Reverend Richardson ’83 Appointed CEO of Stockton's Gospel Center Rescue Mission

The Gospel Center Rescue Mission has appointed Wayne G. Richardson the shelter’s new chief executive officer, he has most recently served as chief operations officer of Faith Farms Ministries in Florida, according to the shelter. Faith Farms Ministries is a free, nine-month residential addiction regeneration program in Florida that has 450 beds on three campuses, including Fort Lauderdale, where Richardson also served as its director of development and programs. Richardson has also served in a number of leadership positions at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Christian Broadcasting Network’s Operation Blessing International, the United States Military Academy’s West Point Association of Graduates, and Southeastern University, according to the Gospel Center Rescue Mission. He also served a leadership role for Mountainside Management, a family-owned business in New York’s Hudson Valley. Richardson served 23 years in the U.S. Army, both on active duty and as a reserve. For six of those years, he commanded multiple Army Engineer units deployed to Korea and Panama. Richardson is also a certified fundraising executive and a licensed minister from the Fellowship of Ministers International. This week was Richardson’s first, and he already has a CEO message on the shelter’s website, at gcrms.org. Read More