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Jeff & Kim AbernEthyCBF at UNC Charlotte
The Abernethys retired in August of 2025. We continue to support them as they seek to use their gifts and talents in other local churches and outreach ministries. |
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Brandon & Regina BellDominican Republic
Brandon and Regina Bell are missionaries to the Dominican Republic with Baptist World Mission. They, along with their children Anthony, Patrick, and Zoey are serving in the city of La Vega, Dominican Republic. Their desire is to establish a Bible teaching, Baptist church in this city. Sent as a part of a missionary team from HHBC.
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Branden & Laura BowenServing in Madagascar
Church planters working in Diego, Madagascar to plant autonomous churches and to reach other areas. The Malagasy people trust their deceased ancestors as intermediaries to God. Malagasy Christians were violently persecuted in 1800s, and now many in Madagascar have never heard the Gospel. Agriculture and fishing are the main industries of this country which is struggling to develop with a weak economy, unstable government, and much poverty.
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Barry & Judy ByRneFlorida
The Byrnes are retired missionaries who have relocated to Florida with an effort to reach people in their local church and community. Barry has a burden for inmates and seeks opportunities to witness to them during their time served in prison.
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Tim & Pam DarlingSpain
Their first 29 years of missionary service were spent in Venezuela, South American. While there, the Lord gave them the joy and privilege of working with Venezuelans to establish churches, youth and camp ministries and a Bible Institute. They left on December 13, 2009, with trained Venezuelans in place to take charge of different ministries.
A new opportunity arose and they departed for Spain on November 11, 2010. Their main ministry is with Baptist Bible Seminary of Spain coordinating and teaching classes in the Madrid area and establishing local churches. |
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Jake & Joy DeWaldServing in the Dominican Republic
They are one of the four teams to the Dominican Republic sent by Heritage Hills Baptist Church. They are in Puerto Plata church planting with a desire to train national pastors. Some of the areas they specifically focus on are outreach, children, and teen ministries. Young believers need to be trained for the next generation of the church to survive and this is their burden. Their ministry website is drdewalds.com. |
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Cindy FaileFor 35 years, Cindy has been serving in church planting in Mali, a mostly Islamic country, through evangelism and discipleship as well as helping churches develop their children, youth, and women’s ministries, curriculum development, and teacher training. She is heavily involved in women’s ministries through teaching and mentoring. Currently she is at home in the states, dealing with various medical issues and seeking to be a support to the people of Mali in any way she can.
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Cleverson & Stefanie FariaServing in the Dominican Republic
On September 17, 2007, they arrived in the Dominican Republic as full-time missionaries. In cooperation with the team from HHBC, their goal is to plant churches, evangelize the lost, disciple the flock, train nationals to reach their own people, and build a camp. There is also a great ministry to be done among the Haitians who have relocated in the DR to escape poverty in their own country. The Faria's are serving in La Vega with the Bell family.
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Tim & Shelby GreenHispanic ministry - Memphis, TN
Shelby and Tim Green are missionaries with Baptist Mid-Missions doing Spanish church planting. Tim was born and raised in Venezuela to missionary parents. Shelby is a native of North Carolina. Tim was called to missionary service as a teenager and Shelby felt the call before starting in Piedmont Baptist College. They started their missionary service in Mexico then transferred to North American ministry. They planted the Iglesia Bautista Bíblica in Lawrence, Massachusetts and are presently working to establish the Iglesia Bautista Central in Memphis, Tennessee, where there are over 50,000 people of Hispanic descent. |
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Charles & Gai JewellCentral African Republic
Charlie and Gai Jewell have retired from full time service in the Central African Republic. They are still seeking to serve the people of CAR in any way possible, and Charlie seeks to make semi-regular trips there to help as needed.
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James & Lauren PeavyServing in the Dominican republic
We are James and Lauren Peavy serving in city of La Romana in the Dominican Republic. We have three children. James loves fishing and Lauren is an excellent baker. Michael collects trains and superheroes, Caroling is obsessed with unicorns and princesses, and Katherine is still our baby.
We moved to the field in January 2017 to be a part of the ministry with Seminario Bautista Internacional. James serves as the academic dean, in the IT department and as a professor. This ministry is vital to the churches of the Dominican Republic as many pastors serve without formal training and there is a lack of qualified men to lead church planting efforts. We firmly believe the the church of Christ grows through the clear exposition and teaching of the Word of God. In conjunction with the seminary ministry, we serve in local church ministries. James preaches and teaches and Lauren leads the Wednesday night children’s program. We are also involved as a family in the ministry to the Bethesda Orphanage, a ministry of the local church. |
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Adam & Jodi PittmanDominican Republic
Adam and Jodi Pittman are missionaries serving with Baptist World Mission in the Dominican Republic. Currently, the Pittman family is working in the city of Puerto Plata with the DeWald family. Their ministries include, kids bible class in their neighborhood, weekly adult bible study in Spanish and with English students, evangelism and building relationships with Dominicans.
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JAMES & JOYCE sECHRESTHaving been in Bible-believing churches as children, Joyce and I were both saved as children. After we were married. I felt the call to preach. I pastored for 26 years. In 2009, God began dealing with each of us concerning replacing missionaries who need to come home on furlough. We both surrendered and in 2019 went to both Italy and Argentina replacing missionaries who were in the states on furlough. Now in 2020, we are continuing deputation to raise the needed monthly support to carry on this ministry full time. There is a great need. As the Holy Spirit is described as "One called alongside to help," so our ministry of furlough replacement is one of "coming alongside to help."
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Peter & Gail TiddWe are Peter and Gail Tidd. God called us into full time missionary service in 1995 after serving for 20 years both pastoring and teaching in Christian schools. Our first place of missionary service was Venezuela (1995-2009). When political upheaval prevented our return there, God opened doors for us to plant a Hispanic church in Spanish Fork, UT (2010-2016). In 2022, we accepted a position for Furlough Replacement and will be filling in various ministries around the world.
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Paul & Laurel TimblinArizona & Mexico
We have been with UIM Aviation since 2004. Our focus is using airplanes to fly into remote villages in the mountains of Mexico to share the gospel of Christ with the tribal people. Paul is the Director of Maintenance. He uses his detailed mechanical and organizational skills to keep the planes flying safely in and out of these rough airstrips in the mountains. As Director of Maintenance, Paul is also part of the administrative team of UIM Aviation.
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Don & LeAnne WaiteSlovakia
We have been serving with Baptist Mid-Missions in Slovakia since May of 2001. Building up the Baptist church in Kezmorak through evangelism and discipleship is the focus of our ministry. In addition to regular services and fellowship events, this includes a children's and youth ministry as well as individual and small group Bible studies. For the past seven years we have been involved in outreach through teaching English as a second language. Some classes we teach in our home, and for some we go to businesses in our area. |
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Nate & Karol WatkinsNew York City
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