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Tom & Ann Austin - MTW, South Africa
Family: Anna McLaurin and Rebecca Ann
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The Austins were in Kenya for over 14 years before Tom became the Principal of the Bible Institute of South Africa. After fulfilling this position, he has taken on new ministry responsibilities researching and influencing ministries in relevant teaching methods. He is also developing a new missionary orientation program for Sub-Sahara Africa. Ann is involved with the local prison ministry. |
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Annie Clay - CrossPoint Church, Bluffton, SC
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The NEPC member Annie Clay is serving as Director of Children's Ministries at CrossPoint Church in Bluffton, SC. She is part of a training program called Generation Link Staff. This program disciples and educates its members through seminary courses and mentoring in preparation for ministry. This church plant is heavily involved in partnering with other churches to reach the lost and unchurched in the community. |
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Henry & Wendy Clay - Navigators
Family: Walt, Thomas, Annie and Caroline
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Henry and Wendy serve full-time with The Navigators. They will continue to live in Columbia, but much of their work will take them overseas, teaching and training. As their schedule permits, they will also lead small groups and mentor and train laborers for the harvest at Northeast Presbyterian Church as well. |
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Mike & Kay Dawkins - Wycliffe Bible Translators Southeast Asia
Family: Rachel Ann and Gabriel Ray
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Mike and Kay are in Southeast Asia with Wycliffe Bible Translators where they teach the children of the international staff. Mike was born in Columbia and attended Columbia Bible College and the University of South Carolina. Kay was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, but moved to Columbia when she was in high school. She was a member of NEPC for a time before she married Mike. |
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Ed & Vicki Germann - International Students Inc. (ISI)
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ISI exists to share the Love of Christ with the future leaders of the world - international students studying at our colleges and universities. There are over 500,000 international university students in the USA, and each year hundreds come to Christ. They, in turn, return to their home countries as Christians. Ed is the Regional Feld Director of "ISI" for both the Southeast and Great Lakes regions of the United States. |
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Jamie & Jacki Gildard - MTW, Marseille, France
Family: Rebecca, Jimmy, Owen and Angelle
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The Gildards are located in Marseille, France, where they are involved in building relations, sharing the good news of Christ, and encouraging growth and leadership among French Christians. Their ministry includes church planting, Bible studies and distributing evangelical materials to the city areas around the church. |
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Alice Hatch - MTW, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Family: Rob and Madelle
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Alice is a clinical psychologist who assists MTW's staff. She assesses candidates, debriefs staff returning for Home Ministry Assignment and handles emergencies. Alice also attends international MTW retreats where she makes herself available to counsel others and often leads seminars as well. |
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Robbie & Murray Lathrop - MTW, Nicaragua
Family: Ross, Reed and Mika
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NEPC members Robbie and Murray Lathrop are in Managua, Nicaragua, with MTW. They operate a pineapple farm as a ministry outreach center. As the center develops, it will be a base to house short-term teams, a retreat and discipleship training center for local churches and an investment in the local community--providing jobs and building relationships. The center is also used for pastoral training. You can read more about this ministry at www.nicanews.org. |
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Skid & Sherri Logan - Josh McDowell Ministry, Global
Family: Missi, Jenna, Skid III, Stephanie and Kristen
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Skid and Sherri Logan have served for over 32 years with Campus Crusade for Christ and now coordinate the Josh McDowell Ministry in Eastern Europe called Global Outreach (still a part of Campus Crusade for Christ) as well as the global strategy for The Witness Project (a strategy to reach the Muslim world).. This will involve extensive travelling while they keep their home base in Columbia. |
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Joe & Ann Lyle - MTW, Taiwan
Family: 3 adult children
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The Lyles have been working with students at Christ's College in Taiwan since 1991. Ministry at Christ's College involves teaching English as a means to develop relationships with students for evangelism and discipleship. They are able to reach students through classroom teaching, evening devotions, Bible studies, seminars and individual conversations. They would love to have some people from NEPC join them during the summer or the school year to work with their students. |
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Tim & Becky McKeown - MNA, Atlanta, Georgia
Family: 4 adult children
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Tim is the Hispanic American Ministries Coordinator and supervises the ESL (English as a Second Language) Ministries Coordinator for MNA. These ministries allow MNA to be of more help to churches and presbyteries as they focus on Hispanics as the fastest growing people groups in North America. The United States will soon become the second largest Hispanic nation in the world! |
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Katy Niles - Student Venture, Texas
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NEPC member Katy Niles works in Frisco,Texas, with Student Venture, the high school and junior high ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. This organization seeks to make it possible for every teenager to have the opportunity to know and follow Christ. Katy has also been the trip administrator for the high school trip to Budapest, Hungary. |
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Jim & Kori Powell - MNA, Lehigh Valley, PA
Family: Lina, Meggie and Nate
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Jim, brother to NEPC member John Powell, pastored a PCA congregation in Kingsport, Tennessee, after which he and wife Kori moved to Cornerstone PCA in the LeHigh Valley of Pennsylvania. There, Jim served as a church planting apprentice. He is now in the process of planting Cornerstone's first daughter church, West Valley Presbyterian, PCA. |
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Guillermo & Jennie Salinas - PEF, Mexico
Family: Sarah Grace, Mandie Beth, Billy and Stephanie Anne
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Guillermo worked in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, with Presbyterian Evangelistic Fellowship to plant a new church. This church has since called its first pastor. Guillermo currently has responsibility as the continental director of youth EE (Evangelism Explosion). In this capacity, he will be working with churches to strengthen them in the area of evangelism and discipleship. |
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John & Susan Shane - MTW, Southern Africa
Family: Nat and Lindsay
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John is the regional director for MTW's southern Africa region and interim regional director for the eastern Africa region. He is responsible for overseeing missionaries who serve on university campuses, in Bible institutes, churches, schools, and community clinics. In their local church they meet with individual South Africans for mentoring and Bible study. Susan assists in an after - school Bible club for girls
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Dony & Sharon St. Germain - MNA, Florida & Haiti
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Dony St. Germain ministers in two countries--his homeland of Haiti and the country in which he is a naturalized citizen, the United States. Every year, 40,000 Haitians come to North America, many of them seeking jobs to support their families. MNA Haitian Ministries seeks to meet the needs of this growing people group by planting Gospel - centered churches, offering practical support and demonstrating Christ's love. In addition to his role with MNA, Dony is church planter and pastor of El Shaddai Presbyterian in Miami, Florida. |
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Kristen Trace - Campus Outreach, Thailand
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Kristen is with Campus Outreach, a ministry under the authority of Briarwood Presbyterian Church, PCA, in Birmingham, Alabama. Campus Outreach is a ministry targeting college campuses with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Kristen will be teaching in Khon Kaen, Thailand. You can find new updates and prayer requests regularly at http://thailand.campusoutreach.org/. |
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Mike & Joan Vilasi - North Point Community Church Nicaragua
Family: Two adult children-
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Mike and Joan run a center for abused and abandoned girls in San Jorge. On the Island of Ometepe they manage a center that promotes several activities: a vocational school, pre-school, a garden that produces vegetables and teaches better farming methods, and processing herbal medicines.
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Adeline Wallace - MTW, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, Ukraine
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Cari Walsh - Campus Crusade for Christ, Argentina
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NEPC member Cari Walsh is serving the Lord in Buenos Aires, Argentina with Campus Crusade for Christ. Cari has a heart for Latin America and a passion to share the love of Christ with college students. She is working primarily on a university campus teaching English as a method of forming friendships with students. Cari’s ministry also entails leading Bible studies and discipling young women. |
Restricted Access Workers
Some of our staff are serving in fields where great sensitivity is required. We are unable to publish information on these workers.
Bill & Cheryl - Europe
Tom & Helene - Europe
Tom & Lucy - Africa
MTW Staff
Bill Goodman - Director of Field Operations, International Director, Europe |
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