Missions Ministry

We are always praying about and reviewing other ministry opportunities both on a local level and overseas, and we would ask that you pray for us that we would be faithfully seeking God's guidance in conducting the awesome responsibility of supporting those who are spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ all over the world.

The Missions Ministry, headed up by Bill Pierce, meets on the 3rd Monday of each month, 6:30 pm,  at Southside Bible Church. 

We come alongside to help many from Southside Bible to take Short Term Mission trips, and also, In 2009, we are regularly supporting:

• Michael and Maren Boehm, Church Planting in Louisville, Kentucky.   Michael is Senior Pastor of Encounter Church.   www.encounterministries.net    You can see their latest newsletter HERE.

 

 

 

• Soctt and Beth Cunningham, serving with Overseas Council.  Click HERE for their Newsletter.   And Click  HERE to see their 2009 Annual Snapshot of Ministry.  ClickHERE to read their story.
  

• Travis and Maranatha Hamilton, serving with OMS International in Greenwood, Indiana:     You can read Travis's bio HERE.

•  Rodney and Cathy Fitzsimmons, Missionaries to Haiti.  Click HERE for a brief description of their ministry.  Click HERE for their latest Prayer Update.

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• Debbie Wittig, serving as a teacher in the South Pacific.       ClickHERE to see her highlights of 2009-2010

• Caleb & Oksana Kyzer (with Karolena and Amelia), serving in Moscow, Russia, with Student Venture, a teen ministry of Campus Crusade.  You can read their updates HERE.   You can e-mail them at  .  or   Skype: moscowkyzer

            

• David & Marcy Joseph, serving with InterAct Ministries in a Native Church in Fairbanks, Alaska   Check out their latest update HERE.

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• Yallah Kawala, currently raising support to minister in Rwanda.  Yallah is a member of Southside Bible Church.       Read his story HERE.

• Cason & Colleen Witig, serving in Kenya with World Gospel Mission. Check out their blog at casonandcoleen.blogspot.com   

 

 

• Brad Shrum, serving with Campus Outreach, Indianapolis, at IUPUI. 

                    Click HERE for Campus Outreach Newslettter

                    

• Mark & Jesse Spangler, serving with Wycliffe Ministries, Aviation and Hospitality, Cameroon, Africa..     Read their latest Update HERE.   Read their entire portfolio HERE. The Spanglers have 4 children:  Zoe, Caleb, Allie, and Micah.    Their blog:  markandjesss.blogspot.com    Their Facebook page:  Mark and Jess Spangler

                    

• Kurt & Rochelle Zurberg (with Kayla, Anna, and Sierra).  Church planting in Ukraine.  You can reach them by e-mail at: .   Click HERE to see their latest newsletter.  Click HERE to view their portfolio - where you will learn a whole lot more about their ministry.   Click HERE to see some great pictures!!!

• Maciek & Adrienne Moryn (Rayna - born in 2010) -  With Proem Ministires inTomaszow, Poland.  You can e-mail them at:       Their website is:  www.proem.pl  

  (At the top on the left side there is a button that says english version with an american flag next to it. everything but the home page is then translated into english )    Click HERE to see their newsletter.                                                          

  

• Pastor Mario Velasquez, and his wife, Maria Axpuac Valasquez, Zoar Church, Guatemala City, Guatemala.  children, David & Abi.  Mario and Maria are long-time friends of many at Southside Bible Church.   .  You can find them at:  www.ministerioszoar.com

• Diego and Bonny Valverde, church planting in the Dominican Republic. .  

Missionaries Diego and Bonny Valverde are church planters in the Dominican Republic.  Diego and his Father have started 5 churches there, and Diego and Bonny would like to start another church in Salcedo, Dominican Republic (pop. 12,000) next March.  Check out their latest update HERE.
   

• Turbo Ministries, A local Indianapolils ministry, presenting the Gospel at local sports and community events.  Director, David Likens, is a member of Southside Bible Church.  

• Kids' Incof Indianapolis, Indiana, a youth outreach located in the near Southside of Indianapolis.  www.Kidsincindiana.org   Click HERE for their most recent newsletter.

 

• Esperanza Ministries, Greenwood, Indiana - Translating the services, abilities and resources of the community to help bring hope, through the ministry of Jesus, to the needs of the Hispanic community: www.esperanzanjesus.org   Click here for their most recent Minstry Report.

• Midwest Food Bank.  Providing hope and relief to the needy, and to victims of tragedy, throughout the USA.  John Whitaker, elder at Southside Bible Church, is the Executive Director of the Midwest Food Bank.   www.midwestfoodbank.org

• NYC Ministries.  A ministry of SpreadTruth.com.  Several Southside Bible Church people have taken short-term summer mission trips with this ministry.  www.spreadtruth.com

• Voice of the Martyrs, a non-profit, interdenominational organziation with a vision for aiding Christians around the world who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ.  www.persecution.com

 

• Boaz Project- Ministering to orphans in India and Russia:  www.boazproject.org.   Click HERE for their newsletter.  E-mail them at:  .

 

• Compassion, International- a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty:  www.compassion.com   Some of Southside's Sunday School classes receive/send letters to children from other countries through this ministry. ClickHERE for more information on Compassion International. 

 

• Care-Net Pregnancy Centerof Johnson County:  www.carenetcpc.org