Engage: Where
Africa
Heather Lipsmeyer
Mercy Ships Africa
Heather Lipsmeyer is partnered with Mercy Ships, the largest non-governmental hospital ship, as an operating room nurse to provide hope and healing to the world’s forgotten poor. Mercy Ships shows the love of Christ by providing free, life changing surgeries and dental care to the people of West Africa. Heather has served with Mercy Ships in Benin and Sierra Leone.
Links
Mercy Ships Website
Email
Asia
Scott and Heather
Southeast Asia
Scott and Heather are making disciples and planting churches among the unreached people groups of Southeast Asia. They believe God has called them to use “Business as Mission” as an avenue of becoming a real part of the city in order to develop natural relationships that lead to disciple making and church planting. They also desire to participate in the rehabilitation and discipleship of women and girls rescued from the sex trade.
James Davis
South Korea
James has been a Law Professor at Handong International Law School (HILS) since 2006. He teaches US law in English to international students, many of whom desire to practice law in the areas of human rights and religious freedoms in places where the church is threatened. HILS is forthrightly Christian and teaches law from a Biblical Worldview. Many developing countries are discovering that their laws are inadequate to meet the needs of their people, but they lack the knowledge and insight to correct the problems. HILS seeks to equip students to address these kinds of needs.
Kerri Evans
Cambodia
Kerri is with Water of Life, a ministry that works with disadvantaged people in Cambodia. Projects include medical outreaches, 2 dormitories, 2 church plants, evangelistic outreaches, English and music classes for evangelism, an orphanage and a Christian primary school.
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The Americas
Reciprocal Ministries International
Haiti
In 2011 we will begin a partnership with a Haitian sister church located in Southern Haiti. Our desire is to serve this church in the areas of evangelism, discipleship training, leadership development, church multiplication, and economic/agricultural development that will result in a healthy, Kingdom community that can multiply and influence surrounding communities.
Links
Reciprocal Ministries International Website
David and Alison Smiley
Suriname
David and Alison and their five children will be serving the Saramaccan people in the jungles of Suriname. They will be using businesses to help bridge the cultural gap and create relationships with the men of the tribes. David and Alison's heart is that the God's Glory would become synonymous with the Saramaccan people.
Richard Loghry
Suriname
Richard will be living with the Saramaccan tribe in Suriname, South America. His focus will be to help the community of believers there begin living by God's kingdom designs, and to help disciple new believers into this community. His dream is that entire villages and subgroups of Saramaccans would begin to follow Christ simultaneously, under the direction of the Holy Spirit! Please pray toward this end!
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Email
Scott and Meleah Taylor
Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic
Scott and Meleah serve at the Escuela Caribe Christian Boarding School where Scott is campus/staff pastor. This school offers continuing education (in English) for troubled students who need a complete change of environment, professional counseling, love, discipline, and help to face the challenges of 3rd-world living. Scott leads chapels and Bible studies and together they are involved in discipling and caring for the staff, as well as counseling students. They also lead the students and visiting teams into ministry in the city of Jarabacoa.
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Morgan Tedder - STUMO
Conway, AR
Morgan serves at Student Mobilization’s Headquarters as the Administrator & Projects Manager. She serves STUMO’s staff & students by planning events & managing day-to-day needs. STUMO targets key campuses in the South Central United States to join God in raising up laborers for the Gospel.
Links
STUMO Website
Email
Kathy Starkenburg - The Commons Church
Arlington, WA
Kathy is working with the Commons church plant north of Seattle. Pray for her as she develops relationships and points people to Christ.
Links
Church Website
Kathy's Blog
