Single & Commissioned 2023

Revs. Cedric & Rosalynn Austin

Revs. Cedric and Rosalynn Austin are both credentialed ministers with the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI). He and Rosalynn have a heart for missions leading them both to also become Associated Ministers with Global Missions (UPCI) to further allow them to serve globally. They are ministering nationally and internationally as the Lord allows.

Cedric serves as the North Central Regional Director- UPCI Building the Bridge Ministries.

Rosalynn serves as the Ladies Liaison- UPCI Building the Bridge Ministries-North Central Region. Rosalynn also serves on the board for the UPCI endorsed Center for Apostolic Counseling. The Austin’s are both effective communicators who love preaching the word, encouraging people, traveling and good food. Besides their travels, you can find them on most Tuesday nights on Facebook as they minister together for their “Tuesday Night Live” broadcast

Petra Marak, M.Div

Chaplain, Thanatologist

A co-resident of Texas and Wisconsin, Petra Marak is trained in chaplaincy and thanatology, providing spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and bereaved survivors in a variety of settings. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English professional writing and political science from Baylor University (’01), and a master’s of Divinity, with specialization in spiritual formation and discipleship, from George W. Truett Theological Seminary (’17).

Petra is a world traveler, participating in Bible Land tours to Israel, Greece, and Italy. As a board member of the non-profit organization Straw to Bread, she loves organizing and preparing undergraduate students for mission trips that train participants in how to employ their God-given gifts and educational training to help those in need. Her experiences offering spiritual and emotional support to the bereaved, terminally ill, and their families have extended as far south as the Nyakach Plateau of rural, western Kenya, and as far west as the desserts of Arizona and the bright lights of Las Vegas, Nevada. Operating with the understanding that grief is not limited to culture, region, or country, Petra helps people from all walks of life face their questions of faith (“Why would God allow this and not heal?”) and of human frailty (“What more could I have done for my parent/spouse/child?”). Meanwhile, she helps her students grapple with questions about the love of God in the face of suffering, as well as the reality of the inequitable payout of hard work in a developing country versus an industrialized country such as the United States.

As one who finds great pleasure with imparting biblical truth and bolstering people’s foundational understanding of God and Scripture, Petra has served as director of Christian education in the local church, as a Sunday School teacher to primary-age children, as a youth group leader, as a DivorceCare™ group leader, and as a Bible study teacher.

A previous widow, Petra is now happily married to Ernie Marak – a carpenter and fellow minister of the gospel. Between Ernie and her late husband, Petra is the mother of 5 stepchildren, an adopted daughter, and two grandchildren – all of whom Petra joyfully claims as her own.

Bio—Sylvia Clemons

Sylvia Clemons is an ordained UPCI minister, an Associated Minister with Global Missions, and she has been a licensed professional counselor since 1981. She has been a single lady since coming into the church in 1988 in Greenville, Texas, but has an awesome husband named Jesus. She has shared her burden for emotional healing and relational wellness through the power of Jesus Christ by preaching, speaking, and teaching at services, seminars, and various events around the country and abroad since her entry into the apostolic church. Her ministry motto is "Helping to Strengthen the Body of Christ.”

Beginning in 2007, she has taught a course on Christian Counseling at Harvest Bible College in Glasgow, Scotland, and has ministered numerous times in New Zealand, in England, France, Ireland, Belize, and Jamaica as well.

She was on staff at Hope Center Church in San Antonio, Texas, starting in 2010, assisting her pastor in administration and ministry, along with maintaining a private counseling practice. She recently moved back to the Dallas area to be near family consisting of her youngest son and daughter-in-law, three grandsons, a granddaughter-in-law, and two very special great grandsons.

She now is a member of Northgate and maintains a full-time virtual counseling practice and is available for speaking and teaching whenever possible. Her counseling website is www.clemons-counseling.com and a ministry website at www.sylviaclemonsministries.com.

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