full time Christian
workers in Britain and overseas
Christ Church has many members who are
ambassadors for Christ and partners with us in the Good News of Jesus. Some have
gone abroad to do this, and some are based in New Malden.
Would you like
to be linked with any of our Mission Partners or Associates? You can help them
tremendously whether by giving or by prayer or both. For more information, please
contact their link person in the congregation by emailing the church office. You
will recieve their prayer letter 3 or 4 times a year, and be able to pray for
them, share with them and keep in touch.
All our mission workers need prayer,
encouragment, friendship and a growing level of financial support. Please help
us support the work of world mission. Missionary Gift envelopes and allocation
slips to assist you in making your gift for mission work are available from the
office. Please use a Gift Aid envelope if you are a UK taxpayer.
Bernie & Jo live in Hingham, near Norwich. After 26 years
serving with Navigators in Africa, they have had a ministry in Europe since September
2002 requiring much travelling and both serve on the NavEurope Leadership Team.
Bernie followed Mike Treneer as the leader of this team in 2004 and also serves
on the Navigators International Team. Their focus is to encourage national leaders
and mission workers serving throughout Europe and in particular to coach and enable
leaders in their ministries in Northern Europe. They have two adult children,
Sarah and Rachel.
Guido and Linda have lived in New
Malden since 2007 when they began a new job of recruitment for East Asia both
for short and long-term people based in the Greater London area.
Their
ministry began with eight years in Jakarta where Guido was teaching at a university
and involved in student ministry. Linda was an elder in a local church, visiting
families from the 1,500-strong congregation. Following that they spent ten
years on the home side of OMF International, with responsibility for candidates
and public ministries. In 2001 they returned to Asia to establish and lead
the OMF team in Myanmar (Burma), and to work with the Burmese church in teaching
and preaching, literature work and mercy ministries. They have three adult
children and one grandchild.
Updated December
2008
Jeremy and Rachel
Nash
Link: Roger Parham
Jeremy and Rachel live in Legmoin,
Burkina Faso. Their main area of work is with the Dagari speaking people - preaching,
evangelising and training Church leaders. During their period of service many
new Churches have been established. The Jesus Film in the Dagari language has
been particularly effective as a tool in village evangelism. They have worked
for Mission Africa since 1996 after spending their first year of marriage preparing
for mission work and spending time in Paris learning French. They have 3 children,
Katie (11), Timmy (9) and Toby (4).
Tom & Sandra (who is Swedish) live and work in the Arabian Peninsula.
They have two children Janet (6) and John (4), who attend a local school and nursery
respectively. Tom & Sandra were commissioned eight years ago at Christ Church
to work amongst Arab people. They seek to share the love of Christ with local
Arabs and ultimately to see a national church planted and growing in the area.
Over the first 5 years they set up an Arabic language institute and, whilst Sandra
continues to work part-time at the institute co-ordinating the training of local
teachers, Tom has relinquished his position as director, having fulfilled his
primary role. He is currently studying for an MBA. Both Tom & Sandra are fluent
in the local dialect.
Mike & Chris head up the work
of Navigators International with Mike as President and General Director. They
are based in Colorado Springs, though they spend much of their time in other countries.
Before their appointment to the International Executive, Mike and Chris spent
24 years working with Africans and lived for 16 years in Kenya. Navigators currently
work in 104 countries. One continuing priority for Mike and Chris is establishing
a network to bolster each country and regional team: many have been working in
relative isolation, particularly in the less developed countries. They also have
a major pastoral role towards other leaders. They have three adult married children..
It has been our privilege to support
Shelagh for the past 30 years - as a Missionary nurse passing on her nursing and
administrative skill in Nepal, Bhutan, Israel and a short spell in Afghanistan,
before returning to Nepal. She has served with several sending agencies and is
currently based in Thailand, using her considerable cross cultural and personal
experience in assisting mission. She is also actively involved in the local International
Church.
Simon grew up in Christ Church where he was a Pathfinder
leader, and his father was a churchwarden. He joined the Jonas Trust in 2002,
and is co-manager of the Centre at Redmire in Wensleydale with Aiden Webster. The
cabins at the Centre have been well used at weekends by Church groups and it is
possible to accommodate groups of up to 80 people. With good bookings at weekends,
emphasis is also being placed on ways of encouraging greater mid-week use by disadvantaged
people in particular need of a break and to provide a resource for the local community
and other users. The trustees have considered the building of extra cabins
with a new hall so that groups of about 120 could be accommodated (or two smaller
groups). This needs the cooperation of the owner of the adjacent Elm House - it
is hoped that he will buy some land and buildings from the Jonas Trust to help
with the financing of this expansion. A formal planning application is being prepared
so that this vision can become a reality. Simon's wife, Jo-Ann also grew up
at Christ Church, and teaches full-time at Leyburn Primary School where Isaac
and Theo go too.
Updated January 2008
Watch Simon talking about his work and his testimony on the YouTube video recorded
in Summer 2008.
Is the director
of Careforce. He co-ordinates the care of 84 British and International volunteers
who are serving in churches and church projects around the UK. He is a regular
member of Christ Church, and its Honorary Curate.
You can find out
more about Ian's work from the Careforce website: www.careforce.co.uk
which is also a good place to look for Gap Year opportunities.
Mick
and Carol Ann joined the Navigators as UK Representatives in 1984 and have worked
with students,graduates and local churches. Mick is the national coordinator for
leader development. The Navigators have ministries amongst students at 10 UK universities,
where they seek to work out in the challenging context of student life, the Navigator
calling to "advance the Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom through spiritual generations
of labourers, living and discipling among the lost." Mick also works part of the
week for a business consultancy.
Dick is Chairman of COME (UK) www.come.org.uk , the UK branch of
a Ugandan charity working in Gulu, Northern Uganda. For many years Dick has used
his engineering experience in water management to improve supply around Gulu and
together with others has supported practical outreach to the area. Dick lives
in New Malden, and is a regular member of Christ Church
The offices of the missionary society, Tearfund, are not
far from here, so we are blessed with several members of its staff in the Christ
Church and St John's congregation. They include Mike Duckering, Graham Fairbairn
and Nigel Timmins.
This is the group of Christ Church members who support all these
mission partners: Shonagh Avis, Elspeth Coke, Tom Collins, Chris Davis, Mike Duckering,
Rev Helen Durant-Stevensen, Viv Irvine, Andrew Rolph, and Neil Williams.
