Staff Members

In 1978, Altha Burts recognized her calling from the Lord to minister to hurting people. Taken away from her home at 12 because of severe child abuse, she spent several years in Foster and Group Homes. At age 27, she had a dramatic conversion and was born again. Within a few years, she heard the Lord’s call through Scripture to a full time ministry to hurting people, which was soon confirmed by leaders in the church.

Altha attended Grace Fellowship Institute in Colorado, where she learned the foundational truths of Biblical counseling. Over the next several years, her ministry developed and grew as many hurting persons experienced the restorative and transformational power of God’s Word, the Holy Bible. Altha says her passion is to see and experience the glory of Jesus and abide in His fullness and lead others in the body of Christ to do the same.

Altha developed the teaching “Unless a Grain of Wheat” which was eventually reformatted into the “Treasures of Truth” (see our “about” page for description of these teachings). You can read about Altha’s journey in her book Come Up Higher, available for purchase at www.amazon.com. You may also listen to her audio testimony by clicking here.

Margie Fennell, born again on December 22, 1984 and followed through with water baptism on February 3, 1985, Margie has been wholeheartedly following the Lord Jesus Christ ever since. She received a call from God into ministry in 1990 from Acts 26:16-18. A gifted teacher in God’s Word, Margie’s passion both in study and teaching is beholding and knowing Jesus….the One who died for us, and rose again. She has lived her life for the glory and purposes of God in full time ministry since January 1994.

At Well of Life Ministries she is Altha’s assistant. Margie has opened up the Treasures of Truth by putting the teaching of them into a written form. Her desire is to especially see those called into leadership in the body of Christ more deeply equipped for ministry by the strategic teaching of the Treasures of Truth.

Greg Burts is one of the teachers of the Treasures of Truth. Greg has been a Biblical counselor, Pastor and Bible teacher for 25 years. Currently, he is the director of the Center for Biblical Counseling in Sunnyvale, California. As a counselor, Greg provides a Biblical structure combined with solid therapeutic techniques that strengthen the counselee’s relationship with Jesus Christ.

Greg holds a Master’s degree in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling from Azusa Pacific University and a Ph.D. in Psychology from California Coast University. Over the last 25 years, Greg has been involved in many Bay Area churches, helping to train, equip and establish local church counseling ministries. Greg is husband to Altha Burts, overseer of Well of Life Ministries.

Greg says: “Because of my ignorance about the truths presented in ‘Unless a Grain of Wheat, The Treasures of Truth,’ I spent a decade of my adult life in confusion and despair. I know what Jesus meant when He said the truth would make us free.” Greg has written two books: Strategic Biblical Counseling and Are You Dying to Live the Abundant Life?

Greg writes a daily blog called Dying to Live and hosts a website called Are You Dying to Live Abundant Life

Greg and Altha have two adult children who know and love the Lord: Esther and Joshua.

Janet Prince is one of the teachers of the Treasures of Truth. Janet, an experienced teacher and diligent student of the Bible, has been teaching God’s Word in various settings over the past 25 years. She’s taught in a weekly inner city Children’s Bible Club, and conducted her own neighborhood Bible club, in addition to assisting in Vacation Bible School at church. During the past 12 years, Janet has been teaching God’s Word through Well of Life Ministries, Teen Challenge, and Ladies’ Bible Study at her church.

Janet’s deep desire is to grow in the knowledge and love of our wonderful God as He has revealed Himself in His written Word. Her passion is to share with others the knowledge and glory of the Living Word, Jesus Christ. Janet is also the co-author of Come Up Higher, Janet resides in San Jose, California with Bob, her husband of 25 years.