Missions - Ministries Beyond Our Congregation
Jesus commands in Mark 16:15 to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel
to every creature." As part of fulfilling the Great Commission,
we, at Banks Lake Bible Church choose to support the following ministsries.
Robbie and April Cowgill:
Robbie serves in Seattle with Athletes in Action, a ministry of Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) that focuses on evangelism and discipleship with college athletes and coaches. Their heart as missionaries on campus is to see students, athletes, and coaches come to faith in Christ, be built up in their faith and connected to the local church, and sent from college as laborers and leaders for Christ wherever they go. April works as a pharmacist and also volunteers with Cru as time allows.
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Robbie serves in Seattle with Athletes in Action, a ministry of Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) that focuses on evangelism and discipleship with college athletes and coaches. Their heart as missionaries on campus is to see students, athletes, and coaches come to faith in Christ, be built up in their faith and connected to the local church, and sent from college as laborers and leaders for Christ wherever they go. April works as a pharmacist and also volunteers with Cru as time allows.
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Frank & Rebecca Arellanes
Working with Fellowship International Mission. They are involved in church planting in La Mission, Nayarit, a neighborhood in coastal Mexico which previously had no evangelical church. Also they are heading up youth evangelism, discipleship and leadership training in central Mexico via their Christian camp ministry, RADICAL.
Working with Fellowship International Mission. They are involved in church planting in La Mission, Nayarit, a neighborhood in coastal Mexico which previously had no evangelical church. Also they are heading up youth evangelism, discipleship and leadership training in central Mexico via their Christian camp ministry, RADICAL.
Jamie & Lisa Halverson
Jamie & Lisa serve with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Papua New Guinea. As a pilot, Jamie flies Wycliffe personnel and their PNG co-workers around the country. This enables them to do Bible translation, literacy, etc. more efficiently. Lisa has been involved in administrative support work, as well as working as an intern with some Wycliffe translators. She is involved in these activities as she is able, but her primary focus now is caring for their 4 kids.
Jamie & Lisa serve with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Papua New Guinea. As a pilot, Jamie flies Wycliffe personnel and their PNG co-workers around the country. This enables them to do Bible translation, literacy, etc. more efficiently. Lisa has been involved in administrative support work, as well as working as an intern with some Wycliffe translators. She is involved in these activities as she is able, but her primary focus now is caring for their 4 kids.
Abby Brady serves in the ONLINE ED. department of Ethnos360 Bible Institute helping to equip young people to better serve our Savior. Her role is primarily administrative. She has been serving with Ethnos360 since 2019. She is married to Isaac Brady who is a godly young man, but is not part of Ethnos360. They are living in Waukesha, WI where they can be involved in mentoring students who live on campus.
If you are interested in learning more about Abby's ministry please contact her!
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If you are interested in learning more about Abby's ministry please contact her!
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Evan & Libby Hannay
Evan and Libby moved overseas as tribal church planters in Papua New Guinea in 2021. Unfortunately, their ministry there was cut short due to medical problems that could not be alleviated in PNG. They returned Stateside mid-2022. In January 2024, they started a temporary assignment in McNeal, AZ to assist at the Ethnos360 aviation training center. Evan is working on the maintenance crew. While there, they will wait and see if Libby's latest medication regimen will be successful. Following that, Lord willing, they will continue to pursue church planting in a different context.
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Evan and Libby moved overseas as tribal church planters in Papua New Guinea in 2021. Unfortunately, their ministry there was cut short due to medical problems that could not be alleviated in PNG. They returned Stateside mid-2022. In January 2024, they started a temporary assignment in McNeal, AZ to assist at the Ethnos360 aviation training center. Evan is working on the maintenance crew. While there, they will wait and see if Libby's latest medication regimen will be successful. Following that, Lord willing, they will continue to pursue church planting in a different context.
[email protected]
[email protected]
Tom and Claudia Ferrel
Involved in tribal evangelism and church planting
with Ethnos360 in the upper Amazon basin of Brazil.
Tom & Claudia Ferrel
Ethnos360
312 W. 1st Street
Standford, FL. 32771
Involved in tribal evangelism and church planting
with Ethnos360 in the upper Amazon basin of Brazil.
Tom & Claudia Ferrel
Ethnos360
312 W. 1st Street
Standford, FL. 32771
Dan & Donna Bong
Pastored Wenatchee Valley Bible Church, (a mixed-ethnic church) from 2005-2012. Dan and Donna officially retired in January 2014 with Northwest Independent Church Extension, an affiliate of the IFCA. Since January 2015 Dan has been speaking the third Sunday of every month at Prestige Senior Living in Wenatchee adding a monthly
Bible Questions & Answers hour at the same facility in 2019.
Please pray for them and Donna's ongoing health concerns (she has MS).
Pastored Wenatchee Valley Bible Church, (a mixed-ethnic church) from 2005-2012. Dan and Donna officially retired in January 2014 with Northwest Independent Church Extension, an affiliate of the IFCA. Since January 2015 Dan has been speaking the third Sunday of every month at Prestige Senior Living in Wenatchee adding a monthly
Bible Questions & Answers hour at the same facility in 2019.
Please pray for them and Donna's ongoing health concerns (she has MS).
Mike & Gwen Klontz
After serving for 15 years as missionaries to Bolivia with New Tribes Mission, now called Ethnos360, in 1996 Mike & Gwen became Mission Representatives in the Northwest. Mike travels and speaks in conferences, churches, camps and colleges. They are semi-retired, but maintains a passion to motivate others to serve Christ - enthusiastically challenging all, young and old, to be involved in reaching the lost world for Christ.
Northwest Independent Church Extension (aka NICE) nicechurchplanters.org
The mission of NICE is to start and serve independent, Bible preaching churches throughout the Northwest. They have men strategically located to assist in starting new churches, finding a pastor or interim pastor for existing churches, pulpit supply, leadership training, outreach ministries, Bible conferences, as well as counsel and encouragement.
Care Net - Nearest clinic is in Omak, WA
Care Net has a network of more than 1,100 pregnancy centers that offer hope to women facing unplanned pregnancies by providing practical help and emotional support. In the words of TIME magazine, these pregnancy centers are the "kind, calm, nonjudgmental" face of the pro-life movement. Free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, abortion information, parenting classes, and material assistance are just some of the many services offered that empower women to choose life.
Care Net has a network of more than 1,100 pregnancy centers that offer hope to women facing unplanned pregnancies by providing practical help and emotional support. In the words of TIME magazine, these pregnancy centers are the "kind, calm, nonjudgmental" face of the pro-life movement. Free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, abortion information, parenting classes, and material assistance are just some of the many services offered that empower women to choose life.
Child Evangelism Fellowship
Reaching school children with the gospel. Their main ministry is through Good News Clubs (during school year) and Back Yard Bible Clubs (in the summer time) and Story Barns.
Reaching school children with the gospel. Their main ministry is through Good News Clubs (during school year) and Back Yard Bible Clubs (in the summer time) and Story Barns.