Aboutus

Dr. Ron Sherman is the Founder and Executive Director of White Stone Ministries. Dr. Sherman has over 30 years professional experience as an educator, counselor, childcare administrator and ordained minister. Dr. Sherman has earned B. A. degrees in Music and Education, Masters Degree in Ministry with a concentration in Counseling and a Doctorate Degree in Ministry. His professional Licenses include: A Childcare Administrators License, issued by the Texas Department of Child Protective Services and an All-Level Teachers Certification, issued by the Texas Department of Education.

Dr. Sherman came to know Jesus at the age of 5. He had a strong talent for music and at an early age, wanted to become an orchestra conductor. After high school, he entered college to study music in order to prepare in the hope of fulfilling his childhood dream of conducting. He has always had a passion for children so upon graduation he combined his desire to work with children with his passion to conduct, he became a music instructor and band director in the public school system of Texas. During this time he served his church as a worship leader and youth director. Eventually, he became a teacher in a Christian school and then on to administrating over a Christian school. This led into fulltime ministry. He began working with young people who had issues with drugs, alcohol and other bondages. He answered God's call to found White Stone Ministries as a way to minister to children who needed a home.

In addition to working with White Stone, Dr. Sherman is an itinerate professor with Vision International Christian University of Mexico. He has developed several courses taught by the university.

Dr. Sherman is a certified Personality Profiler using the DISC system of identification of the unique God-given temperament placed in individuals at the moment of conception. Using the DISC system as a basis, Dr. Sherman conducts a series of Seminars to help people with their interpersonal relationships.

White Stone Ministries, Inc. was founded in 1989 in the State of Texas. White Stone is recognized by the IRS as a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization. White Stone was formed to meet the needs of children who have been abandoned, orphaned, abused or neglected. White Stone's first facility, White Stone Emergency Shelter, was opened in 1990 providing emergency and short-term care for girls. Two years later White Stone Children's Home was opened providing long-term care for girls and boys. Finally White Stone Unwed Mother's Home was opened to help offer a life-giving alternative to young women who might otherwise had to choose abortion. The homes operated for over seven years and during that time, over 300 children received care through White Stone's programs. Now the vision has expanded to provide a ministry to children who are abandoned or orphaned in Latin America.

Currently, White Stone operates the Casa Hogar Manto Coahuila Children's Home in Acuña, Mexico. Ron and Anna Sherman are serving as the full-time directors of the Home. Together, the Sherman's have dedicated their lives to the continued growth and development of White Stone Ministries and the vision of rescuing many orphaned and abandoned children.

Anna Sherman is a native of Johannesburg, South Africa. She is an ordained minister and has over 20 years experience in ministry. She was the Childrens Church Pastor for Christian Family Church in South Africa where she supervised the operation of the Childrens Church serving over 600 children per weekend. She has ministered extensively to children of all socio-economic groups and spent a great deal of time volunteering in various orphanages in the Johannesburg area. Anna has completed three years of Bible School in Johannesburg and fives years of specialized seminars training childrens ministry leaders. These seminars provided Anna with a broad knowledge base concerning the most effective ways to minister to children, such as; puppet ministry, drama, and creative ways to teach scripture just to name a few topics. Anna also has extensive experience in ministering to traumatized children.

As a child, Anna was exposed to witchcraft and the occult. She was delivered from the bondage and the trauma she suffered under as a result of the involvement, when she gave her life to Jesus 23 years ago. Out of her experience she has become an anointed and effective minister to traumatized and hurting women.

Beth Lotfi serves as the Administrative Assistant for White Stone. She and Sam have been married for four years. Beth is a graduate of Texas Bible Institute and has worked with teenagers who had drug, alcohol and emotional problems in a licensed rehabilitation facility. She has a tremendous passion for children, especially those that are orphaned or abandoned. Beth has been involved in caring for abandoned, abused and neglected children. She has worked with youth who struggled with substance abuse and emotional disorders. She also has a deep compassion for unwed mothers.

Sam Lotfi serves as the Director of Media and Graphic Arts. Sam is an amazing artist who uses his creative giftings in wonderfully imaginative ways to advance the Gospel of Jesus as well as the vision of White Stone. Check out some of Sam's art work: www.theartofsamlotfi.blogspot.com

Sam and Beth currently live in Austin, Texas and are tremendous assets to White Stone.