Ron and Edna | BELIZE
Ron and Edna Juran serve in Belize through a diverse range of ministries. They help needy students with scholarships and tutoring programs. Ron does prison ministry and conducts a Bible study at a re-entry house for men coming out of prison, and Edna conducts a Bible study at a Christ-centered pre- and postnatal-care pregnancy center. Men and women have been led to the Lord and families restored through the ministry of Ron and Edna in Belize.
Nick and Sandi | BIBLE TRANSLATORS
Nick and Sandi have served at the Brooklyn Tabernacle in various ways—in the greeters’ ministry, moms’ ministry, men’s ministry, missions ministry, and counseling. God opened their hearts to the needs of the global church through the missions ministry. After leading Bible studies on unreached people groups and the persecuted church, they felt God calling them and their young children to go overseas to serve in Bible translation to help people groups have access to the Scriptures for the first time ever. “Pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ” (Colossians 4:3).
Romeo and Glennis | GUYANA
Longtime members of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, Romeo and Glennis Smith returned to their native homeland of Guyana several years ago to start a ministry home for street children. They teach the children God’s Word and provide them with food, clothing, medical care, schooling, and instruction in personal hygiene. The government provided their ministry with land, where they built dormitories as well as a kitchen, chapel, dining hall, and guest house. Their ministry also began a primary school, which is now accredited.
Beverly | GUYANA | TIGER BAY
A former reading specialist for the NYC Department of Education and longtime member of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, Beverly Roberts returned to her native homeland of Guyana in 2016 to start a food and nutrition program for some of the poorest children in the neighborhood of Tiger Bay in Georgetown. Working now in partnership with local churches and ministries, Beverly’s desire is to feed the children spiritual food as well as the physical food they need to concentrate and do well in school.
Bonite | HAITI
A registered nurse by profession and a member of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, Bonite Affriany returned to her native homeland of Jacmel, Haiti, years ago to begin a children’s program. This quickly expanded into a church with a number of outreaches, including educational sponsorships for children and adult literacy programs. Bonite has also built a children’s center that provides a home for needy children and meets their physical, educational, and spiritual needs.
Moffat and Rosemary | MALAWI
Moffat Phiri is a native of Malawi who has been planting churches in his home country for more than twenty years. In 2001, he and his wife, Rosemary, who is originally from Missouri, began a church in their home that has since grown to more than five hundred members. Their ministry now includes many community outreaches, including a learning center, a medical clinic, and a community care center with a wide variety of humanitarian and development programs, including a food program for children and senior citizens.
David and Linda | MIDDLE EAST
David and Linda were the first ministry workers sent by the Brooklyn Tabernacle overseas. They serve the persecuted church in a “restricted nation” region that is hostile toward and suspicious of followers of Jesus. David and Linda have led many to Christ, and this has led to persecution against the believers and against their own family. Their vision is to see people from all nations and all walks of life, regardless of social status, whether rich or poor, male or female, walking together under the banner of Jesus Christ.
Anna | MIDDLE EAST
Anna is a second-generation missionary. The joyful sacrifice that her parents made to serve the nations stirred her heart at a young age, and she offered her life to go wherever her Lord would call her. After she had served a few seasons in Latin America, the Lord placed on her heart a burden for the Arab world. In 2018, she felt led to serve the Arab community in Brooklyn, where she also joined her beloved Brooklyn Tabernacle family! She went on to serve in the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and Singers and as a global missions leader. Anna then answered the Lord’s call to share Christ in the Middle East.
Theresa | NAVAJO NATION
In 2007, Theresa Fewell gave her heart to Jesus at a Brooklyn Tabernacle Christmas program that she attended along with others from the drug-treatment center where she was staying. She soon began serving in ministry at the church. During a missions trip, she felt a call to serve the Navajo Native Americans in Arizona. After faithfully serving there for many years, at the beginning of 2025, the Lord opened a door for Theresa to minister to men and women in the prison system throughout Arizona under the guidance of chaplain Sonia Zuniga.
Robert and Louise | SCOTLAND
Robert and Louise Bell are first generation Christians from Scotland. Robert is a passionate follower of Jesus Christ who came to faith through someone sharing the gospel with him at his front door back in 1993. He is an evangelist at heart with an amazing vision to reach his community and equip the church to share the good news of the gospel with passion. Robert is the managing director of the Heralds Trust in Scotland and a trustee of Friends of Heralds in the USA. He is also the founding pastor of Crosspoint Community Church.
Adam and Martha | PAPUA NEW GUINEA
In 2000, God gave Adam Boyd a vision to translate the Bible for one of the more than two thousand people groups that have no access to God’s Word in their own languages. After struggling for years with the decision to become missionaries, Adam and his wife, Martha, committed themselves to the work of Bible translation. Two months later, Martha suffered an exceedingly rare heart attack related to the birth of their son Asher. Adam and Martha considered canceling their plans but sensed that God was telling them to move forward. Martha’s heart improved dramatically, and the two of them are now working with a team to translate the Bible into the Enga language. Enga is the largest vernacular language in Papua New Guinea, with more than 300,000 speakers. Since most Engans are not skilled readers, completed Scripture portions are being recorded and distributed on solar-powered audio players in addition to being made available in print format.
Adrián and Elizabeth, Gustavo and Judith | BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Adrián and Elizabeth Nasute, along with their associate pastors, Gustavo and Judith Giannini, lead Fuente de Vida San Alberto Church in the San Alberto neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The ministry began in 2010 in the home of a couple who opened their doors for Bible study and a children’s snack program. From those humble beginnings, God has steadily expanded the work, providing in 2025 a brand-new meeting hall built entirely through the sacrificial giving and service of the congregation. The church continues to grow in faith and outreach, serving families, youth, and children in one of the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. Through prayer, community service, and evangelism, they are reaching new souls for Christ and partnering in larger gospel efforts like the “Esperanza Buenos Aires 2025” campaign. Fuente de Vida is now focusing on developing new leaders, discipling believers, and building classrooms to serve the growing number of children attending their Bible programs. The vision of the church is to be a true family of God—where people are loved, transformed by the Holy Spirit, and sent out as channels of blessing to their community.
Roberto and Edith | MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA
Roberto and Edith Sorensen lead the ministry of the Church of Mar del Plata in Argentina. For many years, they have faithfully shared the message of faith, hope, and salvation with their community and beyond. The church’s vision, “lights shining,” reflects the numerous meeting places that have multiplied throughout the city and other regions as they have spread the gospel and raised up new workers for the harvest. Their ministry also meets practical needs through a Christian school and kindergarten serving four hundred students, and through daily meal programs that provide food to more than five hundred people. The church reaches into prisons, nursing homes, and wherever God opens doors for them to share His love. They ask for prayer for continued spiritual fruit, more workers to be trained for local and international ministry, and provision to complete several building projects, including an expansion of the church, new school facilities, and improved infrastructure at their Hebrón Camp.
Luis and Natalia | CONCEPCIÓN, TUCUMÁN, ARGENTINA
Luis and Natalia Álvarez Bordón serve as pastors of Más Vida Church in Concepción, Tucumán, Argentina. Their ministry reaches across the city with a heart to bring the transforming power of the gospel to families and individuals in need. Through discipleship classes, women’s gatherings, children’s programs, and outreach to the homeless, the church continues to share the love of Christ in both word and action. Each week, teams from Más Vida visit local hospitals to pray for patients and share the hope of Jesus—and many have received miraculous answers to prayer. They also provide food for families facing hardship and, during the Christmas season, supply full holiday dinners to dozens of households. Luis and Natalia ask for prayer that God would break the chains of poverty, addiction, and spiritual darkness in their region and that young people would find new life and purpose in Christ. Their vision remains clear: to see every family in Tucumán transformed by the love and power of Jesus.
Fabio and Simonetta Micco | ITALY
Fabio Micco serves as the lead pastor of Brindisi Tabernacle, a growing church plant in southern Italy dedicated to reaching people with the love of Jesus and equipping believers to live out their faith in everyday life. With a passion for worship, discipleship, and community transformation, Fabio and his wife, Simonetta, lead a vibrant congregation that blends biblical truth with a relational and Spirit-led approach to ministry. Their heart is to see lives renewed, families strengthened, and their city impacted by the gospel in practical and lasting ways. Fabio and Simonetta married in 2008 and have two children, Alessandro and Christian. They live in Brindisi, Italy, in a beautiful region called Puglia.
Rinaldo and Marek | SLOVAKIA
Rinaldo and Marek serve as pastors in eastern Slovakia, in the town of Sabinov, among the segregated Roma people (often called Gypsies). For over 25 years of ministry, together with their team of pastors and leaders, they have planted churches and witnessed thousands come to know Jesus. Many Roma people have been transformed through their faith in Jesus Christ. The ministry also provides daily food for children and supports young people in pursuing education. Recently, the entire Bible was translated into the Roma language. Believing for a great harvest and trust that this is the time when God is calling the Roma people to Jesus.