Global Partners

John & Céline Agee

John serves with Engineering Ministries International (www.emiworld.org) in Senegal as West Africa zone coordinator and project leader. EMI seeks to see people restored by God and the world restored through design by developing people, designing structures, and constructing facilities which serve communities and the Church.
John and his wife Celine met during his 2-year French language study in France. They were married in June 2017, and their son Luka was born in December 2019. The Agees live in the town of Mbour, not far from the capital city of Dakar. The EMI Senegal team continues to grow, serving ministry clients through design and construction services, as well as connecting design professionals within the West African region.

Jerry and Jane Casey

Jerry and Jane have recently changed mission organizations. As of October 2021 they are now with KINGDOM AIR CORPS. God has given them the opportunity to pass on their experiences and passion for Aviation and Missions through preparing mission pilots for the real world. They will continue to use their gifts of hospitality and encouragement in their new focus of training missionaries.
 
Their favorite verse continues to be:
Jeremiah 29:11 ” For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”
 
God continues to lead and guide them as they have now been full time missionaries for over 28 years. God is good… all the time! Their website is www.kingdomaircorps.org

Brad Guderian

Brad has been working with Wycliffe for the past 23 years. Their goal is to translate the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament into the Koluwawa language. They spend most of their time on Fergusson Island. They also assist others in the work of translation in the other 800 plus languages found around the areas of Papua New Guinea.
 

Austin & Laura Krokos

Austin and Laura Krokos serve full time with Master Plan Ministries in Southwest Colorado preparing others to reach and influence the world for Christ. They are both a part of the MPM Administrative Team. Their primary work is serving and helping lead the three Master Plan Staff teams that reach out to the approximately 20,000 students at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, and Adams State University in Alamosa each year. MPM Staff engage students in evangelism and discipleship and send them back into the world to reach others for Christ. The Krokoses also help manage Master Plans’ two mountain ministry venues near Durango that are utilized to serve the campus ministry and local churches. Laura serves as the Women’s Ministry director and Austin is the Vice President of Campus Ministry and Administration.
 
God blessed them with 6 children after struggling with infertility for several years. Asher, Uriah, Eden, Malachi, Willow and Asa.

Mickey and Marielos Mckinney

 

McKinney’s Personal Mission Statement

Mickey and Marielos desire to be God’s servants who abide in Him in order to make disciples of Jesus using the gifts and talents God has given us.

HELPS Ministries Mission Statement

Partnering with the global Church to build ministries, serve field workers, and defend the vulnerable for God’s kingdom purposes worldwide.

McKinney’s Prayer Requests

Please pray for us with the following requests:
1. We ask that we may remain in God’s grace and always be led by the Holy Spirit.
2. We ask for wisdom from God to serve in the array of ministries He has given us.
3. We ask for much good fruit in ministry, meaning:
3.1 that many people would come to know the Lord Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
3.2 that many people would grow in their relationship with Jesus by walking with Him daily.
3.3 that many people would receive Godly counsel through our listening to and encouraging them with the Holy Scriptures.
3.4 that God be glorified in all we do.

Michael Miller

IDEAS sends and supports Christian professionals who are transforming lives and restoring hope through their professional work and personal relationships. We believe that transformed lives lead to transformed communities of contagious, eternal hope.
 
Mike leads a team of five professional sector directors (Agriculture, Business, Community Development, Education and Healthcare) as they oversee the professional excellence of IDEAS workers and programs to increase the impact of IDEAS work. This team provides direct coaching and problem solving as well as networking and finding resources needed to facilitate the program work. He also serves as the Business Sector Director where he directly supports IDEAS business leaders as they serve communities through their business.

Crick & Mindy Porier

Crick and Mindy reside in the university city of Tartu. Since 2008, they have been partnering with the local church and the Union of Estonian Baptist and Evangelical Free Churches to connect, develop and support church planting, youth ministry and various outreach programs throughout Estonia. In 2017, Crick became the Estonia Team Leader for Converge. Crick and Mindy’s ministry emphasizes building relationships in order to teach and mentor youth and young adults in leadership and spiritual growth. Estonia is one of the least-religious countries in the world. Less than 2 percent are evangelical Christians.

India For Christ Missions

India for Christ Missions (IFCM) raises up local church planters in India and sends them out to the least reached villages. Of the 1.4 billion people in India, the majority of them has never heard the name of Jesus. They also use medical missions to serve the poor and share the love of Christ. Grace supports IFCM though Partners International who helps with training ministry workers and connects the body of Christ through collaborative efforts.

Ed Black

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (USA) is a vibrant ministry to the people of the academy across the country with a vision to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world changers developed. InterVarsity is connected to many
other campus ministries throughout the world as a member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES).
After many years serving God as a pastor, Ed has been called to ministry with people in the strategic roles of university faculty, administration, and staff. Ed reaches out on many of the campuses along the front range of the Rocky Mountains. Fortunately, many of the campuses in Colorado have student ministries from a variety of nationally known Christian entities. InterVarsity is working to ensure that ministry to faculty, administrators and staff is also found on every campus. Ed is part of the Graduate and Faculty division and is seeking to develop Bible studies, support groups, and information alliances among Christian faculty at Colorado universities. Ed acts as a pastor to leaders of these vital academic institutions.
Please be in touch with Ed if you know of any workers on the many colleges and universities of the USA that you think would benefit from contact with other disciples of Christ. Networking is a big part of the work.