Nelson Feliciano, Vice President

I was born again and baptized in New York City in the Spring of 1984 in a little church in the borough of the Bronx. As I grew in the Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ, God began to call me to His mission field.

By the age of 21, God had opened the doors for me to live and begin a family in Puerto Rico, visit the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, preaching on the street in Evangelical Crusades, in Penitentiaries, and many other places sharing The Good News of the Gospel with others.

While in Puerto Rico, I had the privilege of translating for an Iranian pastor's wife who was invited to preach at my church. It was there that God opened my eyes to the persecution that other brethren like me were living day by day in other countries. I began to realize how blessed we truly are in the United States to have the freedom of worshiping Him freely and openly.

Fast forward to today, I met Adam at our workplace in Tennessee. There, he introduced me via online to a Kurdish Christian family from Iran living as refugees in Turkey. The seed sown in my heart many years before while in Puerto Rico began to grow into what today is The Ichthys Foundation, a non-profit 501 c3 organization dedicated to helping persecuted Christians around the globe.

It is only with your help, through God's unifying Grace, that we can help others who are not as fortunate as us but who are willing, through great sacrifice, to face danger and adversity to serve and worship Our Lord.