JEFF LEWIS – FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Jeff Lewis has choreographed and performed in television, commercial work, and over 20 musicals as well as danced in several professional dance companies. He has ministered, taught, and performed in Russia, Italy, Israel, Canada, the Dominican Republic, England, China, India, Central America, and many other regions. Jeff is a passionate teacher of many styles of dance, including musical theater, contemporary, lyrical, swing, and jazz. His performance credits include Chubby Checkers concerts, Fox Network appearances, commercial work for Academy Sporting Goods, the Young Messiah Tour with artists such as Israel Houghton, Carman, Crystal Lewis, and Avalon, as well as experience in over 20 musicals such as Guys and Dolls, Annie, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, and Grease. As a pastor, mentor, choreographer, master instructor, dancer, and devoted minister of the gospel, Jeff has been involved in Israel with the Feast of Tabernacles under ICEJ, YWAM, International Christian Dance Fellowship, and Dance Revolution Conventions. Jeff is currently the choreographer for the 31st season of The Promise, performed at the Texas Amphitheater. With his wife, he is the founder and director of Arrows International- a ministry dedicated to developing latter day Levites, Artists, and Worshippers in Spirit and Truth!

NATALIE LEWIS – FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Natalie Lewis has traveled internationally and in almost every major city in the USA performing professionally, teaching, and choreographing. She has credits in television, industrials, theatre, cruise ships, and concert tours with organizations like Fox and Family Network, Chevrolet, Nickelodeon, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, LFO, and more. She is a versatile teacher trained in many styles including jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical, modern, and ballet. Some highlights of her career include performing with Carman as dance captain on the Heart of the Champion Tour with other artists Zoe Girl and Russ Lee in 2000/2001, dance company member for Ad Deum Dance Company, dancer and guest choreographer at the Feast in Israel for International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem, and jazz and hip hop teacher for Dance Revolution Conventions. Natalie currently serves as a guest instructor for Project Dance, Eagles International Training Institute, YWAM, International Christian Dance Fellowship (ICDF), and more. With her husband, she collaborates with music artist Chuck King as choreographer for the production The Promise at the Texas Amphitheater. In 2015, she released her first book, Positioned for His Promises. As an inspiring faith-walker, motivational speaker, mentor, pastor, and minister of the gospel, Natalie is passionate about building up and encouraging the upcoming generation! Most excitingly, she is co-director with her husband of their ministry, Arrows International, which is a full time training program and dance company, based in Oklahoma, designed to nurture, disciple, and prepare trained artists to go out as ambassadors of Christ. They train dancers to use their gifts and talents to bring hope, joy, and healing in our cities, states and nations.

TOGETHER, Jeff and Natalie Lewis direct their ministry, Arrows International, which is a full time training program and dance company based in Oklahoma.  As ordained pastors and master choreographers and teachers, Jeff and Natalie are known world-wide to be passionate APOSTOLIC ministers of the Gospel! Their unique combination of professional dance expertise and spiritual insight has opened doors for them to speak, teach, choreograph, and minister throughout the USA and many other nations. Jeff and Natalie’s stories, both individually and as a couple, are packed full of rich testimonies that they joyfully share to encourage and inspire people all around the world!  

MEET OUR TEAM DIRECTORS

EMILY FORSTER – MINISTRY OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Emily Forster is passionate about communicating stories that lead to lasting change. After growing up at a Ballet Conservatory in California, she received her BA in Theater and Dance from Muhlenberg College, and studied Physical Theater at the Accademia dell’arte in Italy. Her education includes training in Laban Technique, Fitzmaurice Voicework, Stanislavski Techniques, Circus Arts, Acrobatic Arts Teacher Training, Brain Compatible Dance Education, and more. At Reclaiming Arts, Emily currently spends her time teaching and overseeing the Children’s Department, Theater Department, and Acrobatics Department. She leads young artists age 3-15 to grow their skills in excellence and surrender their gifts as an expression of worship! With Arrows International, Emily has watched God transform hearts through compelling narratives and authentic worship, and she is honored to walk out her sixth season with them as a Company Member and newly Ministry Operations Director. Emily finds joy everywhere she looks, she sees the heart behind every action, and she believes in vulnerability as a vehicle to transformation.

DR. ELIZABETH AGRE, PT, DPT, OCS – COMPANY DIRECTOR

Elizabeth Agre is an educator and minister who is passionate about seeing artists walk in wholeness. She has served and toured with Arrows International since the first tour in 2008, participating in 15 tours in 10 countries and now in her fifth season in the full time Company, this season stepping into Company Director. She is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, certified nationally as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and with a Master’s Certification in Performing Arts Medicine. 

Throughout her years in ministry, she has graduated from the Eagles International Training Institute, Leadership Institute, School of Worship, the Ballet Magnificat! Training Company, and the Jubilee Worship Institute, receiving training in the Word as well as techniques including ballet, modern, jazz, tambourines, flags, streamers, mantles, and Davidic dance. She has served as a teacher with The Eagles Network for many years and is a licensed minister under Set Free Ministries.  She co-led and choreographed for Egeiro Dance Ministry at Immanuel’s Church, co-directed the dance ministry at Ridgeland Family Church, and served in the Dance Expressive Worship Team at Church on the Rock. She gives her beloved Jesus all the glory.

MARY ADELMANN – LEVITICAL TRAINEE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Mary grew up in San Jose, Costa Rica where she trained at Ballet Magnificat Costa Rica Dance School in a wide variety of dance styles. In 2017 Mary moved to Oklahoma to train spiritually and physically in dance with Arrows International’s Levitical Trainee Program for 20 hours/week. Since her graduation from the Program in 2019, Mary has continued to serve Arrows International as a Company Member, Marketing Manager, Production Director, Levitical Trainee Program Director, an inspirational speaker at outreaches, and a reliable leader who cultivates a heart of worship. In her 9 years with Arrows International, Mary has traveled on 20 tours performing, speaking, teaching, ministering, and assisting Master Class teachers at workshops and events. Her dance ministry travels have taken her to Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Guyana, Mauritius, Bolivia, Nicaragua, South Asia, Brazil, and El Salvador. Mary’s teaching experience began in 2015 at her home studio with jazz and ballet classes, but quickly broadened to include worship and hip hop as she began teaching on Arrows International’s tours. Mary is passionate about declaring the glory of God through her movement, allowing Him to transform people through dance and making God known to the ends of the earth.