Author: mnwibaptist

Jared never expected to become a church planter. In fact, he had never even thought about it before a conversation with his pastor in 2020. But, as he prayed about the possibility, God made it clear that he wanted Jared and Desiraye to start a new church near Cincinnati. God led the couple to an…

The summer before Leslie Montgomery started 8th grade, her church hired a youth pastor whose parents served as missionaries in Tanzania. Hearing them share what they had experienced “literally changed my life,” she said. “I knew that summer, as a 12-year-old, that God was calling me to serve as an overseas missionary, specifically in Africa.…

Alex and Corrine Bouffard started Saints Church out of South Shore Church, where Alex served as a lay elder. Alex had been leading the church’s young adult ministry, which grew exponentially. Eventually, it became clear to Alex that God was turning that young adult ministry into a church of its own. So, Saints Church was…

As a 22-year-old Journeyman, Jeri Whitfield saw long-term missionaries commit their lives to God and the people they served. That was her model for missions – a missionary presence that creates gospel access and transforms lives. It’s still her desire today, 40 years later. The first time she left Thailand, she’d finished a two-year Journeyman term. She…