Pastoral Team Serving Shiloh

Craig and Phyllis Haworth – Senior Pastor and Executive Director

Craig and Phyllis Haworth provide the spiritual and administrative oversight of the Shiloh church. They were married at Shiloh in 1993. Craig is Shiloh’s senior pastor. Phyllis is the Executive Director of Shiloh and a director in the Apostolic Company, The Living Word Fellowship’s leadership group.

Craig first became involved in The Living Word Fellowship in 1980 after reading a printed message by John Robert Stevens. Craig felt the Lord’s presence so strongly that he immediately accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior and began attending services at House of Worship in Campbell, California, a church affiliated with The Living Word Fellowship. As a young Christian, Craig helped the ministries at his church by leading prayer and worship.

Craig’s enthusiasm and hunger for the Lord deepened his spiritual experiences, and his knowledge of the Word of God grew as he determined to teach and share it with others. This love for God’s Word, coupled with his energy and excitement toward it, has become a hallmark of his ministry.

In 1988 Craig relocated to Iowa, making the Shiloh church his home. Since the early 1990s he has been part of the leadership of the church, focusing mainly on teaching, worship, and caring for the congregation. Craig has also been a member of the Apostolic Company since 2000. Craig was ordained in 2004 and was hired as a full time pastor to Shiloh in 2006.

Phyllis first heard a taped message by John Robert Stevens in 1972 during an intense time of seeking the Lord for personal direction. She was then working as a civilian nurse in a U.S. Army hospital in Germany. As she heard the teaching, she felt the Lord directing her life to serve Stevens’ ministry of the Word. Shortly thereafter, she returned home to California and began attending services at Church of The Living Word in North Hills, California, where her hunger for the Lord found a home in her relationship to John Stevens’ ministry. She served as an assistant to John’s secretary, Marilyn, editing Stevens’ taped sermons for publication. This time became a benchmark for Phyllis and her relationship to Marilyn Hargrave continues to this day as they serve the ministry of the Word and develop the women’s ministry in the churches together.

In 1981 Phyllis married Bill Maybee. They served together as members of the Apostolic Company, moving to Shiloh in 1982 as overseeing ministries. Although their marriage later ended in divorce, Phyllis continued to minister in the oversight of Shiloh.

In the mid 1990s, Phyllis assumed the leadership of the fellowship’s health ministry, which focuses on health and healing and is a part of the Joseph Ministry led by Ed and Dottie Forbes.

Read Craig’s Personal Story

Ed and Dottie Forbes – Overseeing Ministries

Ed and Dottie Forbes serve as a part of the pastoral team and overseeing ministries of Shiloh. They see Shiloh as a spiritual school that has a unique anointing to develop men and women of God. They initially came to Shiloh in 1991 at the direction of Gary and Marilyn Hargrave, to manage Marilyn Farms Company, a farm adjoining Shiloh.

Ed has been a commissioned ministry in The Living Word Fellowship since the mid 1970s. In April of 1976, John Robert Stevens sent Ed to establish and pastor Grants Pass Community Church, where he and his wife Dottie served as co-pastors until 1991 when they moved to Shiloh. Ed has been a member of the Apostolic Company, The Living Word Fellowship’s overseeing group, since 1986. He currently serves as a director of Shiloh, a director of the Apostolic Company, a director of Marilyn Farms Company, and President of Shiloh University.

Before his current service at Shiloh, his employment included work as a special agent with the FBI, director of training for the Central Oregon Law Enforcement Planning Agency, a professor of criminology at Central Oregon Community College, and special agent for the U.S. Forest Service. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri and a Master of Divinity degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, North Kansas City, Missouri.

Dottie grew up on a farm in Missouri where she learned the value and enjoyment of working with her hands at a young age. After teaching grade school for four years, she spent the following years raising two sons, being a homemaker, and ministering alongside Ed. She is diligent in her management of the farmhouse and grounds, and imparts her work ethic and love for the land to others. Dottie holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from William Jewell College.

Chuck and Jody Rogness – Associate Pastors

Chuck and Jody Rogness serve as associate pastors at Shiloh and are actively involved in the surrounding community. They attend many interdenominational events in the area, are members of the Richmond Shooters pyrotechnic team that does the fireworks show at Shiloh’s Independence Day celebration, announce for local high school football games, and are enthusiastic University of Iowa Hawkeye football fans.

Chuck became involved with The Living Word Fellowship in 1972 after two years of intense searching and looking to the Lord. He has served as an elder in the Shiloh church since the mid 1970s and was ordained in 2004. He attends the Council of Mid-Prairie Churches pastors’ meetings and participates in their prayer group. He has a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Iowa, and in addition to his service at Shiloh, he manages a sales territory for an industrial safety product supplier.

Jody’s contact with the fellowship began in 1972 when, through John Robert Stevens’ literature, she found the fathering ministry she had been searching for. As a member of the health ministry, head of the first aid department at Shiloh, and facilitator of staff first aid certifications, she is driven to see to the health and safety of those around her. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Iowa and works as a staff nurse in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.