Eugene Strickland is an ordained minister, having pastored churches in Virginia and Alaska for more than 20 years through the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Eugene was a missionary in Alaska to the Yup’ik Eskimos for 2 ½ years during the 1970’s where his love for that people group began to grow.

In more recent years Eugene was an associate pastor in a large nondenominational church in Florida. And at the turn of the 21st century, the Lord called Eugene and Nancy into a new season of ministry birthing in their hearts a desire to reach people who desperately need a glimpse of hope, and a touch of God’s love in Alaska. They have currently been serving in Alaska for over 5 years.