Meet Our Team (Page 3)

Meet Our Team (Page 3)

Use the Groups menu in the lower right of the photo above to see our team by groups.

Deacon

Valerie Sanders

Deacon

Hilda Shou

Ministry Partner

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…
Ministry Partner

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…
Ministry Partner

Dave & Connie Deal

ABOUT US: We work with Athletes in Action. AIA is a division of Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ). After serving as Area Coordinator for Cru’s East Asia Area of Affairs for 17 years, we now serve on AIA’s Global Events Team, helping to equip indigenous national leaders in sports chaplaincy and sports ministry growth. 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…