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BETHEL COLLEGE MAGAZINE ARTICLE
GIVING BACK: A SEASON FOR HEALING
MARK AND SHERYL DOURAS
Since 1982, Mark and Sheryl Douras have reached out to people through ministries in places near and far – leading short-term mission trips, conducting family ministries, and serving as leaders at churches and day care centers. Both graduated from Fort Wayne Bible College. Mark currently serves as the senior pastor at Mt. Olive Missionary Church. Sheryl is a Christian counselor at the Barnabas Center in Peoria, Ill. Their daughter Elizabeth, who was a vocal performance major at Bethel, is an active volunteer in church ministry and a member of Dayton Philharmonic Chorus.
Rev. Mark and Sheryl Douras are connected to Bethel College in way that has touched them deeply. Both of their children, Jonathan (attended ’02-’05) and Elizabeth, chose Bethel. And it was at Bethel that their son, Jonathan, made friends, played music and searched for his career path, before a cancer diagnosis changed the family’s plans.
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GIVING BACK: A SEASON FOR HEALING
MARK AND SHERYL DOURAS
Since 1982, Mark and Sheryl Douras have reached out to people through ministries in places near and far – leading short-term mission trips, conducting family ministries, and serving as leaders at churches and day care centers. Both graduated from Fort Wayne Bible College. Mark currently serves as the senior pastor at Mt. Olive Missionary Church. Sheryl is a Christian counselor at the Barnabas Center in Peoria, Ill. Their daughter Elizabeth, who was a vocal performance major at Bethel, is an active volunteer in church ministry and a member of Dayton Philharmonic Chorus.
Rev. Mark and Sheryl Douras are connected to Bethel College in way that has touched them deeply. Both of their children, Jonathan (attended ’02-’05) and Elizabeth, chose Bethel. And it was at Bethel that their son, Jonathan, made friends, played music and searched for his career path, before a cancer diagnosis changed the family’s plans.
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Mark & Sheryl
Douras
Get to know us
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We currently live in Dunlap, Illinois where Mark pastors a growing church and Sheryl is a counselor at a Christian counseling center as well as a published author
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We are both graduates of Fort Wayne Bible College. We are certified grief counselors. Mark also received his master’s degree from Asbury Seminary. We have been in ministry since 1982. Some of our ministries have included senior pastor, youth pastor, family ministries, day care and preschool director, adjunct professor at a Christian college, short-term missions leadership, missionaries, counseling, grief ministry and prayer ministry.
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God chose to take our son Jonathan home in 2005. Since then, God has provided unique opportunities for us to minister to many who have experienced tragedies in life.
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In our free time some of the things that we enjoy are hiking, riding bikes, canoeing, fishing, traveling, music, friends and family. |