International Partners

After 25 years serving church worship ministries in the US, Doug and Mary Lu Anthony began full-time international ministry in 2015. Through Walk in Two Worlds, they partner with international ministries, equipping leaders and artists to engage local cultural practices and arts, especially music, to advance kingdom goals in ways not previously possible. Project locations span eastern Africa, West Africa, southern Africa, India, Nepal, Indonesia and the Philippines with anticipated new initiatives in Europe and the US.

Papavi and Hannah Ayena have been serving with SIM in Togo since early in 2022. They are advancing the gospel through discipleship and agriculture training among the least reached.

Tom and Dora served 16 years in the Czech Republic. Tom is now the US representative for Roma Networks. He resources and coaches Roma (Gypsy) church planters throughout Europe.

Ryan and Erin Bennett have served with World Team in France since 2013. Ryan currently serves as the Field Director for World Team France. He, Erin and their team have established a house church. They also lead informal Bible studies, plan events and social outings to meet and encourage people to follow Jesus. They serve in their neighborhood through street cleaning, gardening and offering free English practice in local café.

Napoleon and Heidi Brito have been serving with Teach Beyond since 2019. They have established a school in Ecuador and are teaching the young ones to become great Christian leaders.

Inca Link México (ILM) is led by missionaries Shane and Amanda Burge, and focuses on supporting local ministries as a means of serving communities in Northern Baja through Christ’s love. Though there is no brick-and-mortar ministry of ILM, God is moving in mighty ways through partnerships focused on sharing the gospel in practical, tangible ways.

Basque Country - workers in Northern Spain who are seeking relationship opportunities to connect with interested people that lead to discipleship of Basque people. For more information visit prayforbasquecountry.com.”

Belinda Ernst has been serving with Mission Possible (MP) for several years and has been on the MP staff as the medical coordinator since 2021. She purchases the needed medications for the MP Haitians. She trains and works with the school nurse and the community agents as they care for the students.

Tim and Tiffany Gallant served overseas in the Kingdom of Cambodia for 16 years, working in the areas of leadership development and church multiplication. In 2022, they returned to the United States though Tiffany continues to serve the Cambodia mission and the wider area ministry in roles related to finance and event coordination. They have two children, Katie and Jonny.

Daniel & Martha have been serving with SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics) in Bogota, Colombia since 2019. Martha is working with a team of native Colombian signers to translate the Bible into Colombian sign language. Daniel is designing a much-needed orientation curriculum for new sign-language workers. They are raising two small children.

Mike and Sandy have served full time with Lifeline Christian Mission since 2017. They are Short Term Mission Experience guides. They lead teams in Arizona, Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Panama. Sandy is also the field supply manager and facilitates containers of food/supplies shipped to many areas around the globe. Mike is a maintenance consultant for the various Lifeline ministry locations. They encourage the people they meet in their walk with the Lord.

Andrew and Janae Gonnerman have served in Japan with Baptist Mid-Missions since 2018. They are involved with a church plant in the Tama area of Tokyo. They also focus on discipling the Japanese Christians to develop future Christian leaders to lead in the churches and other ministries.

Ben and Abby have been using IT as a platform to share the gospel in Southwest Asia since 2021.

Josh and Abigail were both born and raised in Ohio and came to know Christ as Savior when they were children. After spending a year with a Muslim ministry in Southeast Asia, they moved their base of operations to Taiwan to use their skills and abilities in SEND International’s Asia Office. Josh serves as the Communications Coordinator and Abigail serves in multiple roles focusing on mobilization to and from Asia, as well as working with missionaries and ministries to unreached people groups throughout Asia.

Justin and Elya Kantner have served with SIM in Paraguay since 2017. Their ministry includes evangelism, discipleship, believer mobilization, Bible studies, optometry care, and women's ministry among the Guarani first nations people.

Steve and Belva Kotlarczyk have served with SEND International since 1982. They serve at Okutama Bible Chalet, a Christian camp, reaching out to Japanese and International people. They also teach English, English Bible studies, and cooking classes. They were heavily involved in disaster relief needs from the Tohoku Triple Disaster occurred on March 11, 2011. God's faithfulness to them has been evident through their 40 years of ministry, even throughout the 3 year pandemic season.

Phil and Deb Leach served 17 years with HCJB World Radio prior to joining BEE World in 2002. Phil teaches pastors who have had no formal Bible education in third-world countries. He also trains these pastors to train other pastors in the same way, thus implementing the Biblical teaching of multiplication from 2 Timothy 2:2. After having worked in Asian countries for most of his first 17 years with BEE World, he now focuses on African countries. Phil & Deb live in Colorado Springs and Phil travels to the various training locations. They have 3 grown children and five grandchildren.

Jonathan and Erin’s vision is to catalyze a Gospel movement in every least-reached community of the Southern Cone of South America. They serve in Brazil with Converge Ministries and focus on LEAD Huddles with pastors and ministry leaders as well as working to train and equip church planters.

Brian serves as a regional leader with Reaching & Teaching, providing strategic oversight and support to missionaries living in the Muslim-majority countries of Central Asia. He also travels to teach indigenous church leaders and equip long-term missionaries for ministry.

Jorge & Lynn serve as missionaries with One Mission Society in Ecuador ministering at SEMBEC - Seminario Biblico Ebangelico de Cuenca. Jorge teaches Biblical studies, leadership, and theology while Lynn serves as academic dean. It is a blessing to be part of the training of future pastors and lay leaders for His Kingdom. Jorge also is part of the pastoral team of the seminary related church, and Lynn serves as interpreter for medical teams. They have three grown children: Heidi, Jeremy, and Jonathan.

Alfred and Jewel serve with Mission Aviation Fellowship in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is their vision to see isolated people changed by the love of Christ by bringing help, hope and healing. Alfred is a pilot and mechanic and will serve primarily by transporting people and supplies in east Congo where roads are not being maintained and militia groups making ground travel uncertain.

Daniel Plett has served with Trans World Radio since 1987. He served 28 years in TWR-Europe and is currently serving in Slovakia. He distributes Biblical programming to Asia, Africa and the Middle East in over 90 languages via AM, shortwave, FM, internet and smartphone apps. Daniel has recently married Kirsten Paynter and she will be searching for special areas where she can put her gifts as a doctor and a lifecoach to use.

Ethan and Camille Reichenbach have served with Wycliffe USA and SIL PNG in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since 2017. Ethan is a linguist/translator and Camille is a doctor who works at the clinic in Ukarumpa. They both help with a language project for the Agob language people in the Western Province of PNG. This group does not have a Bible translated into their heart language.

Dan has served with TWR since 1992. Over the years, he has served in Monte Carlo, Bratislava, and North Carolina. Cheryl started with TWR in 1998 and served in Bonaire, Guam, Monte Carlo, and North Carolina. As a systems analyst and programmer, Dan is currently developing and maintaining computer software that helps with day-to-day office related aspects of the ministry. Cheryl served in the TWR Finance department, training and supporting the finance team around the world. When their first child was born, she became a full-time mom and more recently a homeschool teacher. They have two children: Miriam and Emily.

Scott and Nikki Russell have served as missionaries with ABWE since 1989. For 21 years, they lived overseas in Chile and South America, helping with church-planting, field team leadership, and theological education in their Bible Institute. They now live in PA where Scott serves as Executive Director over South America, Central America, & the Caribbean. Their current role is that of helping to train new missionaries going to serve in the ABWE areas of the world, helping to train national pastors overseas, provide administration to their teams, visit the fields and help with strategic planning and problem solving, among many other things. They also seek to open new fields and develop mission strategy for reaching unreached people groups.

Mark serves as a Regional Initiative Coordinator in the Heartland Region (Iowa and Illinois) where he works to mentors and trains leaders to hang out and develop genuine friendships with kids that would not normally step into the doors of a church.

Lee and Michelle Sonius began their ministry with SIM in 1988. They served in Liberia at Radio ELWA, then the Ivory Coast and Ghana, some of the time on loan to Reach Beyond (HCJB). Recently, Lee accepted a position with TWR as their Ministry Director for West Africa, on loan from SIM. This is in addition to being the Director for the ELWA Ministry Association which supports the ministries of SIM in LIberia as well as several independent projects. Michelle is the Deputy Personnel Director for SIM USA, responsible for Western and Southern Africa. She visits, supports, and encourages the missionaries in these regions.

Caleb and BethAnn T. serve in Japan with Crossworld. They minister to working adults and students through English teaching and translation services.

Murray and Kathy Trim have been serving in Japan with TEAM since 1988. They spread the Gospel message to all ages and establish churches with interested groups. They are both actively involved in using English teaching as a method of outreach to build relationships with both children and adults.

Rodney & Faith have two primary ministries. The first is through Escarpment Cottages. We seek to offer a place of respite for missionaries who need intentional time away from their ministry for emotional or relational healing or dedicated time with God. We desire to help those who are hurting before the hurting becomes a crisis. The second is to an Unreached People Group that requires Creative Access.

Stan and Ronda” serve with MAF

In 2016 Freddy and Lillian decided to serve the Lord full time, to serve in the church with discipleship of young people, couples and preach regularly, also to start the New Heart project, with the support of Nacer USA, to provide protection to girl victims of abuse and sexual assault through a shelter, at present we care for 15 girls and we also train children and parents in prevention of sexual abuse in schools in our city.

Paul is International Programme Director of Langham Preaching, a ministry that nurtures locally-owned indigenous movements of biblical preaching in the majority world. Currently, there are 104 preaching movements in 89 countries. Paul started with Langham in 2009 and his main focus is leading through a Global Leadership Team that progresses the work across the world.

The A family has been serving in Western Europe since 2013 with the purpose of church planting to least-reached immigrants.

The B's have been serving in a closed country in Southeast Asia since 2014, where they participate in discipleship and evangelism amongst unreached people groups through healthcare work.

Corey and Olivia B. have served with Cru since 2014. They are part of The Jesus Film Project that are reaching unreached people groups in South Asia

Kelly and Anissa serve in security sensitive countries in Asia and the Middle East. They work in church planting and leadership development.

Rod and Lori have served with AIM since 2000. They have served in the Islands, South Africa, and Kenya. They are currently living in Florida, where they work virtually on the support team for workers in North Africa. Rod will continue his full-time responsibilities as the Training and Leadership Development Coordinator under the International Office. He will also provide training, mentoring, and coaching to those serving in North Africa and beyond. Lori will continue with her full-time responsibilities as the Personnel Coordinator. She will help find service opportunities for those seeking long-term and short-term placement in North Africa. Thank you for praying for them during this transition and for your partnership with the work happening in North Africa.

The Mathais have been supported by Ebenezer since 1989 and are members of Christar. They have been church planting in South Asia, followed by a leadership position in the mission home office, and then reaching Indians in College Station, Texas and now back in South Asia as they establish a Mobilization Center there. The idea is to mobilize Indians to be church planters in unengaged and unreached areas.

J & A have served in the Middle East since 2006. J's main ministry is to work with new missionaries cross organizationally, particularly in the areas of cultural knowledge and contextualized ways to share the Gospel. A is a teacher at a local school.