TEAM
LEE SCHNABEL | CEO | LEAD FACILITATOR
Background
As lead facilitator and founder of CAPAZ, Lee carries a passion to see local pastors and leaders fully equipped with the power of the Holy Spirit and a solid understanding of Scripture. Since the early 90’s he has been involved in developing effective leadership training programs in places like Panama, Colombia and Chile.
While serving in Chile, he developed a training system called, “collaborative leadership training (CLT)” that is based on Dialogue Education. CLT is an interactive training approach that focuses on the role and the work of the Holy Spirit to reveal truth and to manifest the gifts of the Spirit while equipping pastors and leaders in very practical ways.
Current Projects
Lee and the CAPAZ team focus on developing national and regional facilitators in Latin America who will assist national churches in developing in-service training programs that are fully operational without the need from outside funding and personnel.
Lee and his team have been invited to develop CLT training programs in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru.
Organization
As a Foursquare missionary, Lee serves in Latin America with a focus on developing in-service training programs in multiple Latin American nations. His advisory ministry is highlighted by his role as Assistant to the Area Missionary for Central and South America. Financial oversight is provided by Solid Life Center (Forest Grove Foursquare Church) in Oregon.
A committee of six current and former pastors serves as an advisory team. These leaders include Dr. Cliff Hanes (Bend, OR), Rev. Raul Irigoyen (Panama, Republic of Panama), Pastor Shannon Kearney (Nashville, TN), Pastor Todd Schumacher (Lake Charles, LA), and Steve Gutzler (Issaqua, WA) and Pastor Steve Mann (Forest Grove).
Education and Ministry
Lee is a graduate of: LIFE Bible College (1981), Fuller Theological Seminary with an MA in Global Leadership (2010) and a Doctor of Intercultural Studies (2015). Fuller awarded Lee the 2015 Donald McGavran Award for significant contributions to the field of Church Growth. Lee’s research developed a training design for catalytic urban church planters in Chile using Dialogue Education.
Lee has pastored churches in Guatemala City and Chandler, Arizona. He and his wife Lisa have also been involved with church planting among the Tzutujil tribe of Guatemala, as well as church plants in Seal Beach, CA, Eugene, OR, and Santiago, Chile. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member of the Spanish MASL program at LIFE Pacific University.
REGIONAL FACILITATORS
RAUL IRIGOYEN | PANAMA
Raul is the former pastor of Centro Familiar Cristiano in Panama City, Panama where he served as senior pastor for twenty-three years. An engineer by training he also retired from U.S. Army South as a GS-13 where he oversaw the maintenance of American bases in the Canal Zone. He has been the President of the Foursquare Church of Panama as well as the Vice-President of the NAE of Panama. Recently he worked for the Billy Graham organization coordinating their efforts in South America.
In January of 2006 he was hired by Foursquare Missions International as the Project Administrator for the Department. In the last several years Raul has been a director on the Foursquare Foundation. Currently he serves as an advisor to the Foursquare Global Council. He resides in Panama with his wife and Anita. They have two grown sons, Tony and Rene.
ADDITIONAL FACILITATORS
ANA VIVAR | CHILE
LUIS CANCINO | CHILE
JUAN-CARLOS SAEZ | CHILE
ADVISORY TEAM
CLIFF HANES | VICE CHAIRMAN
Dr. Cliff Hanes is a Northwest native from Vancouver, WA, and his wife Mari is a native of Grants Pass, OR. Cliff and Mari have a history of anointing as pastors. They were blessed with revival growth as senior pastors of The Church of Living Water (Olympia, WA) and Westside Foursquare Church (Bend, OR). They then served as supervisors of seven states in the greater Northwest, followed by three years with Foursquare Missions in Northern Europe. Dr. Hanes then moved to Los Angeles to serve as the Vice President for I.C.F.G. and three years ago Dr. Hanes moved back to Bend to oversee the newly created Cascade District.
In the Fall of 2005 he accepted the ministry assignment from Dr. Jack Hayford to serve as Assistant Vice President of U.S. Missions. In 2008, the Hanes were appointed as the senior pastors at East Bay Fellowship Church in Danville, Ca. Two years ago, Cliff returned to his home base in Oregon, and continues to lead mission teams and conferences, especially in Africa.
RAUL IRIGOYEN | TREASURER
Raul is the former pastor of Centro Familiar Cristiano in Panama City, Panama where he served as senior pastor for twenty-three years. An engineer by training he also retired from U.S. Army South as a GS-13 where he oversaw the maintenance of American bases in the Canal Zone. He has been the President of the Foursquare Church of Panama as well as the Vice-President of the NAE of Panama. Recently he worked for the Billy Graham organization coordinating their efforts in South America.
In January of 2006 he was hired by Foursquare Missions International as the Project Administrator for the Department. In the last several years Raul has been a director on the Foursquare Foundation. Currently he serves as an advisor to the Foursquare Global Council. He resides in Panama with his wife and Anita. They have two grown sons, Tony and Rene.
TODD SCHUMACHER | DIRECTOR
Todd is the founder and senior pastor of Church of the King in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He has been in ministry for nineteen years and planted the church in Lake Charles in 2006. Church of the King has grown into a life-giving and relevant church in southwest Louisiana engaged in reaching the entire region. He met Lee while they were both enrolled in the master's degree program at Fuller Theological Seminary in 2005, and they quickly realized their similar heart to reach the world around them. They worked together while at school and have continued to partner in ministry together since that time.
Todd has been married to his wife Lisa for over twenty years, and they have four wonderful kids together. They love spending time at their family farm and enjoy fishing, hunting and exploring the outdoors.
SHANNON KEARNEY | DIRECTOR
Shannon serves on the Advisory Team of CAPAZ bringing a wide variety of experience as a church planter, prophet, counselor, and gifted speaker. For thirteen years she was an associate pastor overseeing the counseling department at Faith Center in Eugene, OR. In the Fall of 2004 she planted SouthHills Church in Eugene which grew to become a vibrant church family currently known as CitySalt Church. After turning the church over to an associate pastor in 2012, Shannon moved to Nashville with her husband Mike.
Currently, she serves on the teaching team of Church in the City and is often sought out to speak at retreats and other leadership gatherings. Shannon's passions include spending time with her grandchildren in Nashville and in Eugene, and kayaking.
STEVE MANN| DIRECTOR
Steve Mann is the lead pastor of Solid Life Center which provides spiritual and financial oversight to CAPAZ Ministries. With a deep commitment to the work of the Holy Spirit and discipleship, Steve and his wife Kolleen have been serving at SLC for over eight years. They have three grown children, Kari, Kennah and Ian.
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
BEATRIZ ARMENTA | EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT- LATIN AMERICA
Beatriz serves as a project specialist for CAPAZ. She is proudly from the coastal city Barranquilla, Colombia. Beatriz has served the Charismatic Foursquare Church of Colombia as a financial administrator for over 23 years.
Her educational background includes graduating from the Universidad del Norte with a business degree and the Colombian Foursquare Bible Institute, "Vida"[LIFE]. Currently she resides in Bogota, and during her free time she loves watching soccer and traveling.
VIRGINIA DE SCHMIDT | TRANSLATOR
Virginia de Schmidt is a written translator from Colombia. She studied at the University of El Rosario in Bogota. Virginia is a Technical and Specialized Translator as well as being certified as an Official Translator.
As part of the Foursquare Church in Colombia, she has translated many teaching materials. During the last few years she has been committed to translate for the kingdom of God. She has translated the “Conquering Codependency” manual, discipleship booklets and her last work was the book by pastor Daniel Brown, “Embracing Grace.”
Virginia now lives in Vancouver, Canada, with her husband, enjoying their grandchildren and family.
Contact Virginia at virginiaschmidt@hotmail.com
KURT SCHNABEL | COMMUNICATIONS
Kurt works as an Online Marketing Specialist in Bend, Oregon. He is also an ordained assistant minister serving at Dayspring Christian Center (Terrebonne Foursquare Church).
For CAPAZ, Kurt brings a combination of marketing and ministry experience to further enhance the organization’s ability to communicate, engage, and disciple people through online tools.
He is married to a wonderful woman named Rachel, with whom they own a dog together named Rico.
RACHEL SCHNABEL | EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT - NORTH AMERICA
ANASTASIA MORAN | WEBMASTER - NORTH AMERICA
SHARON BUDZIER | INTERCESSORY PRAYER COORDINATOR
Sharon Budzier has been with CAPAZ since 2008 and has a heart for world missions and intercessory prayer. As the prayer coordinator for CAPAZ, she works with Lee to develop prayer strategies among our supporters to provide the spiritual support for many key projects each year. Her hobbies included knitting and reading books.
GARY & LESLIE ROYER | DONOR SUPPORT
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