This is our team.
United in prayer.
Impacting the globe.

Jeff Siegel is the founder and President of Burning Bush Ministries. He was born and raised in a Jewish home in Chicago. Jeff came to faith in Jesus as Messiah in 1976 while playing and coaching at the University of Illinois baseball program. This decision made a big impact on his life and family. Read more…

Dale Broom is our Assistant Executive Director. He is a native of Winter Haven, Florida, and played collegiate baseball at Polk State and Southeastern University graduating with a degree in secondary education teaching social studies. Through the years he has lived a mixture of teaching, coaching, and ministry. He has 30+ years of coaching… Read more…

Jeff Goldberg was raised in a traditional Jewish home in the Detroit suburbs and played football while attending the University of Illinois at Urbana. He received his degree in Business Administration from the Gies College of Business (B.S. 1978) and had successful careers in restaurant management and as a district manager in the financial services industry. Read more…

Dr. David Levine was raised in a traditional Jewish home in Youngstown, Ohio, and stayed in Ohio for college at Case Western Reserve and medical school at The Ohio State University. Following his pediatric and neonatology training in Phoenix and LA, he and his beloved Suzanne spent two years in Oxford where he did fetal research. Read more…

Ben Votipka is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and oversees Global Transport, the logistical and humanitarian aid arm of Burning Bush Ministries. He was born number 12 of 13 kids to strong Christian parents in Nebraska. Ben came to faith in Jesus as a young man growing up on a thriving dairy farm. This decision made a big impact on his life and family. Ben has a unique background in the military, civilian aviation, and logistics. Read more…

George Murdock serves as the International Director with Global Sports. His responsibilities include mentoring staff and leading mission groups to many places around the world. Before joining Global Sports, George worked in the insurance industry for over 39 years. He is active with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Read more…

Jonaver Luklukan serves as our National Director in the Philippines and is a well-known gospel singer in the Philippines under the Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) since 1989 up to present. He studied Voice and Conducting under the tutelage of Ligaya Quinicho, a professor at the University of the Philippines (Conservatory of Music). Read more…

Malena grew up in communist Cuba where religious persecution was widespread. However, the Lord placed Malena in the care of an evangelical Christian family, where she was consecrated to the Lord as a child. At age eight, she accepted Jesus Messiah as her Lord and Savior. Read more…

Jessie serves as our Regional Director and Church Planter in Mindanao, Philippines. He was born a Roman Catholic with his parents serving in Couples for Christ Movement in a remote area of Glan, Sarangani Province in Mindanao, Philippines. In 2002 Pappo Jet received the calling from God to become a minister. Read more…

Arnold & Virginia Santonia are the new Directors of Disciple Training in the Philippines and Asia. More bio information coming soon!