Meet Serge Missionaries

Carlos and Kimberley Belez live and work in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. Carlos was born and raised in the Dominican Republic. His parents became Christians when their neighbors shared Jesus Christ…

Eric and Jericho fell in love talking about medical missions in 2001. Eric grew up in Southern Ohio and Southeast Texas, and Jericho in Northern Louisiana and Central Mississippi. They…

The Berry family moved to Costa Rica in 2001, and from there to Lima, Peru, in 2002. In Lima they supported nationally led church planting movements; planted a church that,…

Stephanie’s passion for equipping emerging global church leaders with skills in reading and interpreting the Bible led her to complete a Ph.D. in New Testament Greek in 2000. Since then…

Katy has grown up and lived in Birmingham, AL basically her whole life, and she is so thankful for the ways that God has blessed her through a wonderful, Christ-following family, a…

As their children finished university, Randy and Carolyn came to Serge in 2012, to offer themselves to advance the kingdom of Jesus Christ in Africa. Randy and Carolyn had long…

Born into a Christian family in Wilmington, NC, Ellen was touched by international missions at a young age through volunteer work, and has been actively pursuing it since 2019. In…

Scott and Becca Brand met while attending Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, as they both pursued their Masters of Arts in Counseling. Prior to St. Louis, Becca had served…

Eric first considered missions at Urbana 76, while studying Civil Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. Upon graduation in 1979, Eric pursued student ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. In 1980,…

From East Tennessee to East Africa, God made a seemingly winding road perfectly straight. Jason and Ree’L grew up together in Appalachia and both attended East Tennessee State University. Following…

Steve brings to Serge a passion for seeing people live in the freedom of the Gospel. He and his wife, Sarah were first introduced to a life of faith and…

Born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, FL in a Christian family, Jennifer grew up in the church. She came to know Christ at a young age and learned about various…

Steve and Maggie met through mutual friends in Chattanooga, TN, in early 2010. After a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti that April, Steve was asked to help lead a relief team…

Mark set out for a night of partying with a serviceman buddy one night in 1979. He and a friend had to hide from a drug dealer, and the only…

“Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1 Paul Cary grew up hearing missionary stories, and at…

Since 1988 when they were first married, Karen and Rajah perceived a call to cross-cultural work and ministry. This has looked differently over the years. As a young family in…

Chris Coble joined Serge in 2016 to raise support to be part of the Apprentice program in London. He planned on staying in London for one year, but our plans…

Ron grew up in Charlotte and has a real love for the Queen City. Ron believes this new regional role for Serge is a true gift from God. As a…

Overseas ministry has been on Matt and Nicole’s hearts for as long as they can remember. Diversity in the church, cross-cultural engagement, and Jesus’ global Kingdom are passions they have held for…

John and Jessica first met in 2nd grade in Ypsilanti, Michigan while John’s family was back for a year of furlough from Togo, West Africa where they served as medical…

Phil and Shanna Davis joined Serge in 2003 with a heart for the young, international population of Prague, Czech Republic. Phil is originally from Richmond, Va., and Shanna grew up…

Courtney was a summer intern in Ireland in 2013 and then returned to Ireland as an Apprentice in 2014. For two years she worked with Donabate Presbyterian Church in youth…

Rebecca has a B.A. in Mathematics and worked as a Computer Programmer from 2008 through 2016. She has served as a singer and song-writer at her home church in Louisville,…

The Dickensons have been missionaries in East Africa since 2009 (Anna) and 2011 (Josh). Anna taught at Rwenzori Mission School in Bundibugyo, Uganda, for two and a half years before…

When Jack and Rosemarie Miller asked Hunter and Julie to lead a church planting team to Ireland in 1985 they felt their only option was to say yes. They were afraid of…

Allie grew up in Charlotte, NC. After spending 4 years at Covenant College, during which she spent a summer as an intern with Serge in Austria in 2011, it was…

Daniel and Abigail were both born and raised in Lima, Peru, but had different experiences growing up. Abigail’s parents nourished her faith in Christ from birth. In contrast, Daniel only…

Meredith and Sandy were both raised in Virginia, and came to Christ in their teenage years. They met during their college years, when Meredith was attending the University of Virginia…

Leah was raised in a supportive and loving Christian home in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. Her interest in exploring the world began at an early age in…

Caleb and Krista are currently serving with the Serge team (www.mccropders.com) in Kibuye, Burundi. They are using their skills as an engineer and a nurse in contribution to the team’s…

Both Jason and Heather Fader sensed that God was preparing them for medical missions even as children— Heather in Wisconsin, and Jason in Kenya, where his parents were medical missionaries….

Bethany is a counselor and educator who joined Serge in 2003. She has served in Uganda and South Sudan, and is currently based at Rift Valley Academy in Kijabe, Kenya….

Molly grew up in Midlothian, VA where she was raised by two parents who were involved in full time ministry. From an early age, Molly had the desire to share…

Jessica is on extended home assignment for educational leave after serving in the Czech Republic for 10 years. She previously worked with music ministry, women’s discipleship, and anti-human trafficking efforts…

Piper comes to Serge with more than 25 years of writing, teaching, and nonprofit management experience. She started her career as a reporter and worked for newspapers, wire services and…

Mike grew up north of Los Angeles and attended The Master’s College where he got his degree in Business with an emphasis in Christian Ministries Administration. In the next 10…

Marcus grew up in a diverse population in Northern Virginia. God changed his life as a teenager when he experienced God’s love. God used an Urbana conference, a short trip…

“This is how we know that we love God’s children: when we love God and obey his commands. For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands….

Mary Cote Garcia joined Serge in 2012 to raise support to be part of the Apprentice program in London. Her heart for missions grew in college, through several trips to…

Rebecca’s first introduction to cross-cultural missions began with Serge’s Missionary Apprentice Program in Dublin, Ireland (2005-2009). Since then, she has dedicated her life to missionary care, specifically focusing on transition…

Tony Giles and his wife Mary Lynn both grew up in Nashville, Tennessee where they met as high school students. Following college degrees from Vanderbilt University (him) and UNC Chapel…

Tom and Vicki Gilliam are based in the Republic of Ireland and reside in Maynooth, County Kildare, a university town of 16,000 located on the western outskirts of Dublin, Ireland’s…

Marcos and Becky met at Toccoa Falls College in Georgia and have been in full-time ministry for more than 20 years in many different capacities: youth, radio, worship, special needs…

Serving as a Serge intern in Guatemala!

Glory Guy is a native of Nashville, TN, and began her journey with Serge during an internship in the U.K. in the summer of 2019. During her time in London,…

Bob and Keren H. have served in London since 1994. Their ministry focus is reaching South Asians living in London and also in Asia, as London provides a connecting point….

Chuck and Kathy Hohnbaum spent 35 years living in the Midwest United States where we were involved in ministry with adults, families, and children. Following a series of visits to Ireland as tourists…

Why would a predictable, stability-loving couple choose to leave the serene mountains of western North Carolina for a bustling city of over eight million people where more than 300 languages…

Lindsay is originally from Northern Virginia and holds a B.A. in psychology from Messiah University (’10) where she was a four year student-athlete. She moved to London in 2012 as…

After two years in Serge’s Apprentice Program in London, Mary plans to return in April 2018 to work for the local church plant. Mary grew up in Greensboro, NC, and…

Michael was born in Niger as an MK and moved back to the States when he was four years old. He does consider himself a TCK as his family moved…

Rick and Anne met in 1989 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA when they were in college and high school, respectively.  After Anne graduated from Wake Forest University, they…

Deborah Harrell grew up in Tucson, Ariz., where she developed a love of teaching and a passion for helping children develop a deeper understanding of the gospel. She graduated with…

Chris was born in St. Louis and raised in the U.S. South while Josephine was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya.  They met at Covenant College and became friends while…

Sarah had a love for other cultures from an early age. Growing up in a military family, she had plenty of opportunities to experience new things. Throughout a life of…

Jerret and Megan met outside a coffee shop in Webster Groves, MO in October of 2011, through a mutual friend. In their very first conversation, they both explained how it…

Luke and Brooke are soon joining Serge as their communications team. Luke studied Art and Photography at Covenant College, and Brooke is a self-taught brand designer and writer, with a…

Katie is a Colorado native, being born and raised outside of Denver. She grew up alongside her older brother and younger sister, seeing their parents serve and grow a church…

Growing up in rural central Pennsylvania, Matt learned from his parents the fullness of sacrificial service as he watched his parents run a radio station dedicated to spreading the gospel….

Peter and Kristin both grew up in Minnesota and began dating while attending college at Bethel University. Peter was finishing up his final year of undergraduate studies and applying to…

Michelle joined Serge in June 2020 as Director of Mobilization after 17 years in the MBA career management space working with employers, alumni, and students at both The Wharton School…

Ashley serves with Serge’s Home Office team as Mobilization Manager, supervising the Serge Apprenticeship Program and Serge Internship Program. She is also the recruiter for East Africa teams and Missionary…

Jake and Melissa Hunt are church planting missionaries in Prague, Czech Republic. In 2017–after working for several years on another Serge team in Prague–they began leading a group that planted DoSlova,…

Michaela was raised in Birmingham, AL. For as long as she can remember, she always wanted to be a teacher. Her teachers would allow her to bring supplies home from…

Justin and Alanna each joined Serge in 2014. Justin lived and served in South Sudan training pastors, Alanna in Uganda as an MK teacher and children’s library coordinator. After months…

Joel and Cindy serve as Area Directors for Leadership Development and Serge Apprenticeships across the mission. They have a passion for seeing men and women so captured by the good…

Matt and Jenn have been involved in cross-cultural church planting in multi-cultural, multi-faith British South Asian neighbourhoods for 20+ years. At present, in partnership with local leaders, they are seeking…

Jonathan and Leah believe God knew, loved, and enjoyed them, and all of His children, before the foundation of the world. By God’s grace, they were born into Christian families,…

Stephen and Charity met in St. Louis while attending Covenant Theological Seminary and were married in 2007. Charity received a Master of Arts in Counseling in 2006 (licensed in 2009)…

Russell and Amanda met in Augusta, Georgia in 2001. Russell grew up in the Atlanta area and graduated from Toccoa Falls College (Bachelor of Biblical Studies, minor in Classical guitar…

Ted and Eunice are serving in Burundi as medical missionaries with their children, Toby, Amos, and Timothy. Ted was born and raised in southern California as a child of first-generation…

God sparked a passion for missions very early in Becca and Ben’s lives. Ben’s love of aviation spurred him to study missionary aviation and eventually led him to serve 13…

Chase Johnson and Ailisha O’Sullivan (Chase and Sha) have been in Cluj, Romania, since 1996, sent by their church in Chicago. In 2002 they were accepted as Serge missionaries. Both of…

Heidi was born and raised in Upstate New York. She earned a degree in research psychology and a minor in Bible from Cedarville University in 2014. Upon graduation, she joined…

Chip and Meredith Jones have been serving in Chile since 2010. With God’s gifting them to build friendships with both believers as well as unbelievers, many have been invited in…

Micayla grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area but traveled widely as a kid through short-term missions trips that her parents led. This unique upbringing gave her a love…

Born in San Diego and raised for a portion of his life both in Northern California and now Spokane, Washington, Cameron (Cam) Joslyn was introduced to church through his Grandmother….

Steve and Valarie are Florida natives, and they have four children, Shane (2006), Aisley (2008), Ellie Jane (2013), and Callaghan (2015). They love serving the Lord together in their church,…

Laurel grew up in NE Ohio, but went out of state in order to study music therapy at Western Michigan University. The Lord intervened in that career path to lead…

After growing up mostly in central Illinois and Arizona, Ann ventured to the Southeast to attend Auburn University.Since graduating with a B.S in zoology she has lived both in Arizona…

Serving as a Serge intern in Guatemala!

Lindsay was first introduced to Serge through a summer internship in Prague in 2008, followed by serving for two years with a church-planting team in Vienna, Austria. Her time on…

Jerry and Bonnie Kimbro both grew up in North Carolina. They attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University respectively and met through their mutual…

Patric and his wife Jennifer both grew up in western Illinois, where they attended the same church and Patric perptually annoyed Jennifer. Eventually his diligence paid off, and they both…

Lindsey was raised in rural southeastern Oklahoma and urban New York City. A Christian all her life, it was when she was in college at Belmont University in Nashville, TN…

Jason and Ai are serving in a church-planting team in Urayasu City, a bedroom community of Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The church plant, Shin-Urayasu Grace Church, is a partnership between…

The Kynes Family is a part of the medical missionary team at AIC Kijabe Hospital in Kenya. Matt and Ansley met in college, married in 2007 and had several experiences…

After 23 years of campus ministry in Thailand, Betsy now leads the apprenticeship program in southern Spain.

Sarah spent her childhood moving all over the US while her father was in the Air Force. She is thankful for her family that brought her up to know and…

Jared and Arienna live in the Bay Area in California and are enjoying their first few years of marriage! They met at Hume Lake Christian camps in 2014, attended Moody…

Born and raised in Maryland to a Christian family, Kristen grew up loving Jesus and crab cakes. She always felt a pull towards cross-cultural ministry; serving on numerous missions trips…

Emilie grew up in Statesville, North Carolina, and attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. She graduated May of 2009 with a B.A. in Christian Education and a minor in Religion. Emilie…

After getting married in 2010, Anna and Patrick moved to San Diego. There Patrick completed a residency at University of California – San Diego in combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics…

Oong and Elena met in London and were married in 2016.  Oong completed Serge’s two-year apprenticeship in 2015 has since been serving with the Shepherds Bush team and at their church plant, New…

Ben and Jess have been living and serving in Peru since 2016. Ben leads a house church as part of a Peruvian-led network of churches called Zona Zegura. He and…

Johnny and Becky met in the Late Jurrasic period at Belhaven University in Jackson, MS. For their first date, Johnny, the consummate big spender, walked Becky to prayer meeting at…

Jeremy and Angel first felt the Spirit’s call to missions in 2012 after leading multiple short term missions trips for their home church. In exploring how God would use them…

From Arlington and Richmond, Rob and Rebecca both grew up in families that taught them about Jesus and each considered what following Him in the future might entail. While taking…

Since 2017, Ross and Aislinn have lived in London, England, where they are helping to start a new church in a multi-ethnic area of the city alongside a group of…

Serving as a Serge intern in Southern Spain!

Dan Macha grew up on a Kansas farm. After graduating from Kansas State with a degree in History in 1975, he moved to Philadelphia to attend Westminster Seminary. From 1983…

Having grown up in a family of Italian and Irish immigrants in the quintessentially southern city of Richmond, Virginia, Anna has always been drawn to different cultures. She sees how…

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I grew up in Santiago, Chile as a missionary kid to parents who are third culture kids themselves. My dad was raised as a missionary kid in Peru, and my…

Danielle grew up outside Boston, but ventured down to Elon, N.C., for undergrad. This shift began her education in cultural adjustment. After graduation she was accepted into the Apprenticeship Program with…

Laura was born and raised in Seattle, WA. Stepping out of her comfort zone, she moved across the country to attend school at Duke University. While at Duke, she experienced…

Karen Masso serves in the mission department and is based in Philadelphia as a Leadership Development and Language Coordinator. Karen is the program manager for Leadership Development programs. Leadership Foundations…

Born in Philadelphia, PA, but primarily raised in rural Kansas, Kathleen knew from an early age that home would always be more than one place and one set of people….

Patrick and Alexis McClure met during college as summer coaches for a Christian sports ministry called Uncharted Waters. They both loved working with kids and teaching them about Jesus. They…

Diane grew up in Leesburg, Georgia. Soon after graduating from the University of Georgia a friend invited her to a bible study and she began to read the bible. She…

Eric and Rachel McLaughlin both grew up all across the United States. They met during medical school and were both interested in international long-term missions. They were married in 2005,…

Rose Marie Miller was born to German parents in 1924, and grew up in San Francisco, California. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, then from the Bible…

Both Daniel’s parents and his maternal grandparents have given their lives to cross-cultural evangelism and church-planting. In 1995 his family moved to Santiago, Chile, to join his grandparents in starting…

George and Martha Mixon have served in Kenya since 1994, where George has worked for many years training Kenya pastors and leaders in Bible storying. They first worked with the…

Dr. Dennis and Cynde Morgan are invested in ministry in Vienna, Austria, where they are serving on the New City Wien (NCW) church team. They are focused on leadership in…

Laura’s longing in life and ministry is to bring Gospel light, healing and freedom to the dark and broken places of humanity and the world. Her role with Serge is…

Taylor Morris was born and raised in a loving and believing family. In 2012, as a sophomore in High school she was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder that required…

The Myhres are missionary physicians who joined Serge (then World Harvest Mission) in 1991, and have worked in East Africa since 1993: 17 years in Bundibugyo, Uganda; eight years in…

Jeff and Abbie Nelson are medical missionaries serving in Guatemala City since 2018 with a passion for gospel renewal and the holistic health of impoverished communities. Jeff is a clinical…

Linnea is a part of Serge’s team in Guatemala. She moved to San Lucas, Sacatepequez in October of 2018 to work at a home for girls coming from backgrounds of…

Tony and Judy will be serving in Kijabe, Kenya as medical missionaries with their children Austin and Hannah. Tony and his family arrived in the United States in 1979 as…

Ben was raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and graduated from Greensboro College with a degree in psychology and religion. His family was heavily involved in sending several missionaries to the…

The Nolens have been missionaries in Kijabe, Kenya, since 2015. They both grew up in Houston, Texas, with a love for people, community, and Mexican food. The Lord prepared both…

The Opedun’s live in Fort Portal Uganda and have two children, Nile one year and Theodora four years old. Boas serves the East Africa Serge teams as a media specialist…

Bob was born and raised in Massachusetts. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in psychology in 1979, Bob spent a term with the Peace Corps in…

Brian and Kassie met in college, where their first conversation was about cross-cultural ministry. After graduation, Kassie worked at a local bank and Brian taught high school English and coached….

David and Sara met in Seattle, Washington while David was home from his studies at Covenant Theological Seminary. Both shared a mutual interest in counseling and vocational ministry. David had…

Alyssa lives and works in Burundi, East Africa, as a med/peds doctor caring for patients as well as teaching and discipling medical students at Kibuye Hope Hospital and Hope Africa…

Bob and Miriam Phillips have been serving in the Netherlands with Serge (formerly called World Harvest Mission) since 1993, contributing to evangelism, church planting, leadership training, and the arts. They…

The Phillips family has been working in Vilassar de Mar (Barcelona) since October, 2000. They have four children: Sebastian (2000), Stephen (2001), Naíme (2003), and Sofía (2008). Stephen grew up…

ME Rebello (Czentnar) works with the Serge Renewal Team and is based in Sheffield, England with her husband Wayne. ME first joined Serge in 2008 as an intern in Ireland…

Born and raised on opposite ends of the globe (Japan and Ecuador), Esther and Rob’s paths crossed in North Philadelphia while serving at Esperanza Health Center in 2004. Drawn together…

Stephen and Karis met in Nairobi, Kenya in the fall of 2008 when Karis was with Serge for an 8-month internship program and Stephen was doing soccer ministry with Ambassadors…

Daniel and Bethany Robbins are starting a new team in Malawi, focused on leadership development through theological education and discipleship. Daniel will be teaching at a Seminary started by the…

Andrea has always been interested in other peoples and cultures and first became involved with missions through various trips and ministries in high school. She served as an intern with…

Barry and Amy began working in London for Serge in January 2005. Barry grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, while Amy comes from central New Jersey. Barry moved to New Jersey…

Whitney is an Alabama native and a graduate of Samford University with a degree in Religion and Congregational Studies. Since university she has had several opportunities to travel overseas. During…

Wade and Aly met in 2010 through a friend that Wade got to know while doing an internship in Prague. They worked together in youth ministry during the summer of…

After Jeff and Brooke married in April 2016, they decided to go on their first international mission trip together to Kenya. As God started to stir in their hearts to…

Scheibe, Marc & Liz Marc and Liz met, married and moved to seminary all within a year’s time. After completing his Masters of Divinity (2004) from Reformed Theological Seminary in…

Katie Schooler [pronounced SHOE-ler] is excited to serve long-term in Japan! Of the countries that are completely open to missionaries, Japan has the lowest percentage of evangelical Christians (0.5%). This…

Tucker and Ann are Florida natives and are both graduates of THE University of Florida (Go Gators!). The year Tucker was born, his parents and their friends planted a church…

Collectively, Mike and Suzannah have lived in 11 different states. When asked, “Where are you from?” the answer is typically a paragraph rather than a single place. Having loved ones…

From the time she was a little girl, Arianna wanted to serve as a doctor in Africa. She and David met at Furman University where David was a religion major…

“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.” (Hab 2:14). When Jeremy and Gina were married in…

Julia grew up in Santa Clarita, California. In 2011, she responded to the gospel and trusted in Jesus. She went on her first mission trip to Mexico in 2012 where…

Oli & Constance Smith are repeat offenders when it comes to church planting. Between them they have been involved in planting five churches on both sides of the Atlantic, and…

Jenny grew up in South Florida and graduated from Florida International University with a degree in Early Childhood Education and later obtained a degree as an Assistant in Occupational Therapy…

Raised at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem, Mary Spaar has been familiar with Serge her entire life. After years of babysitting, nannying, and attempting to teach 4-year-olds during Sunday school,…

Chris and Holly met at Palm Beach Atlantic University, where they graduated with a B.S. in Psychology. They married in 1992 and began their lives together. Chris worked in technology…

Michael and Lesley are originally from south Alabama and studied at Auburn University (where they met).  After college, Michael began teaching in Birmingham, Alabama where he also earned his Masters…

Mark and Joanna have been with Serge since 2001. They served a term teaching at Christ School Bundibugyo in Uganda. They then served a term on the Prague Team in…

In 1995, two events took place which would significantly shape the course of Caleb’s life; first–he was born, and second–his parents moved to Papua New Guinea to become Bible Translators….

The Sund family, Greg, Stephanie, and their three children: Ella (’04), Piper (’05) and Biniyam (’09) first served in Kibuye, Burundi, through a nine-month internship beginning in Fall 2014. Greg…

Guille and Suzanne joined Serge Spain in 2015 after serving for a couple of years in Málaga with a former organization. They reside in Rincón de la Victoria, a city…

Colin was first introduced to Sonship and Serge in the fall 1993 when he experienced a “gosplosion” as he listened to Jack Miller lecture and Drew Angus pressing the good…

Needless to say, the Lord has been doing some amazing things in my life. A little over a year ago the Lord led me to spend a season living overseas,…

Karen (K.J.) Visky first went to Cluj, Romania, in 2006 as a summer intern while studying design in New York City. During that summer God revealed himself to her in…

In 1990, newly transformed by the power of the gospel and miraculously delivered from alcoholism, Brad, a former construction supervisor, went on a short-term mission trip to Chile. This experience…

Heather Lives in Washington, DC with her husband, Shawn, where they both serve at Washington International Church. Shawn and Heather and their four children were in Mundri, South Sudan and Nairobi, Kenya…

George and Susan live in the remote village of Kibuye, in the rolling hills of Burundi, East Africa, with their four children Jonah, Matea, Micah, and Alma. They are part…

Derek and Lauren Webber serve in Chogoria, Kenya where they are partnering with the PCEA Chogoria Hospital. Derek works as a Physician Assistant in the Casualty Dept., where he serves…

James was born in Columbus, Ohio, but spent most of his life being raised in the smaller town of Logan. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in the fall of…

Carlan and Michelle Wendler serve at Kibuye Hope Hospital in Kibuye, Burundi as physician and musician. Carlan completed Emergency Medicine residency in Los Angeles in 2012 and immediately deployed with…

Anita’s love for missions began as a high school graduate on an Indian reservation in Bloomfield, N. M., where she served at the Navajo Brethren in Christ Mission and Boarding School….