The Fraction Team
A coalition of restored voices united by Godly conviction and a shared burden for the fractured heart.
Dustin Long
Dustin is the founder of High Hope Ministries with the burden of walking alongside those who, at one point, had a genuine love for God but, because of unexpected life challenges, found their faith fractured and had wandered from the one true love they had ever known. He holds a Master’s in Executive Coaching and Consulting from the Townsend Institute, equipping him to help others who have experienced a fracture in their faith move forward and walk boldly in their purpose.
Leigh Ann Long
Leigh Ann was born and raised at the Pentecostals of Alexandria, where she developed a strong foundation in faith, family, worship, music, and ministry. Her love for music led her to college in New Orleans, where she also walked through personal challenges and a season of searching. In time, God called her back to Alexandria, where she began a renewed and personal walk with Him.
Ben Bland
Ben Bland is a floral designer from Campbellsville, Kentucky, known for his creative work and for sharing his testimony of transformation through Jesus Christ. Drawing from his own story of brokenness, abuse, addiction, and life in a former gay lifestyle, he speaks with honesty and compassion about repentance, deliverance, and the restoring power of God. Through testimony appearances, interviews, and ministry settings, Ben encourages others who are seeking hope, healing, and a pathway back to truth and restoration.
Rhea Cooper, PhD, LPC-S, RPT, NCC
Dr.Rhea is a licensed professional counselor, ministry leader, and speaker with a passion for helping individuals, families, and churches experience healing and restoration. As the owner of a private counseling practice in Lafayette, Louisiana, she works with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, with a focus on trauma, anxiety, depression, and relational health. She attends the Pentecostals of Lafayette where she leads a mental health ministry. She desires to equip churches with practical, biblically grounded tools that foster restoration, hope, and lasting transformation
Gavin Leverich
Gavin first encountered Pentecost at age 12, after growing up in quiet Catholic services. The energy and passion of Pentecostal worship opened his eyes to a new, living way of experiencing God.
God began challenging his strong will early on, teaching him the difficult lesson of surrender. Though marked by His presence, he drifted as a teenager into addiction and rebellion. What started as experimentation turned into daily dependence, leading him into a life of selfishness, drug dealing, and ultimately arrests and felony charges. Yet even in his darkest moments, God never let my light fully go out.
After years of trying to fix his life on his own, he finally reached a place of complete emptiness. In that moment, he surrendered fully, telling God that if He would fix him, he would follow Him unconditionally.
Since that day, God has blessed him beyond imagination—giving him a business to support His kingdom, a church family to walk with, and a powerful testimony to share. There is no greater joy than knowing that God never forsakes us and that He holds a purpose uniquely designed for each of our lives.