Missions

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Billy & Sophie Allardice - France

Billy and Sophie have worked in France for many years to build and strengthen churches in Brive, Perigueux, and Albertville. Billy has written Bible commentaries in French on Titus, Galatians, and Revelation. They will be retiring in 2026.

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Larry & Leslie Ball - Director, International Baptist Missions

Larry is the General Director of International Baptist Missions. IBM is been a ministry of Tri-City Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona, since 1980. He also serves on the faculty of International Baptist College and Seminary. Larry served as Pastor our church from 1989-2008.

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Dave & Claudia Barba - Church Planting USA

Dave is a preacher, musician, and writer. He and his wife Claudia, who is a teacher and writer, have been in the full-time church planting ministry for 50 years.After planting Falls Baptist Church in Menomonee Falls, WI in 1974, they spent 9 years in evangelism, and plantedTrinity Baptist Church in Franklin, TN in 1995. Press On! Ministries was started in 2001 to help with all stages of church planting and growth. Currently they assist churches that are without a pastor and help churches that are stalled in growth and outreach ministry. Dave’s radio devotionals are aired on seventy-five FM stations in the USA and in the Caribbean.

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Ivan & Tania Largent - Uruguay

Ivan and Tania have been ministering the gospel to plant churches in the remote parts of Uruguay for over 15 years. They give the gospel at the town markets, conduct Bible studies, and support the area church plants with music, teaching and preaching. Summertime adds the opportunity for the camp ministries and VBS in various towns. Ivan and Tania have 7 children: Katy, David, Erny, Beny, Jed, Mel and Doc.

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Randy & Sharlene Cornelius - Grenada

Randy is the managing director, engineer and program director of Harbour Light of the Windwards Radio Station in Carriacou, Granada, West Indies. Sharlene is a teacher and Principal of Harbour LIght Christian Academy. The radio station transmits the Gospel, preaching, inspirational programs, Christian drama, programs for teens and children, and Bible lessons all over the area of the Caribbean from the Dominican Republic to the shores of Venezuela to over 2.5 million people. The radio programing is also easily available via the internet at harbourlightradio.org.

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Dave & Marcia Darlin - Hong Kong (retired)

Dave and Marcia have served the Lord together in Hong Kong through Baptist World Missions for over 31 years. Dave led home Bible studies, taught in the Bible Institute, taught national pastors and planted churches. Marcia had been in Hong Kong for over 60 years since she grew up in a missionary family.They are retiring in 2026. They leave behind a strong, thriving church with its own Chinese national pastor.

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Michelle Demoret - Kenya

Michelle was a former school teacher in our Christian School who answered the Lord’s call to missions. She serves in Kenya, teaching and discipling children, teen girls, and ladies in her area.. Her musical talents have also been a blessing to the International Baptist College of Ministry and churches in Kenya. Currently she is working with Bethel Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Ron & Wendy Ehmann - (Utah)

Ron and his wife have been missionaries to the American West and South Africa. He has heldpastorates in both Wyoming and Nevada. Currently, Ron is the director of Northwest Baptist Missions which is located in the Salt Lake City area. Northwest Baptist Missions seeks to help new missionaries called to the West to discern God’s will for the location of a new church plant and then assist them in raising financial backing for the new spiritual venture. Then they partner new church planters with experienced ones for a year of mentoring, adapting to the culture, and planning for the new ministry launch.

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Clay & Danielle Gibbons – London, England

Clay and his family have been conducting outreach and church planting in London, England. They are currently planting a new church, East Finchley Baptist Church. The diverse population has opened opportunities to teach English classes, Bible studies with college students ,Summer Camps, Christmas Carol singing events, Discipleship with new Iranian believers, teaching church leaders for other church plants in the city, as well as preaching. Danielle teaches a group of young mothers, and organizes a home school cooperative and youth Bible clubs. Clay and Danielle have four children.

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James & Elizabeth Johnson – Wyoming

James and Elizabeth Johnson have been missionary church planters in the Western USA since 2016. They minister at two different churches: Grace Baptist Church in Kemmerer, where James is the assistant pastor, and Cokeville Community Baptist Church in Cokeville, WY, which they are planting. They minister in Kemmerer through administrative and outreach ministries, teaching Sunday School, weeknight Bible studies, music, and summer VBS. James preaches when the Pastor is unavailable. In Cokeville, James is the founding pastor, and they do all aspects of ministry. Much of their gospel ministry is among heavily Mormon (LDS) communities. James is also involved in gospel outreach by serving as a chaplain to several oil and gas companies and the state prison ministry at their local jail. Elizabeth is involved in both churches, with music and administrative details, plus all the invaluable support and the running of their home, which allows James to be involved in so many aspects of the ministry.

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Mike & Lisa Redick – S.E. Asia

Mike and Lisa minister in the vast mission fields of South East Asia. They have begun churches, camps, schools, and self-supporting missions in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Egypt. Since thousands have come to Christ and are being discipled and becoming missionaries and Pastors,  Mike and Lisa have founded APIIS, Asia-Pacific Institute of International Studies online school. They continue to support, promote, and expand the outreach of this school.

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Josiah & Esther Wambua – Kenya

The Wambuas serve in Kenya through church planting, preaching, and teaching. Josiah serves at the International Baptist College of Ministry and has a hand in several churches in Kenya: Drumvale Baptist Church, Kitui Baptist Church, Nazareth Baptist Church, Endau Baptist Church, and most recently Zombe Baptist Church. Josiah is the pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya. Esther is also involved in teaching children and discipling new believing women.

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Jon and Kelli LaBelle – Sierra Leone

The LaBelles have been church planting in Bonthe, Sierra Leone, Africa since 2019. A recent project that is coming to fruition is the opening of Clarksville Bible College there in Sierra Leone. Street preaching, prison ministry, dental clinics, and village evangelistic services have all led to the planting of three churches. John and Kelly have 4 children: Gabrielle, Camille, Madeline, and Gregory.

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Mike & Gail Mestler – Kenya

Mike and Gail minister in Kenya by planting churches and training the next generation of Kenyan leaders. MIke is the pastor of Zion Road Independent Baptist Church. In 2024 the new church of Shiloh Independent Baptist Church was planted. Mike is also a Bible teacher at the International Baptist College of MInistry that exists to train national pastors and church teachers and church musicians.

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Jared & Kacey Lenhert - Wolf Mountain Camp (Grass Valley, CA)

Jared, a former student at Calvary Christian School and member of our church, has been serving the Lord in full time camp ministry at Wolf Mountain Camp in Grass Valley, CA. Among his other camp duties he is the head of the Horsemanship camps. Jared and his wife Kacey actively works in various support and leadership roles around the camp.