***Please see Todd Nichols at todd@cbchighlands.com for additional information and application form for both trips. ***

Community Bible Church Missionaries & Countries Represented

Asia / Pacific
Dr. John Love Fain (Pioneers)
Dr. John L. Fain, regional leader of Pioneers for southeast Asia/Pacific, enables and encourages teams of church planters and other support ministries to reach their full potential in Christ, toward the end of initiating church planting movements in partnership with local churches. This is accomplished through leadership development, training, student ministry, business development, seminary teaching, mentoring, as well as other humanitarian efforts.

Canada
Michael and Abby Lodge (Pioneers Canada)
Michael Lodge is the Director of Mobilization for Sprint Pioneers Ministries (Pioneers Canada). His main duties include promoting, recruiting, evaluating, and training Canadians for world missions. During his time as director he has sent 15 people for long-term mission assignments as well as approximately 30 people for short-term and internship assignments. He is currently preparing to segue into the role of Director of Member Care.

Honduras
Alan and Dorys Perdomo (WorldReach)
Alan Perdomo was a professor of theology at the Central American Theological Seminary in Guatemala for 12 years before joining World Reach 5 years ago. He currently helps train rural pastors in Honduras through their Mobile Bible Institute as well as helping develop strategies to reach youth throughout all of Latin America. He also speaks and teaches in churches throughout Honduras.

Japan
Roger Lowther (Presbyterian Church of America)
Roger Lowther is part of a church planting team working in downtown Tokyo at Tokyo Station. His primary focus is worship, Bible studies, and various evangelistic events. The church planting team at this point is focused on reaching the “culture formers” of Japan: politically, artistically, financially, and corporately. The goal of the church planting team is to start 3 churches within Tokyo by 2020.

Jordan
Our missionaries work in Jordan building relationships with indigenous people through a local business to gain the opportunity to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with them.


Nicaragua
Daniel and Damary Ceballos (WorldReach)
Daniel A. Ceballos’ purpose is to edify the body of Christ through a genuine testimony and teaching experience that will give fruit worthy of honor to God. This is accomplished through church and worship seminars, Bible teaching, worship leading, music arranging and recording, and discipleship opportunities.

Tanzania
Zac and Hannah West (Young Life)
Zac and Hannah West moved to Arusha, Tanzania two years ago to work with students in the international schools. Their goal is to help these students begin a relationship with Jesus Christ that will change them, their families, their school, and the countries in which they live. This is accomplished through relational ministry, which includes relationship building, YL clubs, discipleship, and camping.

Ukraine
Nick and Maia Mikhaluk (International Partnerships)
Nick Mikhaluk, executive director for International Partnerships, is focused on reaching middle-class professionals in the Ukraine. This is accomplished through Bible discussion groups, leadership development, summer outdoor activities for families and individuals, English schools, and various outreach seminars. He currently has 32 fulltime staff and over 150 monthly volunteers.

United States
Ted and Christine Edwards (Campus Crusade for Christ)
Ted Edwards is a chaplain placed through Campus Crusade for Christ on the marine base at Parris Island. Ted, Christine, and volunteer staff minister to new recruits through spiritual training and discipleship as well as other activities that help build relationships with soldiers. They also provide support and materials to the military chaplains in that each chaplain is responsible for approximately 3,000 soldiers.

Tony and Connie Johnson (Campus Crusade for Christ)
Tony Johnson, for the past seven years, has been serving as the foreign relations director for the George Washington Academy (GWA) in Casablanca, Morocco as well as on the leadership team for the region with Campus Crusade for Christ (CCCI). Mr. Johnson provided oversight for the activities and needs of the staff for the various organizations he works with as well as some financial record keeping. In March 2010 his Moroccan visa was revoked and he and his family have returned to the United States for their next ministry assignment.

Chris and Debbie Lascelles (Youth With A Mission)
Chris Lascelles is the director of Youth With A Mission, Tyler, Texas. He oversees over 60 yearly training programs included the Discipleship Training School, STS, and Strategic Frontiers. He also is over Living Alternatives, a licensed maternity home for young women as well as MercyWorks, the disaster relief ministry of YWAM Tyler.

Nathan and Courtney McConnell (First Priority of South Florida)
Nathan and Courtney McConnell are an essential part of the First Priority team helping facilitate outreach to youth on school campuses in South Florida. This is accomplished through building relationships with area churches and youth pastors as well as training youth to lead campus clubs in their respective schools.

Debra L. Petersen (Campus Crusade for Christ)
Debra Petersen has been a regular speaker at Women of Faith seminars across the US for the past 12 years as well as hosting her own weekly radio show for women called Coffee Talk. She currently is focused on working with women in the Miami area as it relates to evangelism and discipleship.

Justin and Melissa Vold (Ambassadors for Christ International)
Justin and Melissa Vold focus on church planting, discipleship, and evangelism among the Arctic Eskimo’s. Their goal is to establish churches in the 104 unreached villages and to raise up indigenous pastors.