©2008 Holding Forth the Word of Life Ministries The Church Where Everybody is Somebody! 2304 Emerson Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55411
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Phone: (612) 522-5807
Fax: (612) 522-9148
You are already aware of the tremendous contributions of both Dr.
Rufus and Dr. Diane as a dynamic husband and wife pastoral team,
community and academic leaders.  Their work in addressing family
restoration has proven to be successful in both domestic and
international communities.  You are a witness of their Godly and
leaders.

Dr. Rufus Thibodeaux and Dr. Diane Thibodeaux are natives of New
Orleans, Louisiana and are high school sweethearts. They were
married at ages 15 and 16 and have remained as such since 1968.
They have two sons, Rufus, Jr., and Christopher, two
daughters-in-law; Dawn and Jori, and six grandchildren.

Dr. Rufus Thibodeaux, Apostle and Senior Pastor of Holding Forth
the Word of Life Church was ordained in 1980 and accepted the
Apostolic call in 1997. He has a Doctor of Theology Degree, a
Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and a Master's Degree
in Theology. Dr Rufus is also Chairman of the Board for Oasis of
Love, Inc. and Agape 24 Hour Child Development Centers. In
addition, Dr. Rufus is a Hennepin County Commissioner for the
African American Men's Project.

Dr. Diane Thibodeaux, Prophetess and Co-Pastor of Holding Forth
the Word of Life Church, accepted the Prophetic call in 1997. She is
a Licensed Social Worker with a Doctor of Theology Degree, a
Bachelor Degree in Theology, a Master's Degree in Counseling and
Pastoral Care. She is Executive Director of Oasis Crisis Intervention
Program, which was created to assist the community in the areas of
domestic abuse and family violence; and Agape 24 Hour Child
Development Center, which addresses the developmental needs of
children in their formative years.

Both were ordained as North Central Regional Directors of the
Christian Faith Ministers Fellowship International in January 1998;
members of the International Presbytery Board for the Lord's Chapel
Churches in Jamaica; Police Chaplains in Hennepin County since
1990; visionnaires, and international lecturers, seminar and
workshop speakers.

Dr. Rufus Thibodeaux and Dr. Diane Thibodeaux have been called
to minister the gospel and to teach and preach the Lordship of
Jesus Christ. In their labor of Love, they have set out to win the lost,
instruct believers in claiming their redemptive rights and privileges in
Christ, to minister deliverance to captives and to restore the family
unit.