Missions

Trevor & Jennifer Claypool

Trevor & Jennifer work with Cadence International. They share the gospel and their lives with the military community.
Trevor and Jennifer are currently supporting and assisting the Cadence missionaries who run the hospitality house in Wiesbaden, Germany. Since Trevor began his career in the United States Marine Corps in 2004, he and Jennifer have served and loved military personnel and their families in the communities where they have been stationed. Following Trevor’s retirement, their family looks forward to continuing to serve military communities worldwide through Cadence International as they share their lives and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Phil Cabildo

Hailing from Mexico, Phil dreams of transforming his homeland through sports ministry. He envisions widespread Ambassadors programs that utilize football as a dynamic means to share the Gospel.

Steve Koproski

Steve serves as an Executive Director in National Campus Ministry for Athletes in Action. Athletes in Action has been helping athletes experience the hope and purpose that comes from following Jesus, and equipping them to use their platform to be a part of God’s mission in the world to make disciples of all nations. 

Jose and Elizabeth Lopez

Jose and Elizabeth serve with Nueva Esperanza. 

Craig Hamer

Craig serves as COO of M4 Europe currently and helps to implement the M4 program in Finland and the UK. M4 Europe works to ignite multiplying church planting movements all over Europe to see new communities of faith formed that will display the goodness of God to the people around them. 

Carlos and Barbara Barahona

Carlos & Barbara serve with Nueva Esperanza. 

Jonathan Morton

Jonathan is in charge of the vision for Red Nueva Vida and the coordination of the international team of pastors. Currently, he is also serving as the Hispanic pastor of the Indianapolis New Life Church.

Craig & Darlene Kordic

Darlene and Craig have served the Lord for the past 32 years.  They currently live in Colorado Springs. Throughout their years overseas and in the United States, Darlene has had the privilege to coordinate, write, and teach women’s Bible studies and speak in churches, conferences, and retreats both nationally and internationally.

Ken & Melinda Cogley

Ken and Melinda joined the Ohio Awana Ministry Team in 2005 with a special interest in Bible Quizzing.  Through involvement with the Ministry Team and the training received while attending Commander College at Awana HQ, they experienced God increasing our passion for children’s ministry.  Realizing the urgency for reaching boys & girls with the Gospel, they have followed God’s call to serve as missionaries to the children, families and churches of Northern Ohio.

Pat and Wanda Melton

Their daily ministry is tract distribution of about a hundred tracts daily, five to six days a week, depositing them directly into home mailboxes. He generally preaches two to three sermons per week (Fujisawa is preaching here three or four times a month). They are involved in personal soul-winning, preaching in summer camp, visiting, etc.

Kouami Midekor, Togo

Many activities flourished during the year 2022, with many baptismal services in the following areas:

  1. The church at Barkoissi baptized 12 people in January. These services were testimonies to the church and also to the community where the church is located. Many Muslims came to assist and appreciated the difference between Christianity and Islam. Bakiossi is a town with a great population of Muslims.
  2. The church at Bangeli also has new baptized believers added to the membership of the congregation. About 7 people were baptized in that church.
  3. The church at Djagble, a growing congregation, also saw 20 newly baptized people added to its body in June.
  4. There are many believers in some of the churches who are waiting to be immersed.

John and Vi Mikolaj

John provides engineering and training solutions, increasing access to safe drinking water in the developing world. 

Steve and Susan Oswald

Steve and Susan have a passion to reach today’s youth through evangelism, discipleship, and leadership training. All three are important if we are to reach as many as possible. We want to do whatever we can to help local churches develop vibrant youth and children’s ministries. They would love to talk to anyone with the same passion. They believe that leadership is key to reaching youth. One of their main goals is to help leaders grow in Christ and in their ability to lead the children and teens that God has placed under their care.

Rick & Marilyn Perhai

The Perhais desire to train nationals to take the gospel to places they could never go themselves. They aim to “work themselves out of a job” by training Ukrainians to fill their roles. Hence, Rick’s ministry emphasizes mentoring Ukrainians to teach and administrate at the seminary level.

David and Courtnee White

Dave and Courtnee serve as National Directors of Prayer for the U.S. Campus Ministry.

The goal of this role breaks down into 3 parts: 

1. Prayer for Revival and Spiritual Awakening.  Mobilizing Cru and the Body of Christ to pray for a move of God on 5,000 plus campuses across the nation.  

2.  Helping our staff “Be still and know that He is God,” by nurturing a culture of God-dependence and prayerfulness.

3.  Equipping our staff to catalyze prayer within their field of ministry.

Christian Faith Academy

Christian Faith Academy’s goal is to provide, in cooperation with Christian families and their local church, an education that nurtures children in living lives committed to Jesus Christ, and who think and reason with a Biblical worldview.

MYA Women’s Center

Their mission at the Women’s Center in Ashtabula, Ohio, is to empower women facing unplanned pregnancies with compassionate and professional medical care. If you are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, they are here to support you through free and confidential services.

Go International

We make disciples around the world by training and equipping our international partners and by supporting them, prayerfully and financially. We also lead sustainable short-term Christian mission trips with a long-term impact.

Orphan Ministry

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.