Missions

Missions: Local and Global

M & J have been serving in Asia with their 4 children now for 16 years. M is the athletic director of a Christian school as a “tent maker” where the children attend.  M & J work within orphanages to share resources, supplies and share the Good News. Their children are also involved in the lives of orphans. They sponsor orphan camps many times a year with other workers from other nations. M works with athletic directors, coaches and student players from many surrounding nations in competitive sports. Both M & J mentor other local believers, hold Bible studies and share the Gospel with neighbors, business owners, etc. They work with young graduating orphans to help with skills living outside orphanages.  

Darrell & Annette work with the International Student Ministry of The Navigators in Colorado, nationally  and abroad.  Darrell also gives leadership to the Think Network of the Navigators, helping staff to understand and use apologetics in the disciple making process.

Norway is a Scandinavian country bordered primarily by Sweden to the east and the Norwegian Sea in the North Atlantic to the west and south.  Small portions in the northeast border Finland and Russia. The cabins where the work of the ministry is performed is called Elvheim (which means River Home) [www.elvheim.no] in the town of Skjolden. It is situated in western Norway on a fjord. The vision of the Elvheim owners is a shared venture of families who desire to see the glory of God increased among the nations.

Margaret is with the Navigators. She provides training, development, coaching, leader development and care for the 3500 U.S. Navigators. She leads the Navigators as a whole serving on the National Leadership Team.

Margaret took on a whole new role in 2020, leading the Train-Develop-Care function of the Navigators.

Isaac & Becca Herold serve with Christian Challenge, which exists at UNC to help students come to know Jesus, learn to live like Him, and change the world through Him. Isaac is the Director of the ministry and has a variety of roles including overseeing our staff team and student leaders, speaking at our weekly meeting, discipling staff men, connecting with the University and our community. Becca is part time and her roles include discipling women, training student leaders in leading Bible Studies, leading a Bible Study, and helping do evangelism on campus.

The Olsons are working alongside Hope Church Romania, based in the city of Craiova, to impact the unreached southern area of Romania for Christ. Craiova is a city that has over 300,000 people, with only about 0.2% being evangelical Christians. Hope Church’s mission is to show compassion and engage with the non-believers in Craiova so that they can lead them to know God and His Word.

Xinia is a church planter in Costa Rica. She trains pastors and leaders for church planting, and she coordinates the logistics for church planting and discipleship campaigns. As national director, she trains pastors and leaders for church planting, training them in Leader Discipleship Center Conferences. She gets churches ready to welcome short-term mission teams. Those teams support churches in evangelization and discipleship. Most of the campaigners develop a close relationship with pastors and support them ministerially.

Chad is currently on staff with e3 Partners Ministry as a Church catalyst and discipleship trainer; most recently serving in US, Nepal, Peru, and Mexico. Venture Off has a good amount of cross-over with e3 and focuses primarily on Wilderness discipleship by taking adventure trips to the US. Chad serves as the International Discipleship Director working to improve discipleship focus and expand efforts internationally.

Jeff serves as director of field development for International Students, Inc. ISI exists to share Christ’s love with international students and to equip them for effective service in cooperation with the local church and others. Jeff's main duties include on-boarding of new staff, training them in biblical support development, and then tracking with them for encouragement and accountability as they raise their initial support.  

B & T are serving in Asia with their 3 young children. They are in the process of starting a local veterinary business to help those who depend on their animals for livelihood. Their hope is to elevate the quality of vet care in their community while sharing the Good News. T volunteers at their children’s school, teaches life skills to older student and has developed career exploration worshops to help youth learn who God created them to be in their future careers. B & T are involved in their local church serving, discipling and encouraging leaders.

R works in the nation she grew up in and has returned after 20+ years in America. God has used R to help plant 2 churches, with plans to plant a third! She has completed a two-year Bible Training Institute, is raising orphans, leading Bible studies in 11 home churches, building ministry teams for each church, starting local businesses to help support the ministry and ministry leaders. She loves leading others to Christ through the sharing of the Good News.

F works in one of the most restrictive countries in the world today. The Great Commission organization she works for is bringing hope in the darkness to the unreached in that country. Although she doesn't live in that country, she cannot be publicly identified due to the security risks connected with this work. She has an essential role in the recruiting, processing, & establishing of field workers in this difficult place.