Dr. Chrystal Crawford

Dr. Chrystal Crawford is the founder of the Ekklesia Training and Equipping Center, the home of Kingdom Now Network Television, C.O.R.E Academy,  He’s Able Christian Homeschool Group, The Burning Ones Mentorship and The Ekklesia School of the Prophets. Her newest television endeavor, Kingdom Now Network was launched in June 2024. In 2023, she launched  the podcasts Kingdom of Priests Prayer and Deliverance Now. In 2021, she launched the podcast and radio show My Apostolic Life. Previously, she hosted The Fourth Watch, which aired on the NOW Television Network. She has been a guest on Cornerstone Television Network's Hope Today, Nite Line with Mary and Toni and Dominion TV's Ministry Spotlight. She has also been featured on The Kishma George Radio Show and in Courageous Woman Magazine as one of 21 Dynamic Speakers to Hire as well as Mogul Leaders Magazine along with many other shows and publications.

Developing kingdom leaders and operating in the visible manifestations of God’s supernatural power are what sets her work apart while providing  apostolic oversight, mentoring and training for leaders internationally in Ghana, Mauritius Island, Cameroon and Pakistan. As a member of the Watchmen Charismatic Network, she trains leaders from all over the world.

Dr. Crawford is no stranger to the supernatural and has embraced such as her reality since the age of 5. She is consistent in demonstrating God’s power through the supernatural graces of diverse tongues, healing miracles, prophecy, word of knowledge and word of wisdom. As a result, it is her desire to help others to learn how to hear God for themselves and use the power and authority that God has given them unapologetically.  Her first book, The Birthing Room: The First Trimester was written in September 2019; Release Date: Eight Days to a New Beginning in April 2020; and a children's eBook, When Pigs Fly in September 2020. In December 2022, she released ONYX: The Testimony, a compelling story of deliverance from the power of witchcraft, sorcery and perversion.

Dr. Crawford believes in family, ministry and education. As a result, she makes such a part of the ministry’s mission in serving others. She is a licensed and ordained prophet, pastor, evangelist, teacher and affirmed apostle. Education is one of her major spheres of influence and as a result, she works diligently in staying current on research and trends in education and ministry for the purposes of bringing knowledge and understanding back to a diverse and multi- generational community of learners. In doing so, she now educates students through her homeschool group He’s Able Christian Homeschool Group as well as her new microschool C.O.R.E Academy. Her work in education  serves students of all ability levels in and around Southern Illinois and the St. Louis Metro East area. From the International Christian University she received an honorary Doctorate of Ministry. She received a Master of Education in Special Education and Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Dr. Crawford currently resides in Southern IL with her husband Apostle Marshall Crawford and together they have three children.