{"id":1365,"date":"2026-09-22T12:04:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T12:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tonycksolutions.com\/africaoutreach\/?st-import=5fceb7e351110c10107f0965c1730d68"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:35:42","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tonycksolutions.com\/africaoutreach\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1365\" class=\"elementor elementor-1365\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbef9d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bbef9d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c46ef4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c46ef4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c0ef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25c0ef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A few words<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a933be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a933be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a474e85 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a474e85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79f2ab2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79f2ab2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21094bb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21094bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tonycksolutions.com\/africaoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PWPH21-1-261x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1502\" alt=\"pwph21 1 261x300\"  title=\"About Us\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b084e42 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b084e42\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9acb1e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9acb1e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f527a4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f527a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Walker &amp; Haley Schurz<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b5c3e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"14b5c3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0f46e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0f46e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pastors Walker and Haley Schurz have ministered in Southern Africa since 1992. They served as Senior Pastors of Miracle Life Family Church in Lusaka, Zambia before handing the church over to a new leadership on August 31, 2026. Together with a wonderful leadership team and congregation, they fulfilled the mandate of \u201cSharing Christ\u2026 Maturing Believers\u2026 Changing the World\u201d. Lives are changed, restored, healed and helped as people discover the truth about God and who they are in Christ. They are serving full time as directors of Rhema Bible Training Center Zambia that equips laborers for the harvest.<\/p><p>Pastors Walker and Haley, along with their leadership team, desire to take any success that God gives them to bless and encourage other pastors in the region. They are both graduates of Oral Roberts University and Rhema Bible Training Center (USA) and are currently residing in Lusaka.<\/p><p>Over the years, their zeal for godly leadership and a transformed nation has provided them with experience and wisdom that they now impart to others through group mentorship and course work at Rhema Zambia. They are unwavering in their commitment to raise a generation of ministers who have a leadership culture that leaves a legacy on the continent.<\/p><p>They are the parents of Timothy and Jessica who both grew up in Africa and are currently leaving and working in the USA, taking steps towards God\u2019s plans for their lives. They are also blessed with one grandchild.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4dfcee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d4dfcee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-869ea98 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"869ea98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aaf6176 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6aaf6176\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Others Say<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84b8552 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"84b8552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba4b8d7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ba4b8d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b14dabc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b14dabc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d6995b7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d6995b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tonycksolutions.com\/africaoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rev-Tony-Cooke-227x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1568\" alt=\"rev tony cooke\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonycksolutions.com\/africaoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rev-Tony-Cooke-227x300.jpeg 227w, https:\/\/tonycksolutions.com\/africaoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rev-Tony-Cooke.jpeg 731w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\"  title=\"About Us\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e4ef1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31e4ef1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e9db72d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e9db72d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-008a415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"008a415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tonycooke.org\/\">Rev. Tony Cooke<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2773ee1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2773ee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tony Cooke Ministries, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3b4d84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3b4d84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-008a415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"008a415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Walker and Haley Schurz are mature and seasoned ministers whom I have had the privilege of knowing for many years. It has been an honor to witness their great passion for ministry, their unwavering commitment to serve and strengthen the Body of Christ, and their dedication to fulfilling the Great Commission.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-957e10d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"957e10d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>I have observed their Christ-centered ministry as they have pastored God\u2019s flock, equipped students for ministry, and provided high-quality training and continuing education for those in the five-fold ministry. Walker and Haley have a proven track record of delivering exceptional ministry in every endeavor they undertake. I am delighted to call them my friends and co-workers in the Lord\u2019s harvest field. Their contribution to the work of God on earth has been and continues to be outstanding, and they are held in high esteem by their peers in ministry.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72770f5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"72770f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8217499 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8217499\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a256b51 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a256b51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae06920 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae06920\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tonycksolutions.com\/africaoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rev.-Allen-Speegle-scaled-e1682067567396-227x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1567\" alt=\"rev. allen speegle scaled e1682067567396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonycksolutions.com\/africaoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rev.-Allen-Speegle-scaled-e1682067567396-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/tonycksolutions.com\/africaoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rev.-Allen-Speegle-scaled-e1682067567396.jpg 731w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\"  title=\"About Us\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8800dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c8800dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90a6c00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90a6c00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-008a415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"008a415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><h5 class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/people\/Safe-Harbor-International-Net-Work\/100057165742758\">Rev. Allen Speegle<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0d884b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0d884b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Safe Harbor International \"Net\" Work, Huntsville, Alabama<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b9b17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29b9b17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-008a415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"008a415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>I have traveled to Africa many times over the last 20 years, and one ministry I always work with is Africa Outreach. I work with them because they have the heartbeat of the African people, and everything they do is done with excellence.<\/p><p>Walker and Haley Schurz and their team are making a difference in church leaders across Africa, and what makes this possible is the heart out of which they minister. I highly recommend investing in the people of Africa through this ministry. It is a first-class ministry operated by first-class people.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few words About Us Walker &amp; Haley Schurz Pastors Walker and Haley Schurz have ministered in Southern Africa since 1992. They served as Senior Pastors of Miracle Life Family Church in Lusaka, Zambia before handing the church over to a new leadership on August 31, 2026. 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