The Southwest Ohio Christian Ashram is part of the United Christian Ashram movement. Christian Ashrams seek to help all people deepen their experience of the dynamic reality of God in daily living. The experience seeks to balance devotional practice, study, worship and service in a committed life together. Our aim is to be the Kingdom of God in miniature – a quest for spiritual living. We presuppose a heart open to God. All of us can have an experience in which we, as sincere seekers, end up with a heart overflowing with love of God and our neighbors. Jesus Christ is the Center of the Ashram.
Evangelist
Brother Don resides Westernport, Maryland. He is a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College (’75) and has been with Youth With a Mission (YWAM) since 1994. He has spent the last two decades teaching “Worldview and the Kingdom of God” in YWAM schools across Europe and the United States. With a background in professional music, missions, and youth ministry, his messages use Scripture, story, music, art, and film to explore the Kingdom of God. Retired now, hecontinues to serve God as an Evangelist and Bible Teacher to the Mountaineer, Western Pennsylvania, Buckhannon, and Brookville Christian Ashrams.
Don is an accomplished and spirit-led pianist and multi-instrument musician.
Bible Teacher
Director
Brother Gary has been a pastor since 1986, serving churches in Ohio, Kentucky, and Georgia. He is currently the pastor of Germantown Methodist Church. A graduate of Asbury University and Asbury Theological Seminary, he has also been a Spiritual Director with the Walk to Emmaus. Gary is an author of ten books as well as a private pilot. He is married to Myra, who also serves as the registrar. They have four adult aged sons. Gary is the Director of this Ashram as well as the Mountaineer Christian Ashram. He has served as the Evangelist of the West Virginia Wesleyan College Ashram and Bible Teacher of the Mountaineer Christian Ashram.
