11 January 2021
We're delighted to announce that Marianne Becker today takes over from Rob Reed as New Publications Director. Marianne has been part of the publishing team working alongside Rob since May 2019. Steve Goss says, "We are so thankful to Rob for all he brought to the role over the last few years and I'm delighted that he can now concentrate fully on his role of Area Director for Latin America. Marianne has proved a highly capable assistant to Rob having worked on a number of our publications. She brings a great maturity to the role and our authors are already very much enjoying working with her. She needs to raise her own financial support and I'd encourage those who have experienced the life-changing effects of our publications to consider joining her team of supporters." Click here for information on joining Marianne's team.
Marianne says, "Through Freedom In Christ Ministries, God has given a truly transformational message to the Church. I've seen so many people's lives transformed and see the potential for churches to transform their communities and even their entire nation. My passion is to provide this message to the Church in ever better ways through new publications. I want churches to have access to ever better books, courses, and online resources that they can use across every generation."
She has been involved with Freedom In Christ since 1996 when she was introduced to the message through a friend of her husband, Steve. She attended a Saturday seminar, where the principles of Victory Over the Darkness were taught in the morning and the group went through The Steps to Freedom in Christ in the afternoon. She went with great reluctance but this was God’s plan for her life! She found a great deal of freedom and, in fact, believes that the message of Freedom In Christ saved her marriage and indeed her life.
Steve and Marianne then went on to teach classes themselves and in 1997 met Neil Anderson for the first time. He asked them to arrange a conference at their church in Raleigh. They were the Discipleship Counseling coordinators for the conference where they connected with 40 churches in the Raleigh area and trained 225 leaders before the conference.
Their family moved to Highlands Ranch, Colorado in 1998 where they contuinued to teach classes in several churches in the area. Steve & Marianne had an office at Southwest Counseling Center (Littleton, CO) where they took the Center’s triage clients through the Steps to Freedom in Christ. Marianne completed her Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Counseling at this time.
For the next few years in order to support their sons through their teen years, they stepped back from actively participating in the US ministry, although they stayed in touch and continued to use the materials. In 2014 they attended the 25th Anniversary Celebration in Atlanta and while there, God confirmed Marianne’s calling to Freedom in Christ and both she and Steve became Community Freedom Ministry Associates. Following on from that they became the US Northwest Regional Directors in 2015. Marianne developed US Care and Training and served as the US National Director of Care and Training from October 2016 through June 2020. She developed the E3 (Engaged, Empowered & Effective) Initiative at this time which works with CFMU (Community Freedom Ministries University) to help students develop relationships within the ministry as well as become familiar with our Flagship courses.
Marianne is currently working on bringing her first book, Unraveling the Lie-Knot by Sheryl Giesbrecht-Turner, from manuscript to publication. In the pipeline she's also working on a few other new titles by Daryl & Stephanie Fitzgerald with Neil Anderson, Carolyn Bramhall, and a course by Dan and Nancy Burt.
With all this experience and with God's clear calling to this new role, we are looking forward to how the Lord is going to use Marianne!