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The vision of Answer the Call Ministries (ATC) is that people would know their calling in life. We also believe, at the heart of the despair and hopelessness are unanswered calls to do God's work.  When people believe they are called and then walk in that call, despair and hopelessness are replaced by hope and faith.

That call may be in the marketplace or in the ministry or in education or in social fields.  God uses people in every area of society to reach every person. 

Ephesians 4:1 is Paul's encouragement to "walk worthy of the call that you have been given."  Every person, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, culture, education, or geography.  God did not call some and not others.  God did not leave some behind and push others forward.  Every person has a unique, special purpose to advance His kingdom so that all might know Him.

We firmly believe that a personal relationship with God is critical to a person's satisfaction in life and personal happiness.  The best way to know and become intimate with Him is through His Word, the Bible. 

Answer the Call Ministries began in 2003 in the home of Kjell and Marcy Fenn, although it had been in their hearts for years. The vision is simple: that the body of Christ Know the Hope of His Calling. This is based on Ephesians 1:18, “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.” 

Answer the Call Ministries has a big vision.  One way to tell if you are following your vision or just a goal is that a vision is always bigger than what you can actually accomplish. 

To know the hope of His calling is also to know God’s strategy for the manifestation of His giftedness in you. It is the desire of Answer the Call Ministries, that the body of Christ know:

1. God has a strategy for your life.

2. God wants it to manifest.

3. God has gifted you.

The key is to know that it is His calling, His strategy, and His giftedness in you. We are to rely on the Holy Spirit and the anointing of God to fulfill our part of His calling. Whether it is telling others about Jesus, walking in health, living in His presence through praise and worship, developing an intimate relationship with Him through studying the Word and through prayer, fulfilling the dreams He has placed on your heart (personal, business and/or ministry), or walking in love among churches, we need to take our place in His calling, find the strategy and let the gifting manifest.

Having taught English for 5 years in public schools, Kjell knew the importance of incorporating the different learning styles and modalities, hands-on application, and having students teach. His wife Marcy, also having a teaching degree (in music), was able organize the visions God gave them.

They are ordained through Anchor Bay Evangelistic Association (ABEA)

Kjell Fenn

Kjell grew up in a Christian home and has been exposed to the church life since he was just a child.  This has helped prepare him for ministry in that he knows intimately the life of a believer in a church, including the struggles that church-going Christians face.  After struggling for years with "what's my call in life?", Kjell discovered that it was as a messenger of hope. 

Kjell graduated from Nyack College with a degree in English, Secondary Education and later became an English teacher at a high school in Texas and then a middle school in Connecticut.  He received his Master's degree from Liberty University in Counseling: Human Relations.  Kjell was an education consultant for an agency in Connecticut in which he traveled the State extensively training educators as well as coordinated statewide events and major conferences.  He has international experience, having presented in the U.S., Canada, and Honduras and continues to do so. Kjell has written a book on student motivation (www.journeypub.com).

Kjell has been playing guitar since age 16 and he has been writing songs ever since.  With his educational background and love for music, Kjell brings both into Answer the Call Ministries.  In 2006, he trained a group of educators in Honduras on the principles of learning and teaching.

Marcy Fenn

Marcy graduated from Nyack College with a degree in Music Education.  After realizing that she did not want to teach in the public school setting, she was an office manager at a payroll company where she developed many of the procedural manuals for the company.  Upon the birth of their first child, Marcy remained at home to raise their children - all four of them! 

Marcy also grew up in the local church and had a strong desire to serve God since she was a little girl.  She was involved in outreach through nursing home ministry, puppets, 5-day clubs, Vacation Bible School (VBS), and served at Camp Good News as a camp counselor, etc.  She loved the slide shows missionaries would bring and show at church and she longed to go anywhere God wanted her.  She always said in her heart, "Here I am Lord, send me."

Marcy spends great amounts of time in the Word, studying and meditating and writing what she learns.  This writing has evolved into the Answer The Call Newsletter and a daily devotional called Everyday Scripture.

With her powerful singing voice and gift in instruments (namely violin and piano), Marcy has written, and continues to write, many songs for God's glory. Many of those worship songs are captured on their first album, I Overcome. Their second album, Stand, is also available and contains many of Kjell's songs.

A Ministry Devoted to Helping People Answer God's Call on Their Lives

Ephesians 1:18 -

". . .that you may know the hope of His calling. . ."