Rick is a graduate of both Indiana Bible College and Great Lakes University, with a Bachelor of Science in Religious Studies. Stacey attended Texas Bible College before serving as the secretary of a growing church in upstate New York. Married in Botswana, Africa in 1994, they both draw from a life of ministry. Stacey grew up in missionary parents Tim & Carolyn Simoneaux’s home in Moshi, Tanzania, while Rick is the son of church planter H.E. & Beverly Perry in Ohio, USA.
The Perrys worked with Stacey’s parents in Botswana, Africa for many years to help establish and grow the Learning Centre School and the United Pentecostal Church of Botswana. Eventually, God called them to New Haven, CT to establish Haven of Hope with the Metro-Missions program. They both served the region as vice-chair of the WinterFire Conference. The Perrys are now returning to Botswana, Africa as fully appointed Intermediate Missionaries, leaving a first-generation apostolic couple to pastor the church plant in New Haven, Connecticut.