Who We Are

Kelly McAndrew is the founder and CEO of Soldiers For Faith Ministries. He is also the co-founder of  ‘At Home Concert Experience’ that continues to reach so many across the country and abroad. His life as a husband, father, and grandfather as well as his life in business are the result of how Jesus and the Holy Spirit can transform something from nothing. His Radically Transformed Life testimony has blessed many across the country as it aired nationally and internationally on most major Christian Radio stations. Kelly and his wife Lisa have been married since 1984 and have two sons, two daughter-in-laws, and five beautiful grandchildren.

Tim Glasson is the president of Soldiers for Faith Ministries. He is a born again Christian with a story of success through hard work. He is also the Chief Development Officer of AM Technical Solutions where he is responsible for leading the company’s M&A strategy, integration, and marketing as well as supporting operations, resourcing, business development, and contracts. Tim and his beautiful wife have three children and three grandsons. Tim enjoys spending time with his family, running, and participating in endurance events.

Lynn is a born again Christian who has been married since 1983 to her husband Dave. Lynn has two grown daughters, three granddaughters, and a grandson. While Lynn grew up in the Catholic Church, she yearned for a personal relationship with Jesus and found that relationship in 2006 when she gave her life to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and was baptized into the Kingdom! Her passions are studying the Bible, her grand babies, and serving others.

Chad Mattson is the lead singer of the CCM band Unspoken. He lives in Tennessee with his beautiful wife Katie and their amazing kids. From addict to forgiven, he has an amazing testimony that demonstrates the healing love, grace, and freedom of God! He has a huge heart for the broken and he is unafraid to shout the name of Jesus from the rooftops! His story has touched the hearts of millions worldwide, making him the perfect outreach director for Soldiers for Faith!

Rich Garza is a retired offensive lineman in the National Football league for both the Denver Broncos and the Philadelphia Eagles. He also played for the Philadelphia Stars and San Antonio Gunslingers in the USFL. Garza has spent a large portion of his life in a football uniform. He started in high school and became a standout star on the team. Rich was in the NFL for two seasons before transitioning to the USFL where he started in all 56 games of the leagues existence. Starting during the time he was still playing all the way to now, Rich has had a desire to be like a coach and tell his story to children, including how his experience in athletics has shaped him into the person he is today.

Growing up in South Georgia as a preacher’s kid, Dianne had a head knowledge of Jesus and the Bible; but it wasn’t until she was 18 years old that she realized there were no ‘family reservations’ in Heaven, and she made the personal decision and gave her heart to Christ and was baptized.

A few years later upon receiving some wise advice “make up your mind what kind of man you want to marry and go where there are the most of them”, Dianne moved to Atlanta, started going to the largest church in the State with the largest ‘singles’ department and began searching. It was at the church that she met her future in-laws and they loved on her for eight months before she met Terry Hill. Terry and Dianne served in ministry most of their 43 years of marriage and had four children. Dianne has spoken at women’s conferences, taught parenting classes and hosted many people in their homes, in the States and in Israel.

While Tim’s mom made sure he and his sister went to Church Christmas and Easter as well as occasional runs of Sunday School, his real spiritual inspiration came from his grandparents Edith and Eb Self and a little neighborhood church. With big family roots in southern Indiana and central Ohio, Tim and his wife JoAnn raised their two children in Central Texas. Now the Self family is joined by the Moore family and the Anderson family by marriage. All three families work in the NASCAR industry and spend their time together at Race Tracks and the Shop. Reading mostly from the English Standard Version and the Amplified Bible, his favorite verse is between Genesis and Revelations.

Carter Hammond was born in Nashville, TN, and is married to his beautiful wife Alexis. Carter spent most of his early life in church, but never fully gave his heart to Christ growing up. His early adult life was characterized by alcoholism, and promiscuity, until The Lord radically brought him to the end of himself, and he saw the destructive nature of his lifestyle.

Today is now a born again Christian, who has been sober since 2011 by the grace of God. He works closely with others who are in recovery not just from drugs and alcohol, but those who battle pride, fear, control, self righteousness, and the like.

He works as an artist manager in the music industry, leads Bible studies through Soldiers For Faith, and enjoys traveling with his wife.

Raul was born and raised in Lake Tahoe, California. He, his wife (Katy) and three kiddos (Ashton, Ava and Nora) decided to leave CA in 2015 for a much slower pace in Nashville, TN. Music was the vehicle God used to bring Raul and his family to TN. He’s been a bass/guitar player with several different artists in Nashville and toured off and on for the last 7 years. He’s since come off the road and is enjoying time with his family, church and surrounding community.

Andrea Maher is a former editor and newspaper columnist of “FAMILY MATTERS.”  She is currently the Executive Director of the Be Still Foundation, a non-profit organization, that disseminates helpful materials to families undergoing a crisis.She is the author of the books SLAMMED:  Overcoming Tragedy in the Wave of Grief and LETTERS TO MY SON–Solely a God-story.  She has been married to her husband, John, for forty-seven years. They are the parents of four sons and ten grandchildren.   https://bestillfoundation.org

Andrea Maher
“Be still”
Psalm 46:10

Born and raised just north of Nashville in Hendersonville, TN, Benji has always had his roots in Music City. Benji grew up in a home that encouraged creativity and musical expression. From an early age, Christian music was a big part of Benji’s life, singing around the house, at church, and in a children’s choir where he recorded with Christian artists. Inspired by one of his English teachers in middle school, he discovered his love for writing.

Since then, Benji has always been involved in some form of ministry. With his wife, Jenna Cowart, Benji has served on staff at churches in North Port, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Buffalo, New York; and Covington, Louisiana. Through his work in the Church, Benji learned to write songs for the congregations he was leading. It was through this time of serving that he wrote “The Only Name (Yours Will Be)” and “Redeemed” which became his first major radio cut with Big Daddy Weave. IN 2013, Benji returned home to Nashville to begin his professional songwriting career signed under Word Entertainment where he continued to write songs for the Christian music scene and sync.

At the end of 2021, Benji signed with TIM Publishing. He is currently living in Franklin Tennessee with his wife Jenna and their four kids. He looks forward to his time at TIM Publishing and hopes to continue to write songs that God will use to impact people in very deep and profound ways.

Ariel is a husband to Emily, father of two boys and grandfather of a beautiful baby girl. He’s also the drummer for the christian band Unspoken. Ariel grew up in a christian home in Puerto Rico. His parents where pastors for the same church for over 50 years. His passion is his family, playing drums and cooking.

Jeremy was born in Minnesota but grew up in New Zealand. He completed his master’s degree in Computer Science and worked successfully in software development and design. Feeling called to ministry he moved back to the US and, after a degree in Bible and Missions, served in full time ministry as a youth pastor, college pastor, church planter, lead pastor and executive pastor. After almost 20 years of serving in Los Angeles, he and his family felt called to the Nashville area where they now reside. He and his wife, Kariann, have three wonderful kids, all of whom are his priority and joy.

Robbie Handy, has been involved with sports since he can remember. He holds a Premier Diploma through the United Soccer Coaches organization and has 12 years of coaching experience accumulated at the recreational, club and college levels. He has earned his Masters of Arts in Sport Management as well. He has also traveled to multiple countries and found different opportunities to participate in sports with various communities along the way through playing and coaching. His playing career includes having played four seasons at CSU Stanislaus, as well as a summer in the PDL league with the California Gold. He has also coached other sports at the recreational level such as basketball and flag football. His heart is to help individuals understand how the lessons of the game apply to their lives, on and off the field. He is stirred at the opportunity to help make disciples through sports. He is married to his best friend Kristy Handy and has the honor and privilege of being a father to Kate, Jack, Luke and Ruby!

Brandon Hargest was in the Christian pop group, Jump5, and toured in the early 2000’s, sharing God’s love through music with kids all over the world. Now married to his beautiful wife, Ashley, and with their three boys, he is excited to continue to show kids and young adults how much God cares for us through His son, Jesus Christ. Brandon worked in the music business for most of his early life, on and off the stage, and now is part of Soldiers For Faith on the Warriors Gaming team. He loves to write and produce music/video, and create family friendly content online with his wife.

Nathan Mallory was born and raised in Nashville, TN. God has called him to be an “anchor sail” for the Kingdom (helping businesses and ministries navigate storms) since 2009. He has led a college revival, served as a pastor and evangelist in India, worked as an encourager with Freedom in Christ Ministries, and founded an international non-profit.

He has also worked as a sports ambassador for Audi, as a licensed financial advisor, and has founded, served on the board, and ran several companies as an executive.