Missions

The Church is relevant, vibrant and effective all around the world.  We hope to grow in passion for people worldwide, and for the Church globally, through supporting American missionaries who serve in domestic and international ministry contexts that focus on life transformation through Jesus Christ.
 
Currently, Hope Church is in partnership with 8 households that are doing important ministry work around the world.  Here is some information about most of them (one of our ministry partners needs to remain confidential because of the political climate of the country they work in).

Barry & Karla Hannant

      Barry and Karla Hannant are finishing up their first 3 year term as missionaries with REACHGLOBAL in Mexico City, Mexico, home to over 32 million people.

      Barry is involved with Campus Ministries and using ESL opportunities to develop Healthy Leaders in a Church setting. There are currently over 20 cell groups on various campuses across the city. They meet in classrooms or right on the grounds, do worship and Bible Studies. There are 3 large Campuses nearby our address in M.C. : IPN, UAM and CCH Vallejo.  Barry is coaching one young man in a home church meeting on Sunday's right in our home. 

     Compassion ministries are growing as well here in Mexico City. Corazones Abiertos has two groups meeting in the Hannant's home as well. These trainings continue to encourage Mexican Nationals to reach out to the abused and wounded and in turn teach them ways to live a life in community and intimacy with God.

     Karla has been working with DAYA a home for young girls (age 12-18) either pregnant or with children. These girls come from abuse and abandoned backgrounds, most were living in the street. They desire to raise their children in healthy situation, and get educations. Karla is teaching them through many projects to create and sustain an income while caring and nurturing their little ones. As well, building relationships with them and sharing in weekly Bible Studies.

   The Hannant's can be reached at: 605-221-3401 (Vonage phone#- stateside )

barry.hannant@efca.org         karla.hannant@efca.org 

Ken & Cora Klay

Ken & Cora Klay serve with SIM (Serving in Mission). They were introduced to our congregation by the Greenwalds, and Hope began supporting them in the mid-80s. They served in Nigeria & Ghana from 1978-2004. In July, 2005 Ken started to work with SIM ministry of Technology & Education for Christ (SIM-TEC). This ministry is working with schools in Africa and the Caribbean. Currently the program is helping with the shipment of computer equipment for the schools for computer literacy courses. A major project is developing a Bachelor's degree curriculum for the schools. The curriculum will be Christ centered and developing-world oriented. Ken will serve as project & web coordinator for the program.

They have 4 boys: Caleb, Chad, Kevin, & Chris. Caleb and Chad and Kevin are currently enrolled in Universities in the US. Chris is attending high school in Luverne, MN where the family is living.

Contact: ken.klay@sim.org

Roland & Karen Lee

Roland & Karen Lee are serving in Indonesia as missionaries with Mission Aviation Fellowship. Roland attended Moody Bible school, specializing in their aircraft mechanics program, and he now maintains MAF aircraft and trains local men to help him. They became part of Hope's Missionary Family in June, 2000 and left for their field of service in January, 2001. Karen, as homemaker, has a very labor intensive position - baking bread, making yogurt, grinding her own ground beef each day, just to name a few of her jobs. No super market where she lives.

They have four children, Alex, Chloe, Caleb, & Christian.

Contact: Rlee@maf.org

Brian & Maryanne Nacy

Brian & Maryanne Nacy serve as church planting missionaries with CAM (Central America Mission) in Mexico City, population: 28 million. They have been in Mexico since 2000. We have just added them to our missionary family in September, 2005. Their current ministry involves working with small group ministries and discipleship groups. Sunday Celebration is held twice a month.

Brian & Maryanne have two small children. Rebecca is 2 years old and Joshua is 5 months old.

Contact: Nacymex@yahoo.com

 

Steve & Jill Schmidt

Steve & Jill (Jill is Jim & Raejean Draper's daughter) serve with Campus Crusade for Christ in Minneapolis. Hope church began supporting them in 1995. Steve & Jill met at Iowa State Univ., and both, having a heart for missions, desired to serve the Lord by sharing their faith with students. The first years of their ministry they led Bible studies on campus, but Steve has been transferred to the office where he has set up an accounting system for the Minneapolis office, and he also organizes conferences and banquets at campuses throughout the upper mid-west. They have two children - Andrew and Sophia.

Contact: steve.schmidt@uscm.org

Ray & Susan Stensgard

Ray & Susan Stensgard (and their Yorkie - Max) are church planting missionaries with Greater Europe Missions. Their field of service is Belgium. Our relationship with Ray & Susan began in the mid 1980s when they became the first missionaries that Hope Church began to support. Because of their faithful service, an evangelical church with as many as 150 attenders has been established in Wavre and another small church is alive and growing in nearby Ganshoren.

Please pray for Ray & Susan as they continue to disciple and reach out to Belgian people. Pray that the Holy Spirit will touch the hearts of Belgian people and bring "seekers" to them.

Contact: RayStensgard@GEMission.com

Tom & Nichole Williams

Tom and Nichole Williams are missionaries serving with Campus Crusade for Christ in the Athletes in Action division of that mission. (Nichole's parents live in Dubuque, and she is a graduate of Hempstead High) They recently spent most of 2003 and 2004 as part of the Hope Church family while they were support building. For two years Tom & Nichole served as interns at Wright State University in Fairborn, OH, but they are now assigned to work on the campus of Virginia-Tech in Blacksburg, VA. They are reaching out to athletes on campus through Bible studies and evangelistic events. Pray for them as they share the gospel with athletes at Virginia-Tech.

Tom & Nichole have two little boys, Brighton and Caedmon

Contact: tom.n.williams@aia.com