Category: Cooperative Program
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Jason and Robin Ebeyer
On a trip to the closest city, International Mission Board missionaries Jason and Robin Ebeyer were praying to find a “person of peace” – someone who would welcome them and help in their ministry efforts. The Ebeyers have been working for the last few years with the people in Isan, a region in Thailand that…
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Woongje and Injoo Chun
Woongje (OONG-JIE) and Injoo Chun (IN Joo Cheon), Nearly a third of all Koreans in Georgia live in Gwinnett County. To engage those Koreans with the good news, Woongje leads an evangelism team to the Korean market every Tuesday and Thursday. Many young Koreans hear and respond to the Gospel each week during these efforts.…
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Wes Blakely
Sports were a huge part of International Mission Board worker Wes Blakely’s world. Now, sports play just as big a part in his ministry on the mission field. Blakely has been coaching sports in a school and a few clubs in Central Asia. Through this, he’s seen people become curious about Christianity and some even turn to…
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Brad and Jen McOwen
Brad and Jen started Mercy Hill Church to reach a densely populated neighborhood of 78,000 people in a three-mile radius. While it’s a spiritually aware community, few churches exist to share the good news about Jesus. Less than 10 percent of the people in their East Indianapolis neighborhood are connected to an evangelical Protestant church.…
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Nancy Potter
For years, International Mission Board worker Nancy Potter had traveled to teach healthcare classes in an impoverished Muslim village in Southeast Asia where Sela and her husband, Sok, live. But on this visit, Potter’s care and concern led to the couple becoming Christians. One morning, Sela stumbled and spilled a pot of boiling water over…
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Matthew Knight
Matthew felt God’s call to the chaplaincy while he was a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. After the events of 9/11, God began to show him how he could serve his country as he served Jesus through chaplaincy. The team Matthew leads has three primary responsibilities. They care for the…