Phyllis Eggan
Phyllis Eggan assists and encourages small, rural churches around her. Filling in gaps in the churches’ children and youth ministries as best she can, Phyllis...
Mike Miller
Mike is an HCML (Hope Center for Missional Leadership) pastoral resident. He is currently engaged in a residency program to become a pastor, which includes...
Denney Prophete
Denny serves in Delray Beach, Florida, primarily in the inner city among the Haitian community, working with children and young adults. After graduating from Word...
Brandie Hough
Brandie serves at Camp Hope in Mesa County, Colorado. Her ministry welcomes children who are tired, hurting, abandoned, hungry, or searching for hope. At Camp...
Sherri Murray
Sherri came to faith in Christ at age 15 and soon sensed a clear call to missions. A graduate of the Philadelphia College of Bible...
Matt & Terah Bagwell
Matt and Terah serve in Rainier, Oregon where they serve at Shiloh Basin Community Church, a small country church tucked away in a quiet basin...
Automotive Ministry
What is Automotive Ministry? Automotive ministry uses vehicle maintenance and education as a platform for sharing Christ’s love and building relationships within a community. This hands-on ministry meets tangible needs while creating opportunities for spiritual conversations and mentorship. Automotive missionaries offer services ranging from basic car maintenance to full repair assistance for those in need, providing both practical help and...
Community Ministry
What is Area Ministry? Area ministry supports specific regions or communities in need of spiritual and/or physical aid. Area missionaries use a holistic approach to address the spiritual, social, and practical needs of their designated location. This type of ministry allows missionaries to build deep community relationships and develop relevant programs to their area, including church planting, discipleship, youth outreach...
Ansley Tyre
Ansley is honored to partner with InFaith and Hope Church to share the mission God has placed on her heart. Her ministry is driven by...
Apologetics Ministry
What is Apologetics Ministry? Apologetics ministry focuses on defending and explaining the Christian faith through reasoned arguments, evidence, and thoughtful engagement. This ministry educates believers on articulating their faith and responding to objections or common misconceptions about Christianity. An apologetics missionary serves as a bridge between faith and reason, making faith more digestible to both non-believers and existing Christians.
John Cecere
John’s ministry is centered on fostering Kingdom growth through local outreach. From his experience, when the church walks alongside individuals and families in their time...
Sarina Youngberg
Sarina is passionate about reaching teens and young adults through camps, after-school ministries, and other outreach opportunities. She aims to help them see their value...
Kevin Minto
Kevin Minto is the founder of Seasoned Servants, a ministry dedicated to mobilizing the wisdom and experience of retired or semi-retired evangelical Christians (50+) to...
We need an innovative and people-centered individual or couple to bring the light of the gospel to the people of...
Rod & Kathleen Smith
Rod and Kathleen Smith are passionate about serving rural communities and small towns in Southern California and Wyoming, with a special focus on reaching Spanish-speaking...
Steven Roatch
Steven has been blessed with a ministry to share a story of hope and redemption through Jesus Christ. Drawing from his life experiences and the...
Jenna Moss
Jenna Moss is joining the Hope Center for Missional Leadership (HCML) as an Outreach Ministry Resident. HCML, based at HOPE Church in Richmond, VA (...
InFaith - Why We Reach the Nation
Adam & Becky Fladie
Adam and Becky Fladie serve in East Tennessee through student programs: campus clubs in local schools, Bible Released-Time classes, and classes at the local Boys...
At InFaith, we believe that effective ministry begins with a clear and built out ministry plan. As a missionary, you...
Brian & Lucia Efferding
Brian and Lucia Efferding serve in Delray Beach, Florida, primarily in the inner city among Haitian, African American, and Hispanic families. They serve as executive...
Melanie Reimer
Melanie Reimer reaches primarily young adult women in the Los Angeles county area, and also works to collaborate with the local church for outreach opportunities...
Randy & Rhonda Elliott
Randy and Rhonda Elliott serve in Yavapai County, a rural region in northwest Arizona marked by both beautiful mountain roads and deep spiritual need. While...
The Quintus Story
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November 2016
Reach Local: Hungry Horse, Montana
“Our ministry exists because there’s no other place like it in Hungry Horse; there’s no other place for these kids to go. And in a lot of these kids’ lives, this is the only place that shows them the love of Jesus.” Kevin and Gina Bickel reach their local community of Hungry Horse, Montana through
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November 2016
Lori Thompson
Lori Thompson loves building relationships and walking alongside people of all ages in the rural communities of East Central MN. She desires to help them...
Pat & Don Teeter
Pat and Don Teeter travel to various towns throughout north Iowa to reach children with the gospel message. The Teeters invite children to attend InFaith...
Ken & Deb Quintus
Ken and Deb Quintus have ministries to support those reentering society. Ken has worked in prison ministry for nearly two decades, and used his knowledge...
Esther Brewer
Esther is serving as an intern alongside missionaries Ezra and Victoria-Joy Creighton, whose goal is to rebuild the foundation of Truth in the next generation...
Lexi Nickel
Lexi Nickel is a summer missionary serving at ride by faith ministry in Mountain Lake, Minnesota.
Celebrating Betty Glover's 100th Birthday
On April 7, 2025, Betty Glover—a devoted missionary, mentor, and faithful servant of Christ—celebrates 100 years of life and over 70 years of ministry. Her impact on rural communities, especially in the Appalachian region, has been immeasurable.
Refresh 2025 resource page
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Joel & Debbie Banham
Joel and Debbie Banham have been ministering as church missionaries for more than twenty years. Joel serves as a “pastor at large”, filling the pulpit...
Anthony & Jenny Volkert
Anthony and Jenny Volkert serve in the rural area of southern Illinois. Anthony pastors Olive General Baptist Church. Anthony and Jenny started a children’s ministry...
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About InFaith
We want to be a part of God's change in others even as God is constantly changing us. We try to find the dark places in our local communities and see where Jesus needs to shine by calling people to conversion and discipling them in their walk of faith.
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Start your ministry to make a difference in your local community. Christian missions are needed to spread the love and hope of Jesus Christ. InFaith has been helping others start their own ministry from scratch in a Christian career where they can follow their calling.
InFaith Heritage
InFaith is moved by the call to reach locally and spread God’s kingdom right here in the United states–something we’ve been doing for the last 200 years.
Jason Stradtmann
Jason’s ministry is centered on walking alongside young people who are searching for guidance, hope, and a sense of direction. Twice a week, he serves...
Bud Lamb
Bud Lamb has been an ordained pastor for almost 20 years. He mentors men and encourages younger pastors. He works one-on-one, writes, and leads high...
Daphnie Lattimore
Support Daphnie Lattimore as they continue their retirement with InFaith
Don & Susan White
Don and Susan White minister through InFaith: Search and Rescue, a ministry dedicated to finding and reaching individuals for relationship, healing, and discipleship in Jesus...
Josh Morgan
Josh serves in Sandy, Oregon where he trains, mobilizes and equips families and churches for a citywide, home-based disciple-making movement. He plans to accomplish this...
Colin Deay
Colin Deay is pastor of Open Door Presbyterian Church, a church plant of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. They strive to be gospel-centered, value diversity, foster...
Mark Faulstich
Mark is the founder of Compassionate Truth Ministries (CTM). His desire is to disciple people who love God wholeheartedly and love others with the compassionate...
Angela Miller
Angela Miller uses horses as a bridge to build relationships with local kids in southern Minnesota. Her program offers one-on-one mentoring where the kids are...
Bob & Gale Romig
Bob and Gale Romig serve their area through a variety of ministries. They currently are involved in Pastoral Ministry at the Cotton Community Church and...
Bobby Jo Valencia
Bobby Jo Valencia has a passion to reach children and share the gospel with them. She serves at Camp Hope near Grand Junction, CO. The...
Bryon & Emelda Rush
Bryon and Emelda Rush serve in southern Arizona. Bryon ministers on three military bases through Bible studies, mentorship, and one-on-one evangelism. Emelda leads a widows’...
Dayjoh King
Dayjoh and Kayla serve in Upper Darby, PA where they prioritize various urban communities. They recognize a strong need for holistic discipleship among teenagers, many...
Ralph & Connie Schram
Ralph and Connie Schram are committed to reaching those around them with the gospel through Bible studies, kids’ Bible clubs, youth groups, and summer Bible...
Tad & Michelle Cooper
Support Tad & Michelle Cooper as they continue their retirement with InFaith.
Rodney & Ruth Stromlund
Rodney and Ruth Stromlund serve in the Ozark Mountains in north central Arkansas. Their ministries include Vacation Bible Schools, youth meetings and retreats, men’s and...
Chris Manley
Chris Manley is a Church planter in Chattanooga, Tennessee where he serves as an evangelist with the Presbytery of the Southeast, a collection of churches...
John & Anna Bazemore
John and Anna desire to see people embrace, know, and share the Christian faith. Thus, they provide the opportunity for the unsaved to receive Christ...
Doris & Dave Jasperson
Doris and Dave Jasperson work together in Barron County, Wisconsin to support adult addicts and offenders with the tools and faith-based support they need in...
Duane & Debbie Stixrud
The Stixrud's dedicate their time to evangelizing and discipling people of northwest Washington for Jesus Christ. Their ministries focus on connecting people with local churches...
Emily Mitchell
Emily Mitchell reaches women in Philadelphia’s shelter system by offering discipleship and mentoring to those who are unconnected to emotional and spiritual support. Her goal...
Gary & Linda Casady
Gary and Linda Casady founded the Youth Empowerment Shelter (Y.E.S.) to provide youth in crisis (ages 10 – 18) a place of physical and emotional...
Jeremy & Carolyn Holt
Jeremy and Carolyn serve through community outreach in the mountainous region of eastern Kentucky. Their heart is to stay connected with children and youth and...
John & Cindy Gardiner
John and Cindy Gardiner focus ministry on reaching those from broken homes— parents and children— by sharing with them the hope and healing found only...
Matthew & Elizabeth Ziegler
The Zieglers serve in Stillwater, Oklahoma through their local church and connection to Oklahoma State University and numerous para-church organizations. Mathew uses the tools and...
Matthew & Simone McKinnon
In their neighborhood of 1,000+ families in Rancocas Woods, Matthew and Simone encounter teens and families disconnected from each other, struggling without purpose...alone. They are...
Melvin Sensenig
Melvin Sensenig uses his urban church planting and academic experience to train urban pastors and leaders in Reading. Through Theologian-in-Residence for Urban Ministry (TIR), Melvin...
Shawn & Cheryl Ammons
Shawn and Cheryl Ammons serve in America's Heartland as Wilderness Shepherds and NextGen Mobilizers. They minister through environments of education, sports, and the outdoors. Shawn...
Wayne Wrzesinski
Wayne grew up and serves out of southwestern Washington where he focuses on disciple making and digital ministry. He leads a small group that meets...
Levi & Elliana Anderson
Levi and Elliana Anderson focus on disability discipleship and ministry, which includes church ministry development, pastoral/church leader mentorship, and individual discipleship of intellectually and developmentally...
Rick & Vicki Smith
Rick and Vicki Smith minister to InFaith field staff throughout the United States by providing personal assessment consultation for new candidates. Rick is an area...
Kerri Brown
Kerri Brown serves in Colcord, Oklahoma in the foothills of the Ozarks. She proclaims the gospel to children and families so they can live fruitful...
Lee & Pam Beldon
Support Lee & Pam Beldon as they continue their retirement with InFaith.
Paul & Glenda Lehman
Paul and Glenda Lehman serve as a pastoral team to Glade Park Bible Church and the community. The church aims to make a difference in...
Ric & Judy Hammond
Support Ric & Judy Hammond as they continue their retirement with InFaith.
Robert Payne
Robert Payne serves in Auburn, California where he plans to seek out those who are lost and lonely in his community. Robert has a huge...
Jim Asselin
Jim serves as Chaplain to First Responders through the City of Sunnyvale, and Correctional Officers through the State of California. Jim offers Critical Incident Stress...
Jody & Beth Stevens
In south-central Ohio, Jody and Beth Stevens serve through Vacation Bible Schools. They offer leadership training classes for the purpose of training leaders to serve...
Jon & Jerilyn Sousa
Jon and Jerilyn Sousa serve Spanish-speaking immigrants in the Willamette Valley. Since their start in 1986, they have planted two Spanish-speaking churches, and are still...
Daniel & Julee McIntosh
Daniel and Julee McIntosh have a deep passion for the people in rural, southeastern Kentucky. Pastoring a county church and providing community outreach to all...
Larry & Vonnie Pratt
Larry and Vonnie Pratt minister in the rural areas of the Pacific NW, as well as around the country at camps, churches, Vacation Bible Schools...
Patricia Montgomery
Patricia serves in her hometown of Booneville, Kentucky, where her ministry centers on her passion for singing and playing guitar. She writes her own music...
Emily Baringer
Emily serves as a director of Camp WeWoSeJe (short for We Would See Jesus from John 12:21) in Mt. Vernon, IL, during the summer months...
Nathan & Meagan Bath
Nathan and Meagan Bath serve as Field Directors in the northwest, where they encourage, love, and care for local InFaith missionaries in the area. Those...
Ed & Pennie Lochmoeller
Support Ed & Pennie Lochmoeller as they continue their retirement with InFaith.
Edna & Marty Ziegler
Reaching local and beyond, Edna and Marty Ziegler seek out God-directed opportunities to touch the lives of others wherever they happen to be. From South...
Jason & Lisa Frye
Jason and Lisa Frye live in Bend, OR. After serving as an InFaith field director in Ohio for several years, Jason now mentors youth workers...
Doris and Dave's ministry update
Mira Kim Falcone
Mira serves refugee and immigrant communities in South Philadelphia, working alongside InFaith missionaries David and Lisa Grainge at SACCPhilly - a 120+ year old neighborhood...
Our Endorsed Chaplains
InFaith is pleased to provide nondenominational ecclesiastical endorsement to U.S. military chaplains. Here is a list of all our current military and hospital chaplains.
Louis & Carrie Nelson
Louis and Carrie serve the children and families in the Grand Junction, CO area. They help kids realize that they are loved, valued, and created...
Rising to the Occasion
In these challenging and tumultuous times we are so blessed to share how our ministries have flexed and adapted to rise to the needs of the locals we serve. Below, see our latest stories and connect with our field staffers' pages where you can read more about the places they're called and support them in the work.
Megan DeHaven
Meg DeHaven serves in InFaith’s Home Office as the Director of Mobilization. With over a decade of next generation ministry and networking experience, Meg is...
David Mohr
David, based in Independence, Oregon, serves as a badged volunteer, faithfully bringing church services and spiritual support to incarcerated individuals across multiple correctional facilities each...
My Grandfather
My grandfather was an Italian immigrant who came to Philadelphia at the turn of the 20th century. He worked in a slaughterhouse and later at a refinery. He loved chin-ups and bowling and could fix anything. On a wall in the workshop basement of his small South Philadelphia row home was a collection of the hard hats he would wear
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April 2022
Dr. Jerry Iamurri
Jerry Iamurri serves in InFaith's Home Office as the Executive Director/CEO of InFaith. Jerry came to InFaith from the EPC (Evangelical Presbyterian Church), where he...
Circle: Autumn 2021
Hello, As you may already know, I am retiring at the end of this year from my leadership role at InFaith. I’ve had an amazing 14 years here; God has done some incredible things. You’ll hear more about His faithfulness in the issue that you’re about to read. I’m really thankful for the bedrock that this ministry is founded on
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March 2022
Ken & Karen Toews
Ken and Karen Toews serve in their local nursing home, weekly released time classes, and Karen leads a ladies’ Bible study. They also fill numerous...
What's Next?
Circle: Autumn 2016
Reach Local. Kids’ Lives Change.
Children are often the ones forgotten and ignored in the face of poverty or addictions at home. Many who serve with InFaith love and care for the next generation in their communities by providing programs that share the amazing truths of God’s love and create consistent, safe environments.
Jim & Teri Wilson in Kearney, Nebraska
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November 2016
Circle: Spring 2016
Reach Local. Change Lives.
An intricate golden temple sits on the street corner across from Mifflin Square Park, with whiffs of exotically flavored meat on a stick filling the air from street vendors’ stands. It feels like a scene out of an adventure movie set in Asia, instead of what it is – a city block in South Philadelphia, just
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November 2016
Circle: Autumn 2015
I Reach Local Because I Live Here.
“This is my valley,” Rick Ediger says, pointing across the central Colorado landscape, his rough hands hinting of car oil around his fingernails. “This is the place God has given me [for ministry]. Aren’t I lucky?” he adds as tears pool in the corners of his eyes.
Earlier that day, Rick had been
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November 2016
September 2015
Reach Local in Southwest Washington
Lewis and Clark concluded their pioneering survey of the western United States in southwestern Washington. This beautiful area stretching along the Pacific coast with Portland to the south, Seattle to the north, and overlooked by Washington’s highest peak – Mt. Rainer – once again needs a pioneering survey, but this time of a spiritual nature
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September 2015
November 2015
Reach Local in Rural Nevada
InFaith has been ministering to an area 100 miles north, south and east of Reno, Nevada for years. (We had a missionary start a Sunday School there in 1915!) This section of rural western Nevada is marked by a spiritual dryness that reflects the starkness of the desert landscape. InFaith is looking for the right
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November 2015
January 2016
Wanted: Rugged Adventurer
In the starkly beautiful high country of the Rocky Mountains, you run across the occasional adventure-sport junkies, off-roading fanatics, and shepherds from Latin America contracted by local ranchers to care for their sheep. Herding sheep is a lonely job, marked by wind and silence, with a sheep dog as your only companion. InFaith is looking for rugged
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January 2016
March 2016
Organized? Love kids and Christian camping?
Do you love developing policies, working with numbers, updating legal documents, coordinating communication, and doing it all so that a Christian camp can function properly? If so, our camp office manager position in Idaho might just be the answer to the call you’ve felt on your life! We’re looking for someone to act as
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March 2016
May 2016
Inner-City Children’s Ministry Director Needed
Do you have a heart for children who are shaped by the inner-city neighborhood in which they live? We’re looking for someone to join other InFaith field staff at a community church in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. You’ll oversee a team of volunteers who run the children’s program, which includes kid’s clubs, an after-school
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May 2016
July 2016
“Gang Church” Pastor Needed
In an economically poor area comprised of many Spanish-speaking farmworkers and gang members, we are looking for someone to be the lead pastor of a developing “gang church”. Working with our current field staff members, the candidate will help to continue to develop and expand a church plant focused on former members of gangs and their
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July 2016
September 2016
Youth Center Program Director Needed
Want to help provide a safe, fun place for kids to hang out and learn about God after school? We’re looking for someone to join a well-established youth center ministry in Kearney, Nebraska, as program director. This is an opportunity to impact the lives of children and youth through job training, academic & emotional support
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September 2016
The Bickel Story
Ken Alford
Dr. Ken Alford serves in Easton, WA where he strives to bring God into the lives of people who are hurting and dealing with uncertain...
Affliliations
InFaith is a charter member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. The ECFA provides accreditation to leading Christian nonprofit organizations that faithfully demonstrate compliance with established standards for financial accountability, board governance, integrity in fundraising, and proper use of charity resources.
Circle: Spring 2021
Camp Galilee, La Follette, TN
Mark & Mellissa Lay
“We have so many children that live for the camp experience,” says Mark Lay, who serves as camp director with his wife, Mellissa, at Camp Galilee in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee. Some of their campers come from homes without adequate water, heat, or indoor plumbing. “It’s so sad to see
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March 2021
Thomas & Evlyn Bump
Thomas and Evlyn Bump have been in ministry for over 40 years. They have been ministering in churches together as Thomas pastors, while Evlyn teaches...
The Wilson Story
The Grainge Story
The Ediger Story
The Moran Story
Reach Local
Why Reach Local?
Circle: Spring 2020
Reach Local: Serving Those Who Serve
The Travis Dalsis Story: Fort Polk, Louisiana
In the pre-dawn darkness on the U.S. Army installation of Fort Polk, Louisiana, InFaith-endorsed Chaplain (Captain) Travis Dalsis leads a hundred or so soldiers in physical training (PT). He pauses between exercises to give words of encouragement and talk about resilience. Travis does the exercises with three groups
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March 2020
September 2019
Video: Hope in the Midst of Addiction
Whatever the addiction – meth, alcohol, heroin, marijuana, opioids, gambling, or pornography – there is a person behind it with a story of pain, brokenness, and shame. Enter InFaith’s Doris and Dave Jasperson, who started The Gap—a refurbished old house where people in recovery can meet for support, accountability, mentoring, and counseling
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September 2019
The Chaplain Dalsis Story
March 2021
What’s InFaith All About?
We put on an event last month to help explain more about InFaith as a whole and share interviews with several field staffers about their ministries around the country. We also loved sharing in some laughs with Ridge Burns & Christian comedian Brad Stine.
If you weren’t able to join us that night, you can watch
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March 2021
Circle: Autumn 2020
Never Stop Loving: All Kinds of Locals
We stand and wait in of one of the most challenging times in our recent history. After COVID-19 we all look at each other differently. Stimulus packages, ZOOM meetings, and grocery stores have tried to meet many of our needs in these past months. But who is standing in the gap for those
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February 2021
Bob Miles
Bob Miles serves as a chaplain in senior facilities in western Washington. He leads regular chapel services, Bible studies, and prayer meetings at two complexes...
Jim & Teri Wilson
Jim and Teri Wilson serve in Kearney, Nebraska, as InFaith field staff. Their ministry centers on building godly relationships and helping people grow in their...
Circle: Spring 2017
INFAITH: 200 YEARS OF REACHING LOCAL AND CHANGING LIVES
InFaith has been reaching locally—actively responding to needs around us—for 200 years. In 1817, Philadelphia was full of children who worked six days a week, with no chance to go to school or learn how to read. A group of local people got together and formed our mission to address the
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March 2017
January 2017
2017 marks InFaith's 200th anniversary!
Our mission officially formed on May 13, 1817. From pioneering Sunday schools among poor children, to working with Native Americans, publishing books, sending missionary nurses to Appalachia, pioneering Christian camping, and meeting the needs of immigrants and refugees—our mission has been responding to local needs in the United States and teaching the unchanging truth
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January 2017
Steven & Sofi Boyle
Steven and Sofi Boyle lead seven different worship and discipleship ministries in Columbia Community Bible Church, and also participate in three community groups outside the...
Carl & Jan VanVoorst
Carl and Jan VanVoorst helped establish Hope for Life Community Church. The church brings the gospel of hope into the community by hosting home group...
The Betty Glover Story
Circle: Autumn 2017
FOR US, THE GOSPEL IS STILL LOCAL.
In May 1958, Betty Glover - a single registered nurse in her thirties - moved to the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee to become a missionary to those living in extreme poverty deep in the mountains. The coal mines had recently shut down in this part of Tennessee. All of the men had started work
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August 2017
September 2019
Our missionaries are at a crisis point: their funding is shrinking because of inflation. The average InFaith missionary has lost $4,979—in terms of buying power—to cover basic household and ministry expenses since 2010. Will you help our missionaries keep up with inflation by increasing your regular gift to them by at least 10%? Or if you don’t yet financially support any of our missionaries, would you start now? Go to infaith.org/give.
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September 2019
Circle: Autumn 2019
Bridging the Gap: Hope in the Midst of Addiction
“Doris doesn’t judge anyone,” says Steven Roatch. “She’s always there to listen.”
For those, like Steven, who are coming out of drug addiction and jail, finding a place where they aren’t judged can be difficult, even in Barron County, Wisconsin, where—as in much of the nation—methamphetamine addiction has become a major
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September 2019
The Jasperson Story
July 2017
Seeds of Change
by Rich Cundall, InFaith Board of Trustees
One hundred years ago, the faithfulness of one man changed the trajectory of my family's lives. In 1911, InFaith missionary C.A. Fahlgren recognized that there had been no gospel presence in Saline County Kansas for several decades. So he knocked on the door of Charles Buck, the trustee of the
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July 2017
May 2017
What It Means to Reach Local
by Dixie Massey, InFaith Board of Trustees
I grew up a part of the heritage work of InFaith. My dad was a missionary with InFaith and his work in Wyoming looked very much like the work of the early missionaries when our country was young. For him in rural Wyoming, reaching local meant driving
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May 2017
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March 2017
To the Least, the Lost, the Lonely
"No one should be alone," InFaith's Ken Quintus says. "The church is called to go to the least, the lost, the lonely. The hope is that they will turn from darkness into the light of Jesus." Mason City, where Ken does much of his jail and reentry aftercare ministry, is a hub for
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March 2017
September 2018
Video: Helping Homeless Youth in Oregon
There are 300 homeless children and youth — out of only 3,000 students—in The Dalles, Oregon, according to local educators. Enter the Youth Empowerment Shelter (Y.E.S.). Started in 2014 by InFaith’s Gary and Linda Casady, Y.E.S.’s mission is to provide a place of physical and emotional safety for youth in crisis.
“These kids
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September 2018
Circle: Autumn 2018
Just say Y.E.S. — A local called home
Alone. Sixteen-year-old Zoey* stood on the side of the road as her dad drove out of view. He had just kicked her out of the car when they’d started fighting on their drive back to Portland after a visit to her uncle’s house. Her disagreements with her father had been getting more
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September 2018
The Casady Story
We need an innovative and people-centered individual or couple to bring the light of the gospel to the youth of...
May 2018
Summer Staff Profile: Ashley Watkins
Meet Ashley Watkins, one of our 2018 InFaith summer staffers. Some of her favorite things are rømmegrøt (a Norwegian pudding), the color orange, and the movies Tangled and The Princess Bride. But her greatest passions are God and horses. This summer, she gets to work in a ministry that combines those passions in a
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May 2018
March 2018
Hidden Locals
Our country has a hidden underbelly—sex trafficking, drug abuse, and homelessness. It’s here in our own country. But there are ministries that reach out to the people and systems that make up this evil, often-unseen part of our nation. However, these pockets of needs throughout the United States are so raw and InFaith’s work so sensitive that we
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March 2018
Dan Sheldon
Dan Sheldon serves in InFaith's Home Office as the Chief Financial Officer. In his role, Dan uses his skills and gifts in nonprofit finance and...
FAQ
At InFaith, we call our long-term missionaries field staff. Our field staff work part-time and full-time, spreading the gospel and meeting practical needs in local communities all across the continental United States!
Hidden Local: Homeless Youth
Hidden Local: Unseen Realities
Circle: Spring 2018
REACH LOCAL: GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Glenwood takes up about one square mile of the city of Greensboro, North Carolina. In that square mile over twenty languages are spoken, forty percent of the people live in poverty, and substance abuse is common, but rays of light in the kingdom of God are breaking in. InFaith's Dayna Carr is part of a
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February 2018