Esteban and Emily Alvarez were approved as Career BBFI Missionaries to Uruguay in September 2012. They both graduated from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO, with a bachelor's degree in Missions; Esteban graduated in 2012, and Emily graduated in 1999. They served their internship at Springfield Bilingual Baptist Ministries in Springfield, MO. Seminole Baptist Temple in Springfield, MO, is their sending church. Esteban and Emily have three sons.

Chris and Stephanie Ballinger have been serving in Mongolia since 2007. They served in the nation's capital for six years, helping a church get on its feet, and started a youth center and Manna feeding center. They currently serve among the Darkhad, an unreached people group, in the central northern part of the country. They are helping a church to become national-led, and assisting other national pastors to start churches in unreached villages.

“We are Joshua and Ashley Bell and our family is currently on deputation preparing for the field of London, England. We got married in 2001 and have three children: Evan (12), Audrey (10) & Daphne (3). We both grew up in Arkansas and our sending church is First Baptist Church of Vilonia, AR. Ashley graduated from Ouachita Baptist University with a degree in Christian Education and Joshua graduated from Leavell College of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with a degree in Music and Christian Education. We love the church and have the pleasure to serve in different ministry positions over the past two decades. Our kids love to play disc golf, video games and go skating. Our passion is for the city of London and we hope to arrive there by the end of the year."

Vernon’s visionary leadership fuels the creation and development of every facet of World Help. He travels extensively year round to oversee our strategic projects overseas, invest in the growth of partners, and personally introduce donors to the needs of impoverished communities around the world. Vernon is also a renowned speaker on college campuses, churches, and conference venues nationwide. In his free time, you can find him at the ball field with his wife, Patty, cheering on their grandsons.

The Buxtons have been serving in the Philippines since 2010. The focus of their ministry is church planting. They are also involved in Baptist Bible College Asia and founded a gospel illusion ministry, Honest Deceiver Ministries, in 2008. They have two boys, Reece and Levi.

Joana and Brandon Carpio, Filipino church planters, are serving in Cambodia, a predominantly Buddhist country where Christians make up about 2% of the population. Their mission is to establish new churches and raise up a new generation of leaders. They engage in campus outreach and community ministry, which includes programs for youth, adults, and kids. Their work focuses on building relationships, sharing the love of Jesus, and empowering locals to lead.

Brandon also leads a music ministry, training local musicians for worship leadership. As they continue learning the Khmer language, Joana and Brandon are committed to making Jesus famous through their efforts and are grateful for the prayers and support that sustain their mission.

Shaun and Christin Evans along with their 3 children: Kaitlyn (15), Kameron (13) and Wes (11) serve in Sierra Leone, West Africa. They live in the capital city, Freetown, with a population of roughly 5 million people. Shaun is currently pastoring a local church-plant. Their future plans include additional church plants and  incorporating a youth sports ministry.

Gresan Romero has been a missionary in Cambodia since 2019, focusing on church planting and various ministries to reach the local community. Her work includes sports, music, media, and kids' ministries, creating spaces for connection and growth. Through Life Group and Discipleship, Gresan helps build strong relationships centered on faith. She is also involved in English ministries, using language as a tool to connect and teach. As a volunteer teacher at Global Life University, she shares her knowledge with future leaders. Gresan’s passion is to serve and support others, making a lasting impact through her diverse outreach efforts. 

The Hunters were both raised in homes that loved the Lord. Blake in Virginia and Megan in Texas. Blake began to develope a love for South Africa and Missions in general from an early age and Megan fell in love with the country after a visit there during her time in college. Bland and Megan met at Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO, were married, and were then hired to serve as missionary interns at Fatih Baptist Church in Osterville, MA in 2014. They were approved as missionaries to South Africa in 2016 for the BBFI and officially moved there in October of 2018. They joined our missions family in January of 2018. The Hunters have two beautiful children... Kynlee and Desmond. 

Max & Jennifer Kennedy are missionaries to Nicaragua committed to church planting. They have been on the field since August 2017 in the town of Estelí, Nicaragua. Their goal is to plant a new Church in the downtown of Estelí and have begun building a “Launch Team” of nationals. So far they have hosted 4 meetings for anyone who is interested in helping start the church and have seen 26 people come to Christ so far! The last meeting was the week before Christmas and they were blessed to host 81 people in their home/church! The goal is to launch monthly services in March and then officially launch “Santuario Estelí “ on August 5, 2018 with at least 100 people! They have hosted over 500 people in mission trips to Nicaragua and would love for the people of Family Fellowship to come help them plant more churches in the future!

The Kumars graduated from Bible College in 2008 and were commissioned as co-workers in 2010. They arrived in India in the summer of 2012 and begun their work with the Oriya Hindus; specifically the “untouchables.” They hit the ground running and realized that God had opened doors to work with the indigenous Saora Tribe as well. Orissa is the first state in India to implement anti-conversion laws and they are strictly enforced. However, their efforts have led to starting house churches. Six church planters have been trained which includes a fully functional house group with the indigenous Khond tribe. A project for 30 children is being operated with the intention of reaching the respective villages.

Elvis and Emily Leon are church planting missionaries to New York City where they have a plan to plant 5 churches in each of the 5 boroughs. They have been serving in New York since May of 2021 working in churches 2 and 3. Elvis and Emily met in Springfield, MO where they were married in December of 2020. They now have two daughters Cora and Cece who were both born in 2022. Their goal is to reach the lost, develop churches and equip leaders.

David and Malea Lusa have been serving in Slovenia since 2016. They were married in 2010. They both graduated from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO with a Bachelors degree in Intercultural Studies. They are sent out of David's home church, Lighthouse Baptist Church in St. Lous, MO. David is actually half Slovene and his Dad was born there. through this, God called David back to his own people, and Malea's heart was also broken, as less than 1% of the population truly understands who Jesus is. Their goal is to plant local churches led by the nationals. The first church has been started and future leadership is being trained.

Greg and LuAnn Lyons have been missionaries for nearly 30 years in Metro Manila, Philippines. Primarily church planters, God has opened doors for multiples ministries, including starting 15 new churches, international Evangelistic Youth camps, A Bible College with 13 campuses, and missionaries sent from the Philippines. The Lyons have 6 children, of which four of them are missionaries, serving along side them in Manila.  

Luke and Kelly both grew up as missionary kids. Both spent their early years growing up in a mega city. After graduating college with a degree in Biblical Studies and Church Administration, Luke and Kelly were married and Luke began working for a large 529 investment company then moved to become a real estate broker, all along having a heart for what was happening globally for missions. 

In the summer of 2010 Luke, Kelly, and their eldest son Scott moved to the Philippines, and Everett was born in the Philippines in 2012. Luke is now a church planter and coach in Manila, one of the largest megacities in the world. He enjoys a good game of golf and the whole family enjoys exploring and photographing the Philippines and new places in S.E. Asia., 

Growing up in a missionary family has been an incredible blessing. Learning the Khmer language and culture throughout my life has instilled me with a greater love for the Cambodian people and opened doors to share the Gospel with efficiency. 

Their ministry started in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, and is now operating in a ministry center in the adjacent province of Kandal. John Mark is involved in two additional church plants outside of Phnom Penh. At one church plant location, in the year 2021, they have constructed a multi-story ministry facility to house the church and the HIV/AIDS rescue ministry. Fresh off the recent building’s official opening, we already have our sights set on constructing another building that would facilitate more leadership development trainings, classes for Christian education, become a safe haven for at-risk children, and provide housing for ministry volunteers coming to serve in the country.

In 2000, Mathew and Crista's love of India and desire to see the unreached people of the country worshiping around the Throne brought them to West Bengal. They are currently working among the Bengali Hindu, who make up 80% of the 90 million people of the state, and less than 0.02% know Christ. The focus of their ministry is discipleship and church planting among adults and children throughout the state. The Lord used their ministry among the Bengali children to gain them access into the red light district of Siliguri where the vast majority of the women have been trafficked, and a large percentage are Bengali. They praise God everyday for the response they are seeing among these women and the small fellowship that has been established in the area.

We are Jacob and Sydney Mulford, and we are BBFI Missionaries to the people of Lisbon, Portugal. Our desire is to see the people of Portugal worship Christ because He is the Savior of the world, and God desires for the world to repent and believe in Christ. He uses His church to spread His Gospel message, and He has called us to Lisbon. For these reasons, we are stepping out in faith with His calling on our lives to evangelize, disciple, and plant churches in Lisbon, Portugal. We met at Mission University and graduated with our degrees in intercultural studies in 2022. Shortly after, we married and served on staff at Park Crest Baptist Church as missions interns. We were approved as BBFI missionaries in 2023.

Je and Allen are church planters in the Philippines. They launched Lifepoint Church in 2010, a growing church in the heart of Antipolo City of the Greater Manila Area. After typhoon Haiyan in 2013, God opened a door for them to get involved in planting churches in the smaller remote islands in the province of Cebu. They are also praying to start more churches in other towns and cities of Rizal and Bicol provinces.

I grew up in Germany as a Pastors/Missionary kid. I moved to the US in 2010 and told myself I would never move back to Germany nor ever go into vocational ministry. God had other plans. Seeing clearly that people need to hear the gospel around the globe, I understood that God wanted me back in Germany. Since my heart is to see people find Jesus, I knew I needed to be a Church Planter. We will be your representative Church Planter in Ulm Germany. Thanks for partnering with us.

Randy Pierce sold his business in 2000 to begin full time ministry with XMA. Since then Randy has led over 150 short term volunteer mission teams to dozens of countries throughout Central America, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. Randy’s current ministry focus is taking the Gospel to unreached people groups in restricted countries of Asia. Randy currently serves as Executive Director and Vice-president of XMA.

Stan and Jackie are missionaries to the mission field of Panama. They attended Bible college full-time, and were approved as career missionaries through the BBFI in 2012. They arrived in Costa Rica for language school in January 2014. God then moved them to the town of Boquete, Panama and showed them the great need to start a doctrinally sound church in that community. Iglesia Bautista La Gracia has now grown with salvations, baptisms, a strong discipleship class, and currently supporting their first international missionary, and looking to support a local ministry as well in the near future. They host 7-9 mission teams a year, and have a huge desire for people to experience their ministry in person!

Matthew & Tabby have a heart for making disciples who desire to see the church expand everywhere. God has led them to Germany to work with displaced Muslim people. Through their ministry in Köln (Cologne), they will minister to some of the hundreds of thousands of refugees in and around the city. Their goal is to build up churches that can send displaced people back out into creative access nations.