Ken and Trudy Bangs

Ken and Trudy Bangs

Trudy spent 12 years as a high school English teacher in the Plano ISD. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of North Texas. Trudy was trained in the ministry by June Barnard Ashworth, founder of Christian Gateway Ministries and author of the Spiritual Growth Series; Growing in the Spirit, Walking in the Spirit and Ministering in the Spirit. Trudy founded Christian Ambassadors in 1994 and since that time has worked to bring Christ to the nations by establishing houses of prayer, setting up jail ministries and teaching the Spiritual Growth Series.  

Ken holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University, a M.S. in Human Relations and Management from Amber University, and a Doctorate of Ministry in Christian Counseling from Jacksonville Theological Seminary. An ordained and licensed minister, Ken was trained and commissioned as a Minister to Men by the Christian Men’s Network and the late Dr. Edwin Louis Cole. Ken entered the full time ministry in 2002 after spending 35 years in law enforcement and public safety.

Together, Ken and Trudy have served as senior pastors of Regions Christian Center in Texarkana, Texas, taught the Spiritual Growth Series throughout the U.S. , conducted marriage seminars, ministered and traveled together carrying the Word of the Lord to the nations . God’s plan for their lives has now brought them to Gateway Farm where they are working hand in hand to expand the ministry of Christian Ambassadors into all regions of the Kingdom.