Ron Friesen is a spiritual director. He’s also an educator, community activist, pastor, shepherd, counselor, and author. Most of all, he’s a servant, going where God calls him.

That journey has taken him many places, from Canada to Phoenix, to founding two churches, serving the unhoused, and hospice chaplaincy.

Ron has a heart for people of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds, and counsels clients with abuse issues, those who struggle with addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder. He is a light of hope for the mentally ill, not just in traditional health care centers, but providing therapy in the prisons.

He takes that all that lived experience and teaches as a adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University bringing up a new generation of helpers.

Ron shows us what just one person can do to change countless lives.

Original air date: May 22, 2025.

Ron Friesen is a spiritual director. He&rsquo;s also an educator, community activist, pastor, shepherd, counselor, and author. Most of all, he&rsquo;s a servant, going where God calls him.
That journey has taken him many places, from Canada to Phoenix, to founding two churches, serving the unhoused, and hospice chaplaincy.
Ron has a heart for people of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds, and counsels clients with abuse issues, those who struggle with addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder. He is a light of hope for the mentally ill, not just in traditional health care centers, but providing therapy in the prisons.
He takes that all that lived experience and teaches as a adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University bringing up a new generation of helpers.
Ron shows us what just one person can do to change countless lives.
Original air date: May 22, 2025.

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world.

Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism.

Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world. Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism. Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/">https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/</a>

Rescuers radio show

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.