Pastor Frank Mario Bafford, Sr., is founder and pastor of Tampa For Christ Church.  He is a graduate of RHEMA Bible Training Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Class of 1992.  As of 2011, he has 19 yrs. of pastoral experience, serving as an assistant and head pastor.  Besides pastoring Tampa For Christ Church, he is involved in prison ministry and has a series of Christian books for prisoners-www.freeprisonbooks.org.  He resides in the Tampa Bay area with his beautiful wife Carol, and their two children – Frank Mario, Jr. and Victoria Queen.

Lady Carol E. Bafford, is the wife of Pastor Frank Mario Bafford, Sr., Senior Pastor of Tampa For Christ Church, in Tampa, Florida.  She is a graduate of RHEMA Bible Training Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Class of 1993.  She serves in full-time ministry beside her husband, where she is Director of New Image Women's Ministry.  She is also our Praise and Worship Leader and oversees our Children's Ministry. Lady Bafford's desire is to minister to women of all ages and backgrounds, but especially to women with abused backgrounds.  As she teaches the Word of God, her heart’s desire is to see the lives of women transformed by the power of God and that they will come to know their worth as women of God and walk in it.