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Mission Profiles

Robert and Lisa Merrill
Moscow Russia since 1993
Biography: Bob and Lisa met on a summer mission’s trip and were introduced to the C&MA through Woodinville Alliance Church. Bob served at several Alliance churches in Wyoming then pastured English speaking ministries at the Seattle Chinese Alliance Church. They were among the first Alliance missionaries to enter Russia in 1993.
Current work status: We are currently working with a Russian church planter establishing a new church in Butovo area of Moscow (Population 14 million). In this part of the city there are 600,000 people with no evangelical church. We also work with churches in the Tyumen/Tobolsk region in Siberia working in church planting and leadership.
Prayer request will be updated.

Joyce Johns
Cambodia since 1992
Biography: Joyce was raised in a non-Christian home in New York. She did some medical work in Spokane before she became a Christian in 1978. After she received a call to missions, she went on to get her bachelor’s degree in nursing. She then went on to seminary after her first short term missions trip. Joyce also received a master’s degree in community health.
Current work/status: Church leadership development, prison ministry, community health. She is currently working in Mondulkiri Province (northeast Cambodia).
Prayer request: Please pray for Leah, a young woman working with her. Leah needs to renew her relationship with the lord. Pray for Joyce about the care of her mother in New York. Updates will be coming along.

Randy and Joy Newburn
AWANA Ministries Quito Ecuador since 2003
Home Church: Arbor Heights Community Church
Biography: Randy grew up in Indiana and received Christ at age 13. He entered Nyack College for International Worker preparation and there met Joy. In 1971 Randy served as assistant Pastor in Kent, Washington and then as pastor in Roseburg, Oregon. Both had ministered in Ecuador with AWANA Youth Church.
Current work/status: Directing the children and youth ministry, specifically AWANA clubs throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

More Missionaries associated with C&MA and Arbor Heights Community Church will be added later.

 

Missions Reading List

Arbor Heights Community Church

Missions Reading List:

Acts

letters to the Romans, Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, Galatians, Colossians, Thessalonians, and Timothy

Killing Fields, Living Fields by Don Cormack ISBN: 978-1845505110

Through Gates of Splendor: The Event That Shocked the World, Changed a People, and Inspired a Nation (Hendrickson Classic Biographies) by Elisabeth Elliot ISBN-13: 978-1598564693

Lords of the Earth: An Incredible but True Story from the Stone-Age Hell of Papua’s Jungle by Don Richarson ISBN-13: 978-0830746637

Eternity in Their Hearts: Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World by Don Richardson ISBN-13: 978-0830738373

Peace Child: An Unforgettable Story of Primitive Jungle Treachery in the 20th Century by Don Richarson ISBN-13: 978-0830737840

Please feel free to share more titles. This is not a complete list.

 

Missions Prayer Group

The Missions Prayer Group is an electronic source for prayer requests dedicated to Missionaries in the field in various countries and ministries. All the members are Evangelical and committed to ‘Matthew 28:17-20 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”. The list includes Short Term Missionary Leadership, Pastors and elders of different ethnic background, and Long Term Missionaries throughout the world. This group is open to all evangelical conservative denominations. You can submit a name to this list by return e-mail. Here is a list of Missionaries participating in this group.

Cambodia:
Joyce Johns: ministers in Mondulkiri province Northeast Cambodia her ministry is both medical and personal Christian encouragement and support (disciple making).

Soueth and Syna Lou: minister in Popiet province with medical assistance and small group Bible studies in one of the most corrupt areas in northwest Cambodia.

Pastor Jun Mun Oh: ministers to college graduates and young families in Phnom Penh through church planting and small groups.

Pastor Myungsuk Kwon and Elder Kangsuk Kim: minister in Prey Veng province to country side churches in eastern Cambodia.

Jeff and Vonnie Everson: oversee a young womens ministry in Phnom Penh

Arun and Ruth Ndep: service as Bible Translators and representatives of the International Bible Society. Arun translated the a revised Khmer (Cambodian) Bible from the original Greek and Hebrew text. They work in outreach to countryside churchs. They live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Ecuador:
Randy and Joy Newburn: administer AWANA clubs throughout South America, and Central America. Their family is also involved in that ministry.

India:
Pastor John Prakasam: oversees ministry at Bible College dedicated to sending disciples out into other areas of India, a secular training school in an attempt to reach out to Hindus, and a feeding program to former victims of leprosy. The ministry is located in southern India.

Mexico:
Checo and Coriann Flores: serve in Moneterey, Mexico. Checo services as part time Pastor in a church in the poorest part of the city. The family is located in Austin Texas due to the violence in Moneterey, Checo had to relocate and visits the church once a month.

Pete and Donna Merry: serve in the highlands of central Mexico with small group support, and congregation assistance.

Russia:
Bob and Lisa Merrill: serve in Moscow Russia in neighborhood outreach and small groups.

United States:
Dr. Sahara Chea: ministers to the unreached local Cambodian community, and Cambodian inmates in Washington State Prisons.

Zambia, Southern Africa
Dan and Janell Hartley: serve in Livingston, Zambia supported by Overland Missions. They reach out to very rural areas in the Southern African Region

Short Term and Overseas Church planting:
Pastor Chamron Phal: services as pastor of a Cambodian church in central California, USA. He is also very involved in church planting in Cambodia. He makes that trip at least once a year. He contributes to the Cambodian Christian web site with preaching.

Pastor Radha Manickam: oversees ministry in Siem Reap Cambodia and makes at least a yearly visit. He assists in ministry at Sonrise Evangelical Free Church.

Koliyarn Kong: Heads the CEC (Cambodian Evangelical Church) women’s ministry. She frequently makes short term mission trips to Cambodian with her mother and a number of other ladies.

Joanna Kimes: works at World Vision with sponsors in the United States who provide for Aids Kits sent to African Nations suffering with the affects of Aids.

I appreciate the support of Pastor Ken Ross (Arbor Heights Community Church) in allowing me to use their web site and giving his prayer support.
God’s Blessings thank you for your continued prayer support.