Rev. Mark Frith, Chairman
Rev. Mark Frith is the “Champions For Liberty” Network Director for the Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty (LCRL), a ministry of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Frith served for five years with Lutheran Church Extension Fund as Vice President for Ministry Support, with Lutheran Hour Ministries, in the Kansas District as facilitator for missions and stewardship and was a parish pastor for 17 years. Mark is married to Leigh, and they have two grown children and live in St. Louis.
Mark was elected as chairman of Family Shield Ministries Board of Directors in 2020.
Curtiss A. Wittbracht, Treasurer
Curtiss is retired from Lutheran Hour Ministries where he was the chief financial officer, a position he has held since December 2007. He also served as treasurer of The Lutheran Hour Ministries Foundation. Prior to joining Lutheran Hour Ministries in March 1990, Wittbracht was a manager of securities and real estate accounting at General American Life Insurance Company in St. Louis, Missouri. He was also an internal control administrator at General American Life and a senior financial analyst at Horace Mann Educators Corporation in Springfield, Illinois. Wittbracht earned a C.P.A. certificate from the state of Illinois in 1975 and a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. He was presented a Master FLMI Certificate from Life Office Management Association and has served as president of the St. Louis chapter of the Insurance Accounting & Systems Association. His area of expertise is nonprofit financial management and taxation. He has also served as president of the St. Louis Civil War Roundtable. Wittbracht and his wife, Linda, reside in Waterloo, Illinois, and they attend Immanual Lutheran Church in Waterloo. They have five grandchildren.
Dr. Rev. Mark Femmel
Mark has been a pastor since 2006 and currently serves as the pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Maryland Heights, the northwest area of St. Louis, Missouri. He is from a family of teachers, earned a math teaching degree, and then earned a Master’s Degree of Divinity through Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Because Mark is passionate about sharing the great news that God is on mission to reach the world, he also earned a Master’s Degree of Sacred Theology, specializing in the Historical Jesus, essentially helping people discover that the Gospels are accurate biographies of Jesus who has come to set us free and to lead us home. Finally, he earned a Doctorate in Church Health and Revitalization, focusing on helping individuals engage with God more often than just on most Sundays.
Mark became interested in Family Shield Ministries because it is a ministry focused on leading God’s people into God’s Word to help them overcome their struggles and to help them help others overcome their struggles. To empower people to live in God’s Word wherever we are—through devotions, blogs, podcasts, and other digital ministry—is to empower people to walk with God, to hear truth, and to be set free. (John 8:31–32)
Mark currently also serves as a volunteer police chaplain for the St. Louis County Police Department, as a volunteer police chaplain for the Maryland Heights Police Department, and as a living witness to the good news of Jesus at his gym where he and his family enjoy working out and connecting with people.
Emily Davidson
Emily graduated with honors from Concordia University, Nebraska in 2009, earning an undergraduate degree in History and double minors in Theology and Literature. She then went on to complete her Juris Doctor degree at Valparaiso University School of Law in 2013.
Following law school, she accepted a position with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics as a Manager of Legislative Services. In 2018, she had the opportunity to focus her practice on the areas of estate planning and elder law, and currently serves as a Senior Trust Officer within the Trust Administration department of a large bank.
Emily has held board member positions with various charities and organizations across the Midwest, including a pediatric therapy facility in Springfield, Missouri, and a current appointment on the leadership committee of the Omaha Bar Association.
Originally a native of Weston, Missouri, she now resides with her husband, Craig, in Omaha, Nebraska. They are members of St. Mark Lutheran Church and look forward to welcoming their first child in July.
Laura Langhoff Arndt
Laura graduated with an undergraduate degree in secondary education from Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota and earned a Director of Christian Education (DCE) degree. Her Master’s Degree is also from Concordia, St. Paul. She was a teacher in middle school and high school math for 15 years before she founded The Carpenter’s Ministry Toolbox. It is a blog devoted to Christian Education Resources. She has also written numerous books available through SOLA Publishing. Some include: The Art of Teaching Confirmation, Leading Meaningful Adult Bible Classes, and God’s Gift at Baptism.
She is married to Kevin, who is a Lutheran pastor. Laura enjoys the eight, grown stepchildren and five grandchildren she was gifted when marrying Kevin.
Rev. Brandon Larson 
Stacia Eversole
Stacia Eversole serves as the Developer of Family Ministry at Alive in Christ church in Columbia, MO, where she strives to support parents in their role as the primary disciples of their children. With a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Missouri-Columbia, Stacia's journey has led her from pharmaceutical sales to full-time motherhood and small business ownership. She and her husband Dave have been blessed with 24 years of marriage and four children, sharing life on their small farm outside Columbia. A lifelong Lutheran, Stacia has been grateful to be part of the Alive in Christ family for over 14 years, contributing in various volunteer capacities. Her ongoing growth in faith-based leadership and cultural engagement includes participation in the Colson Fellows Program, where she now serves on the Kansas City cohort leadership team. Stacia is passionate about building strong biblical worldview thinking among families so they can engage every cultural challenge and confusion with unchanging truth. She is also committed to fostering multi-generational discipleship for youth and young families through relationships and prayer, spearheading the Pray for Me Campaign ministry at AIC.
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