Leadership

Marketplace Chaplains International’s practice over the years has been when God opens doors, the ministry quickly goes through them by faith and dedication to duty. That is the way the ministry has developed internationally, as well as throughout the United States. The doors opened by Divine Providence in Mexico and Puerto Rico in 2006, in England, Scotland, and Wales in 2008 and in Canada in 2009. Other doors are potentially opening in the near future and when they do-- the ministry will march through them as well. The international service is currently located in 30 cities-- from Fort Saint John, British Columbia, to Poole, England, one hundred miles south of London. Today the international chaplains are serving some 10,000 employees with 44 chaplains. The ministry has potential of massive expansion under God’s blessings. Where ever there are employees, they need chaplains caring for them, regardless of the geographic location and Marketplace Chaplains will be there too.

Harvey Thomas

Harvey Thomas is a founding trustee of Marketplace Chaplains Europe. He is an International Public Relations and Presentation Consultant, specialising in Corporate and Personal Communications, Customer Relations and Event Management. He is also widely known as a Conference Producer, Moderator and Keynote Speaker - and is a regular Broadcaster on BBC, SKY TV and other International Radio and Television Channels.

Harvey was Press and Public Relations Director for Margaret Thatcher throughout her years as Prime Minister of the UK and has worked internationally with many other Business and Government Leaders on Communication Strategy, Media Relationships and Personal Presentation. Harvey also served with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in the 1960s.

Harvey is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the Chartered Institute of Journalists. He was given the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) Award by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990.

Margaret McVeigh

Margaret McVeigh is a founding trustee of Marketplace Chaplains Europe and currently serves as chairman. She is a former teacher with significant experience in teaching, pastoral care and management in secondary schools in Northern Ireland. After studying theology for two years at London School Theology she served on the staff of Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship as the first woman staff worker in Ireland 1972-77.

In 1999 Margaret moved from Northern Ireland to London and joined the staff of Christian Action Research and Education (CARE). After eight years with CARE she moved on to become Chief Executive of Springboard for Children, a charity that provides a literacy lifeline for children with learning difficulties in inner city primary schools. She completed her executive duties at Springboard in 2010.

She maintains her interest in education through membership of the London Diocesan Board for Schools and as a school governor. Margaret serves as a board member of The Conservative Christian Fellowship, which exists to be a vibrant Christian witness within the Conservative Party. She is an experienced speaker and broadcasts regularly on Premier Christian Radio.

International Director for Mexico & Puerto Rico

Jim Wagoner serves as International Director for the Mexico Division, providing support and direction for the Mexico ministry from Texas as well as making regular trips to Mexico. He also serves as Division Director for the Arklatex Division which includes North East Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.

From 2006-2008 Jim and his family lived in the city of Querétaro, Mexico where he directed the start-up of the chaplain ministry in all service locations throughout the country. In 2008 he returned to Texas to take on additional leadership duties for our the chaplain service in US client companies, while continuing to give leadership and support to the work in Mexico.

Before joining Marketplace Chaplains Jim served from 1991 to 2006 as a Southern Baptist Agriculture Missionary in Mexico. He earlier served as a volunteer missionary with the Mission Service Corps through the Baptist General Convention of Texas for two years on the Texas Mexico border.

Jim studied agriculture at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. He also studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in preparation for his missionary calling. Jim studied Spanish at the Instituto de Lengua Española en San Jose, Costa Rica for one year. He is fully bilingual in Spanish and English.

Jim and his wife Becky live in Pittsburg, Texas. They have three children and three grandchildren.

Noé Rodríguez serves as the Executive Director of Capellanes Marketplace de México, A.C. (Marketplace Chaplains Mexico). He began employment as a frontline chaplain in June, 2006 and became the director in 2008.

Before joining Marketplace, Noé was Bible teacher and academic director at the Instituto Bíblico La Nueva Esperanza (Allende, NL, Mexico) and was founder and pastor of Iglesia Cristiana, a local church in the city of Chihuahua. He also was founder and coordinator of the Spanish Community Mental Health Program in Aurora, IL, where he also served as International VP of a medical corporation. Immediately prior to joining Marketplace Noé had founded and led his own business, Let’s Talk Business, which provided language training and international business consulting to corporations. He is fully bilingual in Spanish and English.

Noé holds a Pastoral and Teaching Ministry Diploma from the Instituto Bíblico La Nueva Esperanza, Allende, N.L., México, the Bachelor in Theology from Christian International University, Point Washington, FL. and a Language Teaching Degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.

Noé lives in the city of Querétaro with his wife Laura. They have two adult sons.

Mike Madera – Chaplain Team Leader for Puerto Rico

Mike Madera serves as the Team Leader for the chaplains serving in Puerto Rico. He began working with Marketplace in 2006. Mike also serves as pastor of Iglesia Bautista Tabernáculo de Reunión in the city of Aibonito.

Before joining Marketplace Chaplains Mike was the founder and president of La Tierra Prometida, Inc., a drug rehabilitation center which provides drug counseling and pastoral care for individuals and families. For 16 years Mike was an inspector and supervisor in the marine inspection of ship hulls and cargo. Mike also served in the US Navy from 1971-1976.

Mike is a graduate of the Haggai Institute and has received specialized training in concepts of substance abuse from the Universidad Central del Caribe in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He holds a BA in Pastoral and Biblical Studies from the Seminario Teológico Bautista de Puerto Rico. He is fully bilingual in Spanish and English.

Mike and his wife, Ludy live in Aibonito. They have two adult children.

Vice President of International Ministries, Dallas, TX

After completing a 30-year career in municipal government administration, C. G. Maclin joined Marketplace Ministries in April, 2004 as the National Director of Recruiting. In January of 2005, he was appointed to serve as the Senior Vice President of Field Operations. On January 1, 2012, C. G. transitioned to Vice President of International Ministries, with a special focus on Canada. Prior to joining Marketplace Ministries, Maclin served as City Manager of Lufkin, Texas, for over 13 years. During that time he received the "Best of Texas, 2003 Visionary Award" from the Center for Digital Government, and was recognized by Texas Business Magazine in 1995 as heading one of the best-managed cities in the state of Texas. A native of East Texas, C. G. holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Administration from Texas A&M University. C. G. and his wife, Cricket, have two daughters and two grandsons.

Steve Troyer of Fort Saint John, British Columbia, has received one blessing after another in many aspects of life. He is husband of a beautiful, professionally educated and trained voice teacher, the father of four fine children, the owner of a multi-million dollar business, the farmer of a 1,000 plus acres, and cattle rancher of 200-head of black angus, plus the associate pastor of Fort Saint John Evangelical Mission, where he and his family worship.

This man has had experiences in a variety of professions from a furrier and wild horse trainer, to logging and oil/gas support business, plus farming and raising cattle.

With his family, “The Singing Troyers” he fulfills some 30 to 40 musical engagements annually. They have performed in churches, conferences, camps, schools, prisons, and Country Music gatherings all across Western Canada, as well as in the USA.

Along with his many other duties, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Marketplace Chaplains Canada, and uses the chaplains’ service in his business. He has helped develop the chaplains’ ministry in several businesses in Fort Saint John, British Columbia.