Christian Arabic Services is guided by an eleven member board of directors, representing ten congregations in four states. More than half have lectured or preached in Egypt. They meet twice a year to monitor the work and hear reports from Safaa Fahmi.
Joe Putting – Chairman
Joe serves as Tomoka Christian Church’s senior pastor, a position he has held since 1992. The church began a 10 percent tithe to missions, allowing the church to help plant hundreds of churches and fund orphanages, health clinics, pro-life clinics, food pantries, and camps locally and all over the world. Joe has led multiple mission trips and lectured often in Egypt.
Robert A. Draper Jr. – Vice-Chairman
Robert (Bob) has been an Elder at Lakeside Christian Church, Lakeside Park, Kentucky. He’s served on the Lakeside Mission Committee from 2006 to 2019, including 3 years as chairman. His employment allowed him to serve as project manager for a new airport in Sohar, Oman. He met Safaa and Mona for the first time in 2007 on a project visit to Cairo. He was part of a Lakeside Christian mission trip to Egypt in 2008 and 2016.
Brenda Bray – Treasurer
Brenda, a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant, graduated from college Magna Cum Laude in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a minor in finance. Over the past 35 years, she has worked in various aspects of public and private accounting, including owning a full-service CPA firm for 14 of those years. Her experience also includes auditing for the State of Florida, local governments, condominium associations, and non-profit organizations. Brenda is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and The Church Network. She has been an active member of Tomoka Christian Church for 16 years and has been employed by the church as the Finance Director for the past five years. Additionally, Brenda has served as Treasurer for numerous Christian Charitable and Non-profit organizations.
Sharon Price – Secretary
For over 30 years, Sharon has devoted herself to her work as a perfusionist – operating the heart-lung machine during open heart surgery. Her work has touched thousands of lives. Throughout those same decades, she has also raised two sons and now enjoys her precious grandchildren as well. Sharon first learned about CAS and the Fahmis through her father, a former CAS board member. Visiting Egypt in 2009, she saw first-hand the work Safaa and Mona are accomplishing and the number of lives they are touching with God’s love. Since her return, she has put her heart into serving alongside their stateside support, serving as secretary to the board of directors.
Ken Goble
Ken first met Safaa and Mona in Egypt in 1982 and has been a part of CAS for many of the years since its formation. He has a good understanding of mission work as he and his wife, Ramona, have taught in 15 countries (5 times in Egypt). They were a part of the start-up and leadership of the Pre-Con for Missionaries (previously called the Nitty Gritty Seminar of the National Missionary Convention) and has spoken for the Pre-Con for many years. Ken is a retired minister and counselor, currently living in Cincinnati.
David Roadcup
Dr. David Roadcup is Professor of Discipleship and Global Outreach Representative for TCMI International in Indianapolis, IN. He has been in ministry for over 49 years. Dave and Karen have two married daughters and four grandchildren. Dave works in the areas of church growth and health, evangelism, spiritual formation, and leadership in the church. His great passion lies in discipling believers and helping Christians grow to deeper levels in their personal walk with Jesus Christ.
Mike Ladd
Mike is the financial controller at Miamitown Church of Christ in Miamitown, OH, and a farrier by trade. He and his wife enjoy sharing their horse farm with two children, their spouses, and three grandchildren. Mike traveled to Egypt in 2004 for the dedication of the first education building and spoke at a seminar while there.
Howard Bullard
Steve Lint
Mont Mitchell
Mont Mitchell serves as the Lead Pastor of Westbrook Christian Church in Bolingbrook, Illinois, a southwestern Chicago suburb. Mont and his family moved to the Chicago area in February 1996 and subsequently planted Westbrook in October of the same year.
Westbrook is a multicultural church with a strong commitment to reaching people of all ethnicities in their local region, as well as planting additional churches that, in turn, plant more churches. The congregation currently represents over 31 different nationalities. Westbrook has a vision to plant a church in every country represented by its members. The church has successfully planted two Latino congregations (GUM) and three global congregations in the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Mexico. In July 2021, Westbrook’s family of multi-ethnic congregations grew further when Crossroads Christian Church in Joliet, IL merged with them.
Mont earned a BA degree from St. Louis Christian College in 1987 and an MM degree from Kentucky Christian University in 1991. He and his wife, Christie, have three sons: Tyler (Janeen), Reid (Kelsey), and Griffin.
You can visit Westbrook online at www.westbrookchurch.org.
Cliff Smith – Field Representative
Ciff, a pastor for nearly 50 years, has dedicated the last two decades to Church Revitalization and Missions. His extensive experience includes planting churches on five continents and leading over 90 mission trips, with 14 of them to Egypt. Since 2023, he has served as the Field Representative for the C.A.S. Board.