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“We are a people glorifying God by reaching people for Christ and furthering the Kingdom of God in Evans and the Nations”

Gary and Robin Alward

Campus Outreach, Thailand

Gary & Robin Alward have been in Thailand since 1997 evangelizing and establishing Thai college students. They have worked on campus in Bangkok for seven years, in Khon Kaen for eight years and are now leading a new expansion team to Chiang Mai.

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Dan and Carol Iverson

MTW, Japan

Dan: Mentoring and Mobilizing. Mentoring Japanese and missionary harvest workers in Japan. Mobilizing workers, prayer, and resources for gospel mission, particularly for Japan, by preaching, speaking, and networking in churches, seminaries, and other avenues.

Carol: Mentoring and Member Care: Mentoring both Japanese and missionary women, and on MTW Member Care team for Japan.

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Yuji & Eri Iwata
(Shintaro, Mizuki, and Aki)

MTW

Two main focuses: (1) An international Church planting called "Bridge International" in Kisarazu City, Chiba. (2) Assisting an established international church called "Alive International" as part of the leadership team, one of the pastors.

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Moe and Git Montenegro
(Sam, Rae, Lee)

Campus Outreach SERVE

Moe is involved in evangelism and discipleship of university students, lead an indigenous Thai staff team and church planting.

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Haruaki and Asami Odate
(Hatsuho, Niji, Torah, Seika)

MTW, Japan

Haruaki goes by the name O-Chan.  He is planting a church in the city center of Chiba, where 1 million people live. In February this year, his church officially became a mission church under the Presbyterian Church in Japan. They have about 50 attendees for the Sunday services. They want to reach out to the people in the city.

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Anthony & Sayo Odtohan Aika, Daiki, & Sakina

MTW, Japan

Anthony serves with the MTW Chiba Academics & Outreach Team, as well as deacon and ministry assistant for Oyumino Christ Church's bilingual worship service. He also serves in admin support roles and leading weekly mission prayer time for Covenant Community School International (CCSI) — a bilingual Christian school that serves grades 1-12.

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Debbie Richards

MTW, Japan

In 1995, Debbie went to Chiba, Japan short-term with the MTW IMPACT program and ministered for three years with the Tokyo/Chiba church-planting team through its English Outreach program. Impressed by the tremendous spiritual need of the Japanese people, Debbie returned to Chiba in 2001 for long-term missionary service with MTW. In addition to teaching English classes, her ministry activities include serving as pianist for two of the church plants and participating in the music ministry (church choir) at Honda Chapel.

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Chris and Marie Stevanus

Pioneers

PIONEERS is a well established and well respected mission organization whose priority is church planting among unreached people groups. We are grateful for the leadership, accountability, and community that they offer us as we move to join them in what God is doing in Thailand. Pioneers does not yet have a team in northern Thailand focused on anti-human trafficking so we will be starting our own. For now our team will partner with various local ministries in order to learn from their experience in planting churches in Thailand, as well as impacting the reality of sex trafficking

Caleb Stober

SERGE

I work at Christ Bible Institute, an equipping ministry which trains Japanese church leaders and develops Christian materials for the building up and renewal of the Japanese church. My particular work is mostly in our media department, producing online resources in English and Japanese.

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