JOEL & BETSY EYESTONE
TIM & CAROL CONRAD
Tim and Carol live in South Carolina and work with Unchartered Waters, a ministry devoted to empowering the local church across the US and use sports as an evangelistic and discipleship tool.
PAUL & ROBIN SHEDD
The Shedd’s answered God’s call to full time missions in their 40’s. Paul currently serves with Missionary Athletes International caring for staff and is the Director of So Call League 2 Team. Paul is leading soccer camps in Southern California with hundreds of kids who develop their soccer skills and young adults who volunteer to work with the kids.
PAUL & MARIE LEHMANN
Paul and Marie now live in Salem, Oregon where they minister to refugees and Paul continues to teach via the internet at a bible school in the Middle East to train leaders to serve the church.
MATT MORSE & DIANA MORSE
Matt is a part of a sports ministry with coaches to make disciples among the coaches and on their teams in southern California and around the world.
GARY & KAREN GRIFFITH
Gary and Karen stepped into roles in the US after serving for many years overseas. Both now help to train others. Karen works to get other missionaries ready to serve abroad while Gary trains leaders and bible teachers as well as teaches seminary classes online for students around the world.
DAVID & DIANE MARTINELLI
David and Diane joined Cru independently after being significantly impacted by the ministry in college. David is currently the Executive Director of the Field Missions for Cru headquarters in Orlando, FL. They serve in a national role providing leadership to Cru team members in the US.
DAN & KIM EYESTONE
Dan serves with One Challenge (formerly OC International) from Spokane, WA. In this season Dan develops tools to help their One Challenge team and other organizations measure ministry results and make better strategic decisions.
BARNEY KINARD
U.S. – Creative Children’s Ministries
Ángel Ruiz, Vino y Aceite
Ángel Ruiz has been in ministry for 31 years in various capacities including: Young Life, Urban Youth Workers Institute, a Rescue Mission, directing camps, pastoring, church planting, missionary, consultant, speaker, trainer, and executive coach. To create a movement of church planters and leaders a Bible school in Huatulco, Oaxaca was launched in January 2021, in conjunction with two other ministries, Vino y Aceite based in Tecate and Agape Church in Huatulco. The goal is to help train up and commission leaders, sending them to various parts of Oaxaca to plant churches and serve their respective communities. Ángel serves as a consultant offering vision, guidance and leadership. The ministry in Oaxaca is bringing continual improvement to leaders in this movement. Ángel’s calling is to raise up a generation of urban leaders who are equipped to lead transformational change movements.
YOLANDA VILLALOBOS
Yolanda Villalobos works near Tecate Mexico serving the community of El Testerazo serving young people whose parents work as agricultural workers in Northern Mexico. WACC teams have served in the El Testerazo community and sent in-kind supplies for the work there.
TONY & MARGARET HEREDIA
Brother Tony lives in Exiter, California as he spends much of his time ministering to Pastors throughout Latin America. He focuses on encouragement, extending knowledge, and expansion of the gospel. WACC teams have partnered with Brother Tony to serve and learn with churches and leaders in Northern Mexico.
RAOUL & KAREN ARMBRISTER
Karen and Raoul Armbrister serve with Karazim Ministries International on Grand Bahamas Island. Hurricane Dorian in 2019 caused extensive damage to the island community. WACC has been sending teams to serve the people and form friendships that have led to ministry results that empower local churches to transform communities.
MIGUEL & LINDA SANCHEZ
Miguel serves in San Antonio de las Minas, Mexico where he makes disciples and equips and serves church leaders.
BILL ANKERBERG
Bill Ankerberg invests his life in The Baltic and Scandinavian regions, especially Estonia, a country with a very few Christians, less than 2%. The people and churches of Estonia have responded very positively to his ministry. His work includes support of church planters, building churches leaders, caring for hundreds of Pastors, printing three editions of the Bible, supporting compassion ministry, mentoring and coaching dozens of Pastors and missionaries in the Baltics and Scandinavia. Bill’s ministry is part of the Baltic/Nordic Initiative of Converge International Ministries.
ZACH & BETH POWELL
Europe
TOIVO & EINIKE PILLI
Toivo Pilli works in the context of the local church in Estonia training leaders for the next generation. He also teaches theology and Bible internationally at seminaries in East and northern Europe.
THOMAS & RACHEL KIRVEN
The Kirven’s serve with Novo UK in Oxford England. Thomas has a leadership role at Novo. Both Rachel and Thomas intentionally pour into disciple-making relationships in targeted communities.
KULDAR KALJUSTE
Kuldar and Margaret Kaljuste joined Josiah Venture (JV) in September 2009. God gave Kuldar a vision to reach young people in his own country, Estonia. In 2009, The serve through camp ministry during the summer months to reach the lost through training young leaders in a soccer ministry, music and English language practice. They are part of a team in Tallinn to be part of a new local church plant. As a family, they want to be a part of the movement of God among the youth of Eastern Europe and desire to lead the next generation to Christ.
HELARI PUU
Helari Puu is an Estonian serving in his own country where he works alongside Estonian church leaders to equip them in making disciples and leadership development.
GREGG & KIM VURBEFF
Gregg and Kim currently pastor a church and disciple international students in France. They also help with member-care for Ripe for Harvest as VP-Field Director supervisor in Lyon, France. Kim does Women’s Bible study.
ERIC & HEATHER KOOIMAN
The Kooimans work at Black Forest Academy, an international Christian school in Germany, where they are raising up the next generation of Jesus followers as they invest in their students. Eric is a Middle School Principal for missionary kids.
CRICK & MINDY PORIER
Crick and Mindy serve with Converge as leader of the South Estonia Outreach Project: Gospel to every corner of Estonia. This is their God Sized Goal. They work as church planters and do leadership training and mentorship.
CHINCHEN FAMILY
Paul serves as the President of African Bible Colleges in Malawi, Uganda, and Liberia while Laura oversees the ABC Christian Academy
BRIAN & RACHEL PARKER
Brian is a linguist who currently supports the work of Bible translators who are native speakers for languages who have yet to read the Bible or hear the Gospel in their own languages in the Central African Republic and Cameroon. Rachel is communications director for the team.
BRETT & KRISSY MOLTER
Brett & Krissy are educators who serve in Senegal at an international school.
MIKE & RHONDA COCHRAN
Mike and Rhonda lived in Thailand for 10 years, serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1995. Mike is the Director of Language Technology Development. Rhonda is the Director of Team Vitality and Care.
DAVE & BONNIE LAMBERT
Dave and Bonnie Lambert serve in a hospitality ministry on military bases and are currently encouraging and ministering to American troops and other team members in Okinawa Japan with Cadence International.
BRIAN & BELINDA I.
Asia