Purpose
The purpose of this ministry is nothing short of participating and advancing God’s eternal purpose. God needs His people to cooperate and labor with Him to accomplish His eternal purpose. God’s eternal purpose according to His good pleasure is to have mature sons for the Father, a Bride for the Son, a Body for the Spirit, and ONE New Man to have dominion and through whom He will defeat His enemy, Satan.
(Reference Scriptures: Eph. 1:5, 22-23; 3:10-11, 21; 5:31-32; Rom. 16:20; 1 Cor. 3:9)
Vision
This is what we hope to see in our life time: His diverse people in the faith of Jesus Christ becoming manifestly/practically ONE as seen in the building up of the Lord’s ekklesia. His ekklesia (“democratic assembly”) as the shining Lampstand shows off a diverse people manifesting ONEness: loving and fellowshipping with one another in a participatory and contributory environment. The world today with its secular democracy expresses its division, hatred, and corruption—whereas the reality of Jesus Christ is affirmed and testified where and when diversity in living oneness is manifested. This will cause the world to believe in Jesus Christ.
(Reference Scriptures: Matt. 16:18; 1Cor. 12; John 17:22-23; Col. 3:10-11)
Mission
What are we doing:
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Sharing the Gospel of Peace: bringing previously divided believers into one fellowship.
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Equipping believers by unveiling the three gifts given by Jesus in John 17—His Life, Truth, and Glory--in order that each member of His ONE BODY may be released into functioning according to their own gifting for the building up of the Body of Christ until we all attain unto the Unity of the One Common Faith – unto the very “measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
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Teaching and recovering the optimum and divinely-revealed practice of the Lord’s ekklesia (“democratic assembly”) where diverse believers can assemble in love and fellowship manifesting their oneness in Christ—none dominating but all under the headship of Christ, the Head of His ONE BODY.
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“Teaming up” with other ministries for the “faith of the gospel.”
(Reference Scriptures: Eph. 2:14-17; Rom. 10:15; Eph. 4:11-13; John 17; 1Cor. 11:17 through 14; Phil. 1:27-28; 2:1-11)
WHAT WE ARE NOT DOING
We are not starting a church or a federation of churches (a denomination)
We are not against institutional or organized churches
We are not promoting any ecumenical movements
ONE BODY LIFE – BOARD OF DIRECTORS
HENRY
HON
Henry Hon graduated from UC Berkeley with an engineering degree. Soon afterwards, he co-founded a folding bicycle company, DAHON, which became the largest company of its kind in the world. Henry has been a "serial entrepreneur" ever since. He and his wife, Sylvia, of over 44 years have raised four children and currently have eight grandchildren. His immediate family represents the “melting pot” of America with descendants from Europe, Africa, China, and Southeast Asia.
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Henry came to know and serve Jesus Christ in 1969 during the Jesus People Movement. At that time, he saw God’s purpose is for the ONEness of His people. He has been aspiring for the growing experience and expression of this reality. He has been studying the Bible and participating in ministry since he was 16 years old. His services included open air evangelism, youth ministry, college ministry, leadership role in “church planting,” pastoring, teaching, and home group expansion. He has dedicated the rest of His life to advancing and the building up of God’s ekklesia.
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Henry is the author of the three books in the "ONE Trilogy." These books expound on God’s eternal purpose being His ekklesia, and the Lord’s epic prayer in John 17 for the ONEness of His people through three distinct gifts: eternal life, truth, and glory. These gifts are a culmination of the major points of Christian teaching that he has studied and successfully integrated into his own life; together with some fresh and crucial insights into the Scriptures, they are the essence of his ministry content. He has also since wrote the book “Galatians: Uniting Divide People” and “God’s Kind:The Glory and Triumph of God’s Kingdom.”
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Henry started this ministry to trumpet the message of ONE. God has opened doors for this message and to spread this in an increasing number of countries. His three books form the core of the content of this ministry.
HAL
TOWNSEND
Hal Townsend graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Friends Bible College (now, Barclay College) in Kansas. He entered into ministry as a Youth Pastor at the Medford Friends Church in Oregon. There he met his wife. Over the past 40 years Hal has enjoyed a Christ-centered home where they raised four children. Soon after their marriage Hal left the formal ministry when they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been working in Employee Benefits consulting since 1989; now retired.
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Hal was raised in a pastor's family in the Midwest and came to Jesus at the age of nine during one of the church's annual revival meetings. He became active in church youth choirs and traveled extensively up through his college years with choirs and contemporary Christian bands presenting the gospel in churches, high schools, camps, and conferences. During his time of formal ministry, Hal became dissatisfied with institutional Christianity and began to desire the early church experience of simply assembling with other believers in order to experience Christ-centered Body-Life. This eventually led to home gatherings for Bible study, fellowship, encouragement, and building up one another. Since the early 1990s, Hal and his wife have been actively assembling with other believers in homes to enjoy organic body-life--as the Lord's ekklesia.
SARAH
GASKIN
Sarah Gaskin is a strategic leader and community builder with over 15 years of executive experience leading teams, programs, and initiatives. She has driven cross-functional work spanning operations, sustainability, and organizational growth.
Sarah is passionate about bringing people together around shared purpose, and she serves on the Board of Directors for OneBody.life to support its mission of connection and service.
ONE BODY LIFE – BOARD OF ADVISORS
DOUG
KRIEGER
Douglas W. Krieger is the owner of Tribnet Publications, a prolific author, retired public school administrator, mathematician, and blogger. He has authored/co-authored and published some 20+ books. Doug is a frequent conference speaker and serves on the Board of Directors of a variety of Evangelical Ministries: Urban Hope Alliance (Sacramento), Word to Russia (West Sacramento), Chair of the COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL FOUNDATION based in Arizona which is working on a Commonwealth Reference Bible with a team of editors and, of course, has been a Board Member with One Body Life for nearly three years--and is a major contributor to the One Body Life blog, as well as working on the curriculum for the Christ Ekklesia Institute.
His works are both prophetic and dedicated to Evangelical relevance in today's world--calling out Christians to rise up during the final hours of human history to bear the TESTIMONY OF JESUS before a world so desperately in need of the supernatural intervention of the Deliverer who shall roar out of Zion.
He has been happily married for over 50 years to his beloved Deborah with three children, all of whom love the Lord--and a growing "quiver" of grandchildren. He was graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with post-graduate studies in Educational Administration at California State University, Sacramento. His background includes biblical training from Multnomah University in Portland, Oregon. Doug came to Christ in high school through a local Bible Study group with his sister, Jerri Tuck--both of whom met the Lord and by God's grace have never turned back from following their Savior and Lord.
SCOTT
HUNNICUTT
Teaching the students of Christ Ekklesia Institute in Nigeria has forever changed Scott Hunnicutt’s life. Before joining One Body Life (OBL), Scott served in leadership roles in churches ranging from Reformed to Charismatic, including serving as Senior Pastor of three churches. He also worked for Forgiveness Ministries, where he became skilled in walking believers through forgiveness and reconciliation. His multifaceted ministry experience deepened his love for the universal Bride of Christ and gave him a heart to facilitate the Oneness for which Jesus prayed across denominational divides.
In light of Paul’s admonition to Timothy to find the “faithful” who would be able to “teach others also,” Scott feels a unique calling to pastors and teachers. Having graduated from Gateway Seminary with an M.Div, he has a vision and a passion for seeing seminaries, who are shaping the next generation of leaders, embrace the message of One Body Life. To this end, he is currently pursuing a Th.M/D.Min. (a doctorate) so he can teach what God has shown him about God’s Ekklesia to seminary students.
In the Body of Christ, anyone, regardless of educational background, can be used powerfully in the Kingdom of God. Therefore, Scott and Henry created a video series entitled Alpha Ekklesia that presents the basic principles of the Lord’s ekklesia. And many leaders are starting to use this tool to help start a conversation that will aid believers in discovering the Gospel of Peace and living a life in light of Jesus’ prayer that we would be “One” as He and the Father are “One.”
ROD
PAGE
Rod Page is a father of four, grandfather of six, and great grandfather of one. He has been married to his sweetheart, Diana, since 1979. He spent many years serving the Lord in child education, teaching, leading small groups as well as working in a family business and the corporate world.
He was the pastor of a church in Northern California for ten years when he first heard this message of Ekklesia and the Oneness of the Body of Christ. That message took root and now Rod is a full-time worker in this ministry.
He is currently enjoying this new season of life and of ministry along with the privilege of spreading “the Gospel of Peace” near and far.
CLARENCE
EDUARTE
Clarence Eduarte is a visual artist from the Philippines who has been involved in the Lord’s work since 1998. For more than two decades, his mission has consistently centered on building communities, cultivating relationships, sharing the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, and equipping leaders to continue the work of God’s Kingdom in their own communities.
In the summer of 2017, the Lord led him to meet Henry Hon in San Francisco. Through this encounter, the Lord opened his eyes to a deeper understanding of the message of oneness in the Body of Christ. Since then, he has devoted himself to imparting the Gospel of Peace among the brethren, believing that true unity among God’s people is a powerful testimony that Jesus is truly the Christ.
Although the Philippines is recognized as the only predominantly Christian nation in Southeast Asia, division among Christian groups and denominations remains evident. Because of this, God placed a burden in Clarence’s heart to help spread the message of unity, reconciliation, and peace within the Body of Christ throughout the nation.
Currently, he is being led to reach university students in Northern Philippines, with a special focus on equipping young leaders at Mariano Marcos State University. His vision is to prepare and empower students who can carry and impart this message of peace and oneness to more than 70,000 students across the university community and beyond.
For Clarence, the Gospel of Peace is deeply liberating because Christ Himself is the One who brings true freedom. One of the greatest highlights of his journey has been the moment the Lord opened his understanding to see and embrace this truth more clearly. He firmly believes that when there is genuine unity and peace among God’s people, it becomes a living affirmation to the world that Jesus is the Christ.
RONNIE
YAP
Ronnie Yap is a father of three grown daughters and has been married to Vangie for 32 years. Studied pastoral-theology in seminary and pastoring local churches for more than three decades, up to present.
When he heard the message of One Ekklesia he was caught by the Lord's vision and purpose to simplify his personal life and ministry and be a willing conduit to the practical manifestation of the Lord's ekklesia that transcends denominational boundaries.
These days he enjoys fellowshipping with the followers of Jesus that came from different churches or ministries, and goes places in the Philippines to share and teach the Lord's mission of building one ekklesia, a.k.a. Gospel of Peace and Full Gospel, that the world may taste and see and believe the reality of Jesus Christ, here and now.
SEAN
MORGENSEN
Sean Morgensen graduated with a B.A. from William Jessup University in northern California. He has served as a youth and an associate pastor in three different churches, and now serves as a volunteer where he and his family worship in Rocklin CA.
Growing up in the church, Sean came to faith in middle school and was actively involved, going on mission trips and being a part of a youth ministry. After going the way of the prodigal for several years, he returned to serving in the church, met his wonderful wife, Tricia, and pursued vocational ministry. Now, he and his wife homeschool their five children and serve as the Lord leads.
Currently Sean serves with Tres Dias International, Northern California Men’s Encounter, and speaks at conferences regularly. He has helped share the Gospel of Peace alongside One Body Life and is passionate about the oneness of the body of Christ. When he isn’t being a father or husband, he spends his time building the ekklesia in his local community.
JOEL
OLATUBOSUN
Joel Olatubosun is a Nigerian legal practitioner and real estate consultant, born a Muslim, but now a Christian preacher and missionary with a deep commitment to justice, peace, and the advancement of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
As a lawyer, Joel is dedicated to upholding the rule of law and providing sound legal services with integrity and professionalism. Alongside his legal practice, he is actively involved in real estate consultancy, helping individuals and organizations navigate property-related matters with diligence and honesty.
Joel is equally a presenter at Oyo State Broadcasting Corporation (BCOS), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Beyond his professional career, Joel is passionately devoted to Christian ministry. He is a preacher and missionary whose life's mission is to proclaim the Gospel of peace across Nigeria and beyond. Through teaching, evangelism, and fellowship, he seeks to encourage believers and share the message of Oneness, grace, and reconciliation.
Joel serves in the ministry of One Body Life, founded by brother Henry Hon of California, USA. He works in tandem with Rod Page in Florida, USA, to strengthen believers and promote biblical truth.
He is the National Coordinator of One Body Life in Nigeria.
He is happily married to Idowu Paulina Olatubosun, and together, they are blessed with two children, Best and Divine. Their family is founded on Christian values, education, and service to God. Divine is studying Physiotherapy, while Best is studying Medicine and Surgery, both at the University of Ibadan.
Joel is known for his passion for truth, compassion for people, and unwavering commitment to serving both God and humanity. He continues to inspire others through his legal profession, Christian ministry, and dedication to building lives, families, and communities founded on righteousness and peace.
His guiding conviction is that true success is measured not merely by personal achievements but by faithful service to God and meaningful impact on the lives of others.
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