Executive Director and Founder
Tammy Bowen is a licensed minister with certifications in CPRS and MRT. She is trained in Theophostic prayer ministry, qualified to teach The Broken Princess, and an accredited instructor for the 180 Degrees: Getting Your Life on Target program. Additionally, she completed a 12-month discipleship counseling program at Grace Ministries of Tennessee. Tammy has been professionally involved with this community for nearly a decade.
From early 2006 to late 2009, Tammy volunteered with 180 Degrees Ministries, where she provided housing for women dealing with drug abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders while they attended intensive classes. From August 2017 to November 2022, she was on staff with Last Call 4 Grace Ministries, where she organized volunteers, evaluated clients from the outreach ministry serving the unhoused and those living in motels, and facilitated emergency housing and recovery center placements. She also led a weekly group class at the office during her tenure.
Tammy's personal experiences, including the loss of her husband to a cocaine overdose in 2005, give her a deep understanding of the challenges faced by those struggling with addiction. She has four biological children, one stepdaughter, and six grandchildren. Tammy is married to Randy Lee Bowen, known as "LeeBo," and actively partners with him in ministry.
Ryan-Leigh Wilson (Ryan) serves as our Women’s Program Director and is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS). She is also certified to facilitate Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) and HEAL from Complex Trauma through Trauma Informed Ministries International.
Originally from Columbia, Tennessee, Ryan has been part of the Murfreesboro community since 2012. She is actively involved in outreach ministry, helping lead efforts at The Yard at Stones River Church. Since 2018, she has faithfully served individuals in marginalized communities, offering support, encouragement, and hope.
Ryan is deeply passionate about helping others experience the love, healing, and freedom that God offers—no matter their past or present circumstances. In 2010, she felt a clear calling to ministry and committed her life to serving God wholeheartedly. Her ministry experience includes leading AWANA Children’s Ministry in Manchester, Tennessee, as well as teaching Sunday School for both children and teens.
Before transitioning fully into ministry, Ryan spent 25 years in retail management, much of that time specializing in security. She was certified in Integrity Interview Techniques through Wicklander-Zulawski in 2009. Even in that role, Ryan’s approach focused on understanding people, encouraging accountability, and guiding individuals toward positive change. She consistently used those opportunities to speak truth, offer hope, and remind others of their God-given purpose.
Ryan is known for her compassionate heart and her willingness to listen, counsel, and pray with those in need. Her life and work reflect her unwavering belief that transformation is possible and that God has a greater path for everyone.
Randy Lee Bowen, affectionately known as Leebo, worked 20 years with developmentally disabled individuals. In this time, he received multiple certifications for working with the mentally ill and dual diagnosed individuals. This Included being certified to teach Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. He did this while simultaneously working side by side in various other settings with everyday hurting folks.
Randy came from a meager background and grew up to seek out truth and ways to overcome childhood trauma which he would then incorporate into skills he obtained to help the marginalized in society. He was a member of his local church worship team, played in several Christian bands and received discipleship and his pastoral license in 2000.
He received his A+ and N+ in computer skills, started a music studio and ran a lawn business. He also had 6 years of college including theological studies as a history major. It seemed unlikely, but in 2018 he went to work for a well respected homeless ministry, becoming the operations manager. God had pulled together all of Leebo’s life experience to work in ministry full-time helping the marginalized through music and ministry.
Providing needed food and supplies as well as teaching life skill classes and holding a book club geared at Socratic discussion and learning incorporating biblical teachings and concepts with evidence based curriculum.
Born in the jungles of Peru to a missionary family, Paula experienced the front lines of spiritual warfare in the form of abuse from the age of two.
The cycle finally ended when God brought Paula healing from decades of trauma through prayer, recovery groups, counselors, Christian ministries, and obedience.
Her book Bloom In The Dark inspired the 501(c)3 charity by the same name. Paula shares ex-victim testimonies to raise awareness about abuse and to let victims know that they are not alone and that there is hope.
Paula co-hosts two international TV shows including the Telly Award winning Bloom Today TV show, found on over forty broadcast TV networks and platforms in over 200 countries.