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Serving in the United States

Jim & Sonya Witherspoon

Jim & Sonya Witherspoon

United States
Jim runs the Perspectives Course in Southern California. Perspectives is a course that informs and motivates people toward missions, locally and globally.
Child Evangelism Fund 

Child Evangelism Fund 

Los Angeles
Child Evangelism Fellowship works with inner-city kids, primarily from Hispanic/Latino families, through after school programs. Their goal is to give children a safe place to go after school and tell them about Jesus.
Michael & Velma Jacobs

Michael & Velma Jacobs

Marine Corps Base Quantico
Michael and Velma minister to the men and women at Marine Corps Base Quantico through weekly Bible studies as well as one-on-one mentoring and spiritual counseling.
Simon Yang

Simon Yang

United States
Simon works in discipleship and training ministries with Youth With a Mission (YWAM). Most recently he has become a part of YWAM’s school leader team to lead schools in vision and discipleship.

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Serving in the Americas

North, Central, and South America
Rick and Eunice Johnson

Rick and Eunice Johnson

Latin America
International Action Ministries provides educational mentoring programs, integrated medical aid and community development, leadership equipping and other outreach provide avenues for systematic Bible teaching, multiplied discipleship, and church planting.
Ana Maria

Ana Maria

Mexico
Ana Maria works with Mission Mexico caring for children in Tapachula/Puerto Madero, Mexico.
Philip and Corenne Smith

Philip and Corenne Smith

Brazil
Hope Unlimited is a holistic ministry for youth at mortal risk. These children come from worlds of sex trafficking, drug running, incarceration, and homelessness. They provide residential care, academic and vocational training, and a lifelong family all in the name of Jesus Christ.
Ann von Chance

Ann von Chance

Brazil
Ann serves with Sowers in the Amazon region of Brazil working among indigenous people groups.
Allan and Luz Serrano

Allan and Luz Serrano

Latin America
Allan and Luz work with Aviva Ekklesia to identify, recruit, train and facilitate ministry opportunities for leaders and plant churches in Latin America and the US.
Edgie and Kathy Ribeiro

Edgie and Kathy Ribeiro

Brazil
Joy! Brazil shares the Good News of Jesus Christ with Brazilian teenagers using friendship evangelism. Edmur and Kathy Ribeiro have been faithfully serving since 2004.

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Serving in Asia

Matt and Mutsumi Nishioka

Matt and Mutsumi Nishioka

Japan
Matt works with college students in Japan. Similar to Cru, Navigators reaches college students through BEST (Bible Studies, English, Sports, and Travel).
Philip and Jo Pabalate

Philip and Jo Pabalate

Philippines

Philip and Josephine are church planters and disciple-makers, developing leaders. They also run Haven of Hope Orphanage Philippines, which ministers to orphaned, abandoned, and neglected children.

Matt and Kim W*

Matt and Kim W*

Southeast Asia

Matt and Kim are making disciples among the unreached and serving in ministry together. They are focusing on reaching the young adults in their city and equipping local believers. 

Peter and Nancy Halder

Peter and Nancy Halder

Bangladesh

Peter and Nancy run community programs for the youth of Bangladesh including VBS programs, to drug treatment centers, and children’s homes with the goal of raising the youth to be the next generation of leaders for their community.

Samuel and Thomas Families

Samuel and Thomas Families

Asia + India
The Samuel and Thomas family run the Olive Theological Institute which is a Bible college in Kerala, India. They offer bachelor programs in Theology as well as a master’s program in Divinity.
Bobby Gupta

Bobby Gupta

India
Hindustan Bible Institute (HBI) offers degree programs and training for church planters and leaders. Its church planting movement reaches the unreached and plants where no churches exists. HBI is also engaged in community transformation by serving at-risk children and youth.
James "Jimmy" Zacher

James "Jimmy" Zacher

Japan
Jimmy's ministry is about partnering with the local church in Japan, serving alongside them and supporting them in reaching the local people.

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Serving in Africa and the Middle East

Paul Carlson Partnership

Paul Carlson Partnership

Congo
Paul Carlson Partnership serves the Democratic Republic of Congo with medical services (hospitals, clinics, and nursing schools) and economic development (bridge building and coffee projects).
Alex & Melanie Viana

Alex & Melanie Viana

Mozambique
Alex and Melanie care for orphaned children in three “Melanie Centers.” The centers also care for communities, helping with medical aid, reading programs, vocational training, food, and water wells. They also run a Theology School where they train church leaders.
Paul and Lara Schoenfeld

Paul and Lara Schoenfeld

South Africa
Paul and Lara lead Thrive Students at the University of Mpumalanga. Their passion is to make disciples of Jesus who go on to make disciples, while also blessing the campus through initiatives. Thrive’s dream is to see a student-led disciple-making movement overflow into communities across South Africa. 
AWEMA

AWEMA

Middle East and Africa
Using indigenous believers, AWEMA works in five focus areas to reach Africa and the Middle East: training and theological education, church planting, refugees, women, and community development. 
American Bible Society

American Bible Society

Middle East and North Africa
American Bible Society serves and supports the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region Bible Societies as they provide God’s written Word of hope and life to those in their country and local communities.
SAT-7

SAT-7

Middle East
SAT-7 is a Christian media network that broadcasts the hope of the Gospel to isolated believers in closed countries through satellite, social and digital media. 

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Serving in Europe

*Names or location withheld due to the sensitive region they are in.

Danny & Christy Aanderud

Danny & Christy Aanderud

England
Danny and Christine serve in Oxford, England, where they introduce people to Jesus and equip them to become disciple-makers. They are also developing a property near Oxford into a disciple-making hub for their ministry across the UK and Europe.
Barrett & Victoria Harkins

Barrett & Victoria Harkins

Spain

Victoria and Barrett recently relocated to Santiago de Compostela, Spain to share the Gospel with thousands who walk the pilgrimage each year.

Matt & Zaklina Brooks

Matt & Zaklina Brooks

Europe

Matt serves as the Global Church Movements (GCM) team leader for Serbia. The goal of GCM is to see a vital biblical faith community in every village, neighborhood and high-rise so that everyone knows someone who truly follows Christ. They live in Split, Croatia where they are also planting a church.

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Serving Around the Globe 

*Some names and locations withheld due to the sensitive region they are in.

Christian & Marcie*

Christian & Marcie*

Eurasia*
Christian and Marcie serve the church in Eurasia by mobilizing prayer teams, following up people who have asked for Bibles, and partnering with local apostles and evangelists.
Joe & Silk Handley

Joe & Silk Handley

Global
Joe and Silk accelerate Christ-centered movements through equipping and unifying Christ-like leaders to support church planting and disciple making movements throughout the world. 
Mike & Stacey Christensen

Mike & Stacey Christensen

Los Angeles/Global
The Christensens are following Jesus by partnering with ReIGNITE Hope to train and mentor men and women in valuable job and life skills, many of whom have been homeless, gang members, in prison, overwhelmed by addictions, or just hoping for a different life.
Mark Mohr / Christafari

Mark Mohr / Christafari

Global
Mark and Avion Mohr, and their daughter Ziza, lead the band Christafari and travel around the world performing evangelistic Christian Reggae concerts. Hundreds of thousands of people have committed their lives to Christ through their ministry over the last 3 decades. 
Steve Bunyard

Steve Bunyard

United States/Global
ReIGNITE Hope trains students for a career in welding, getting them certified and assisting them with job placement. The students have the power to change their lives for the better, gained from the support and skills they learn.
Gwynn & Pooka Lewis

Gwynn & Pooka Lewis

Global
Gwynn is the Executive Director of Sowers, which focuses on church planting, leadership development, ministry to children, and human trafficking in 20 countries around the world.
Brian & Kim Burchell

Brian & Kim Burchell

Global
Based in the United States, Kim and Brian work with the Jesus Film Project collaborating with national ministries and mission organizations focused on southeast Asia.