Ministry Partners
Rich and Alie Benson
ABOUT US: Alie and I were Bible translators for the Babwisi in Uganda in the early nineties and came home to care for our second daughter Susan’s special needs. Since then, we (mainly Rich) have helped other international missionaries effectively live out their calling through debriefing, crisis care, counseling, training, and pastoral care. Susan (29) lives in a home with support staff in Raleigh, NC; Rebecca (32) is a librarian in St. Louis; Alie loves helping students through her business…
Don and Marie Burgess
ABOUT US: We are missionaries of Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino and Peninsula Bible Church Palo Alto to the Tarahumara people of Chihuahua Mexico. Our work has been in progress for more than 50 years. The New Testament and a summary of the Old Testament has been completed and recorded in one dialect and progress in translation and recordings are being made in another. HOW TO PRAY: ● Prayer partners are much appreciated and receive email updates to keep them advised…
Julia Burkhead
ABOUT ME: I’m a mid-career professional who has worked 20 years in nonprofit self-sufficiency services for homeless and low-income families. I moved to Tunis, Tunisia in April 2021 to serve as Director of Projects for a Christian organization that provides technical support for community development programs serving marginalized people groups. I spent six months brushing up my high school French and intensively studying the local Arabic dialect. Now I’m leading a team of 10, from 9 different countries, bringing hope…
Brian Coleman
ABOUT ME: I’m so excited to be a missionary supported by you all. I grew up going to PBCC from a toddler to a high school senior. From my time working at Ponderosa Lodge at Mount Hermon while I was in college, I fell in love with the mission of leading people one step closer to Jesus while in community. Now that is exactly what I get to do through Young Life.I am the Area Director for Young Life in…
Dave & Connie Deal
ABOUT US: We work with Athletes in Action. AIA is a division of Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ). Our primary ministry responsibility is to serve, resource and train AIA staff in 10 countries in East Asia. Our personal ministry in the Phoenix area is evangelism and discipleship of college and professional athletes. Some of the teams we minister to are the Arizona State University Women’s Basketball team, the Seattle Mariners baseball organization, and the Arizona Rattlers (Indoor Football League). HOW…
A Big Loving Family
ABOUT US: this is sensitive information Our vision is to share the gospel broadly with college and university students so that they come to know Jesus. We come alongside them to build them up in their faith, and to train and equip them to share the gospel with others. We are working in cooperation with national staff and other American staff in the country where we serve. The gospel is not widely accessible here and we are excited to be…
Jim Foster
ABOUT US: The Lord’s Army is a movement that was born within the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1923 through a priest named Iosif Trifa. The movement’s name was inspired by 2 Timothy 2:3. “Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” We are evangelicals who focus on equipping the saints for ministry through preaching and teaching locally, regionally and nationally in a myriad of venues that include churches, cathedrals, community centers, cemeteries, camps, hospitals homes and prisons.…
Marc and Suzanne Jacobson
ABOUT US: Our ministry among the Abaknon People in the Philippines has spanned 40+ years,and now, in semi-retirement, focuses on the Inabaknon Heritage Society. IHS is a local nonprofit which pursues discipleship in three ways—First: Intentional Christian communities for Abaknon students (in Capul Town, Manila, and Waxhaw, NC). Second: High school tutoring, Bible studies an caring for the sick and the poor.Third: continuing Old Testament translation. The IHS is committed to a vision of nurturing Abaknon Christians to hear God’s…
Steve & Erica Lawry
ABOUT US: Parallel Christian Ministries – at Stanford and BeyondFull-time staff Steve & Erica Lawry just completed their 46th year of serving both undergraduate and graduate students, both nationals and internationals, at Stanford University. Their purpose is to guide believers to biblical answers to the nitty-gritty issues of their own lives and equip them with practical scriptural wisdom for others who open up to them throughout their professional and personal lives. Steve & Erica accomplish this through biblical teaching, mentoring…
Pat and Ziggy Lew
ABOUT US: Pat and Ziggy Lew are members of Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL International. Pat is from Southern California and attended PBCC in the late 90’s while Ziggy (Sigrid) is from Northern Germany. They live in Dallas, TX where Ziggy is an instructor of phonetics and orthography design at Dallas International University (DIU), located on the grounds of the SIL International Linguistics Center. They previously served in Thailand for almost 20 years with the SIL Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA)…
Matt & Eunice
ABOUT US:We have been serving overseas for the past 5 years. We developed young leaders in companies, and churches, through EQ (emotional health), conflict resolution training. We provide small group training/how to study the bible to local churches. We mentor Christian Families overseas. HOW TO PRAY:● Pray for our family; we have to be in the States for the next year● Pray for our ministry: We are currently raising support for our ministry.● Pray for our ministry here and online.…
Barbara Metzler
ABOUT ME: I am the director of the English consultant team at the university hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I love to encourages others as I recruit and train consultants who long to see the medical personnel at this Buddhist hospital know the hope and joy that is found in Christ. The relationships built both at the hospital and in my home provide opportunities to share my faith. HOW TO PRAY: That Barbara and her team will be a testimony…
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