, husband, son, brother, uncle, role model, author, chef, and friend. The most important testimony I can give is “Follow me as I follow Christ”. For, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me,” Galatians 2:20. May the Lord Himself, receive His eternal reward through my life in entirety. Jesus, be glorified. Amen.

Robin Ferraro

Co-Founder & Secretary, CPT, GFI

 

Robin Ferraro currently serves as the Coordinator for Student Health & Achievement at Asbury Theological Seminary. She is a certified AFAA personal trainer, group fitness instructor, and NASM nutrition specialist. Since 2018, Robin has helped seminary students, staff, faculty and families discover that obtaining health is not solely about physical fitness, but about finding freedom. She advocates freedom is only found through inviting Christ to be intimately integrated into the journey of transforming one’s lifestyle, because apart from Him we can do no-thing (John 15:5). Her lifelong ministry focus is to send people off into their ministry fully equipped; spiritually, mentally and physically. Robin remarks, “The physicality of ministry often gets overlooked. Too many people will face and suffer from burn-out once they are launched out onto the ministry battlefield. Statistics speak for themselves: 1 in 10 will retire from ministry, the rest will have quit. I desire to be a small part in helping to reverse these numbers. As soldiers of Christ, enlisted into His army, we need to be fully suited in His armor upon leaving the training camp (1 Corinthians 9:26-27).”

 

Robin is the wife of Davie, and together they have one daughter, Emma Kate. She is a current Masters of Theological Studies student at Asbury Seminary. In her spare time Robin enjoys playing cards, board games and working puzzles. Her favorite form of exercise is taking a spin class. She desires to one day pursue a PhD in Theology of the Body and to travel to Israel.

Ken Morgan

Treasurer, CPA

 

Ken Morgan is a Certified Public Accountant who is currently retired in Kentucky after working as a corporate accountant for over 50 years in Florida. He was the chief tax officer for a number of private and public companies. Ken served as the President for the Florida Chapter of the Tax Executive Institute. He also served on the national board of the Tax Executive Institute for a number of years. 

He is happily married to his high school sweetheart for over 50 years. They are proud parents of a son and two daughters. They are also proud grandparents to eight grandchildren. In the process of moving his youngest daughter’s family to Wilmore KY, so they could attend Asbury Seminary, he fell onto his head from the back of the moving truck and died in the driveway. After prayer he was graciously revived. The following year he was asked to relocate from Florida to Wilmore Ky to help in establishing this ministry.  

Ken is an enthusiast about cars and deems himself an amateur “old car mechanic.” His direct call to ministry work is through providing a location and tools where individuals can work on restoration of old vehicles and/or work on their personal cars at no cost.  His goal is to establish a network of individuals with a common interest in automobiles, who have hearts for comradery where vehicles may be improved while the gospel and Christian principles are shared and enhanced. 

 Michael Lee  

Board Member, Backwoods Life TV Host

 

Michael was born in a small town in South Georgia called Cordele, raised on the Flint River and the banks of Lake Blackshear.  His love for the outdoors started very young as his father, grandfathers, and uncles all took Michael out to hunt or fish.  Michael also grew up loving sports and playing baseball for many years.  After college at Valdosta State University graduating with a B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems, he jumped into the world of outdoor television after co-founding the TV show Southern Backwoods Adventures, which is now Backwoods Life.

 

Michael has been blessed to bring outdoor TV inside for almost two decades now. To say the least he’s been busy over the years. 

 

Michael gives all of the credit to the good Lord above for all blessings and lives life through Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

 

 

www.BackwoodsLife.com

  Rob Lim  

Board Member

 

 

Rob Lim is an Australian preacher and marketplace leader who has a unique conviction to merge ministry and commercial gifts to impact organizations both within and outside the Church.

He is currently being equipped at Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky, after a 15 year global banking career where he was an industry leader in mortgages. Most recently Rob was the Global Head of Home Lending products at one of the worlds largest banks where he was accountable for over $300 billion worth of assets across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.

 

As a preacher Rob most recently led an urban cross-cultural church plant in Melbourne, Australia. In 2011 he was elected  to be a member of the World Methodist Council, a council that represents 80 million people globally. He is a Board member of the RICE Movement, a global youth parachurch group, and is co-founder of MATES for Change, an organization that empowers youth to engage in social change and was recently recognized via the Victorian Award for Excellence in Innovation 2020.

 

Born in Sydney, Australia, Rob is married to Ruth and has four sons, Jared, Noah and twins Jude and Benji.

Dr. Steve Seamands

  Steve Seamands  

Board Member, MDiv, PhD

 

Dr. Steve Seamands is Emeritus Professor of Christian Doctrine at Asbury Theological Seminary.  Having taught full-time at the seminary for 35 years, he retired in 2018, but continues to teach one course each semester.  He also continues to be involved with seminary students and Christian leaders in coaching, spiritual direction, and healing prayer.      

 

Having participated as a college student in the Asbury Revival of 1970, and visited revival sites like Toronto and Brownsville in the 1990’s, Dr. Seamands has a passion for intercessory prayer, revival and Awakening.  

 

He is the author of seven books including Ministry in the Image of God, Wounds that Heal, and The Unseen Real.  Currently he is writing a book on theological foundations for healing ministry. 

 

Steve and his wife Carol have been happily married for fiftty-one years.  They have four adult children and eight grandchildren. 

  Travis Spann  

Board Member 

 

In August of 2004, God rescued Travis from a life of rebellion and destruction. Two weeks later, he met Charis, who became the living word of grace in his life. Travis graduated from Asbury College in 2006 and married Charis in 2007. For the next two years, Travis and Charis served on staff at Grace Community Church in Bryan, Ohio before returning to Kentucky in 2009. Travis enrolled in the Master of Education program at Asbury and began teaching as a middle school math teacher at Jessamine County’s alternative school, The Providence School. In December of 2014, Travis and Charis welcomed their beautiful daughter Zion into their family. Zion’s birth signified the birthing of a call to ministry that was the fulfillment of a ten-year training and preparation season. Shortly thereafter, Dwelling Ministries was initiated, and the Board hired Travis as the President and Executive Director. Travis is a natural leader and teacher with giftings in spiritual discernment and prophetic insight. He has a call to ignite others with a desire for God and intimate knowledge of the love of Jesus. In addition, he is a music artist (“Trav”) and has released a number of projects available on major digital distribution sites:

 

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5tW4JH39NWsorrbSuKMNgX?si=3lEkdRfhRt2CYttDDmuXWg&dl_branch=1

 

Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/kontinue/1519939198

Jeremiah 29:11

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”