About Blue Fire Legacy
Our story of how God has been molding us and strategically placing us, sets the backdrop for why Blue Fire Legacy was founded. Through a journey of healing, Christ has redeemed our struggles and hurts so that we can assist others as they work through their life challenges. In Christ, we have the strength to live triumphantly.
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Our Purpose
Igniting the Body of Christ to Live in Fullness of Purity and Power
As the Body of Christ we are to live in His fullness. In other words, we are to be filled to the utmost capacity with Christ, His character and His abilities.
For us to live like Christ, we must align our purpose with His. We must make doing the Father’s will our priority. How do we know the will of the Father? We must be in communion with Him.
We endeavor to come alongside believers to encourage and challenge them to walk in Christ-likeness, utilizing one-on-one counseling and group training to provide tools and accountability. It is our desire to help others exercise and grow their faith while deepening their intimacy and communion with God.
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Our Mission
Coming Alongside...to Encourage Each to Live in the Fullness of Who and What GOD has Called and Gifted Them to be
Blue Fire Legacy accomplishes its God-given purpose by coming alongside Christian pastors, churches, missionaries and mission organizations to encourage each to live in the fullness of who and what God has called and gifted them to be. This is accomplished through providing individual Biblical counsel, organizational consulting, small group training, study materials, and conferences.
Ultimately the Lord is the source of all fullness. It is through His direction and strength that we operate. Our goal is that each person and organization we work with reaches their full potential. We see that as living out the Great Commission and their calling in the righteousness of Christ, through the power of His shed blood, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, in intimacy with the Father.
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A Glimpse of How Blue Fire Legacy Started
Mark and Dallas have each held various church roles individually and together since they were teenagers. These roles included filling positions such as custodian, children’s choir leader, nursery coordinator, sound tech, Sunday School teachers, small group leaders, worship leader, flag ministry coordinator, associate pastor, church planter, and lead pastor. They have been members of churches in multiple evangelical denominations serving both as lay and pastoral positions, which allows them to better minister inter-denominationally.
The Henslees moved to Fountain, CO in 1999 with 3 small children, no established housing, and no jobs in obedience and faith because they felt God was asking them to be associate pastors for a new church plant being started. Jjust a few short months after the Henslees left everything behind to move to Colorado, the lead pastor of that project went back to pastor the sponsoring church and closed the church plant project down.
Despite this set back, they lived in Fountain for 17 years and ministered there in various capacities over that time. A majority of their ministry experience was obtained within the bi-vocational realm. The time in Fountain was foundational and served as preparation although you might hear us refer to it as God’s “surgical theater,” “recovery ward,” and “spiritual boot camp”. There were two seasons of being without a house. The first was a 54-week period of time that they spent being homeless nomads and relying on the generosity of friends and family. Reflecting on each of these experiences, it is easier to see how God used each of them to prepare Mark and Dallas for ministering to ministers.
Then, Lord not only provided ministry property in Westcliffe, CO, but He also provided a house for the Henslees' personal needs. The house doubled as the ministry office, as they held appointments in person and through video conferencing. This modular house has now been sold, and the second season of being without a house involved two years ministering from Blue Fire Legacy's 5th wheel trailer, which afforded them better opportunity to come alongside ministers that could not come to us for whatever reason.
Currently, Mark and Dallas have transitioned from living and ministering solely from the 5th wheel trailer to ministering from their home in Texas. The Henslees visit Colorado as possible, however, they now spend much of their time in Texas, or traveling between ministry assignments.
Legacy Heights is still set aside for building the future retreat center and is used for spiritual renewal by those who live locally that make arrangements with us to do so.
Celebrating 10 years of ministry:
2015-- Blue Fire Legacy was founded to help ministers and churches thrive.
2016-- Purchased property, known as Legacy Heights, as the future building site for a retreat center.
2017-- Self-published our first co-authored book, Behind Enemy Lines.
2018-- Completed our first intensive with a missionary family & started writing devotional pieces.
2019-- Traveled to Bangladesh to assist missionaries.
2020-- First Westcliffe Worships community event.
2021-- Self-published our second discipleship course, Breaking the Burdensome Yoke. Acquisition of the Ministry Mobile, 5th wheel trailer and truck.
2022-- Released 2 books; a collection of devotionals, Reflections, and a children's book on forgiveness, JennyLyne vs The Guinea Hens.
2023-- Began the process of preparing for additional staff, Published a second children's book, JennyLyne and the Science Fair Incident.
2024-- Published a third children's book, Luis and his Tangled, Mixed-up, Sticky, Wobbly Web of Emotions dealing with grief.
2025-- Sold the Ministry Mobile and Truck; Self-published our third discipleship course, Walking in Purity.
2026-- Scheduled to be featured speakers at a marriage conference, add supplemental training to a missionary sending organization, and potentially travel to Cambodia. Let's be in prayer together about what God is inviting us into.
Mark Henslee
Gifted with both business and ministry acumen, Mark ministered as a lay leader while pursuing and completing a Master’s Degree in entrepreneurial accounting. He successfully established and grew his own public accounting practice in Colorado Springs, CO. Mark worked for many years as a bi-vocational pastor and CPA. However, when God called him into full-time ministry, Mark left the professional accounting world behind.
He has served on various boards and has an eye for creative solutions. Mark completed ICIT (In Christ’s Image Training) Level 2 and continues to be a scholar of the Scriptures. Mark started Heritage of Praise Fellowship as a non-denominational congregation with his wife Dallas in September 2002. They continued to minister in this bi-vocational setting for six years.
Mark enjoys teaching and purposes to make his sermons and workshops applicable to life today, while maintaining a fidelity to the inerrancy of Scripture. God has given him the ability to balance care for people, teaching, and administrative gifts in a space of exercising his faith over circumstances.
Photo credit: Henslee, created in Canva
Dallas Henslee
Obtaining a familiarity with ministry from both the perspective of being a preacher’s kid and minister alike, Dallas has operated in her giftings in various capacities over the years. She returned to school to obtain a master’s degree in counseling, provided pro-bono counseling services for a church based clinic in Colorado, and opened a private practice in Colorado in 2008 which she left behind to enter full-time ministry. Her spiritual giftings combined with her years of experience in the field have proven to be valuable to her clients.
Dallas completed ICIT (In Christ’s Image Training) Level 2 and engages with non-credit online courses available through Dallas Theological Seminary in addition to engaging in specialty topics of training in the counseling field. She offers clinically informed, faith-based counseling and pastoral care to missionaries, ministers, and vocational Christian leaders. Dallas also enjoys teaching and leading others in worship whether through voice, instruments, or flags.
Photo credit: Henslee, created in Canva
Our Board
Juan Contreras has been a member of the Blue Fire Legacy Board since 2018.
The Contreras' journey with Mark and Dallas began in 2017 when we met them while stationed in Colorado Springs. They were leading a small group at our local church, and little did we know, this was a divinely orchestrated connection.
Mark and Dallas have become dear friends and, in many ways, our spiritual mentors. Through our partnership with them and Blue Fire Legacy, we’ve witnessed the miraculous power of a living God. We’ve seen God answer countless prayers and have observed the sacrifices they’ve made in their calling. Their journey has not been easy, yet their unwavering faith and commitment have been truly inspiring.
We are confident in their unique calling and the vital work they’re doing with Blue Fire Legacy. Having observed their dedication and the grace on their lives over the past seven years, we are honored to serve alongside them and the Panariso family. We wholeheartedly support their vision and direction for Blue Fire Legacy and are excited to be part of this incredible team.
Zack Panariso joined the Board in 2023. Zack serves as the Board Treasurer.
The ministry board meets regularly for prayer and business meetings. These individuals work behind the scenes to keep us on track and speak into the growth of the ministry. We appreciate their valuable insight.
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Traveling Ministry
One arm of our ministry is traveling to those of you who cannot get away, whether due to working bi-vocationally with little to no time off or limited finances. We can come to you. In these circumstances, we provide consulting and pastoral care for immediate issues and stressors, as well as, for reconciliation and strengthening your ability to continue ministering effectively.
Biblically Based Teaching
Blue Fire Legacy offers Biblically based teaching in a variety of formats - itinerant pulpit supply, conferences, and seminar/workshops, in addition to coaching, consulting, and pastoral care for ministers.
Sometimes inner healing work is required. Sometimes your local congregation needs to be exhorted to care for each other more selflessly and better support you as their pastoral staff. In other words, we can say the hard things that you may not be able to say from behind the pulpit. Each church has its own culture and concerns that arise out of that established culture. We will be sensitive to the dynamics present rather than attempting to impose a generic, cookie-cutter approach.
Retreat Center
Looking forward, there are plans for a retreat center, a place you can come to be refreshed and refilled through creative and practical arts. The exact timing of starting and completing the retreat center is still unknown. Our first step is to improve the building site by providing excavation work, septic, and adding a pump to the well.
In adherence with our no debt policy, the retreat center development will begin when sufficient funds are available to complete the first of two buildings.
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