Missions

Commission to Every Nation / Middle East

J, a missionary serving in the Middle East under the pseudonym, “God Said Go!”

He began his work in 2022 as a part of a discipleship and church planting team in a vastly Muslim nation. He spends his days among the local people, building relationships, and sharing the Gospel of Jesus.

Ways you can pray for J:

Protection and safety while he shares the Gospel

His friends F, Y, and S. Their full names are withheld for their safety, but all three guys have shown openness and interest in the gospel. 

Supernatural ability to read, understand, and speak the language. He is enrolled in language school and things are going well.

Donate By Mail: Please include a note with your check indicating your preference for my ministry. Make sure you write “preference” or it will not be tax deductible.

Mail to:

Commission To Every Nation

P.O. Box 291307

Kerrville, TX 78029-1307

Donate By Phone:

Call the CTEN Finance Office at (800) 872-5404, ext. 1.

Brother Pat Hayes began preaching in 1971. He and his wife, Graciela (Chela), have given their lives to ministry. Together, they have planted churches in several states and Puerto Rico. Brother Pat has also founded Christian schools in Tennessee and Louisiana, and served as Dean at Gulf States Bible College.  

For decades, Brother Pat has served as the Missions Director for the United Christian Church and Ministerial Association (UCCMA). In this capacity, he has organized and taught at ministers’ conferences in over 50 countries in both American continents, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe.  He holds honorary Doctorates from UCCMA and Southwest Georgia Theological Seminary, presented for his lifework and for his theses on Bible hermeneutics and Biblical poetry.  

Pat and Chela currently reside in Virginia, where he preaches at Redeeming Life Ministries in Staunton. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. 

Pathway Dominicana / Dominican Republic

Kike and Kelli Policape-Kessinger along with their two children, Anderson and Katie, are missionaries in the Dominican republic. They work in two areas within the country. San Pedro de Macorís is where they live and host multiple discipleship groups within their home. Kelli also teaches English to the local youth. Los Montones, a village located outside of Quisqueya, is where they are part of the leadership in the local church. Kike is the teaching pastor on Sundays and Kelli is the children’s ministry director. They also have two discipleship groups that meet twice a week. Their heart is for life-on-life discipleship that points others to Christ and creates life-long change through the power of the Holy Spirit. They have a great heart to see people set free by God’s liberating power as well as see true heart change that honors and glorifies God to advance His Kingdom.

The Jungle Hospital / Honduras

The Jungle Hospital was founded in 2007 by Dr. Martin & Wendy Williams. The Williams family has served in Honduras since 1994 with a vision to bring health, hope, and healing to people in the rural villages of Honduras. In November of 2007, the Jungle Hospital was dedicated and finally opened its doors to serve the people of the Cangrejal River Cove.  Since the opening of the hospital, our facilities have grown to include a dormitory to host visiting teams and practitioners, mid-term volunteer and intern housing, a Labor & Delivery Ward, as well as a Surgical & Recovery Ward. We have had over 53,000 patient consults at the hospital and in our surrounding community since we opened and have delivered 39 babies!

Our next phase of expansion is to build family housing in order to grow our team of medical providers and support staff. Construction of the children’s center will begin in the spring of 2023! God has blessed our efforts and is sending more volunteers to work at our hospital even as we build the needed housing. We give God all the glory and thank Him for His incredible faithfulness.

Around the World

The Holte’s served in Africa for 13 years, during which time they worked with Children’s Cup International and developed a leadership/Bible school called Global Leadership Academy. Currently, the Holte’s are residing in the United States, continuing to coach, support, and mentor new church plant pastors around the world.

Mahanaim / Cyprus

Norman and Kerstin Heidel with their four children, Yahron, Aviel, Rebekah, and Talita, live on the Mediterranean Island of Cyprus, the gate between Europe and the Middle East. They have been serving there as missionaries for the past 20 years.

Mahanaim is us, followers of Jesus, living as a missional community built around a lifestyle of worship and prayer, simple love and authentic faith, not unlike the monastic expressions of old.

Mahanaim is also a ministry answering the call to prepare for the return of Jesus, through sending out and receiving in people, discipleship, and discovering our mandate to the land, as we are reaching out to Cyprus, and the Middle East in serving.

Our desire is to steward His presence in such a way that lives are deeply impacted as we share and live the Gospel of Jesus.

A personal donation to Norman & Kerstin can be made online through the link below. You can donate to the Mahanaim Ministry by selecting “Mahanaim” under the fund tab.

Please make all checks payable to “Mahanaim c/o I Heart Church” to: 294 Crossroads Drive, Mount Hope, WV 25801

*Ensure to make checks payable to ‘I Heart Church’ and memo the amount to “Norman Heidel” or “Mahanaim” to allocate the donation correctly.

“HaTikva Project” / Israel

Evan, Elisa, and their three children serve in Israel with the Hatikva Project. The Hatikva Project’s mission is to effectively minister to underserved communities in Israel with excellence, in the name of Yeshua. They do this through three departments which provide benevolence to families in financial crisis, dental care to the needy, and foster care/adoption support.

Find out more here.

Cyprus

Ruben and Melissa were born in 1984 in communist Germany behind the iron curtain, both raised to live with faith without compromise. From an early childhood God planted a deep desire to go and serve Him in the nations. Since 2009, the Heidel’s, alongside their three sons, have been serving within a missional community in Cyprus. As a family, they frequently travel into the nations of the Middle East, where the believers live under constant threats and resistance. It is their mission to embrace, strengthen and empower the local body in every place to the glory of God. Your partnership brings strength to the weak, hope to the hopeless and healing to the broken, to see the cradle of Christianity come alive once again.

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An online donation can be made through the link below, making sure to choose “Ruben & Melissa Heidel” in the drop-down menu under missions.

Mail checks to “Mahanaim c/o I Heart Church” to: 294 Crossroads Drive, Mount Hope, WV 25801

*Ensure to make checks payable to ‘I Heart Church’ and memo the amount to “Ruben Heidel” to allocate the donation correctly.

Mbabane, Eswatini

Patrick + Leah Conti, with their two sons, live in Eswatini, a small country in Southern Africa. There, they both serve local pastors and missionaries throughout the region. The Contis founded Juniper Table, a ministry dedicated to developing leaders and pastors that are experiencing burn-out.

The Conti’s know that serving people in ministry is both fulfilling and exhausting. Many pastors and missionaries lack resources to replenish their own souls and strategic resources to build their teams. Because of this, Patrick & Lea are creating those resources to see less burn-out to help more churches thrive around the world.

Philippines

Jarel and Cami Dinagit are full time missionaries through an organization called YWAM (Youth With A Mission) in the Philippines. Currently, their ministry is to lead, train, and equip the next generation of Filipinos. Their hearts burn for missions and to see others come to know God and are ready to obey anything God may call them to do.

Madrid, Spain

The Valenzuela Family currently lives in Madrid, Spain where they have been actively planting the church RAÍCES MADRID since November of 2017.

Tifiny and Esteban came from very different homes. Tifiny grew up in a conservative Christian home where she was raised with biblical values. Esteban was raised in a much more liberal environment and lived wildly during his young adult years. Shortly after getting saved in 1999 the Lord took Esteban on an adventure that spanned the USA and Europe, eventually leading him to West Virginia where he met Tifiny in early 2004. After marrying in 2005 Esteban and Tifiny lived in Southern California where they worked and served in the local church. Within the next ten years the Lord added three beautiful children to our family.

In 2010 the Lord began to stir Esteban’s heart for Spain during a season of intense suffering and trials. While still serving in the local church the Lord confirmed the call to Spain between 2010 to 2014. Having the support of the church and the elders of CC Canyon Hills they launched out as a family of 5 to Spain, where they have residing since January of 2015.

Central Eurasia

Due to the sensitivity of the work, we are unable to provide detailed information and the names of the family serving in this area. This family has faithfully answered the call to share the Gospel of Christ to brothers and sisters in a persecuted area of the world.

If you would like to help support this family, you can give directly by clicking the link below.

Diverse Praise Ministries

Clint and Amy have been serving in Hawaii since 2018 alongside their family. The Lord planted a dream in their hearts in 1998 to reach young people by pulling out their God-given destinies and teaching them how to steward their gifts. Over the years, the Horsts have helped many young people discover their identity and develop their character through art, dance, music, and the trades, through life coaching.

Find out more about their ministry here.

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Mgobodzi, Eswantini

Pastor Harrison Magagula  is currently serving as pastor at I Heart Church in Mgobodzi. Mgobodzi is a small community in the northern region of Eswatini. He daily visits those in his community to pray for the sick and encourage their faith in Jesus.

Pastor Harrison and his wife, Sharon, have been happily married for five years and have three beautiful children who serve alongside them.

How to pray for the Mgobodzi community:

1. Praying for healthy homes

2. Salvations

3. More strength and love for the broken

4. Provision to start an orphanage

5. Provision for new outreaches for the church in the community.

Milanit, Eswantini

Alongside his wife, Nolwazi and daughter Emmanuella, he faithfully serves this community by pastoring, teaching, and leading.