GLOBAL MISSIONS: AFRICA
King and Priscilla Hammond
King & Priscilla strategically serve in Muslim regions of West & North Africa. Called out of Mount Paran after faithfully serving the homeless in Atlanta for several years, the Hammonds lead ministry bases in northern Ghana and Chad. The Hammonds share the Gospel, disciple new believers and provide healthcare where it’s badly needed across remote regions of North Africa.
Prayer Points:
Harvest and discipleship to expand at the ministry base in Chad
Workers for the Lord’s harvest in North Africa
The Lord’s favor and leading as they look to move deeper into North Africa
Danielle Tanefo
Danielle was called out of Mount Paran, to care for orphans in her native Cameroon. Orphanages in this part of the world are often overcrowded, under-funded and kids suffer from neglect. Danielle has opened a home to provide a loving environment where orphans can grow, step into their God-given identity and thrive.
Prayer Points:
Workers to help with the home and needs of the children
Continued growth & development of the children
Daily wisdom and direction from the Lord as she ministers
Seble Worku
Seble was called out of Mount Paran to care for orphans in her native Ethiopia, after a government ban on international adoptions caused many orphanages to close. Seble’s heart is to give orphans a loving family, teach them God’s Word and provide educational opportunities for them. She is raising 3 boys currently, and also ministers to at-risk kids who live at the edge of a trash dump where thousands are living in abject squalor.
Prayer Points:
The Lord’s continued hand over her 3 boys as they enter adolescence
Expansion of sponsorship program for at-risk kids living by the trash dump
Daily wisdom and direction from the Lord as she ministers
Ben and Morgan Nihart
Morgan grew up at Mount Paran, married Ben and together they answered God’s call to go and serve in Kenya. Ben and Morgan now lead a Kenyan team that trains pastors and leaders in the Chronological Bible Storying method. The team’s trainings are focused in the slums of Nairobi, rural villages and refugee camps. They have 3 young girls.
Prayer Points:
For their 3 daughters
Wisdom, strength and unity as they lead their Kenyan team
Favor with group of Muslim-background believers God has opened the door to train
Tanzania
Gina Helms
Gina leads an evangelism and community development ministry in Tanzania. Her primary focus is on the unreached tribes of northern Tanzania. Gina’s team holds evangelistic outreaches, provides clean water in remote areas, ministers in schools and works to improve community health in villages unreached by the Gospel.
Prayer Points:
Wisdom and discernment for Gina as she directs the ministry
Open doors & favor among the unreached tribes
Leadership training of pastors, lay leaders and young professionals
GLOBAL MISSIONS: ASIA
Ebi & Elsa George
There are over 1,900 people groups in India who still haven’t been reached with the Gospel of Christ. Pastor Ebi & Elsa shepherd an urban church in Bangalore, but also oversee a vast network of village churches in southern India. They established a children’s home to provide educational opportunities for the kids of village pastors who are taking the Gospel into unreached villages. Kids at the home receive room, board, clothing and a Christ-centered education.
Prayer Points:
Whole life development of the village pastors’ kids
Health and strength for Ebi & Elsa as they lead
Boldness, provision and the Holy Spirit’s anointing on village pastors as they minister to the unreached
Tommy and Poppi Smith
Based in the capital of Jakarta, Tommy and Poppi preach and minister in multiple churches across Indonesia’s vast archipelago. They have also established 16 village feeding centers which provide warm meals for around 600 children every week. Tommy preaches all over the nation and region, calling people to Jesus.
Prayer Points:
Expanding feeding centers
Church plants across the archipelago
Greater harvest among the most populated Muslim country
Nepal
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Our ministry partners in Nepal are renowned children’s ministers, who’ve seen countless kids make a decision for Christ. They now devote most of their time to raising up other children’s ministers, training hundreds of Sunday school teachers across Nepal and India. Their sons are accomplished worship leaders, and use music as a ministry tool to both evangelize and strengthen the Nepali church.
Prayer Points:
Boldness, health and strength for the family
Protection & safety
Deep grounding and anointing over the children’s ministers they’re raising up
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Our ministry partners in Siberia pastor a growing church amongst the Altai people. A previously unreached people group, God has used them as worshippers, church planters, Bible translators and powerful ministers of the Gospel. They’ve also answered the call to go into neighboring, rural Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan to strengthen believers and hold evangelistic camps for children.
Prayer Points:
Expanding persecution from gov’t
Translation of Bible, & publishing of other materials in native lang.
Health
Southeast Asia – Golden Triangle
Mark and Vye Rosacay
Mark & Vye share Jesus in schools and universities in southeast Asia. They disciple Buddhist background students into the Way of Jesus, teaching them to do the things He did and instructed His followers to do. Many students have found hope and been baptized in the name of Jesus, as the Lord continues to open doors in this Buddhist dominated region.
Prayer Points:
Continued favor with school officials
For the Lord to bless and guide their 2 boys
New believers to grow in their faith and commitment to Jesus
Chuck and Sherry Quinley
Chuck and Sherry focus on helping young people find freedom in Christ. They operate a Media Training and Discipleship school in north Thailand to raise up media missionaries, who are using media to reach their generation for Christ. In addition to media training, they also help rescue girls out of sex trafficking in Laos, and support a sidewalk Sunday school ministry amongst the poor of Manila.
Prayer Points:
Waves of young people to continue to come to be discipled to the Lord & trained in media
Favor with immigration officials
Health & wholeness for their six children and their families
Southeast Asia
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One of our ministry partners in southeast Asia is a musician who helps new believers and churches develop worship. Our partners and their team work with believers in formerly untouched areas to create music in their own language, style and instrumentation.
Prayer Points:
Favor and protection of this team and the new believers they train
The Lord’s anointing on new projects, music and lyrics
Open doors to reach and discover new pockets of believers within the region
GLOBAL MISSIONS: Eastern Europe and the Middle East
Sarah Lanier
Growing up on the mission field gave Sarah unique perspective and insight on challenges missionaries face across the world. God has called Sarah to minister to missionaries. The Lord has used her to step into situations of trauma, relational conflict and team dysfunction to help bring healing, strategy and increased effectiveness for missional leaders around the world. Highly-skilled as a communicator, Sarah is an accomplished author and sought-after speaker on cross-cultural dynamics, leadership, and personnel strategy.
Prayer Points:
Wisdom in missionary debriefing & consulting globally
Peace, resolution and restoration for cross-cultural leadership teams as Sarah mediates and helps them through emerging challenges
Additional writing projects on these topics
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Our ministry partners have been at the forefront of the revival that has been taking place in Iran for over 2 decades now. They train and disciple Persian speaking believers to be effective witnesses throughout the Persian-speaking world. They distribute Farsi Bibles and New Testaments all over the Persian speaking world, and offer online discipleship for Persian-speaking believers.
Prayer Points:
Revival to spread to the next generation, into Afghanistan & beyond
Safety, unity and resolve for growing Afghan church
Protection for pastors working inside Iran
Israel and the West Bank
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Our ministry partners in the Holy Land long to see Arabs, Jews and Christians reconciled to God and one another through Jesus. Starting in Jerusalem, our partners built relationships with Jewish and Arab women, and eventually opened a coffee shop and ministry center in Jerusalem. They’ve now discipled and raised up a team of young ladies who are further extending the ministry in the West Bank. They have purchased a building and opened a ministry center beside the largest university to reach young Arab women.
Prayer Points:
A move of the Holy Spirit over Israel and the West Bank
Embrace of the Gospel by younger generations
Healing and reconciliation to occur between Arabs and Jews
Anonymous
Our Middle East missionaries serve throughout the region. They help train and discipline Muslim-background believers in the Arab-speaking world. In response to the war and worsening economic conditions, they helped begin a food bank out of their local church. They also mentor and provide guidance to emerging leaders and workers called to this part of the world.
Prayer Points:
Revival to break forth in the Arab speaking world
Economic recovery and sustained peace
Strength and wisdom as they shepherd and disciple young leaders
Middle East
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Formerly the director of a school for refugee children in the Middle East, our ministry partner now provides educational support and ministers to teachers who’ve returned to their cities of origin. Our partner grew up in the Middle East, is fluent in Arabic and is uniquely positioned to understand the culture and share Christ’s love with this largely Muslim population.
Prayer Points:
Stability for former refugee families who’ve returned home
Teachers, students & families to come to know Jesus
Strength, wisdom and direction as she ministers to Muslims
Jane Hyatt
Jane went from serving in the choir at Mount Paran, to serving on the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine. She now oversees a full-time care facility for at-risk children who’ve experienced major trauma. At the home, Jane and her team minister to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of each child. Children are nurtured through school, taught the Bible and provided a safe, loving place to live. Since the Russian invasion, Jane and the home have been forced to resettle in Germany.
Prayer Points:
For the war in Ukraine to end so she & the kids can move back
Upon return, for new staff to help with trauma care from the war
For the Lord to heal deep wounds in these young lives
GLOBAL MISSIONS: The Americas
Ed and Yandi Vaca Pedraza
Ed and Yandi minister to at-risk children and their families in an impoverished “barrio” of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. They offer academic support, group discipleship, food, school supplies and other basic needs to kids and youth. Worship, prayer and Bible study are built into their daily after-school programs. They also hold a weekly worship service to connect with and minister to the needs of parents. Ed and Yandi have 2 young daughters.
Prayer Points:
Christ-centered, healthy and whole family units
Wisdom and discernment regarding ministry expansion
The Lord’s blessing over their 2 daughters
Wings of Hope
Led by Marline Olivier, Wings of Hope operates a school and health clinic in the rural village of Juampas, Haiti. Both the school and clinic are crucial additions to the community, which had not been afforded adequate health or educational resources. The clinic has expanded to now offer dental care. Our church helps provide lab and medical supplies.
Prayer Points:
Peace and stability for Haiti
Financial provision & school expansion to 8th grade and beyond
Gifted teachers and health professionals to join the team
Honduras
Michael & Karen Vincent
Michael grew up at Mount Paran, and was later called with his wife Karen as missionaries to Honduras. They have opened a home for young girls who’ve been victims of sexual abuse and are the only home in Honduras, specifically working with abused girls. The Lord is doing a tremendous work of healing and restoration in the lives’ of the girls they and their team minister to.
Prayer Points:
The Lord to raise up skilled and grounded staff to keep up with growth of home
Provision to finish construction
The girls’ deep healing, restoration and flourishing
Ronnie and Mary Ann West
Ronnie and Mary Ann church plant and use their vocation to make disciples in Mexico. The first church they began, in Durango, is now being led entirely by nationals. Ronnie and Mary Ann relocated to La Paz, Mexico and are establishing a new vocational ministry center in La Paz. Their long-term vision is to disciple, vocationally train and send aspiring missionaries out of the ministry center in La Paz.
Prayer Points:
For families and youth in La Paz to embrace the Gospel & be drawn to the vocational ministry center
A harvest of young believers to reach their generation for Jesus
Permanent church building for Durango church
Metro Atlanta - Westside
Scott & Tami Ballauf
Scott began walking out his faith and ministry call at Mount Paran. Drawn to the disenfranchised, he started by sharing the Gospel with the homeless downtown. Scott launched City Takers over a decade ago to reach the urban community for Christ using hip-hop. He and his wife Tami have seen God extend their ministry reach into prisons, public schools and trafficked women’s facilities. They also host a Christian, hip-hop radio show and lead a church plant in west Atlanta to disciple and springboard a wave of urban missionaries.
Prayer Points:
Growth of youth discipleship and skills training program
For Spirit-filled, devoted leaders to enable further expansion
A ministry center they can call their own and expand out of
Pastor Ehsan Azarang
Clarkston, just west of Stone Mountain, is one of the largest hubs for refugee resettlement in the nation. Families come, (from mostly non-Christian backgrounds), seeking refuge from unsafe living conditions in their home countries. Pastor Ehsan, heads up our international evangelism and church plant amongst refugees in Clarkston.
Prayer Points:
Refugee trust and openness to the Gospel
Favor and a softening of Afghan families’ hearts to Jesus
Grounded leaders to expand ministry to the broader community
Metro Atlanta - East Point
Pastor John & Desiree Watkins
Pastor John and Desiree head up our East Point ministry south of Atlanta. Outreach efforts began at Parklane Elementary where we’ve provided iPads, Christmas gifts, coats and ongoing food support. Nearby, we’re now ministering to families living in government housing and Pr. John has now begun a Bible study and monthly outreaches to share Christ.
Prayer Points:
Weekly Bible studies at public housing complex
Development of after-school Clubs for youth at local schools
Growth of worship services and eventually a church plant in this community
