Our Leadership Team

Rev. Tommy Hays is a Spiritual Director, Teacher, and Prayer Revivalist. He serves as Executive Director of Messiah Ministries, the ministry he founded and leads for interdenominational teaching, preaching, equipping, and prayer ministries of inner healing, deliverance and spiritual formation. Tommy ministers throughout the diverse traditions of the Christian faith. He is ordained as a United Methodist minister under special appointment from his bishop to lead his own ministry rather than serve as a church pastor. He is also a member in covenant relationship with MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries, an international prophetic teaching ministry led by Rick Joyner (www.morningstarministries.org) and the Global Awakening Apostolic Network led by Randy Clark (www.globalawakening.com). He holds a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary (‘97), a Doctor of Jurisprudence from The University of Texas at Austin (’86), and a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin ('83). Tommy serves on the Advisory Council of Aldersgate Renewal Ministries, on the board of Kentucky Christian Foundation, and as a Kentucky Regional Area Advisor for Aglow International Ministries.

Tommy was called to ministry from his law practice as a trial attorney in Texas, and now offers personal prayer ministry and spiritual direction by private appointment through Messiah Ministries at our office in Lexington, Kentucky. He is a frequent speaker in conferences and churches of many ecumenical gatherings, spiritual renewal weekends, and prayer revivals inter-denominationally throughout the United States and the nations. His daily prayer devotional, Morning by Morning, is sent to readers around the world almost every morning by email and his book Free to Be Like Jesus—Transforming Power of Healing & Deliverance is taught by many as a standard resource for inner healing and deliverance prayer ministry.

Tommy also leads a citywide, ecumenical service each month of prayer, praise and healing worship called “The Fountain” and teaches The Fountain School of Spiritual Ministry in a number of formats at our home base and by invitation nationally and abroad to train and equip believers for spiritual ministry. Tommy is the father of five wonderful children- Elizabeth, Zachary, Madison, Elijah, and Josiah. He is a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, where the Messiah Ministries office is currently based. He continues to practice law on select matters from time to time as the Lord leads in the Lexington law firm of Troutman & Hays PLLC (859-253-0991), as a minister in the marketplace and Public Square of the community.

Marilyn Walker joined our staff support team as the Director of Ministries in August of 2005. She comes to us with almost 12 years of experience in the hospitality business having worked for the Hyatt Regency hotel as a banquet supervisor. She and her husband live in Wilmore, KY where Doug is a Professor in the Media Communications Department at Asbury University. Previously they have been missionaries in both Alaska and Haiti. They have two sons Johnny (Wycliffe missionary in Tanzania) & Kevin (living in Lexington). Kevin’s wife Janelle, and daughter LilyRose complete the family. Doug & Marilyn attend the First Alliance Church in Lexington, KY where some of our Schools of Spiritual Ministry have been held. Marilyn thrives in her gift of administration and her passion for prayer at Messiah Ministries and is grateful for God’s miraculous call on her life.

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We are thrilled to present Linda Dulin as our Pastor of Prayer Ministries. Linda has two sons Shane of Sidney, Ohio, and Chad with beautiful wife Tonia in Toledo, Ohio. Formerly a Senior Pastor of two churches in Ohio and a resource hospital chaplain, Linda was called by God to serve with Messiah Ministries in November 2009. She now oversees all aspects of prayer in relation to Messiah Ministries. Her organizational and pastoral gifts as well as her passion and love for prayer ministry have blessed many! Linda oversees all prayer appointment scheduling, and ministers in personal prayer appointments as well as at our Schools of Spiritual Ministry and Healing Prayer Weekends along with our ministry teams. She handles all prayer requests and announcements and is setting up the training and development of our Healing Rooms of Lexington as the Associate Director. Although currently serving part time with Messiah Ministries, Linda's calling and desire is to serve the Lord in full time ministry with us. Donations specifically designated for Linda will be paid directly to her in excess of her part time pay to affirm her in this.

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We are grateful for Susan Lewis and her expert experience, knowledge and giftedness in all areas of finance, accounting, and basic technology. She received her Associates Degree in Social Sciences from Lindsey Wilson College and is now taking classes at UK to earn her bachelor’s degree in business. As part time bookkeeper for Messiah Ministries, Susan oversees all financial receipting and payments for the ministry. She comes to us with a passion and love for the Lord and a life time vision which would tie in intimately with our desire for a retreat center. She presently works full time in the Literacy Department at University of Kentucky as a staff assistant in support of the Reading Recovery Program. Susan’s daughter, Elaine McFadden (& husband Josh with son, David) and son, Mark (with daughter Audree) live near her in Lexington. She is a member of Columbia Baptist Church in Columbia, KY where she lived previously and is visiting churches in the area while on a journey with the Lord leading her in doing his work.

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Brooke & Shannon Barrett
Volunteer Directors of Worship

We first met Tommy at the altar of a church in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in September of 2005, just a few minutes before ministering together for the first time that same evening. It was a powerful weekend. We stayed in touch and began building together from there doing worship for Fountains, then Schools of Ministry, then Healing Retreats and now here we are! Shannon (originally from London, Kentucky) is a manufacturing engineer at GR Spring & Stamping in Richmond. He attended EKU and met and got to know Brooke at Church on The Rock where they participated in prison ministry together. After going through a season of being mentored under Lois Delong and much persistency on Shannon's part and much prayer on everybody's part  Tommy married them two years later on October 25th, 2006. Brooke is from Carrollton, Kentucky and attended Berea College. She has been doing a mix of mentoring, tutoring, prayer partnering, coordinating of prayer counsel for the Berea Health Care Ministry, and lots of other different project jobs… and of course takes care of their home and Shannon as well! “It’s hard to put a description to what I do,” she says, “it changes all the time!” In addition to their daytime commitments/jobs they both volunteer at their church. Brooke is a member of the worship band and Shannon is part of the audio/visual team at Church on The Rock. Our vision and passion is to worship Jesus Christ sincerely as we grow in knowing who He truly is and who we truly are in Him and we love leading others to share in the experience also!

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