Originally from Gig Harbor, WA, Dennis received his Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Divinity degrees from Multnomah University. He served as a pastor of Peninsula Christian Fellowship in Gig Harbor for 25 years. Dennis began working as the director of IRM in February 2000. Dennis and his wife, Marilyn, have 4 grown children and 10 grandkids.

Virginia (Ginny) Chapman has functioned as the Prayer Coordinator for a ministry named Church Awakening for the last 12 years. Church Awakening is a ministry founded by Senior Pastor Alec Rowlands of Westgate Chapel in Edmonds, WA ( www.churchawakening.com) to bring strategic corporate prayer into the churches of Washington State. Ginny has facilitated for the past 6 years, a weekly hour-long prayer call with 20+ other prayer intercessors around Washington State. She has been an active Christian for more than 40 years and has served her local church in a wide variety of roles and responsibilities. As a teacher, intercessor, advocate and counselor she has enjoyed a rich array of ministry assignments. She also currently serves as a founding board member of Family Policy Institute of Washington (www.fpiw.org) and until recently a board member of Light Up the City, a ministry of Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission.