LMCI Founder

Dr. Dale M. Sides, the founder and president of Liberating Ministries for Christ International (LMCI), is an in-depth Bible teacher and author with over 35 years of ministerial experience. He graduated from North Carolina State University, holds a Masters and Doctorate of Theology in Religious Education from Andersonville Baptist Seminary (now Andersonville Theological Seminary), and received an honorary doctorate from a consortium of ministers in South India for his work there in evangelism and church government. He is a member of the ICA (International Coalition of Apostles), as well as the Founders Circle of the ISDM (International Society of Deliverance Ministers).

In 1992, Dale founded and incorporated the Believers Bible Camp, the forerunner of LMCI. He produced and distributed audiocassette Bible teachings and written articles from his home until the work grew too large and was moved into the basement of a friend. In 1995, an office in the Bedford area was leased to house the ministerial operations, where it continues today as Liberating Ministries for Christ International (the name was changed in 1997 to better express its vision and mission).

Word of Dale's apostolic and cutting-edge teachings spread quickly, and in 1996, he was asked to train over 1,500 pastors in South India. Since then, he has conducted classes throughout India, Nigeria, Kenya, Colombia, New Zealand, and Australia, where he has taught Exercising Spiritual Authority (ESA), his keynote class. He teaches ESA extensively throughout the USA as well.

Dr. Sides has been described as "a Braveheart/John Wayne/General George Patton type leader" with the heart of a warrior who trains and equips believers for spiritual battle, mainly through the ESA class (recently filmed for television viewing, where he is known as "Dr. Dale"). He has also instructed international ministers to teach ESA, making this intense spiritual training available to believers around the world.

Dale's heart is to liberate every individual believer into their God-given ministries; therefore, he teaches a number of other classes including: Realizing and Fulfilling Your Personal Ministry, Perfect Redemption, Mending Cracks in the Soul, Turning Churches into Armies, Teachers Practicum, Interpretation of Tongues, Covenant Healing in Communion, Understanding and Breaking the Schemes of the Devil, and The 1,000-Year Reign of Jesus Christ on the Earth.

(Left to right) Elisabeth, Hannah, Vicki, Dale, Kevin, Sarah, Kaitlin,
and Jessica. Kevin and Sarah gave birth to their new baby boy, Macon.


(Left to right) Hannah, Jessica, Sarah, and Elisabeth

Dr. Sides resides in the beautiful countryside of Bedford, Virginia, with his wife Vicki. They have four daughters (Sarah, Jessica, Hannah, and Elisabeth), a son-in-law (Kevin), one granddaughter (Kaitlin), and one grandson (Macon).