The Team
Nathan Kistler
Executive Director
At just 33 years of age, Nathan, along with his beautiful wife Amber, are the executive directors of Hope To The Hill in Washington DC. Nathan has had the honor of singing and sharing the stage with Christian music's finest artists. Names like Bill and Gloria Gaither, The Nelons, Guy Penrod, Ernie haase, Dino and so many more over the years. He has traveled around the world singing about the glorious Gospel of Christ. Singing from the steps of the US Capital to the southern steps of Jerusalem, Nathan has shared his vocals with many thousands of people. With 49 states and 24 countries to his credit, as well as the X-Factor stage in LA, Nathan loves sharing in music and in word with others. Nathan has built relationships in Washington that have grown into incredibly fruitful opportunities to share the Gospel of Jesus.
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Dr. George Roller
Ambassador
George Roller received his B.A. in English from the University of Illinois and his Master’s and Doctor of Jurisprudence degrees from the University of Miami. He taught English for 35 years, serving as English Department Chairman for many of those years. He was awarded the Outstanding Teacher of the Year for Miami’s Region IV. As an attorney, he practiced law in the Miami area for 25 years—concurrently with his teaching career. An elder in his church, he served as Missions Chairman for two years and led three missions trips to Ukraine. He was also a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Florida. George was involved with Evangelism Explosion for over 38 years—as a trainer and as an clinic instructor. In 2003, George assumed a leadership position at the D. James Kennedy CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN STATESMANSHIP in Washington, DC where he served as a missionary to the Members of the United States Congress for 12 years as Executive Director and for 2 years as the ministry’s Ambassador. After having retired from CCS, George took a two month sabbatical to write a book and has now returned to his missionary work on Capitol Hill as Ambassador for Hope To The Hill and as Ambassador for its parent ministry Hope Ministries International. George has been married to Linda for nearly 45 years, and they have five children and twelve grandchildren.
Dr. Dave Kistler
Chairman of the Board
President of Hope Ministries International/
Evangelist/Chairman of Hope To The Hill Board
Evangelist Dave Kistler was born into a pastor's home and came to Christ at the age of 5. During his teenage years, he began preparing for a legal profession. However, at the age of 16, he sensed the overwhelming call of God to preach the gospel. Following his college and seminary training (during which he obtained an undergraduate degree in Bible and Graduate degrees in Pastoral Studies and Divinity-including Biblical Languages), Dave joined the staff of a large church in Florida, leading a youth group of 125 teens. After two years in youth ministry, he yielded to full-time evangelistic ministry.
For over 30 years, Dave, his wife Betsy and children (Rachael, Nathan
and Hannah) have traveled the world proclaiming the gospel and the word of God. Included in his ministry is an evangelistic outreach to major cities via a 2000 seat tent. Since 2001, Dave has conducted three crusades in Washington, DC, and two in the Pentagon. As a result of those evangelistic endeavors, he has started an ongoing ministry to elected officials in the nation's capital called "HOPE To The Hill." Evangelist Kistler's ministry (HOPE Ministries International) has ministered in England, France, Belgium, Scotland, Wales, Canada, Mexico, the West Indies and Africa, as well as in almost every state in the nation!
Jim Hughes
Financial Secretary
Jim Hughes has been a volunteer with HOPE Ministries International for more than 20 years focusing primarily on ministry events in Washington, D.C. and North Carolina. Jim is a member of Lake Wylie Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC, where he has been a member for many years and currently serves as a deacon. A retired global telecom sales leader, Jim spent the last 24 years of his career with CommScope, Inc. in Hickory, NC in a variety of commercial leadership roles. Hughes is a former board member of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers(SCTE) and a recipient of their Chairman’s Award as well as an inductee into the SCTE Hall of Fame. Aside from his ministry work, Hughes is an avid trapshooter and two-time member of the Amateur Trapshooting Association(ATA) All-American Team. Hughes is also a board member and secretary of the North Carolina Trapshooters Hall of Fame. Jim and his wife, Jennifer, live in Charlotte. Jim and Jennifer’s son, Alex, also lives in Charlotte and he works in the financial industry. We are honored to have Jim with our ministry!
