Founders & Staff
Dr. Jay Swallow
Dr. Jay Swallow is Cheyenne-Sioux and a U.S. Navy veteran, who has preached, taught, fed, clothed, and prayed for native people from the Arctic Circle to Central America for over fifty years. He is an apostolic father to many Christians of all colors and backgrounds, and in recent years he has travelled to other continents to minister to indigenous and non-indigenous people, with the intent of healing their lands and nations through the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. He has been an instrumental advisor to 253 Native American Tribes. As a direct descendant of two notable Cheyenne Nation Chiefs, Chief Black Kettle (Peace Chief) and Chief Little Bear (Military Chief), he is regarded as one of the leading influential men of the Cheyenne Nation.
To fund his ministry on the Indian Reservations, years ago Dr. Swallow learned to be a silversmith. He soon became one of our most skilled native jewelry makers and taught others this craft.
Today many reservations, isolated geographically from the mainstream of city life are still pressing toward establishing churches in their part of the world. Dr. Swallow saw the need to train leaders who could be a support to Pastors. These leaders could travel to remote areas and assist pastors in their efforts to effectively reach their communities with the Gospel. In 1997, Dr. Swallow and Dr. Bigpond realized that by combining their visions they could reach more people. In 1998 Two Rivers Native American Training Center was formed and officially opened its doors. Two Rivers was founded by and is administered by Native Americans training Native Americans to reach their tribes with the Gospel. Dr. Swallow teaches many subjects, among them Native Americans and Christianity: Cross-Cultural Issues.
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Jacksonville Theological Seminary, Jacksonville, Florida.
Dr. Swallow is frequently featured on Light of the Southwest on God’s Learning Channel in Midland, TX. He has recently co-authored his first book
titled the Plains Indians and the Buffalo a God-created Relationship.
Dr. Negiel Bigpond
Dr. Negiel Bigpond, D.D. has been in ministry for over thirty years and has been both evangelist and pastor, evangelizing in over 143 native reservations and currently serves as Apostle of Morning Star Church of All Nations. He is an accomplished musician and singer and is also a certified drug and alcohol abuse counselor. Dr. Bigpond is a full-blood Euchee (Yuchi) Indian and a fourth generation minister of the gospel. He and his wife Jan have been married for 40 years and have 3 children, 2 sons-in-law, 1 daughter-in-law, and 6 grandchildren.
Dr. Bigpond has spent time in Washington D.C. to work with Senator Sam Brownback (ret.) of Kansas regarding H.J. RES. 46, which is a joint resolution of apology to Native peoples for ill-conceived policies by the U.S. government regarding Indian tribes. Because of his tireless work with this resolution, Charisma Magazine named him one of the ten most influential Christian leaders of 2006. He is also involved with Native America Justice Gate east of the Mississippi, which deals with land reconciliation in the eastern states. Dr. Bigpond has received various keys to cities and proclamations from governors and mayors from his work in the east. He is also on the boards of several ministries and provides an apostolic covering for many ministers as a member of C. Peter Wagner’s International Coalition of Apostles.
Dr. Bigpond has traveled worldwide, representing Christian Native Americans preaching and teaching God’s Word. Inspired by his involvement in Heartland Apostolic Prayer Network, he founded the Native American Apostolic Prayer Circle, which establishes prayer teams who are skilled in spiritual warfare and intercession for the Native people and issues that concern them. Out of this, God has given him Spirit Wind, which is a prayer day focusing on the Five Civilized Tribes and their leaders. Tribes gather each year for this event.
God has also given Dr. Bigpond the vision of Two Rivers Native American Training Center, in which he is president and co-founder. The training center is a Christian military training base camp for the purpose of dealing with occult and territorial enemy strongholds on reservations and other locations throughout the U.S.
Dr. Bigpond is frequently featured on “Light of the Southwest” on God’s Learning Channel in Midland, Texas. He teaches extensively about land issues and reconciliation. Dr. Bigpond has also recently authored his first book, “Women Warriors”, and has begun co-hosting a Tulsa area Christian television program called “Tulsa-The Gathering Place.”