God has called missionaries from our congregation to scatter throughout the world and make disciples as they spread the gospel. Please be in prayer for our brothers and sisters involved in missions. Contact and write these friends with words of encouragement and love. Financially invest their work and ministry so that that love of Christ can continue to be spread from our church door to people all around the world.
HERE IS A LIST OF THE MISSIONARIES WE SUPPORT:
Tom & Dora Becker/ReachGlobal – The Beckers have taken a three-pronged approach.
1) They offer six English classes which are used as an evangelism outreach; 2) Club Rachael, an outreach to the Roma (gypsy) population including elementary and youth classes, and the Alpha course for parents; 3) Church planting in the town of Vlasim in conjunction with Czech pastor Jan Lukl.
Brad & Katy/The Navigators – Brad and Katy and their three children, have served for years in a South East Asian country along with four other families working among the Sea Tribe people. They built an Ethno & Adventure Tourism company which provides jobs for Muslim Background Believers to give them platforms to develop relationships for evangelism. Brad and Katy are currently in Colorado with Navigators, helping with special projects.
Carolyn & James/Pioneers – This couple, with their 2 young children, works among an unreached Muslim people in a Central Asian country. They are developing an orchard project while at the same time reaching out to their neighbors and employees with the message of the gospel.
Dan & Carolyn Buck/Youth with a Mission (YWAM) are based in Geneva, Switzerland. They coordinate the Discipleship Training School for young people to help them identify and prepare for the work to which God calls them. These students continue to a three-month outreach program; Dan and Carolyn follow up with pastoral visits to these outreach programs in several African nations.
Herb & Debbie Lamp/Barnabas International – After 20 years of experience in church planting and evangelism throughout Europe with Greater Europe Mission, Herb and Debbie joined Barnabas International in 2009. In their new roles, they continue to provide missionary care and training in women’s leadership. Through Barnabas, Herb and Debbie have an opportunity to work not only in Europe but also throughout other parts of the world.
Jenny Lichtenheld/Campus Crusade for Christ – The mission of Campus Crusade is to help searching students come into a personal relationship with Christ. Jenny is on staff with Campus Crusade at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She relates to students, sharing her faith in Jesus and bringing them into a closer relationship with the Lord.
Todd Luke/Outreach Foundation, PC (USA) – Todd and Maria are now living in Northbrook, IL while their children attend school in the US. They continue to work several months of the year in Xpujil, in the Yucatan Peninsula. Todd organizes and runs mission trips to help the many disparate congregations of Christians in the area, works to establish local enterprise and teaches ESL classes. A long-term project in partnership with several American congregations is building and providing water cisterns for families in the town.
Dan McNerney/Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship – Dan assists US congregations with their evangelism to unreached people groups throughout the world, including the U.S. Dan is our primary link with the Theological Seminary in Cairo.
John Mulindabigwi/Partners In Mission - John is Regional Coordinator for Partners in Mission. The purpose of PIM is to promote fellowship, evangelism, reconciliation, and networking among Christian organizations and ministries, especially in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. They focus on mentoring the youth to become strong Christian leaders in the future. PIM is currently working on a project in western Uganda to build the Kamwenge Secondary and Vocational Institute with expectations of restoring hope among displaced villagers in the area.
James Skeet/Covenant Pathways, Restoration Ministries – James is founder and Director of Covenant Pathways, a Hebraic ministry (tribally based in concept and outreach) of cross-cultural healing and restoration. One of their goals is to create economic opportunities for Native communities to be self-sufficient. James serves as a strategic development consultant for churches and schools, seeking to revitalize ministry with Native American peoples. He travels extensively in order to present the message of reconciliation at conferences, churches, and schools.
Vic and Leslie Trautwein/Kids Alive – Vic and Leslie and their family relocated from Glen Ellyn to run an orphanage, The Ark Children’s Home, in Jarabocoa, Dominican Republic. Their sending organization, Kids Alive, is dedicated to loving, teaching, and growing at-risk children in the DR.
Ben Tumuheirwe/Juna Amagara – While a student at Trinity International University, Ben spent several years on staff at First Pres. While in the US, he founded Juna Amagara Ministries (see listing under “Mission Organizations”) and currently serves as Director.
Sarah (Page) & James Zwier/CRWRC - Currently serving in Laos, Sarah and her husband James work under the care of The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC). CRWRC is the relief and development arm of the Christian Reformed Church. It reaches out in God’s name to people, both in North America and around the world, who are struggling with poverty, hunger, disaster, and injustice, to help them find lasting ways to improve their lives.