Merle is the international director of DOVE International, a family of over 1,000 churches in five continents. Cheree serves on the DOVE International Apostolic Council. Together they serve on the apostolic team for DOVE South Africa. Merle is lead elder and Cheree is associate lead pastor at Newport Church located in Elm, Pennsylvania.
Merle and Cheree planted an inner-city church in Woodstock, South Africa. Then after living in South Africa for 11 years, they received a clear word of the Lord sending them back to the USA. Knowing that this was an assignment from God, they relocated to the USA. Since then, Merle served as the pioneering director of HarvestNet School of Supernatural Ministry during their first year back in the States. Read more about their story here.
Merle and Cheree are parents to five children and live in Lititz, PA.
