About Teaching to Teach
God’s choosing and bringing together people He has appointed to envision and execute a work for His Kingdom must be orchestrated and accomplished by Him alone. That is what happened to the four of us who make up Teaching to Teach. Not only are we Board Members but we also write all of the Teaching to Teach Conference training materials, write all of the posted Bible Lessons, meet the financial needs and oversee the demands of the Faith Children’s Home, teach a weekly international Bible study via Zoom, schedule and instruct conferences within churches, organizations and groups on how to study and teach God’s Word as well as our other daily responsibilities. The foundational reason we have committed our time and resources to this effort is because we each believe God has called us to this effort. We also believe that He has called us to serve him together.
It is not about any of us. It is all about Him and his plans and purposes in which He allows us to participate. We are totally dependent on Him to guide us and use us as He chooses. And we each are most humbled to serve our Lord. We are blessed.
Meet our Board
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Karen Stophel
FOUNDER
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Susan Webb
Board Member
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Elaine Carson
Board Member
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Larry Stophel
Board Member,Treasurer
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Founder
Dr. Karen Stophel began her career in elementary education. After getting her Masters degree in counseling, she earned two doctorate degrees in the field of Naturopathy.
Presently, her primary passion is to study and teach God’s Word. She became a Christian in her early twenties. For years she has taught the Bible within churches and outside of the church, especially in foreign countries. As founder of Teaching to Teach, her main mission now is to train people who desire to become teachers of God’s Word on how to self study the Bible, write interactive lessons and present lessons and presentations.
As Director of Teaching to Teach, Karen will be leading Teaching to Teach Conferences within churches, organizations and groups. Additionally, Karen is actively involved with overseeing the Faith Children Home in southeast Asia and teaches an international Bible study weekly via Zoom. She has been an online leader for Bible Study Fellowship International. Karen presently serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate in the judicial system of her state.
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Board Member
Susan became a Christian as a young adult and has been serving the Lord in various capacities since then. She has served in the local church teaching Sunday School, leading women’s bible studies and working with children’s ministries. She has also traveled internationally working with ministries that train other believers to teach God’s Word. She is co-director of Teaching to Teach and plays a vital role in the Children’s Faith Home. She has an undergraduate degree in communications and a master's degree in Audiology. She has worked as an audiologist for over 25 years.
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Board Member
Dr. Elaine Carson completed her Ed.D at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where her research was on self-directed learning in secondary online students and she consulted as an educational research analyst for projects in blended online learning. She taught high school mathematics and science for 20 years and developed online curriculum for the state online high school and three private online organizations. She currently serves as a youth leader for Valleybrook Presbyterian Church and as an online leader for Bible Study Fellowship International.
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Board Member
As a Certified Public Accountant, Larry O. Stophel operated his own CPA Firm for 42 years. After selling his business, he became the Chief Financial Officer for a large company. He has served on multiple Board of Directors of non- profit organizations, as well as performing audits and consulting with such organizations. As an active member of his church, he has served in various positions such as Deacon, Trustee and Adult Sunday School teacher. Presently he works as a CPA and serves Teaching to Teach as Treasurer of the Board and financial advisor.