Mission Partner Updates
Here is a list of Mission partners you can pray for. Bellevue has always placed a big priority on missions and we want you to know how you can partner with us to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Ross Boultinghouse
Serving in Louisville, KY
Vision:
Ross is serving with Across Campus, an evangelistic campus ministry at the University of Louisville. Ross’ goal with Across Campus is to glorify God by making disciples who engage the campus with the hope of the gospel. Ross will strive in this goal through life-on-life discipleship, evangelistic Bible studies, and by encouraging commitment and love of the local church.
How to Pray:
1. Pray that Ross would delight in the Lord and desire to make Him known.
2. Pray for the work of Across Campus and for those sharing the gospel at the University of Louisville.
3. Pray for financial partners to enable Ross to serve full-time on campus, maximizing his effectiveness.
Contact:
Click Here to contact Ross.
The Deluca Family
Serving in St. Louis, MO
Vision:
In 2024, John and Ashley DeLuca planted a church in the Kirkwood, Crestwood, Sunset Hills area of Greater St. Louis. The Well Community Church seeks to engage the community, make disciples, and glorify God through the worship and witness of Jesus Christ.
How to Pray:
1. Pray for boldness in evangelism within our community, especially in the relationships God has given us. Ask for daily faithfulness and persistence in sharing the good news of Christ.
2. Luke 10:2 – Pray that the Lord of the Harvest would raise up and send full-time laborers to join The Well Community Church in St. Louis – especially an associate pastor, pastoral resident, or worship leader – to further our mission of glorifying God through Christ’s worship and witness.
Contact:
Click Here to join their prayer and update team.
The Dirinamai Family
Serving in India
Vision:
The Dirinamai family began their strategic work in the Himalayan foothills in 2022. Their mission targets a city located on a narrow strip of land uniquely bordered by Nepal, China, Tibet, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, aiming to engage the region’s worldwide lostness.
How to Pray:
1. Pray for our local ministry partners to faithfully continue
serving the Lord.
2. Pray for our new church plant, Immanuel Baptist Church to
grow and be rooted in Christ.
3. Pray for the people of the Himalayan region to be
receptive to the Gospel.
Contact:
Click Here to contact them.
Every Village A Church (EVAC)
Serving in Malawi
Vision:
Planting new churches in every village and meeting the needs of widows in Malawi.
How to Pray:
1. LEADERS – Pray for our leaders and church planters across Malawi.
2. RESOURCES – Pray for a growth in financial resources so EVAC, Inc. can continue to grow in our evangelistic and church planting reach.
3. HOPE FOR WIDOWS – Pray for expanded opportunities to reach widows and their children with the gospel as we provide educational and vocational training.
4. WORKERS IN THE FIELD – Pray for more Malawians to be called into ministry and for provision for their training.
Contact:
Website: everyvillageachurch.org
Email: everyvillageachurch@gmail.com
Social Media: Facebook: Every Village A Church
Hannah O.
Serving in North Africa
Vision:
Hannah is serving in North Africa as an English teacher through an organization that sends Christian teachers. Her goals include teaching with excellence, forming lasting relationships with her coworkers and students, and sharing the hope that lives within her in word and deed.
How to Pray:
1. Prayers for deepening relationships and genuine friendships.
2. Pray that friends’ interest in reading the Bible would grow into a desire for Jesus.
Contact:
Click here to see how you can support Hannah.
The Little Family
Serving in Guatemala
Vision:
Here in Guatemala the center of everything we do is simple: evangelize the lost, disciple the saved, and minister to the needs of the poor. There is so much more but the best part is that God is in the center of all of it!
How to Pray:
1. Pray for our sewing ministry.
2. Pray for the church in Las Delicias – They are slowly stepping up and taking the lead. Potential Pastor being raised up. Seeing them grow spiritually is awesome!
3. Pray for two new staff members to begin in January. Pray God sends exactly who the ministry needs.
4. God’s plans not ours as we are planning for 2026.
Contact:
Click Here to be added to the newsletter.
The Maloy Family
Serving in Fort Campbell
Vision:
Real Life Ft. Campbell is a church plant with an emphasis and focus on reaching the military population in and around Ft. Campbell. Because of the unique challenges of a military life, Real Life Church seeks to create a real community for the soldiers, their families as well as the veterans and retirees. Real Life Church provides physical care to deployed soldiers and their families while seeking to minister to them in this unique environment.
How to Pray:
1. Pray for the new military-specific ministry aimed at those in the barracks, housing and deployed.
2. Pray for resources – Real Life Church has more than doubled in attendance in the last year. Many of our resources have been stretched thin because of it.
3. Pray for deployed soldiers and families. This is part of military life, but it still takes a huge toll on people. Pray we can minister to them in this time and see people come to faith.
4. We have five young men who have expressed a call to ministry. Help us discern how to best lead and serve them.
Contact:
Click Here to find out more about Real Life Ft. Campbell.
The McKinley Family
Serving in Budapest, Hungary
Vision:
Marshall and his wife, Debi, live in Budapest, Hungary. Marshall is currently serving with Navigators, pioneering a university and city-wide ministry that focuses on Christ-like community and intentional discipleship.
How to Pray:
1. Pray that the new and growing Hungarian believers continue to take steps in leadership and investing seeds of the Gospel among their families and peers. We are intentionally inviting several people into mentorship in leading Bible studies and community programs.
2. Pray for unity within our University ministry team as we navigate some new dynamics. Debi and I got married in September, 2025; one team leader just welcomed a second child; one team member is returning to the States after three years, here; and we’re expecting a new team member to join us in November!
3. Pray for continued joy, grace, and wisdom as Debi and I begin our first year of marriage. We feel so incredibly blessed for this gift God has given us!
Contact:
Click Here to be added to Marshall’s monthly ministry newsletter.
Judy Miller
Serving in Sub-Saharan Africa
Vision:
The Madagascar StoryTogether Bible training is giving unprecedented Scripture access and engagement for the people of this island nation. Working hand in hand with the Baptist Convention of Madagascar, teams from across the island are developing oral Bible stories in their dialect so every Malagasy person can understand, accept, and apply God’s Word to their heart and lives. Believers and churches will mature, the lost will hear the Gospel in a natural and understandable way.
How to Pray:
1. Pray that the scripture resource, The Pearl of Great Worth: Find True Prosperity will be a useful tool across Africa and around the world addressing the so-called prosperity gospel.
2. Pray for the StoryTogether orality projects in Benin, Madagascar, and the Mountains of North Africa. Pray for
abundant Gospel conversations, deep discipleship, and effective leadership development.
3. Pray that 2026 will be the year of the first Notkib follower of Jesus Christ.
Contact:
Click Here to sign-up for her newsletter.
The Owens Family
Serving in North Africa
Vision:
The Owens family supports hundreds of missionaries across North Africa by consulting on housing, vehicle, and visa needs. They also work alongside local teams in evangelism, discipleship, and church planting.
How to Pray:
1. The LOST- Pray for the millions of people living in North Africa who do not know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Pray that the Gospel would go forth and lives would be transformed.
2. The LOCAL CHURCH- Pray for the national believers as they face persecution. Pray for wisdom, perseverance, and
encouragement. Pray that they will stand firm in the faith and be a bold witness to those around them.
3. The LIGHT- Pray for endurance for workers living cross-culturally as they shine the Light of Christ. Pray that the people walking in darkness will see a great light; and on those living in the land of darkness, a light will dawn. (Isaiah 9:2)
Contact:
Click Here to receive updates.
The Rafi Family
Serving in Louisville, KY
Vision:
Building healthy, Gospel-centered churches.
Equipping faithful Dari/Farsi-speaking leaders.
Producing sound theological resources into Dari/Farsi.
Their goal is to return to UAE or a country close to Afghanistan to create a training hub to train individuals, Bible teachers, and church leaders from Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan and the diaspora—and send them back to disciple their own people.
In the meantime, they continue to produce essential theological materials from English into Farsi, preparing leaders for solid, biblical ministry.
How to Pray:
1. Pray that their immigration documents are processed in God’s perfect timing.
2. Pray for spiritual growth for their whole family.
3. Pray that their marriage continues to reflect the love and glory of Christ.
4. Pray that their children grow up loving and knowing Jesus.
Contact:
Click Here to be added to the newsletter.
The Sequeira Family
Serving in Nicaragua
Vision:
The Emmanuel Home of Protection (EHP) is a ministry of Commission International and is located in Diriamba, Nicaragua. The EHP provides care for young ladies who have been victims of abuse by offering a safe environment where young ladies receive spiritual, emotional and psychological support, as well as education, pre-vocational training, food, clothing and shelter.
How to Pray:
1. Pray that God brings spiritual and emotional healing to the girls at Emmanuel Home.
2. Pray for the staff who are serving at Emmanuel Home. May God give love and wisdom to the staff as they minister to those girls.
3. Pray for resources to buy a new Van and increase salary to the workers at Emmanuel Home.
Contact:
Click Here to partner with their ministry.
The Wainright Family
Serving in Lyon, France
Vision:
We desire that our ministries flow from who we are in Christ. We desire to be an authentic gospel community that shines in our city, country, and abroad like a light on a hill.
2022 – We launched our Claritas internship program to grow local french leaders.
2023 – We celebrated our five year anniversary as a church.
2024 – We celebrated the launch of our first church plant in the Lyon 5th neighborhood.
How to Pray:
1. Pray for unity and a shared vision on next steps for the church.
2. Pray that we would multiply servants, interns, deacons, and elders.
3. Pray for a greater witness in our community and that we would understand and meet the needs of people in our
neighborhood.
Contact:
Click Here to receive email and video updates about our family, ministry, and church and learn more about how to get involved.
If you would like more information about our mission work or if you feel called to missions, please contact:
Dr. Tim Menser | tmenser@bellnet.org
or
Danny Gray | gray7714@bellsouth.net
The Gospel changes lives!
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
Reaching our World
(Global Missions)
3,522 Global International Missionaries ($25,000)
We are partnering with our Southern Baptist International Mission Board and churches all over North America to send 3,522 missionaries (1 missionary family from Bellevue) to advance the Gospel to diverse people groups throughout the world. In 2024, through our partnership with other Southern Baptist Churches, our IMB Lottie Moon giving resulted in 1,609,869 people hearing the gospel, 144,964 people coming to faith, 68,628 people being baptized, 282,682 people discipled, and 14,195 new pastors trained. There are still so many people and people groups who have not heard the gospel. Pray for more laborers in the field.
Lyon, France ($10,000 Missionary Support / $3,500 New Church Plants)
We are partnering with Lyon missionaries, the Wainwrights, to plant multiple churches to make Christianity more accessible, reach the city of Lyon, and ultimately reach the nation of France with the Good News. The city of Lyon is the second largest metropolitan city in France with a population of 1,733,581. Out of the 16 Protestant churches in the region, only a fraction of those is evangelical. Our Lyon missionaries currently have started the only evangelical church in their Arrondissement (neighborhood) of over 80,000 people. They are currently working to expand their team and are working to establish two more churches in the region.
Guatemala ($7,500)
We are partnering with missionaries, Michael and Sandra Little, as they facilitate church planting in Guatemala. In addition, through their ministry we will help provide food, medical, dental, and vision care, along with other resources to many in that region.
Every Village A Church (EVAC) – Church Planting in Malawi (Africa) ($10,000)
We are partnering with Every Village A Church, Inc. to plant new churches and assist widows and orphans across the nation of Malawi. In the first three years of EVAC’s existence, the organization has partnered with local pastors/church planters to plant 19 new churches in previously unreached areas. EVAC has also trained and supported over 840 widows. EVAC has an ongoing partnership with the Baptist Convention of Malawi in order to reach more unreached areas in Malawi, expand pastor theological training, and improve health care through a Baptist clinic.
India ($8,500)
We are partnering with the Dirinamai family who began their work in the foothills of the Himalayas in 2022. Through your giving, they will be able to evangelize the lost, disciple believers, plant churches, and train pastors. This strategic work seeks to engage worldwide lostness as the targeted city is located on a narrow piece of land surrounded by the countries of Nepal, China, Tibet, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. With a population of over one million, there are over 622 unreached people groups in the region who have no indigenous evangelical witness. Please pray for our missionary family as they have battled illness, taxation issues, and various other struggles this past year.
University Outreach Ministry in Budapest, Hungary ($12,000)
We are partnering with Bellevue Member and foreign missionary Marshall McKinley through Navigators. Marshall is working to reach and disciple Hungarian students in order to lead to transformation of their lives, families, and communities with the love of Jesus Christ.
Northern Africa Outreach ($6,000)
We are partnering with Bellevue Member Hannah O. as she enters her final year working with an organization that sends Christian teachers to teach English in various unreached nations. Hannah will be working to teach and build relationships with co-workers and students as she lives out and shares the Gospel in a country that is closed to the Gospel.
Global Outreach – Haiti Missions ($3,000)
We are partnering to provide meals and nourishment along with the presentation of the Gospel for elderly widows and widowers in Haiti. Please pray that meeting these immediate hunger needs will lead to the deeper spiritual need being filled.
International Storying – Story Together Madagascar ($5,000)
We are partnering with an IMB missionary, an Owensboro native, serving in Africa. International Storying is a way to take the Gospel to oral (non-literate) cultures in their heart language as local believers are trained in key stories from the Bible that lead locals to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Further training for local discipleship will be provided as well.
Emmanuel Home – Nicaragua ($5,000)
The Emmanuel Home of Protection (EHP) is a ministry of Commission International and is located in Diriamba, Nicaragua. The EHP provides care for young ladies who have been victims of abuse by offering a safe environment where young ladies receive spiritual, emotional and psychological support, as well as education, pre-vocational training, food, clothing and shelter.
Mission Trips ($15,000)
We are striving to help provide more opportunities for our Bellevue family to go to the global mission field in the upcoming year. Giving to this offering will help organize and support teams of self-funded Bellevue members. Short-term mission opportunities will include Guatemala, Malawi, and Nicaragua.
Reaching our Nation
(National Missions)
Military Church Planting – Real Life Church – Ft. Campbell, KY ($7,500)
We are partnering with church planter Erik Maloy as we seek to reach active military families and veterans in the Hopkinsville, KY/Clarksville, TN area with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Send Church Plant – The Well Church – St. Louis, MO ($5,000)
We are partnering with church planter John DeLuca as we seek to reach an area of St. Louis with very little Gospel saturation and a growing number of people who identify their religious affiliation as “none.” We are offering the message of hope that only the Gospel can provide to this growing community.
Afghan Church ($5,000)
We are partnering to assist with a new Afghan church plant in the Louisville area. With the rapidly growing Afghan population in the region, we will be seeking to reach those in our local community with the hope that we can plant an Afghan congregation in our immediate area someday.
Language Ministries (Hispanic, Burmese, Afghan, and Congolese locally and regionally) ($35,000)
We are partnering with our already-established Hispanic, Burmese, and Congolese congregations and pastors. In addition, we will be working with an Afghan mission strategist to reach Afghan internationals and plant churches in Owensboro and surrounding areas as God continues to bring the nations to our front door.
Across Campus – Ross Boultinghouse ($5,000)
We are partnering with Ross Boultinghouse who will be serving with Across Campus, an evangelistic campus ministry at the University of Louisville. Ross’ goal with Across Campus is to glorify God by making disciples who engage the campus with the hope of the Gospel. Ross will strive in this goal through life on life discipleship, evangelistic Bible studies, and to encourage commitment and love of the local church.
Eliza Broadus State Missions ($5,000)
We are supporting our Baptist state offering that goes to help reach many people across Kentucky by planting new churches as well as reaching internationals, the deaf, and under-resourced peoples in our state. In addition, the offering helps with campus ministries, Kentucky Changers, and various children’s ministries across our state.
Annie Armstrong National Missions ($5,000)
We are supporting our Baptist national offering that goes directly to the mission field in North America to support more than 2,400 missionary families serving across the United States and Canada. It also provides funding to train and resource missionaries for church plants, compassion ministries, and evangelism.
Reaching our Community
(Local Missions)
Refuge Owensboro ($12,000)
We are partnering with Refuge Owensboro, a local ministry that organizes churches to welcome and aid new refugees and asylum seekers in our community. We will be continuing our long history of serving internationals who come to Owensboro by helping grow our language congregations here at Bellevue as well as potentially starting new congregations.
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry ($3,000)
We are partnering to help provide chaplaincy ministries for our local jail in Owensboro by serving both inmates and staff with encouragement and the hope of the Gospel.
Friends of Sinners ($3,000)
We are partnering with this local ministry that offers a faith-based residential addiction recovery program. Lives are changed through this ministry for both men and women as volunteers and staff work to rescue people from addictions using their faith in Christ and biblical principles.
MentorKids Kentucky ($4,000)
We are partnering with this Christ-centered organization that exists to positively impact the lives of kids, ages 6 to 14 years old, from single-parent and non-traditional households to promote academic excellence, character building, social responsibilities, relational and life skills development. Mentors are volunteers from the community who help these kids find hope today and for the future through encouragement and the love of Jesus Christ.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) ($2,000)
We are partnering with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a ministry that strives to reach and make disciples of all people – especially coaches, athletes, and their friends. Our support goes to help our local (Owensboro/Daviess County) FCA ministries through providing Bibles, programming, and other resources so that more students can know about the love and acceptance that comes from a relationship with Jesus.
YoungLife Owensboro ($2,000)
We are partnering with our local YoungLife Owensboro group as they seek to engage with students across Owensboro and Daviess County, accept them as they are, and introduce them to the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.
CareNet Pregnancy Support Center ($4,000)
We are partnering with CareNet to minister to young women who are experiencing a crisis pregnancy. This pro-life ministry helps young women choose to continue their pregnancy and provides numerous supports throughout their pregnancy. CareNet volunteers and staff share the Gospel with these mothers, and many come to Christ.
Sunrise Children’s Services ($2,000)
We are partnering with Kentucky Baptists across the state and supporting this organization that enables Christian families to foster and adopt children. In addition, Sunrise operates four therapeutic residential centers, one psychiatric residential treatment center, family services, and an independent living program that helps kids who are aging out of the foster care system. Sunrise helps over 800 children and family members in our state. Many Sunrise kids come to know Christ as Savior.
Christ’s Cupboard ($2,000)
Bellevue cares about the hungry in our city. Many families experience difficult times when money runs out and food is needed. Each year, Bellevue provides needed groceries to over 1,000 people in our area. Through this ministry we are also able to share an invitation to church and pray for their specific situations.
Bellevue Quilt Ministry ($3,000)
We are partnering with the Bellevue Quilt Ministry whose volunteers make quilts, clothing, and personal items for multiple local ministries including CareNet, Fresh Start, Lighthouse Recovery, Owensboro Recovery, Friends of Sinners, and Sleep in Heavenly Peace. They also provide the same for national and international mission work including our teams in Puerto Rico, Guatemala, and Africa. Every quilt given is accompanied by the message of the Gospel.
Benevolence ($2,000)
We are supporting Bellevue’s ongoing Benevolence ministry that is led by our Deacons and provides strategic assistance to church members when they have an acute financial need.