Hope 4 Venezuela desires to respond to the crisis currently taking place in Venezuela through Mobilization of the Church, the sharing of the gospel, the training of local leaders, and the dispersion of aid for the glory of God.
The purpose of Breakfast Club is for our students to have a place to come together and have a hot breakfast, grow their faith in Jesus and know that they are not alone in their journey of life!
The Gospel Association of India ministers in India through evangelist crusades, Christian television, and the training of pastors and leaders. Plans are being made to launch a college ministry.
Johnnie and Becky Bates
cotwcanada.com
Johnnie and Becky Bates have been on staff at Camp Of the Woods since 1999 with Johnnie becoming the new General Director in the spring of 2010. The Bates family has a heart for the people of northern Ontario and also enjoy working with the many volunteers who come to help throughout the year.
The camp exists to faithfully evangelize, instruct, and disciple people in God's Word, train people in missions, and support and strengthen Bible believing churches.
Bob and Rachel have been with Barnabas since 2010, and before that with MAF for 16 years. Bob and Rachel pastor missionaries serving among unreached groups across Central Asia and the Middle East. They provide encouragement through training in interpersonal skills and conflict mediation, as well as consult on cross-cultural risk. They are on an extended home-leave and attending the Prior Lake Campus.
Cyrena Denniston
www.blackfireministries.org
The mission of Black Fire Ministries is to illuminate the rich history and significance of missions in Black and African diasporic communities, empowering a new generation of leaders for Global Gospel Transformation. By 2030, our goal is to ignite, equip, and empower 1,000 diverse next-generation catalytic mission leaders to inspire change both locally and globally.
Amy Freundschuh
www.mor-mn.com
Ministry of Reconciliation is a volunteer driven, Spirit led, equipping ministry. We are dedicated to helping men, women, and adolescents overcome unresolved issues that interfere with experiencing God’s love and peace, and healthy relationships with others. MOR provides private sessions rooted in Biblical truth where people find healing, true freedom, and victory in Christ.
Alex joined Reaching & Teaching in 2024 after serving for 8 years with a college campus ministry. Along with leading several short-term international trips, Alex and his wife (Kristin) have worked with students in Minnesota, the Middle East, and now Louisville for the past 2 years where they currently reside with their three sons (Jonah, Elijah, and Micah). He is excited to use his past experiences and passion for missions to mobilize college and university students to see the gospel go forth through healthy local churches around the world. Alex is currently working on his M.Div from Southern Seminary and is a member of Hunsinger Lane Baptist Church.
Mark and Karen Gold
www.globallinkpartners.org
Global Link Partners seeks to advance the Kingdom of God in some of the most rural parts of the world. Whether it be on the fruited plains and cornfields of North America, the jungles and dense rain forests of Central and South America or even the rice paddies of the Asia Pacific...
Global Link Partners is training and equipping the Church to reach the rural world with the Good News of Jesus Christ by reaching people for Christ, building them up in their faith and teaching them to do the same.
We know and believe that through the blood of Yeshua, The Lamb of God, we have received Salvation, Eternal Live, Love and Value. As followers of Yeshua we are His disciples and we have been commanded to obey Him and be fruitful in our conduct and in passing on to others what we have received - Love, Value, Eternal Life - all to be found in the Messiah Yeshua. We are to INFLUENCE, in our generation, in the place He has called us to, utilizing the gifts He has given us - we are to influence His love and salvation to ALL people. This love and value for His creation does not originate from us, but from Him through us - wherever we are, al all times.
Kendra Havlicek
www.universalmarkoflove.blogspot.com
Kendra serves as an English Teacher and Club Leader in the Czech Republic. Her passion is to proclaim the gospel by sharing the love of Christ through teaching English in the Czech Republic as well as encouraging and equipping Czech believers throughout their growth in faith.
Chris and Sierra Hill
www.youtube.com/@BornByGraceMinistries
We are the Hill Family and will serve in Davao City, Philippines for the next 3 years at Faith International Academy, SIL Global and Mercy Maternity Center. During that time Sierra will be in an intensive midwifery training program working with some of the most impoverished women in the city, many of which are Muslim. Through this program, she will learn to provide life-saving maternal care to mothers during pregnancy and childbirth in a developing world. The program also focuses on sharing the love of Jesus with families as a core tenet of providing care. Chris will be serving as a key strategic resource in shaping the future of the information technology department for both SIL and Faith Academy. His role ensures that both the current and next generation of missionaries serving in East Asia can translate the written Word of God to frontier people groups that desperately need a move of the Holy Spirit among them.
David and Carol Jahnke
www.convergeworldwide.org
Dave is the International Field Director at Converge Worldwide. He oversees nearly 50 missionaries in Asia and also works with national leadership in various countries.
Dave is committed to developing communities of Jesus followers who regularly meet and fellowship in reproducing multiplying movements that holistically impact individuals, communities and regions through the power of the Gospel.
Dirke and Lorna Johnson
give.cru.org
Dirke and Lorna are trainers with the Impact Leadership Institute, part of Campus Crusade for Christ. They work with young Christian leaders on campuses in the U.S. and overseas to produce leaders who are spiritually focused, financially free, and morally fit to transform our world!
Nate and Bethany Johnson
www.nateandbethany.com
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Nate and Bethany will begin their work in Vienna, Austria by focusing on language and culture study. Once language study is formally complete, they hope to engage in ministry with the national church, focusing on church planting, discipleship and teaching. Because seeking God outside of the Catholic church is foreign to many Austrians, Nate and Bethany hope to create a church community that is engaging and relevant, allowing seekers to ask questions and dialogue about faith. The Johnsons also hope to connect with their local community through their shared interest in outdoor activities, including rock climbing, cycling, backpacking and hiking.
After gaining experience in Austria, Nate hopes to pursue a master’s degree in relevant field that will best prepare him for further efforts in ministry. The couple has an interest in church planting and one day hopes to join a team to plant a new church in country.
Pavel (Pavlik) Kratochvíl is the founder and Executive Manager of Elim-Letovice, a non-profit organization that serves the spiritual and social needs of youth in the towns of Letovice, Boskovice and Velke Opatovice in the Czech Republic. Pavlik and his wife Maci have three young children.
There were humble beginnings in 2012, with Pavlik and two volunteers borrowing space in a church building in Letovice. They created a youth program with sports, mentoring and Bible classes, and the 98 percent secular city of Letovice trusted them and welcomed what they were doing. Since then, Elim has become a leading voice for the Gospel to young Czechs and their families in the South Moravian Region of the country. Elim derives its name from the Books of Exodus 15:27; 16:1 and Numbers 33:9 – a place of refuge, a sanctuary or oasis. Safe and healthy programs and youth activities led by Elim volunteers have made their way beyond the walls of their two buildings and into schools and city programs.
After six years in Nepal and nine years in India, the Manaens, under Bethany International Ministries, relocated back to the US in 2014. State side under their nonprofit, Nepali Ministries International (NMI), they ministered among Nepali speakers and the churches. Yearly they returned to India to minister, teach and encourage for a few weeks at a time. Then later when they were no longer tied to their state side jobs, they went for a few months at a time.
Now their aim is to remain in India for six to seven months at a time to teach on Revelation Biblical Prophecy as seen throughout scripture. For the last few years they have seen the rise of false prophets enter the church, having large followings. Also their heart is to equip, in partnership with other trained pastors, pastors and lay leaders who have had little to no biblical training, using the Bible Training Centre for Pastors (BTCP) curriculum.
They continue to work alongside and support their church plants, national staff and Hamro Ghar children's home, as well as maintain and distribute their Vachan Prakashan publications.
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Tanya "Tanner" Pinkerman
Campus Faith Clubs exists to empower and equip students to share the hope and love of Jesus, Monday through Friday, on campus, in public schools.
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Tasha Myrah
Young Life is for all young people, wherever they live or whomever they are. Tasha works with students from middle school to college around the Prior Lake/Savage area and has specific ministries aimed at ensuring every kid feels a sense of belonging.
The Timothy Initiative believes the best way to fulfill the Great Commission is by making disciples who make disciples and planting churches that plant churches.
Through TTI’s training, local leaders equip Christians with the necessary tools, resources, and strategies to reach their nations for Christ.
These churches meet in homes, on mountaintops, under trees, and in river beds. We don’t focus on building structures, so it is sustainable, reproducible, and cost-effective.
The association of Christian business and professional men for service
Personal testimony and personal work by individual Gideons Placing the Bible - God's Holy Word - or portions thereof, in hotels, hospitals, schools, institutions and also through distribution for the same for personal use.
Believe in the Bible as the inspired (i.e., infallible and inerrant) Word of God
Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the eternal Son of God
Have received Him as their personal Savior
Endeavor to follow Him in their daily lives
Believe in the endless lake of fire for the unsaved
Accept the Biblical standard of marriage being between one man and one woman
Are members in good standing of an evangelical or protestant church, congregation, or assembly
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Men and Women of Faith
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Men and Women of Separated Walk
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Started in 2000, Hope Academy is a private, Christ-centered, classical academy founded as an opportunity-equalizer for urban youth. Today we serve 550 students in grades K-12, with a vision of growing to 700 students. Our mission is to foster hope in God in the inner-city by providing youth with a remarkable, Christ-centered education.
Nathan and Heather Pegors
www.worldviewbridgeyear.com
Worldview at the Abbey empowers students to live and think with a biblical worldview. It equips high school seniors and graduates to lead in a Christ-like way and boldly engage non-Christian worldviews.
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www.onechallenge.org
Sara Hewitt has worked as a missionary for almost 40 years, first in the Philippines and for the last 30 years in Bulgaria. She has been involved in a variety of ministries, including research, teaching, and project management. She’s coming alongside her Bulgaria coworker, Raina Stoyanova, in an agricultural project that has the long-term goal of providing employment and training for Bulgaria’s Roma minority, especially believers. Sara is also a member of Global Research Team of One Challenge. Her most significant recent research project involved interviewing workers in Europe to get an understanding of what ministry practices are most effective in working with refugees and immigrants from the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa.
Maddie served with CRU in Eastern Europe for two years before joining staff in the Northeast. She currently serves on a team out of Providence, RI that works with colleges and universities across Rhode Island and Southeast Massachusetts. Her team works with key student leaders, equipping them to make Jesus known to others across their campuses and to become lifelong multiplying disciples.
Steve and Kelly Solheim
https://www.facebook.com/TeamSolheim
www.teamsolheim.org
You might say our family is a little competitive. As long as our son, Nick, can remember we've been sharing our meals, settling our differences and connecting with one another over a hand of Uno or a game of Ticket to Ride. But while we were earning bragging rights with a hard-fought Settlers of Catan victory, we never dreamed that God was preparing our family for a powerful ministry in a country far from home.
The Lord took our love for board games and gave us a unique way to build relationships with young people. Now when we play checkers, we're encouraging a young man to stay in school. When we play Jenga, we're teaching a youth leader to listen to a teenager in crisis. And when we play Yahtzee, we're helping a family come together after a tragedy.
Serving with World Gospel Mission in La Esperanza, Honduras, we're working with churches, Christian leaders and young people to change the way we think about relationship, creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, leadership and resource management―a biblical worldview that will transform hearts and communities for the Kingdom of God.
Jami Strandberg
www.converge.org
Jami Strandberg serves in Guadalajara, Mexico 🇲🇽 with a focus on evangelism, discipleship and leadership development. She teaches at the Emmanuel Baptist Theologicsl Seminary and serves in two local churches to equip more workers for the harvest and so more people might meet, know, and follow Christ for His glory. At Converge international ministries they are asking God for a gospel movement in every least-reached region in our generation. The bajío of central Mexico, where Jami serves, has less than 4% of people with saving faith in Christ.
Greg and Kori Strock
www.josiahventure.com
The Strocks have been serving in the Czech Republic since 2006. Greg has held several roles such as teaching in JV’s internship program for youth group leaders and serving as high school and jr. high youth pastor in several local Czech churches. The heart of what he has been doing has always been mentoring and coaching young leaders in the local church. The Strocks live in Hradec Králové where Greg is the regional leader for central Czech Republic. He leads a team of missionaries providing mentoring and coaching for young leaders and connecting local Czech churches with the resources of Josiah Venture. Greg and Kori have a passion to see the bride of Christ in the Czech Republic to be rooted in the word of God and making disciples.
Dave Taylor
www.OasisWorldMinistries.org
Our vision at Oasis World Ministries is to see masses of people introduced to Jesus Christ, and equip Christians to share their faith with confidence and compassion. We do this with the One Minute Witness faith-sharing tool, installing water wells in communities that do not have access to clean water, and Oasis World Academy, our online school.
Kyle and Matilda Tromanhauser
www.diversecitymunich.com
Kyle, Matilda, KJ and Konnor are partnering with the FEG (Frei Evangelische Geminde). Their focus is to start ‘Mosaic International Fellowship’ in Munich Germany, an English language fellowship which plants the Gospel among the 400,000 plus International “Global Citizens’ in Munich.
Belize City, Belize
Kenneth Welch is a full time missionary pastor of two small churches in the country of Belize. Kenny started pastoring the small church (Galilee Gospel Chapel) in his local hometown (Gales Point) when he was 19 years old. He is faithful to the calling that the Lord has placed on his life. Besides caring for the spiritual needs of the people, Kenny and his family help meet physical needs as well. From helping with construction to distributing food in needy times they get involved in every area of the people’s lives. His wife Una works with teen girls to show them a different way of life than what they are used to.
In 2017 the family was asked to help lead a small church on the south side of Belize City. They accepted that task while still leading the small local church in Gales Point as well. Kenny and his family live in the city but still travel to the village to continue the ministry there as well. He and his wife have been faithful leading the congregants in the scriptures and setting a Godly example of life for others to follow. They hope to raise up others to help lead the local churches and spread the Good news of the Gospel around the country of Belize.
Jean Whalen
www.campgoodnews.info
Jean's mission is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with children and their families and to nurture them in their Christian growth. Her primary focus group is the city of Minneapolis but she also reaches out to mobile home courts in the outlying Twin Cities.
Eric and Julianne Wildgen
www.thewildgens.com
facebook.com/thewildgens
Eric and Julianne serve in Windhoek, Namibia with Training Leaders International. Their passion is to see people grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ as they engage Gods word and apply it to their lives.
Eric is a theological lecturer at Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary in Windhoek. He also travels to the remote corners of the country to do seminars and conferences that equip pastors and church leaders for gospel-centered ministry. Julianne’s priority right now is with their children, but she also enjoys leading Bible studies for women at church and helping the wives of the seminary students to grow in their faith.
Before serving in Namibia, Eric and Julianne served with Africa Inland Mission in Chad as discipleship catalysts and in Kenya as independent missionaries doing church planting and discipleship.
Both Eric and Julianne are graduates of Moody Bible Institute. Eric completed his M.Div. and Th.M. degrees at Phoenix Seminary. They have three daughters, Arielle, Elysia, and Trinity; two sons, Isaiah and Theodore; and one daughter who is now with the Lord, Kylie.
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