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Northfield Baptist Church Supported Missionaries & Ministries

"The purpose of this church is to glorify God through the salvation of the lost and the edification of believers.”

It is the vision and goal of Northfield Baptist Church to carry out the command of Christ's Great Commission. Therefore, we view missions as an integral ministry of our church and of our individual members.

Northfield Baptist Church has the opportunity to support many who share the Gospel of Jesus Christ both in our country and throughout the world by meeting financial needs, offering encouragement and through prayer. Following is information on people as well as ministries that NBC supports.

Ways to Support NBC Missionaries and Ministries

Below, all of the missionaries and ministries are listed that Northfield Baptist Church supports. Here are some ideas of how you as a church member can support them.

Be aware of their needs, prayer requests and praises provided through the prayer letters.
Pray for our missionaries and ministries regularly.
Send them special offerings through funds collected in the ABF groups. Requests can be sent to the Treasurer through the church office.
Send them notes or cards of encouragement.
Spend time with missionary families when they are in our area on furlough.

Pray for Our Missionaries

Included here is a prayer list of praises and requests for our current missionaries.

Nate and Maam Beckman in Thailand

Praise the Lord for the salvation of Taw! Pray for his growth in the Lord and pray for Nate to have the opportunity to start a discipleship study with him in the coming months.
Pray for Amma and for her granddaughter, Abby. Because of Abby’s desire to learn English, both have been attending church for several months and have heard the gospel many times. Amma also signed up for an evangelistic English camp that took place in October. Praise the Lord Amma made a profession of faith during the week of camp. Pray for her growth and for her to have an impact in the life of her daughter and her granddaughter.
Continue to pray for the Beckman family and Pinklao Baptist Church.

Dave and Jeannie Ferguson, Baptist Mid-Missions

Praise the Lord for the privilege Dave has to be a part of the Baptist Mid-Missions Strategic Planning Committee as well as continuing his responsibilities as administrator for Bibles International. New projects have been adopted, completed, gone to press, and now are in the hands of the people in their intended languages.
Praise the Lord for the opportunities Dave has to preach, lead their Young Adults' Sunday School class, and be a part of their church's strategic planning.
Praise the Lord for the two additions to the Ferguson clan - Elisabeth Jo to Bryan and Stacey and Callum Dean to Andrew and Emily!
Continue to pray for their children and grandchildren who are dealing with several significant health issues.

Steve and Beth Gault, Baptist Mid-Missions

Steve and Beth had opportunity to visit the Ivory Coast and have returned home safely. Pray for the people to have received needed encouragement and strength through their ministry.

Joe and Esther Keim, Mission to Amish People (MAP)

Praise the Lord for the opportunity they had to celebrate their 100th board meeting in November. This year they will be celebrating 25 years of full-time ministry!
Pray for them as they seek God’s heart for the future of Mission to Amish People and His leading. They are seeking to relocate, buy land, and build as the ministry continues to grow.

Ken and Amy Lowe in Portugal

Pray for discernment and the ability to present the Word of God as they have opportunity to minister to many groups of people. Pray for them to effectively present the Word to help people grow in their relationship with God.
Pray for them as they are regularly involved in teaching and preaching in several different churches each month.
Pray as they are involved in counseling in person and by video every week. They are also training others to counsel.
Their local church in Samora Correia continues to grow and they are getting many opportunities to disciple others.
Pray as Ken not only meets with three pastors’ groups each month, but he is also meeting individually with pastors to help them grow and develop their ministries.
Pray as they are preparing for a two-month furlough in the States in May and June.

Bill and Becky Petite in Japan

Praise the Lord that although they were constantly busy and frequently sick from October through December, the Lord gave them sufficient health and grace to do His will, and they are much better now!
Pray for the salvation of Miss Fujikawa, one of the first-time visitors to the church during the Christmas season. She has been attending services since then.
Pray for Mrs. Chizuru Tsuchiya to confess Christ publicly. She has been attending church and Bible study for about a year.
Pray for Akari Maruki as she begins an evangelistic Bible study that it will be fruitful.
Pray for Pastor Hiroki Minamida and his wife, Junko, as they begin ministry at their church as the new pastor. Pray for wisdom and grace for the race before them.

Dave, Ruth Ann and Andrea Rogers, ABWE Chile

Pray for them as they provide training and advice to two Chilean national church planters.
Pray for administrative meetings with two churches and their pastors in anticipation of transferring the church property to those churches.
Pray as they organize several training seminars: Good Soil Evangelism & Discipleship and the Essential Missions Components course for churches and church planters.
Pray for Andrea as she looks for housing this summer, steady employment, and needed transportation.
Pray for their support level to increase by 4%. Currently, they are under the recommended amount.
Pray for God’s direction regarding visits to other countries for training and encouragement of local missionaries.

Josh, Rachel, Nate, Anna Stewart in Taiwan

Praise the Lord for the many decisions made for Christ at winter camp! One girl, who accepted Christ, had grown up in a Christian home but never trusted Him for herself. Praise the Lord for His work and please pray that the decisions made will not be lightly laid aside.
Praise the Lord for the salvation of Ian’s parents! Ian is a deacon in their church. Their prayer had been that Ian’s father would wake up from his coma so he could trust Christ. One day he was awake enough for Josh to ask questions and get responses. Ian’s father trusted Christ, and two days later Ian’s mom did! Two days after that Ian’s dad went home to be with the Lord. They are so thankful for these decisions. Pray for the family in their time of loss.
Praise the Lord some men agreed to teach Sunday School on a rotation while the Stewart family is on furlough.
Pray for God’s wisdom, strength, love, faith and courage for each day.
Pray for growth and salvation of the lost.

Michael and Sherri Vanek, Faith Baptist Community Church and Center

Praise the Lord for His perfect timing as Michael’s battery completely ran out at the right place and in the right time for him to have it replaced. The surgery was a success, and right away he was back to normal.
Praise the Lord for the successful surgery Sherri underwent on her hip, again in God’s perfect time. She is recovering well and building strength through therapy.
Michael and Sherri are thankful to have visited some of their supporting churches in recent months. They have been encouraged and supported through these meetings.
Pray for them as they have lost a few of their individual supporters. Special gifts have come in to supplement their needs. Pray that their monthly support will be increased back to full support.

Chris & Darcy Vergiels, Brazil with BMM

Praise the Lord a large gift was received for the construction of the church auditorium for Calvary Baptist. A matching gift has been set up. Pray for the needed funds to come in for the matching gift to be received.
Praise the Lord for the growth in members at Calvary Baptist. Pray for God’s wisdom so they know how to proceed to accommodate this growth. Pray for the Lord’s Will to be done as they move forward in this project.

Rob and Penny Whitty in Ghana Africa

Pray for Rob & Penny to have spiritual freshness – a genuine heart for God.
Praise the Lord for good health and the needed energy to continue ministry.
Pray for people to respond to the Gospel.
Pray for wisdom for Penny as she administrates EBCS and for a potential replacement for her to be revealed.
Pray for wisdom for Rob as he continues to work with the two smaller churches and does some pastoral counselling with these men. Pray for wisdom as he collaborates with Pastor Seth Antwi, pastor of the main church, Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Pray for direction for future ministry.
Pray for provision for the school construction project.

Cameron and Kerry Woolford, Servant Leaders International

Pray for Cam as he continues his travels sharing the SLI ministry seeking to build more partnerships. Pray for safety in travel and for them to be able to raise up the additional support needed.
Servant Leaders Ecuador has finalized their non-profit approval and can now begin to plan and carry out ministry recognized by the Ecuadorian Government. Pray for wisdom as they begin to open new doors to ministry throughout the country.
Cam is currently teaching two courses: Team Ministry and Processing Life Biblically. Pray for the 86 students taking classes from Ecuador, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Current & Active Missionaries

Nate & Maam Beckman

Serving in Thailand, Serving Missionaries in Asia & The Pacific, Baptist Mid-Missions.
Nate grew up in the Central African Republic as the son of BMM missionaries Larry and Paula Beckman. Nate later served short-term in Thailand, where he met his wife, Maam. They joined BMM in 2001 and serve as church planters in Bangkok, Thailand.
Dave & Jeannie Ferguson

First Vice President and Administrator for Missionary Services, Baptist Mid-Missions.
Dave and his wife, Jeannie, served as BMM missionaries with Campus Bible Fellowship from 1987 until 2002, before Dave joined our home office team as Assistant to the President/Director of Special Projects. He took his current position in 2017.
As Administrator for Missionary Services, Dave is responsible for administrative oversight and coordination of the Missionary Services working group, which is comprised of the following services: Missionary Finance, Field Administration, Special Projects, and Crisis Management.
Steve & Beth Gault

Field Administrator for Africa and Europe, Baptist Mid-Missions.
Steve grew up in Central African Republic as a BMM MK. In 1991, he and his wife, Beth, joined BMM and served as church planters in his homeland. Civil wars caused the Gaults to relocate to Côte d’Ivoire and then to Cameroon. In his last 11 years in Africa, Steve also served as BMM’s Africa coordinator before joining the home office team in 2015.
Steve serves in a pastoral and consulting role for the missionaries serving in his fields. Steve and Beth come alongside missionaries to help them thrive in life and ministry.
Joe & Esther Keim

Mission to Amish People.
Joe and Esther Keim were both born and raised in the Old Order Amish Community. They had been taught that only by keeping the Amish ordinance would they be able to get to heaven. Through the testimony and prayers of his friend, Paul, Joe realized that it was only through accepting Jesus as his Savior that he would get to heaven. Both he and Esther came to know the Lord, were married and soon became outcasts of the Amish for their new beliefs. Though they became involved in church and began to serve, they were burdened for the Amish and the desire for each to hear the clear message of salvation. The result of this call is Mission to Amish People. The three-fold purpose is to 1) Evangelize and disciple Amish and former Amish people; 2) Assist older teenagers and young adults who have already left the Amish culture by providing basic life skills; and 3) Expand MAP all over North America.
Ken & Amy Lowe

Serving with Faith Global Missions in Portugal.
Ken and Amy have extensive experience working in Portugal. The Lowes worked in Portugal for over 15 years before returning to the States for the last 10 years. They are now desiring to return to Portugal to focus upon Biblical Counseling training and leadership development with local Portuguese churches. This is a key time of resourcing leaders in Portugal as churches strive to grow and reproduce. Ken has been ACBC certified since 2007 and his D.Min focused on leadership development through the local church.
Bill & Becky Petite

Serving in Japan, Association of Baptists for World Evangelism.
Bill and Becky Petite are serving in Southern Japan and are involved with church planting, English teaching, the Living Hope Gospel Choir and Bill is Field Council Treasurer. They also teach English and Bible Classes, interpret for the deaf.
Dave & Ruth Ann Rogers

Serving in Chile, Association of Baptists for World Evangelism.
Dave and Ruth Ann Rogers serve in Chile. Dave focuses on partnering with Chilean believers to plant churches (presently New Life Baptist) and equip leaders through the Seminary, overseeing the publications ministry, and field team leadership. Ruth Ann emphasizes the discipleship of women and teaching.
Josh & Rachel Stewart

Serving in Taiwan, Baptist Mid-Missions.
The Stewarts joined BMM in 2010 to serve in Asia. Their current ministry is in Taiwan.
Michael & Sherri Vanek

Faith Baptist Church and Community Center, Baptist Mid-Missions.
Michael and Sherri Vanek serve at the Faith Baptist Church and Community Center in inner-city Cleveland, Ohio. The church and center exist to preach the gospel, teach the Scriptures, and helping people grow into productive servants of Jesus Christ as He builds His church in inner-city Cleveland. To accomplish this mission, the Church & Center offer a variety of programs and free services including meals, a clothing store, medical services, pregnancy services, parenting classes, addiction classes, men’s, women’s and children’s programs, and church services.
Chris & Darcy Vergiels

Serving in Brazil, Baptist Mid-Missions.
Chris was saved from a Catholic background in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Darcy was born in Brazil to Baptist Mid-Missions missionaries, Bob & Corrine Jones and trusted Christ as her Savior when she was five. We met in grad school at Bob Jones University and sensed God’s call in our lives for Brazil in 1991, joining the BMM in 1993. After our deputation ministry, we arrived in Brazil in January of 1997, where we worked in team ministry in metro Sao Paulo. After 6 years, we moved to the interior of the state of Sao Paulo to start Victory Baptist Church in Osvaldo Cruz. After this church graduated, the Lord moved us an hour away to the city of Presidente Prudente in 2016. Presently, we have a group of believers and meet in a rented facility. We are looking forward to purchasing property and constructing our church building. This is especially important in a Catholic culture because they look at the building as the church. Once our building is constructed, that barrier will be removed and more will come to hear the gospel preached and respond to accept Christ as Savior. We are excited to be part of God's work, building His church here in Presidente Prudente!
Rob & Penny Whitty

Serving in Ghana, Baptist Mid-Missions.
Our story is really our journey of becoming the "living sacrifice" mentioned in Romans 12:1. We are both products of a Christian home, but we both struggled as teens to find our way in the Christian life. We married on October 27, 1984, and God richly blessed us in the succeeding years with five wonderful children. Early in our journey we committed to the local church and to our own personal growth. It was in the arena of the local church that God planted the desire for Him deep in our hearts.
In the Spring of 1995, we committed ourselves to ministry, knowing it would be the mission field but not certain of the location. After several years of deputation and several bumps in the road, we landed in Ghana in the fall of 2003. Looking back we sense that God used every step of the journey to prepare us for this ministry. Even when we didn’t know where we would be, the Lord knew! Right now we are privileged to serve the Lord in the Bono Region. Here we have helped a national-led church expand its ministry and, in 2019, the church opened a Christian school. We cannot believe how God has directed and led through all these events!
Cameron & Kerry Woolford

Church Planting through Church Multiplication, Servant Leaders International.
Our family has been involved in Church Planting and Leadership Training for 25 years. We have participated in 7 church plants working in the United States, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. We are grateful that God has given us the privilege to see His church become a light in communities where confusion and spiritual darkness reign. We look forward to seeing how God will use our family in the years to come to further His Kingdom.

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