SERVE FAR
Serve Far
God’s glory is revealed through relationships and opportunities to share the Gospel among unreached people groups around the World. We support S2 Workers living, serving, and sharing Jesus across 5 continents. Check out how God is working and meet our S2 Workers!
Contact
Ministry Director:
Kathy Rinta, Ext. 243
Looking for S2 Trips?
Dominican Republic – Compassion International
Through child sponsorship, Compassion equips and resources this local church to know, love, and protect vulnerable children living in their community. The construction of this new center in the Dominican Republic is complete, hearts are opening up to Christ, and several people have embraced Him as their Savior. The staff eagerly share God’s Word and engage with the families. By hearing the Gospel and receiving care, children are empowered
to escape poverty and become changemakers, transforming these communities.
East Africa - Avant
This ministry is focused on training up church leaders and reaching unreached people groups living in remote areas with the Gospel. This S2 Worker’s core focus is on the Word of God and equipping believers to read, understand, and share the Word within their communities. They also strive to improve the quality of physical life through Farming God’s Way, natural medicine, and basic health education.
Learn more! @Avant
Navajo Nation - Joei Charley
Joei reaches out to her people, young and old, with the Gospel and builds relationships with Navajo families in her community. Meeting one-on-one, she encourages them, shares the Gospel, and prays with them. Every other week, she meets with the Navajo Elderlies in the Chinle Nursing Home for a hour long service time of singing Navajo hymns, prayer, and a message. She leads weekly kid and teen nights playing outdoor games and teaching the Word. She also leads a monthly Bible study for the parents.
Visit their website here!
United Kingdom - Oong & Elena Lee
The Lee family is embarking on a new church planting project in a community of London that has seen much decline in Christianity and increase in those following no religion. It is both economically and ethnically diverse with large numbers of immigrants from around the world. They seek to cultivate a multiethnic church that would be a home for members of the diaspora community who long for community and being understood in this diverse culture.
Colorado – Brad & Debbie Ellgen
Cadence International provides a hospitality ministry to soldiers and their families including serving meals and leading Bible studies. Brad and Debbie’s new role in Cadence developing and implementing strategies to tell others about the mission of Cadence and invite them to participate.
Uganda – GJ & Kate Flikweert
Hope Alive
The Flikweerts live and serve in Uganda and work with a child sponsorship organization called Hope Alive. They are passionate about empowering young people through training and microloans to live out their God-given potential and rise up out of poverty to support their families needs and make an impact for God’s Kingdom in their communities.
Visit their website here!
Global – Geoff & Fiona
Geoff recently founded a missional initiative, Grace Era, to serve the global church. This ministry focuses on environmental restoration, poverty alleviation, and spiritual transformation, with its impact resulting in restored environments, livelihoods, and lives. Fiona works for the county government, ministering locally.
Ireland – Russ & Denise Kerstetter
World Venture
Of all English-speaking countries in the world, Ireland has the fewest evangelical Christians, which is one of the reasons God drew Russ & Denise there. They are a part of a church planting team in Galway. Their heart is to share the Gospel among the lost in Ireland and equip the local church to be a light in the darkness.
Visit their website here!
Global – Mark & Ruth Lans
SIM
Based here in the U.S., Mark supports the global work of SIM in the role of Engaging Universities – TEFL Coordinator. He leads, encourages, equips, and resources workers on the ground who are engaging university students through teaching English as a second language. They also work at Rio Grande Bible Ministries, in South Texas, training and mobilizing those called to overseas missions in Bible and Ministry Education.
Ecuador – David & Rocio Martinez
SIM
David and Rocio are planting and strengthening rural churches in southern Ecuador. They carry out different activities with children and women, but the main task is to disciple and train people from the community to establish leaders in their own churches. Over the last few years, problems within families have increased. This has opened the doors for them and been a good opportunity to counsel and share God’s love with these families.
Check out SIM here!
Global – David & Kathy North
TEAM
David and Kathy provide equipping options for workers heading into various contexts around the world to start churches and make disciples. They meet with different individuals and teams to coach and enable them to discover and use best practices in reaching the lost, making disciples, and establishing new churches. They also lead an Evangelistic Bible study group with Internationals in South Carolina.
Check out TEAM here!
Sierra Leone - Don & Joyce Osman
LEAD Africa
LEAD Africa is reaching and transforming communities in Sierra Leone through education, mentoring and coaching initiatives, and leadership development programs for church and community leaders. The American Montessori Leadership Academy is an elementary school in Sierra Leone that has provided multiple opportunities to share the Gospel and disciple people. All of this has lead to church planting. In February 2023, the Osmans launched Kingdom Connections Center to share the hope of Jesus with Muslims and internationals in Freetown.
Utah – Daniel & Kimberly Shugert
Daniel and Kimberly’s ministry primarily focuses on assisting those who are leaving the LDS Church. They help navigate them to the Biblical Jesus through mentoring, groups, conferences, and online media resources. As they live on mission, Daniel and Kimberly engage with the lost in their neighborhood, on the local University campus, and through relational connections.
Poland – Dawid & Aleksandra Werner
Josiah Venture
Dawid leads Josiah Venture in Poland. Ola disciples young women & children in their local church community and is stepping into a new role with JV. Dawid and Ola support and equip current and future church leaders in discipling people and leading healthy ministries within the local churches. They do this through mentoring,
coaching, and evangelism trainings.
Visit their website here!
Middle East
These S2 Workers serve in the Middle East. Their mission is to equip individuals and families with emotional healing and
Biblical discipleship to experience God’s love and transformation. They train leaders, foster home churches, and help parents.
Africa
God has provided these S2 Workers the opportunity to combine their passions in sports, Jesus, and the nations by serving in Africa. Through leading a sports program, they have a natural means of both relationship building and disciple making.


