OUR STAFF
Our chapter board works diligently to ensure we are leading the ministry in a positive direction to reach young people in our area. This group of well qualified individuals from our community comes alongside our team through counsel, strategy, and accountability.
Brad Sisson
Executive Director
bsisson@defyfc.org
Heather Grime
Development & Community Engagement Coordinator
office@defyfc.org
Jo Nofziger
Accounts Administrator
jnofziger@defyfc.org
Courtney Herendeen
Administrative Assistant
cherendeen@defyfc.org
Caden Garcia
Defiance Campus Life
cgarcia@defyfc.org
Kari Gathany
Juvenile Justice Ministry
kgathany@defyfc.org
Eliot Nofziger
Fulton County Area Lead
enofziger@defyfc.org
Lydia Nofziger
Stryker Campus Life & Chapter Media Resources
lnofziger@defyfc.org
Jennifer Trausch
Wayne Trace/Payne Campus Life
jtrausch@defyfc.org
Michael Wortkoetter
Montpelier City Life
mwortkoetter@defyfc.org
Michael Zeedyk
Paulding Area Lead
mzeedyk@defyfc.org
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is made up of caring, concerned adults from the community. Our board provides direction, oversight, and vision for the Executive Director. The team meets monthly for prayer, ministry updates, and strategic planning.
- Doug Smith
- Marilyn Smith
- Tim Demland
- Brandon Grant
- Tim Martin
63 Years and counting Serving NW Ohio
Our pursuit: relational ministry rooted in Christ’s truth. His truth about community, empathy, and kingdom-inspired diversity guides our work and shapes our communities.
Our pursuit: relational ministry rooted in Christ’s truth. His truth about community, empathy, and kingdom-inspired diversity guides our work and shapes our communities.
Statement of Faith
- We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
- We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
- We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
- We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
- We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.
Our Focus
Introducing young people to Jesus at pivotal moments
YFC is a movement that reaches young people everywhere with the hope of Christ. We work with the local church and other like-minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the Word of God and prayer, passion for sharing the love of Christ, and commitment to social involvement.
YFC USA & YFC International
A global movement to uncover God's Story in the next generation
As a ministry of YFC USA we are dedicated to acting as a local extension of the work being done nationally. We actively work to create engaging experiences for youth in our area.