Karen Connell has served as an ordained minister along with her husband Garry at Extended Life Christian Training Ministry, which they founded in 1996. As a co-pastor, counselor, conference speaker, and author her teaching ministry and spiritual gifts are a demonstration of God's power to bring forth His word with great clarity in order to help train and equip those called to do the work of the ministry. Her calling is to inspire God's people to expose and overcome the deceits and strategies of the enemy.