Guam Legislature adopts resolution honoring Harvest Baptist Church and Harvest Christian Academy on 50th anniversary
October 24, 2025 | General Government Operations and Appropriations , Legislative, Guam
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The Guam Legislature on Oct. 24, 2025 adopted Resolution No. 102 recognizing Harvest Baptist Church and Harvest Christian Academy for 50 years of ministry and education, sponsors said. Speaker Frank Blas Jr. and Vice Speaker Tony Ada introduced the resolution to commemorate the church and its affiliated institutions and to congratulate leaders and congregants on the Golden Jubilee.
The resolution notes that a handful of believers founded the ministry in July 1975 under missionary pastor Bruce Ring and that the congregation soon opened Harvest Christian Academy in Barrigada. The academy now serves approximately 1,000 students each year across prekindergarten/k3 through 12th grade, the document says, and the church draws more than 800 weekly worshipers.
The resolution highlights the congregation's mix of programs and community ministries, including KHMG 88.1 FM (Harvest Family Radio), a 30-year Christian broadcaster cited in the text; a foster-care ministry; Pacific Rim Christian Camp; a campus coffee shop called The Hub; and Harvest Baptist Bible College, which the resolution says has produced more than 425 graduates who have gone on to ministry in Micronesia and beyond.
Pastors and congregation members spoke at the presentation. Pastor Gary Walton said, "For 50 years, God has grown up a ministry, that has impacted our island and, impacted our people in such a powerful way." Other former pastors and ministry leaders in the room included founding pastor Bruce Ring and long-serving pastor John Lewis, the resolution text and speakers listed.
The resolution lists a sequence of pastoral leadership in the church's history: Bruce Ring (1975'1978); John Lewis (1979'1998); Dan Pelletier (1998'?); Marty Herron (2000'Feb. 2018); and Gary Walton (2018 to present), as recorded in the resolution language.
The resolution directs that copies be transmitted to named surviving family members of the founding pastors and to the congregation and school administration; the text states the adoption is to be certified by the speaker and attested by the legislative secretary, Sabrina Salas Matanani. The resolution was presented during the legislature's public hearing session and followed by remarks from pastors and congregation representatives.
The presentation was ceremonial and did not include debate on policy or budgetary changes. The legislature moved on afterward to a separate certificate presentation honoring a Department of Education employee.
The resolution notes that a handful of believers founded the ministry in July 1975 under missionary pastor Bruce Ring and that the congregation soon opened Harvest Christian Academy in Barrigada. The academy now serves approximately 1,000 students each year across prekindergarten/k3 through 12th grade, the document says, and the church draws more than 800 weekly worshipers.
The resolution highlights the congregation's mix of programs and community ministries, including KHMG 88.1 FM (Harvest Family Radio), a 30-year Christian broadcaster cited in the text; a foster-care ministry; Pacific Rim Christian Camp; a campus coffee shop called The Hub; and Harvest Baptist Bible College, which the resolution says has produced more than 425 graduates who have gone on to ministry in Micronesia and beyond.
Pastors and congregation members spoke at the presentation. Pastor Gary Walton said, "For 50 years, God has grown up a ministry, that has impacted our island and, impacted our people in such a powerful way." Other former pastors and ministry leaders in the room included founding pastor Bruce Ring and long-serving pastor John Lewis, the resolution text and speakers listed.
The resolution lists a sequence of pastoral leadership in the church's history: Bruce Ring (1975'1978); John Lewis (1979'1998); Dan Pelletier (1998'?); Marty Herron (2000'Feb. 2018); and Gary Walton (2018 to present), as recorded in the resolution language.
The resolution directs that copies be transmitted to named surviving family members of the founding pastors and to the congregation and school administration; the text states the adoption is to be certified by the speaker and attested by the legislative secretary, Sabrina Salas Matanani. The resolution was presented during the legislature's public hearing session and followed by remarks from pastors and congregation representatives.
The presentation was ceremonial and did not include debate on policy or budgetary changes. The legislature moved on afterward to a separate certificate presentation honoring a Department of Education employee.
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