Mission Minute Updates 2024

Regional and National Missionary Partners

New Horizons Foundation – Darryl & Casey Meekins

  • Being able to work with partners on site in India, South Africa, Vietnam, and Thailand this year
  • Speaking at two conferences this year and opening new opportunities for partnerships.

Friends of Israel – Tom & Lorna Simcox

  • Tom is supposed to attend a missions conference in Michigan in January. Please pray that people will hear him speak and get excited about reaching Jewish people with the gospel. Also pray for safe travels.
  • I just finished editing a Passover devotional booklet and am on chapter 10 of a book Tom and I are writing, which we have for the moment titled "My Friend Saul." Please pray we can finish it soon and that Lord will use it in the lives of Jewish people who need to know Him

Ethnos 360 – Gordon & Pat Bennett

  • Our team exists to provide the necessary resources to the Global Partners (GP) for the amplification and doctrinal support of the Global Mission Agreement (GMA—Ethnos360 doctrinal statement).
  • We assist the national churches in predominately third world nations to train and equip their own missionaries to plant churches in the unreached, or least reached people groups within their own nation.

Chosen People Ministries – Jennifer Miles

  • Our digital evangelism team has launched a brand-new evangelistic, Messianic apologetics newsletter to an unsaved Jewish audience. The newsletter, called Netiv HaEmit, is Hebrew for “The Path of Truth.” I help to write new content for the newsletter each month, which is then sent to 15,000 unbelieving Jewish people on the Chosen People Ministries’ database every month.
  • Our team has begun working on launching our first-ever Chosen People Answers YouTube channel to reach an unbelieving Jewish audience through apologetics videos.

CJF Ministries – Diann Parkas

  • We have been active in building a resource network of Christians with different skill sets who are trained and positioned to serve the Haredim.
  • The Lord has opened up the way for me to share evangelistic presentations at a local independent living facility and also assisted living facility.
  • Had the chance to speak in a general session at a North American conference on Jewish evangelism, and it looks like I may have an opportunity to lead a workshop at the 2025 conference.

Global Missionary Partners

Philippines Association of Baptists for World Evangelism – Rogil & Janice Apostol

  • Pastor Rogil and Cornerstone church celebrated their 13-year anniversary as a church. Rogil and Janice also were able to facilitate community outreach programs, leadership trainings, evangelism classes, and discipleship groups.

Keith & Linda Ebrahim

  • The one thing that stands out in our ministry is the great open doors we have to preach the Gospel and teach the Word of God to the Filipino people, and the effect that it is having in changing the lives of many people.

Disciple Support Ministries – Paul Cawley

  • We had our largest graduating class in 23 years
  • 112 Pastors and Ministry Leaders in Kenya & Tanzania!
  • This is an astounding number. Greater than the size of most Bible Schools entire enrollment in East Africa. Typically, we graduate approximately 55 per year. God is doing marvelous thing in our midst!

Greater Europe Mission – Dave & Cindy Bintz

  • I think the biggest thing for us this year was the successful transition of the young Spanish couple that we have been mentoring for 10 years to take over running the summer camps. Everything went flawlessly! Spanish young people continue to get saved and discipled and the sports camps are now the biggest camps at L'Arcada. To God be the glory!

Mission Aviation Fellowship

  • MAF has been a critical lifeline for isolated communities this year, delivering vital supplies like food, medicine, and educational materials to some of the most remote places on earth, while simultaneously providing access to professional medical care and spiritual well-being. For example, our aircraft transported a 10-year-old boy for a lifesaving surgery, then transported a pastor who was starting a new church in a village where they heard the gospel for the first time.

Ripe for the Harvest World Outreach – Joe & Denise Holman

  • The Holmans continue to serve in Ghana, hosting two camps for kids this year. They built new churches, baptized up to 14 new converts, and ministered in local villages.

Local Missionary Partners

Philadelphia Bible Society

  • The Word has gone forth throughout the vast expanse of the city. Philadelphia Bible Society has overseen over 600 Bibles going into mental institutions throughout the city of Philadelphia.

Ratio Christi

  • We took a group of about 8-10 students to the museum of the Bible. We hosted a leadership training over the summer. We continue to meet weekly and are planning another trip to the museum of the bible in the spring

Crisis Pregnancy Center

  • We have had over 20 lives saved this year. (Abortion minded women who chose life)
  • Here are a couple of stories. (Names changed for anonymity)
    Amy had an abortion scheduled but was second guessing it. She found us on google and called to talk about her options. She came in that day and met with our volunteers. They shared with her about God’s will for her life and for her baby. Then they gave her a gift box. She was so overcome with joy that she chose life for her baby. Then she asked if she could have a gift box to share with her friend Becky, who also had an abortion scheduled. She gave the gift box to Becky and shared with her what we had told her. Becky chose life also. Two babies saved in that visit.
    Amy
    Claire is married but in a tough financial situation and she called us, asking about abortion. We were able to sit down with her and her husband, Adam, and share with them about God’s love and how we could help. Through the hope and resources, we provided Claire and Adam with they felt able to keep their baby.
    Claire
    • These are just two stories of many this year.
    • These were all made possible by help from our awesome partners and donors, and our great Lord!