Missions/Missionaries supported by Calvary Chapel
–Troy
Bridges
of Hope International
5070 Cathedral Oaks Rd.
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
805-967-4068
Missionary Supported: Dennis
Wadley
Mission Statement: To build bridges into the lives of those who are suffering in order to
create long‐term, self‐sustaining solutions to the deep problems of our world.
Summary: Bridges of Hope International was founded in 2002 by Dennis and Susan Wadley of Santa Barbara, California. The Wadley’s first learned about the HIV/AIDS pandemic through Time magazine and subsequently made two visits to South Africa for the purpose of learning first-hand about the effects of the disease. After falling in love with the people and the country, the Wadley’s assembled a team, received training and moved to the Cape Town area in 2003 where they founded a second non-profit called Bridges of Hope South Africa.
Partnering with St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Philippi, a devastated township of 100,000 people in the center of the Cape Flats, the Wadley’s and their team trained a Committee of community members in principles of grass roots, holistic Community Development. Together they created Micro-enterprises, HIV/AIDS Support Groups, After School Programs, Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Support Groups, Gang Member Outreach and Rehabilitation, Computer Training Centers, and the heart of Bridges of Hope’s development strategy, the Community Health Education (CHE) Program.
As the Bridges Staff and Volunteers worked with the growing population of Orphans and Vulnerable Children, it became clear that these children were falling into gangs, sexual activity, HIV infection and pregnancy at alarming rates. Thus the vision for Bridges Academy, a boarding school for Orphans and Vulnerable Children was born.
In 2007 Bridges purchased a beautiful 5 hectare (12.5 acre) farm in Franschhoek, a peaceful community about 45 minutes outside of Philippi. We developed one section of the property as a Retreat Center, which hosts year-round camps and leadership retreats for children and adults from the Cape Flats. Bridges also uses the Retreat Center as a means of financial sustainability, by renting it out to guest groups, as well as visiting teams from the US and other countries.
In 2009, the Wadley’s were asked to visit Mekele, Ethiopia to look into planting a Community Health Education (CHE) Program there. They were unexpectedly introduced to the leadership of the St. Frumentius Ethiopian Orthodox Theological College, and after forming a quick and natural bond, were invited to launch the nation’s first Ethiopian Orthodox Masters Program.
Bridges of Hope has always valued partnering with other organizations and churches, and has helped to launch CHE programs in Swaziland, the US and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Far Reaching Ministries
38615
Calistoga Drive, Suite 100
Murrieta,
CA 92563
951-677-4474
Missionary Supported: Wes
Bentley
Mission Statement: Far
Reaching Ministries (FRM) is committed to bringing long-term discipleship and
systematic teaching of God's Word to individuals in Africa, China, Russia and
other parts of the world where such teaching is either unavailable or
inaccessible.
Summary: Through
the discipleship of indigenous leaders, teaching community Bible Studies,
planting churches and Bible Colleges, we hope to see native Christians receive
a firm Scriptural foundation, upon which they can begin to build the ministry
that God is calling them to. We are
currently serving in or partnering with ministries in China, Kenya, Russia,
Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and the United States - planting churches,
equipping pastors, and preparing for the future by serving and protecting
children. We strongly encourage churches and individuals to ask the Lord how He
wants to use them to bring His Word to these people. There are plenty of
opportunities for you or your group to intercede, invest, or to intervene and
go on a mission trip to some of these hard hit areas today!
Part
of what God has been doing through Far Reaching Ministries is facilitating the
call of believers to go to the mission field. We do this because Jesus said
"Go into all the world and make disciples". From that command was
born a burden in our hearts for the continent of Africa; to bring people to a
saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, to see people taught the Word of God, knowing
that "Man cannot live by bread alone but by every Word that proceeds from
the mouth of God", and that life transformation can only happen through
the renewing of the mind by the power of the Holy Spirit.
PO
Box 1
Tupelo,
MS 38802
662-842-4615
Missionary Supported: Keith
and Lisa Coggin
Mission Statement: Global Outreach exists to form a family of career
missionaries, short-term volunteers, support personnel, and partners united to
promote the gospel of Jesus Christ, undergird the international indigenous
church, and offer help to a hurting humanity.
Summary:
Global Outreach was organized in 1970 by a group of Christian lay
people who had become involved in several community development projects. The
primary purpose of Global was to facilitate United States volunteers as they
contributed goods and services to strengthen already established missionary
efforts. Its scope would soon broaden.
In 1981 Global Outreach transitioned
into a missionary sending agency, with its first full-time missionaries being
approved that year. Since that time Global Outreach has continued to see
phenomenal growth, today ministering in nearly 40 countries with more than 200
missionaries serving worldwide.
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Gospel for Asia
1800 Golden Trail Ct.
Carrollton, TX 75010
1-800-946-2742
www.gfa.org
Missionary Supported: Pashuvula
Naganna and S.R. Borgoyary
Mission Statement: Our mission in life is to be devout followers of
Christ and to fulfill the Great Commission among the unreached in Asia through
training, sending out and assisting qualified laborers in partnership with the
Body of Christ.
Summary: 100 percent of Support Dollars Sent
to the Field When a donor
sends in the monthly support for their missionary, nothing is deducted for
administrative purposes—100 percent is sent directly to the mission field for
its intended purpose.
Focusing on the Unreached
Our focus and goal as a ministry is to reach people in the 10/40 Window who
have never heard about God's love. Nearly 3 billion people in the world are
still unreached with the Gospel. In India alone, there are over 500,000
villages with no Gospel witness.
Training and Sending National
Missionaries
National missionaries have few or no cultural barriers to overcome. They can
readily share the Gospel with those who, unlike their western counterparts,
have never heard. While national workers do face difficult obstacles as they
take the message from village to village, they still have an enormous advantage
over their co-workers from North America and other non-Asian lands.GFA
currently has 67 Bible colleges where thousands of students are preparing to
minister among those who have never heard about a God who loves them.
Tremendous Results by God's
Grace
Because of their faithfulness and willingness to sacrifice; national
missionaries have been able to share the love of Jesus Christ with literally
millions of men, women and children who had never heard His name. Across Asia
today, believers joyfully worship the Lord in places where no church existed
before. But none of this has come easily. Our national missionaries are paying
a high price of suffering, hardship and intense persecution to see people
reached with Christ's love.
Training Tomorrow's Leaders
at the GFA Biblical Seminary
Hundreds of students now attend Gospel for Asia's Biblical Seminary in India,
where they are growing in their walks with Christ and being trained to fulfill
His Great Commission in Asia.
Hellenic Ministries
PO Box
726 Wheaton,
IL 60189 630-462-7088
Missionary Supported: Bruce
and Irene McAtee; serving in Greece
Mission Statement: Our vision is to
transform the nation of Greece, as the Lord enables, into a people who seek
God’s heart and who serve Him in wholehearted obedience. As we see that
happening, Greeks will once again be at the forefront of bringing Jesus to the
nations – until the Lord returns!
Summary: Hellenic Ministries is committed to
proclaiming the gospel through direct and indirect evangelism and missions,
primarily in Greece and the surrounding Mediterranean world. HM purposes to uphold the spirit of unity in
Christ and to be an example to all believers.
Through discipleship - to teach others to reach others.
Through word - to lovingly affirm and show respect for everyone.
Through leadership - to be a Christ-like servant. HM seeks to
strengthen and support the local church in church planting and evangelism.
Through relationship to other ministries – to seek ways to honor and uphold them.
Who we are . . .
Hellenic Ministries is an international, non-denominational
Greek missionary society following in the steps of the Apostle Paul. HM
beckons God's people everywhere to consider the same Macedonian call that drew
Paul in AD 40 to this spiritually needy land. HM seeks to serve Christ
throughout Greece, the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean.
What we do . . .
With evangelism, discipleship and church planting at the core of what
we do, HM is penetrating all levels of Greek society. Summer evangelistic
campaigns cover much of Greece and its numerous islands. During
campaigns, Christian young people from Greece and abroad are discipled in
servant-leadership and face-to-face evangelism.
HM's other ministries include regular programs for youth, newspaper
evangelism, love meals for the poor and disenfranchised, and a maritime
ministry using the 17 meter (55 ft) sailboat, Morning Star. Youth
programs utilize regular worship events and summer sports camps at HM's seaside
center, Porto Astro. Porto Astro is also the base of operations for the
Morning Star, which reaches inhabitants of the thousands of kilometers of Greek
coastline. The boat has also taken evangelism teams and/or aid to the
neighboring countries of Israel, Cyprus, Turkey and Albania.
. . . And to the
Nations
HM promotes world missions from Greece and prays for many Greeks to
catch the vision. Greece is in a strategic geographical location for
launching out into the former communist countries of Eastern Europe, as well as
to North Africa and the Middle East. It is also a stepping stone for
migrants traveling west. Athens has seen a tremendous influx of refugees,
bringing a unique opportunity to minister to these people. Through weekly
meals, hot showers and an open presentation of Christ, we seek to bring hope
and peace to those in an otherwise desperate situation.
Primary Objectives:
Hellenic Ministries’ primary areas of ministry are
in the following:
- Evangelism
- Discipleship
- Missions (beyond
Greece)
- Mercy Ministries
- Support of the Local
Church
Hellenic Ministries
includes:
- Youth Work - worship events and sports camps
- Summer Campaigns - evangelistic outreaches throughout the Greek
mainland and islands
- Love Meals - showing the love of Christ to refugees and to
the poor
- O Dromos - 'The Way' is a non-profit Christian newspaper
produced by HM and used as a tool for both evangelism and for
encouragement to believers
- EPKA - the book publishing partner of HM
- Isxys - 'Power of God' is a training program to equip
Greek believers for world missions, and organizes short-term mission trips
abroad
- Maritime Ministry - using HM's 17 meter (55 ft) sailboat, the
Morning Star, to reach the thousands of kilometers of Greek coastline
- Porto Astro - HM's seaside base
- Hellenic Human Rights Watch - a branch of HM which guards and protects the
rights of those who are being persecuted in Greece
- EuroRelief - network of resources to respond to natural and
humanitarian emergencies, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean region
- Gateway Ministries
- conference division of HM
Intensive Care Ministries
PO Box 109
Mentone, CA 92359
909-798-0451
Missionary Supported: Dan
Finfrock
Mission Statement: Intensive Care Ministries was founded to equip Pastors and
Christian workers for the work of service.
Our purpose is two-fold: To teach them how to study the word; to motivate them to feed
their people through systematic Bible study. Our vision is to set up training
programs within various countries to accomplish these purposes.
Summary:
Intensive
Care Ministries was founded in 1984 by Pastor Dan Finfrock. In 1985 he moved his family to the
Philippines where he had witnessed the need to train national pastors on how to
study the Bible inductively, with an emphasis on becoming expositors of the
Word. Since the beginning, thousands of pastors and Christian workers have been
taught the Inductive Study Method, and many churches flourish because of this
ministry.
Dan’s vision statement is, “We believe that God is love for all
mankind and that because of His love, He sent Jesus to die on the cross for
man's sin and that He was resurrected on the third day. THEREFORE: We proclaim forgiveness of sin and a
resurrected Lord. We believe that all
Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be
adequately equipped for every good work.
THEREFORE: We give
emphasis to the teaching of the word. We believe God has risen up
"gifted" men and women to equip the body of Christ that it might
mature and grow up in Christ.
THEREFORE: We seek out
gifted men and women to equip them to teach the Word. We believe in the soon
return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
THEREFORE: We go and
make disciples of all nations. We believe that there is only one body in Christ
and though there are many variances in His Church, through the work of the Holy
Spirit, we are all one through Christ.
THEREFORE: We are
diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit.”
Intensive Care Ministries staff are now
located in the United States, the Philippines, Russia and Africa.
World Venture
1501 W. Mineral Ave.
Littleton, CO 80120-5612
720-283-9383
ringofire@wven.net
Missionary Supported: Kevin
and Leilani Humble; serving in Java, Indonesia
Mission Statement: WorldVenture 5 Global Objectives
1. Evangelizing the People of the World
We communicate the full scope of biblical truth—especially the
Gospel—in word and deed, desiring to see as many people as possible becomes
fully engaged disciples of Jesus Christ.
2. Extending Grace
We alleviate human suffering and minister to practical needs by
providing food, clothing, medicine, shelter, education, economic development
and other necessities wherever we share the Gospel, as did Jesus.
3. Establishing Churches
We establish vibrant local churches. Since building His church is
central to Jesus’ purposes on earth, the churches we develop are devoted to
planting other churches, fostering church-planting movements all over the
world.
4. Equipping Leaders
We train dynamic and passionate leaders—missionaries and pastors,
as well as in business, education, government, mass media, the arts and the
sciences—well-equipped to make disciples locally, regionally and globally.
5. Encouraging Mission Movements
We partner with believers, churches and other Christian
organizations to create international networks and mission movements actively
engaged in spreading the Gospel “from everywhere to everywhere.”
Summary: In 1992, Kevin and his wife, Leilani, followed God’s calling to reach
Muslims for Christ in Indonesia. Kevin’s main emphasis has been planting churches,
believing this is one of the most effective ways to win people into God’s
kingdom. He has coached approximately 100 church planters who are working in
major cities and village settings in contact with fourteen unreached people
groups.
Currently God is
using Kevin and Leilani to ignite a Church Planting Movement (CPM) among the
unreached peoples of Indonesia. They focus on planting the gospel in Muslim
households to see multiplication of house churches. In the last year they have
seen 26 pre-house and house churches started, and are discipling Muslims toward
conversion and becoming passionate followers of Jesus.
Indonesia has
experienced crisis after crisis, such as government revolution, jihad, economic
disaster, and racial wars, particularly since 1998. The Humbles have been
involved in various compassion ministries due to felt needs that arise in these
times, including relief work after the South Asia Tsunami.
Living and
ministering in Indonesia has been an adventure-filled, challenging, and very
stretching call. The encouraging fact is that despite the hostile environment,
God has continually added to His kingdom in this great nation through a vibrant
national church and courageous believers. The Humbles are excited to be part of
God’s work in Indonesia.
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1000 East First Street
Sanford, FL 32771
407-323-3430
Missionary Supported: Linda
Kreig; serving in Papua New Guinea
Mission
Statement: More than 1,500 NTM missionaries serve around the world, in
remote places where there are no churches, or even work being done to establish
one. Working in the context of tribal cultures and languages, missionaries
bring God's Word to those isolated from the Gospel, planting churches where
Christ is not yet named. Find a missionary and connect with church planting
among unreached people groups.
Summary: We minister among unreached people
groups:
In 2,500 of the world’s 6,500 people groups, there is no church, nor is there any work being done to establish a church. These are the people among whom New Tribes Mission works.
We work in the tribal culture
and language:
These tribes’ cultures and languages have isolated them from the Gospel. Missionaries must learn their language and understand their culture in order to clearly present the Gospel and effectively plant a church.
We present foundational Bible
teaching:
Unreached people groups have no concept of the God of the Bible. So Bible teaching begins at the same place God began with His chosen people: at the beginning. Chronological Bible teaching presents a foundation for understanding Jesus’ death and resurrection.
We establish mature churches:
Following the pattern seen in Acts as God’s people carried out the Great Commission, missionaries seek to establish mature churches that can take their rightful place as agents of change in their own communities and partners in the Great Commission
Summary on Linda: Linda
is a Bible Translator for the Siawi Tribe in Papua New Guinea. Her sending
church is Hope Bible Church in O’Fallon, MO. She is living within the Siawi Tribe to help them
translate the bible, so far the SIAWI NEW Testament is 76.10% completed. They are currently in the process of
translating the Book of John which is 10.57% complete. Linda’s publication goal
is to have the bible completed by end of 2011 or early 2012 and printed later
in 2012.
Samaritan’s Purse
PO
Box 3000
Boone,
NC 28607
828-262-1980
Mission Statement: Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational
evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to
hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet
needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease,
and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus
Christ. The organization serves the
Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Summary: The story of the Good Samaritan (Luke
10:30-37) gives a clear picture of God's desire for us to help those in
desperate need wherever we find them. After describing how the Samaritan
rescued a hurting man whom others had passed by, Jesus told His hearers,
"Go and do likewise."
For over 40 years, Samaritan's Purse has done our utmost to follow Christ's
command by going to the aid of the world's poor, sick, and suffering. We are an
effective means of reaching hurting people in countries around the world with
food, medicine, and other assistance in the Name of Jesus Christ. This, in
turn, earns us a hearing for the Gospel, the Good News of eternal life through
Jesus Christ.
Our emergency relief programs provide desperately needed assistance to victims
of natural disaster, war, disease, and famine. As we offer food, water, and
temporary shelter, we meet critical needs and give people a chance to rebuild
their lives. Our community development
and vocational programs in impoverished villages and neighborhoods help people
break the cycle of poverty and give them hope for a better tomorrow.
We impact the lives of vulnerable children through educational, feeding,
clothing, and shelter programs that let them know they are not forgotten. We provide first-class treatment in the Name
of the Great Physician through our medical projects, as well as supplying
mission hospitals with much needed equipment and supplies.
As our teams work in crisis areas of the world, people often ask, "Why did
you come?" The answer is always the same: "We have come to help you
in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ." Our ministry is all about
Jesus—first, last, and always. As the Apostle Paul said, "For we do not
preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for
Jesus' sake" (2 Corinthians 4:5, NIV).
Second Saturday Servants of Lincoln County
PO Box 44
Troy, MO 63379
636-528-7935
314-369-7747
www.secondsaturdayservents.com
Mission
Statement: We are Christian men,
women and youth joining together on the second Saturday of each month to go out
into our community to do good works for those in need.
Second Saturday Servants will serve the
elderly, widows, single moms, military families, those with disabilities that
need a helping hand, etc. You don’t have to be a Christian to receive help, you
only have to be in need and ask for help.
The Servants will do small home repairs,
painting, house cleaning, building clean-out, yard work, cook a meal, etc. All work is done free with no servant
getting any expense money or pay. We
believe a servant’s Family and Home Church should always come before Second Saturday
Servants. Our desire is to promote
goodwill in our community, to ease the burdens of those in need and bring Glory
and Honor to our Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ.
NKJV
MATTHEW 25:40
Assuredly, I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these
My brethren, you did it to Me.
Shepherd’s Staff Mission
Facilitators, Inc.
PO Box 53640
Albuquerque, NM 87153
505-248-9849
Missionaries
Supported: Jed and Renee Gourley;
serving in Kyrgyzstan
Mission Statement: Shepherd's
Staff Mission Facilitators is a full-service mission’s ministry that exists to
glorify God by assisting local churches and their members fulfill the Lord’s commission
to make disciples of all nations. We are not a local church, but a tool, a
“staff”, if you will, available for use by the shepherd (hence the name,
Shepherd’s Staff), and/or the leadership of a local fellowship. Our God-given,
biblically based vision is brought into reality through our desire and ability
to serve local churches and their missionaries in one or more of the following
areas:
Preparation
Education
Administration
Consultation
Edification
Summary: In April of 1993, Pastor Jeff Jackson
returned to the United States after 5 years of church planting in Cebu City,
Philippines. Jeff and his family received exceptional missionary care from
their home church, Calvary Chapel of Escondido. How they were impacted by their
church while on the mission field left an indelible impression on Pastor Jeff.
The seed of a vision began to germinate and take root; the possibilities for
churches and their mission’s involvement were endless. Convinced that local
churches can and should venture into cross-cultural endeavors, Pastor Jeff
began fleshing out his vision to create a unique missions organization.
Empowering
Local Churches
The new organization will empower local churches to realize
their visions and goals for launching new missions endeavors and
developing and caring for missionaries. This new entity would FACILITATE local
churches as they took steps to carry out the great commission by sending their
own to the mission field.
Shepherd's Staff Mission Facilitators is a helpful and convenient
tool in the hands of a pastor of a local church; a practical expression of a
pastor's love for those members of his flock who heed the call to serve
overseas.
In 2005, Ron Clipp assumed the role of Executive Director. Pastor
Jeff Jackson continues to serve Shepherd’s Staff Mission Facilitators as a key
member of the board of directors.
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A ministry of Christ Nation
Ministries
PO Box 8644
St. Joseph, MO 64505
816-396-8434
Orphanage located in
Cochabamba, Boliva
www.houseofdreamsorphanage.org
Missionary Supported: Marisol Soliz
Mission
Statement: The vision of The House
of Dreams Orphanage is to provide a home of nurturing love for orphaned
children and wards of the state while pursuing their placement in good adoptive
families. The House of Dreams Orphanage is now showing much-needed love to a
host of orphan children and has shown love to others who have already found a
new home. The hope of House of Dreams is always to find a good home for the
children when they are ready to be adopted and to give them love while they
wait. Since 2006 we at The House of Dreams Orphanage have done our best to help
make a difference in the city of Cochabamba. We may not be able to help every
orphan in our city but we can make a difference for a few.
Summary: Marisol is the director of the home and is responsible
for the budget, staff and volunteers, meal menu, and overseeing that the 18
children living in the home
receive quality care. She also works on
bringing more stability to the children’s daily routines, activities, and
play-times. Marisol works at the orphanage as a
volunteer/missionary and not as paid staff.
One of the goals for
Marisol is to bring in more volunteers to help the children with their homework
and studies since quite a few of the children are behind in the areas of math,
reading, and English. By the end of the
year, another goal of Marisol’s is to aid in raising the funds needed to begin
construction of the House of Dreams home on the land that has been recently
purchased, providing a more adequate home than the building currently being
rented.
Bible School in the women’s
prison
Marisol also teaches one
class a week at the local women’s prison.
Troy Ministerial
Alliance
C/o
Bread for Life Food Pantry
102
South Lincoln Drive
Troy,
MO 63379
Mission Supported: Bread For Life
Food Pantry opened in 2003 and placed under the Greater Troy Ministerial
Alliance in 2004. The Pantry serves any family in Lincoln County who fall at or
below the federal poverty guidelines. No one is turned away the first time they
visit. Each family may visit the pantry once a month. The amount of food they
receive is enough to supplement meals for a week. There is no discrimination
against any person for any reason. Clients need not be associated with a church.
Families are treated with dignity and respect. It serves an average of 92
families or 310 individuals are served weekly and a total of 16,109 individuals
were helped during 2010. (4809 families – 6121 children under 18 years of age)
World
Orphans
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PO
Box 1840
Castle
Rock, CO 80104
1-888-ORPHANS
www.worldorphans.org
Missions Supported: Orphan Home at
the United Community Methodist Church in Jinja,
Uganda
Mission Statement: World Orphans is committed
to rescuing millions of orphaned and abandoned children, strengthening the
indigenous church, and impacting communities with the gospel of Jesus Christ
through church-based orphan prevention, rescue, care and transition programs in
the least reached areas of the world. World Orphans focuses on orphan rescue,
care and prevention. They believe that children belong and thrive in a
family-environment. All their projects seek to provide orphans with loving
family-style care. World Orphans has orphan care projects in 15 countries.
Summary: In
December 2010, the
Calvary Orphan Outreach Ministry (through World Orphans) established a
church-to-church partnership with the United Community Methodist Church in
Jinja, Uganda. On the church property, the United Community
Methodist Church houses 20 orphans ranging in age from 6-13 years old. Pastor Sam Magumba and his staff provide
shelter, food, medical care, counseling, and most importantly, the love of a
family for these 20 children. The goal for the Calvary Orphan
Outreach ministry is to provide the church with $1,320 per month to help
care for these precious children.
World View Academy
PO Box 2918
Midland, TX
79702
800.241.1123
Missionary Supported: Bill Jack
Mission
Statement: Worldview Academy is a non-denominational
organization dedicated to helping Christians to think and live in accord with a
biblical worldview so that they will serve Christ and lead the culture.
Summary: Bill
Jack is an educator with ten years experience in secular schools and
14 years with The Caleb Campaign, a creationist youth ministry. Bill Jack is faculty advisor for
Worldview Academy, an academic leadership program
which seeks to train Christian students
to think and live in accord with a Biblical worldview so that
they will serve Christ and lead the culture. Appearing on several
radio and television programs, Bill’s passion is to raise up a generation
who have the vision to reach their culture with the gospel,
who have the valor to engage that culture with the truth and who
rely on the virtue of the Word of God. Bill and his wife,
Tabby, home school
and live with their three children in Castle Rock, CO.
Lightbearers Ministries
P.O. Box 9911
Fayetteville, AR 72703
479-442-2300
Missionary Supported: Rachel Cummings
Mission Statement: The mission of Lightbearers is to
mobilize, connect money, prayer, and manpower to Great Commission projects in
the 10/40 window, utilizing a platform of residential discipleship. Students pay to live in a Lightbearers’
house or apartment and their rent funds missions’ projects overseas. Meanwhile, those same students have the
opportunity to experience a year of discipleship within the houses and then a
short-term mission trip overseas.
Summary:
Rachel is currently training to be a women’s discipleship coordinator for
Lightbearers Ministries International in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Starting in the fall of 2011, she will be a
discipleship mentor for a house of college-aged girls and will be planning
overseas mission trips with Lightbearers missionary partners in the 10/40
window (the 10/40 Window is an area of the world that contains the largest
population of non-Christians in the world-- it extends 10 degrees to 40 degrees
North of the equator, and stretches from North Africa across to China). Along with planning overseas trips (and
going on them) she will also be working with other Lightbearers staff in
recruiting students, assisting in graphic design, planning Bible studies,
equipping mentors within the local church, and much more. Rachel’s heart is to encourage girls to
pursue Jesus passionately, knowing He is in full pursuit of them, while I am
here in the states and working overseas.
The Lightbeaers discipleship program seeks to connect students to
Christ, His people, and His plan for the ends of the earth.
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PO Box 628200
Orlando, FL
32862
1-800-WYCLIFFE
Missionaries Supported:
George & Wendy Payton; serving in Tanzania
Doug & Jolene Wicks
Mission Statement: To see a Bible translation program in progress in
every language still needing one by 2025. Each person who
participates in the Bible translation movement has been created by God, gifted
by God and called by God. While we are a diverse community, we are driven by a
single passion: The glory of God through the translation of the Word for every
person on earth in the language they understand best. Wycliffe
Bible Translators work together to translate Scripture, train field personnel
and promote interest in translation.
Summary: The Paytons
work with Wycliffe Bible Translators. They joined as full-time missionaries in
1982. Currently they are based in Mbeya, Tanzania, in East Africa. George is a
translation consultant for Tanzania and Uganda. His main assignment is to
consult with the translators of the Mbeya-Iringa Cluster Project, a group of
ten languages in southern Tanzania that Wycliffe is working among. George’s
responsibilities entail training the Tanzanians who are translating the Bible
into their own languages, and to check the translations in each language to
ensure they are of publishable quality. He is also developing a training
program to equip new missionary colleagues in how to work with the Tanzanian
translators, and how the missionaries can assist and advise the Tanzanians
throughout the translation process. Wendy works in the translation department,
and also offers occasional help to other departments such as linguistics and
literacy. She assists new colleagues moving to Mbeya by lending practical
advice on how to find housing, get set up, and which places to shop.
In addition to their translation work, George and Wendy are looking to be
involved with a local congregation. The Payton’s enjoy serving others through
hospitality by opening their home for informal social gatherings and Bible
studies. George also preaches in local Swahili speaking churches on request.
About Wycliffe Bible
Translators
Today more
than 300 million people do not have the Bible in their own language. Wycliffe’s
vision is to see the Bible accessible to all people in the language they
understand best. To make this vision a reality, Wycliffe focuses on literacy
development, community development and church partnerships. Wycliffe was founded in 1942 by William Cameron Townsend. A missionary to the Cakchiquel
Indians of Guatemala, Townsend caught the vision for translation when
Cakchiquel-speaking men expressed their concern that the Bible was not
available to them in the language they understood clearly. As a result,
Townsend resolved that every man, woman and child should be able to read God’s
Word in their own language. Wycliffe Bible Translators work to ensure that God's Word is accessible
to all people in a language that speaks to their heart. Since its inception, Wycliffe has made great progress in
Bible translation all around the world. To date, we have played a part in
completing more than 700 Scripture translations.
Chuck & Family
5906 Instone Circle
Colorado Springs, CO 80922
719-337-8051
chuckfar@mac.com
Mission
Statement: Our mission
is to provide foreign and local staff with the support necessary to succeed in
business and in mission while in these challenging.
Summary: For many years, Chuck and his
family have been putting their lives on the line for Christ by serving the
previously unreachable non-Christians located in the Middle East, Asia, and
near Asia. Chuck’s vision is to be “present and transformational as
the church in unreached nations through business and mission.” Chuck has
been on the forefront of creating new ways to change lives through training, while at
the same time conveying the message of the gospel and caring for those
in need.
Chuck works in the
non-Christian countries that deny outside missionaries access to the unreached
and underserved citizens of their nations. It has become difficult, if not
impossible, to carry out traditional missionary activity and outreach in these
predominately Muslim, Hindu, or Buddhist nations.
Only about 10% of
the missionary force is working among the 2.8 billion unreached peoples and
less than 1% of Christian giving is focused on this segment of the population. The
outreach initiatives that have gained access to the unreached face incredible
challenges to find relevance and remain long enough to see the seeds of the gospel
planted and established.
Chuck’s mission work helps to
bring a credible, value-adding service that governments and individuals desire.
Their most widely used course is English as a Second Language. In 2010, over
2,000 students obtained training from Chuck’s mission group while at the same
time being exposed to the Gospel.
Chuck states, “Due to our reputation for quality and meeting a
need, we have been able to remain in hostile environments for years. Our first
training center has been operational for 17 years. We not only provide a
credible model for entrance into restricted access nations, but we also have
experience based support to assist each center in their business, personnel and
Missional effectiveness.”