TRAINING LEADERS INTERNATIONAL

Jim and Sarah Jordan serve with Training Leaders International (TLI). Jim teaches Christian students and leaders in many parts of the world and provides education for pastors worldwide.

JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVOCATES INTERNATIONAL

Doug, founder of Juvenile Justice Advocates International, partners with local churches and other groups in Mexico to support teens and families of teens in Mexican prisons. This ministry has expanded beyond Mexico to several countries in the Caribbean as well.

CRU

Joanna works with CRU at the University of Minnesota building relationships with international students. She leads a weekly Bible study, hosts events, meets students on campus, and disciples students on an individual basis.

TALKING BIBLES

Paul is the East Africa Director for Talking Bibles. Talking Bibles provides audio Bibles to many people in Africa so that those who cannot read or write can hear God's Word.  

YOUTH FOR CHRIST INTERNATIONAL

Based in the Twin Cities, Gary and Valerie are mission mobilizers with YFC International, recruiting older teens and young adults for mission opportunities. Valerie also serves as Prayer Coordinator and Gary fills administration roles with YFC Ireland. Gary disciples young people, while Valerie is Dining Hall Coordinator at Prairie River Camp, part of South Central MN YFC.

KREMENCHUK SEMINARY (Ukraine)

David is an adjunct Bible professor at the seminary and helps educate seminary students to become pastors and leaders. He is an author of commentaries (Psalms, Proverbs) in their own language and his ministry has recently expanded to teaching the commentaries to pastors and leaders in Mexico. Pastor Melin is an ambassador for Kontaktmission USA.

WYCLIFFE (USA)

Mike works as a Language Program Data Manager and lives in Colorado Springs where he is a public speaker and teaches "Perspectives on the World Christian Movement" courses. Mike grew up in Cambridge and after college worked with the underprivileged in Minneapolis. He also travels on short-term missions to other countries in the world. 

Jennifer grew up in a missionary family and spent a number of years as a missionary for Navigators. 

CONVERGE MISSIONS (Spain)

Tim and Amy work with a local evangelical church and also train elders and leaders. They are located near the Mediterranean Sea to be able to reach people of many nations as they immigrate to Europe. 

TEENS FOR CHRIST

Chad and Britt Peterson serve in Hudson, Wisconsin training teens to serve Christ, encouraging Bible memorization and participation in Bible quiz competitions.

CHILDREN'S SHELTER OF CEBU

Joel and Jinke live in the Philippines where Jinkee works as the Childcare Director for the Children's Shelter of Cebu, a child caring agency that provides shelter, food, clothing, education and much more. 

SISTER CHURCH (Ukraine)

Spring of Life is our sister church in Kremenchuk. In the 1990s they were a house church of about 12 people; now they have 265+ in attendance and 12+ daughter churches. First Baptist has sent several teams to conduct Day Camps (VBS) and repair a building. 

Spring of Life supports us with much encouragement and prayer.

The Seminary is attached to the church and Pastor Alex Zigalenko was both the church Pastor and Seminary Director. Pastor Ivan Ovcharenko is the current church Pastor and Seminary Director.

READ Ministries also grew out of this relationship with a number of men taking the lead to supply machines and materials so a Christian printing operation could take place in Ukraine.

WYCLIFFE

David and Sarah work with to bring the Bible to the Sam people in their own language in Papua New Guinea. David is Director of Language Programs and Services for the Pacific Region providing training for new missionaries in cultural awareness and language translation.

TRAINING LEADERS INTERNATIONAL

Duane serves as President of Training Leaders International (TLI). In this role he is part of the processing team for TLI candidates, trains the staff, helps write curriculum as needed, recruits teams that train pastors in various countries, and teaches courses as part of those teams. Previously he was a pastor for 17 years in Nebraska.