Pastor Mansfield is a Mission Team Leader and his wife Jan is an educator. Their ministry focus is on outreach to East Asian college students there. The ministry goal is to build a partnership bridge between Christian American college students in the United States and college students in East Asia. Their mission work poses a danger to their safety when they go to East Asia. They have planted gospel seeds at 24 out of the 500 universities in East Asia. Pastor Mansfield travels frequently in his mission role to other parts of the world in spreading seeds of the gospel.

The Orvis’s began ministry with International Students, Inc., in 1980. In 1990 they began ministry with Ambassadors for Christ International – USA, a small fellowship of itinerant evangelists and Bible teachers. Based in the Metro DC area, the Orvises have both local (Bible studies, preaching and teaching) and global (preaching, teaching) ministry, primarily in South Asia. (They have also been in Europe, Africa and Haiti). Muslim and Hindu background believers face immense family and community backlash upon conversion, becoming estranged from family and community. Jay ministers throughout India with concentration in the northeast, in Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh along the borders of Nepal, China, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. Christians in Sikkim are so dedicated to the Lord that they walk two hours up very steep hills to attend Church. Hindus and Muslims around the world are coming to Christ in increasing numbers and building their own Churches. Jay and Brenda experience typical age-related health issues which neither dampen their spirits, nor cool their fire(s) for the Lord.

This missionary hails from East Asia and is serving in North Africa. Due to safety concerns, her name is not stated in this mission biography. A. has been serving in North Africa since 2003. She has a dynamic ministry outreach along with her colleagues to the Muslim community. She is a bold and fruitful Ambassador for Christ and sows the Gospel seeds to young Muslim people in her challenging environment. Because of Ramadan, the Muslim women she ministers to have decreased in numbers. A. said that she will open the group to Muslim men as well. Prayers for God’s guidance and protection are always needed for this Ambassador.

Vicki has served in ministry outreach in South Sudan, Africa. She is a registered nurse who oversees medical care to leprosy patients there. Since 1989, Vicki has served in ministry, first in Zambia, and then South Sudan. Doro is also her home and the people she works with and serves are her family. She supervises a medical clinic. Her two assistants help her to provide treatment and care to people from Blue Nile, Sudan, and the Maaban areas. Many of the people have difficulty getting food as they are very poor. Some depend on food rations from the United Nations. It has been challenging at times as many patients do not attend the clinic until their leprosy condition is in the final stages. Sometimes, medications for treating leprosy take a long time to reach the clinic, resulting in treatment delay.

Vicki has served in ministry outreach in South Sudan, Africa. She is a registered nurse who oversees medical care to leprosy patients there. Since 1989, Vicki has served in ministry, first in Zambia, and then South Sudan. Doro is also her home and the people she works with and serves are her family. She supervises a medical clinic. Her two assistants help her to provide treatment and care to people from Blue Nile, Sudan, and the Maaban areas. Many of the people have difficulty getting food as they are very poor. Some depend on food rations from the United Nations. It has been challenging at times as many patients do not attend the clinic until their leprosy condition is in the final stages. Sometimes, medications for treating leprosy take a long time to reach the clinic, resulting in treatment delay.

Munir (Terry) and his wife Sharon have been serving as missionaries in the West Bank, Israel for many years. Rev. Dr. Kakish, who was orphaned as a young child in Jordan, now includes in his ministry the operation and oversight of an orphanage in the West Bank. In addition, Pastor Kakish and his wife minister through preaching the gospel of Christ to the communities of Ramla, and Ramallah. Sharon is an outstanding educator who has a gospel ministry outreach to Muslim women to teach and minister to them. The region is a political hotbed where the Israeli Military heavily maintains its presence. Due to the political unrest in the region, there have been times when the Kakish family has escaped bullets flying in their direction. In Ramallah, the ministry includes many programs such as Sunday and Thursday services, children’s Bible club and camp, a study program for young married couples, and an older and younger teen program. In Ramla, they hold weekly church services that include Sunday school. They also run a home service for the community. Pastor Kakish is the President of the Council on Local Evangelical Churches in Israel.

Teen Challenge is a Christian Organization that was founded by Reverend David Wilkerson in 1960. It extends to over 90 countries that include 1,200 centers worldwide. Teen Challenge operates a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program whose goal it is to help men with addiction rebuild their lives. The men receive support services to help them kick addiction and rehabilitate them to become productive and contributing members of their community. The program is Christ Centered and the men are redeemed by the blood of Christ. Involvement in the program leads to hope, strength, courage, and puts men on a God centered recovery path. Over the years, the participants in the Teen Challenge program have visited Grace Baptist Church to share their redemption stories of God’s grace.

Bridgeport Rescue Mission is a Christian based organization located in Bridgeport CT. They provide Christ Centered services to men, women and children, and feed the homeless. Their mission includes fighting poverty in urban areas, and ministering to the people they serve through the love of Christ. They strive to facilitate healing and hope for a changed and renewed life for the people they help. Included in their services are the provision of food, clothing, job training, shelter programs, education and counseling. They operate a Transitional Living program for women, including women with children. The women and children are on site at the Bridgeport Rescue Mission residential site in Bridgeport. The BRM acronym was established in 1993 by a Christian husband and wife team who wanted to help feed the poor in urban Bridgeport. The small organization has now grown to become a large one that helps hundreds of people. The program centers on helping residents to discover Christ and His love for them. BRM has been changing broken lives of ashes into the beauty of becoming a child of the King.

Daniel and Myriam Liberek are based in Belgium where they pastor a Church that seeks to implement innovative strategies and impact its community for Jesus. They are active in various social ministries (especially Myriam) and in many evangelistic outreaches in Belgium. Daniel serves as the Regional Leader for Europe for their mission overseeing missionaries fielded in many European countries. They also serve with the Global Evangelists Forum of which Daniel is President. Through national chapters this organization seeks to identify, mobilize, train and deploy local, regional and national evangelists. Their son Timothy, has joined United World Mission to mentor a new generation of leaders for the Gospel.