The Kerley family has traveled, sung, and ministered in several states, and overseas in Japan, Mexico, Israel, Hawaii, Africa, and the Ukraine. They have sponsored Holy Land tours and ski camps in Colorado. They won the Liberty Bell Award from the Stephens County Bar Association in 1972.
The Kerleys were founders and directors of Teen Round-Up Inc. in 1965, until Bud's home going in 2002. TR is a 40-acre farm turned into a retreat center for youth an families. For 23 years, hundreds of young people came once a month for an exciting program in the "Big Red Barn". Events included, Hawaiian Luaus, Spanish Fiestas, Hee Haw with Lu Lu Roman, Western with Dale Evans, and evangelistic with Nicky Cruz. Attendance went as high as 2000. From 1977 - 1997, TR sponsored youth and kid's camps every summer. Free camps for under-privileged children was instituted in 1997 by Kim and Roxanne Kerley, and since then nearly 1000 children a year are served.
Joy has been teaching family seminars since 1971. The subject matter includes 'How to be the ideal wife ore husband,' 'Communication,' and 'A better sex life.' She has also taught in District youth camps and TR youth camps, on 'Dating', 'Sex', and 'marriage'. She loves entertaining at banquets for civic clubs, churches, schools and reunions.
Joy has recorded a singing CD entitled, 'God on the mountain'. She and her family have recorded six family albums. She has written two illustrated books, 'Spouse Spats' for married couples, and 'Guys vs. Gals, World War III', for teenagers.
In 1954. he married Bonnie Charter and they were married 47 years before she graduated to Heaven. They had three children, Terry, Belinda, and Randy. They reared 10 foster boys and one foster girl. Don has nine Grandchildren, and 27 Great-grandchildren. He and Bonnie pastored in Stigler and Millcreek, Oklahoma and Wellington and Independence, Kansas.
Don was pastor in Independence for 44 years. He has served as youth director and in several capacities on the Harvest Conference board of the IPHC. He was Bishop of the Harvest Conference for 14 years. He was founder and director of the Winter Word Camp meeting in Independence, an annual community-wide revival meeting for eight years. Many of the churches of several denominations joined with him. He was a real leader in his community. He has always been in demand to preach youth camps and camp meetings. He is an anointed, high-energy, preacher who desires the salvation of souls, the manifestation of miracles of healing, and life-changing experiences. He desires to see the prayer of Jesus fulfilled as prayed in John 17.
Don preached a revival at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Mill Creek, OK. You can see and hear him preach by clicking this link:
Don Burchett preaching in Mill Creek, OK
This link is to part 1 of a 7 part YouTube series. Check it out. You will be blessed!