The Rev. Paul Echtenkamp has been affiliated with Youth Challenge of Connecticut, Inc. since 1978. He currently serves as Executive Director of Youth Challenge of CT and Director of the Men’s Residential Center.
 
Rev. Echtenkamp’s academic and ministerial training include degrees from Amherst College and Evangelical Theological Seminary and an Honorary Doctorate from Biblical Life College and Seminary. He is an ordained minister with Youth Challenge International. 

Rev. Echtenkamp is the President of the Corinthian School of Urban Ministry in Hartford, providing training in Biblical Studies and applied Ministry. He is a chaplain with the Hartford Police Department. He is a founding member at Glory Chapel International Cathedral in Hartford, where he serves as Senior Elder under the leadership of Guillermina González, Senior Pastor.

Rev. Echtenkamp resides in Hartford with his wife, Vilma, and their three children, David, Eliana, and Joanna.

email: pauleyc@mindspring.com

The Rev. Marva Downes has been affiliated with Youth Challenge of Connecticut since 1983, and took on the role of Director at the Youth Challenge Mission for Women in 1987.

Rev. Downes holds degrees from the University of Hartford, Greater Hartford Community College (now Capitol Community College), and Biblical Life College and Seminary in Springfield, Missouri.  In 1998, Reverend Downes was ordained as a minister with credentials from Youth Challenge International.

The Rev. Marva Downes is an Elder at Glory Chapel International Cathedral in Hartford, serving under the leadership of Guillermina González, Senior Pastor.  She is also a member of the Youth Challenge Alumni Association Advisory Board and the Coordinator of the Youth Challenge Volunteer Bible Study at York Correctional Institute in Niantic, CT, under the supervision of Chaplain Laurie Etter.

Rev. Downes has lived in the state of Connecticut since 1968 and resides in Hartford, CT.  She has a sister in Staten Island, NY and a niece in Windsor, CT.

email: mfwyc@mindspring.com

The Rev. Tyrone Glaspie has been affiliated with Youth Challenge of Connecticut, Inc. since 1992, and currently serves as the Director of the Bible Training Center in Moosup, CT. 

Rev.  Glaspie’s  academic and ministerial training include a bachelors degree in Biblical Studies from Biblical Life College and Seminary. He is an ordained minister with Youth Challenge International. 

The Reverend Tyrone E. Glaspie is the pastor of Glory Chapel Family Outreach. In 2001, he received the Alumni of the Year Award from the Youth Challenge Alumni Association. He also serves as Vice President of the New England Kingdom Knights. Reverend Glaspie serves as a Police Chaplain for the Plainfield Police Department and sits on the board as Secretary Treasurer of the Plainfield Police Chaplain Corps.  He is an Elder at Glory Chapel International Cathedral in Hartford, under the leadership of Guillermina González, Senior Pastor.

Rev. Glaspie resides in Central Village, CT with his wife, the Rev. Jennifer Glaspie and their two daughters,  Jasmine Joy and Tyana Arlene. 

email: tyroneglaspie@yahoo.com