Ministry Focus
National Partnerships
Not all followers of Christ are able to travel abroad as missionaries, yet God has gifted every believer for a role in the Great Commission. In today’s rapidly-changing world, one effective way for Christians to reach into every people group is to partner with national believers who are leading their own ministries in their own cultural contexts.
At ABWE, while our primary focus is sending missionaries, we also recognize that God is already working across the globe using national believers. Indigenous missionaries can often be far more effective than traditional Western missionaries in hard-to-reach and limited-access countries. For example:
- Christians throughout Asia distribute gospel booklets in languages that have no other Scripture,
- believers in Myanmar host the country’s largest theological library,
- and Indian peanut vendors pass out gospel tracts during their everyday jobs.
Perhaps you are looking for ways your church can partner with ministries overseas among unreached people groups. North Americans can join God’s work by coming alongside a national partner to pray, give, or serve. For example:
- You can pray for children to find new life in Christ after being rescued from the red light district.
- You could donate money so that an orphanage director in Haiti has what he needs to keep 200 kids off the dangerous streets.
- Or you could train national pastors digitally or in-person so they can in turn raise up more leaders to spread the gospel.
In Scripture, a desire to partner with national churches and believers overseas characterized even the Apostle Paul’s ministry. God is still using national partnership today. God works when like-minded believers bring together their own gifts and resources across cultures to work toward a common gospel goal.
We believe the goal of healthy missions is to see thriving national churches expand and for the missionary to shift from the “pioneer” mentality into a “partner” mentality over time as indigenous believers mature. ABWE maintains numerous partnerships with national-led ministries overseas, and Live Global—a ministry initiative of ABWE—exists with a specific emphasis on building global national partnerships for the glory of God.
Is God calling you to use your skills on the mission field?
Opportunities
Assistant Church Planters
NicaraguaThe church planting movement in Nicaragua is growing rapidly. Come work alongside national pastors with both new and existing church plants in a variety of locations both urban and rural.
Bible/Seminary Professors
PeruOur team in Peru needs Bible College professors with a specialty or experience in Christian Education to join our faculty at the Baptist Theological Seminary.
Bible/Theology Teachers
UkraineWe are seeking Bible/Theology teachers who are willing to serve at a seminary in Kyiv or Odesa, equipping the next generation of Ukrainian church leaders.
Projects
Silvia Henriquez
Silvia is a missionary partner with ABWE in the area of Queretaro Mexico and serves in church-planting ministries, supporting a local church plant through working with their evangelism, discipleship, teen, and biblical counseling ministries.…
Dmytro (Dima) Ukhanev
Dmytro (Dima) Ukhanev is the pastor of Boryspil Bible Church in Boryspil, Ukraine.
His main task as a pastor of the church is to lead the church, feed it spiritually, and watch over the flock.
One of his priorities is to train leaders and, throughout the year, he has regular meetings with the brothers who are part of the church leadership team, gathering for communication, discussion of urgent issues, planning, and joint prayer.…
Alexander Lupanov
Alexander Lupanov is the founding pastor of Source of Life Church, located in Buyalik, a village in the Odesa region of Ukraine. He is married to Irina, and they have four children.
Alexander and Irina were saved as adults and baptized in the Ark of Salvation Church in Odesa.…
Silvia Henriquez
Silvia is a missionary partner with ABWE in the area of Queretaro Mexico and serves in church-planting ministries, supporting a local church plant through working with their evangelism, discipleship, teen, and biblical counseling ministries.…
Dmytro (Dima) Ukhanev
Dmytro (Dima) Ukhanev is the pastor of Boryspil Bible Church in Boryspil, Ukraine. His main task as a pastor of the church is to lead the church, feed it spiritually, and watch over the flock. One of his priorities is to train leaders and, throughout the year, he has regular meetings with the brothers who are part of the church leadership team, gathering for communication, discussion of urgent issues, planning, and joint prayer.…
Alexander Lupanov
Alexander Lupanov is the founding pastor of Source of Life Church, located in Buyalik, a village in the Odesa region of Ukraine. He is married to Irina, and they have four children. Alexander and Irina were saved as adults and baptized in the Ark of Salvation Church in Odesa.…
Anatoliy Cherepinskiy
Anatoliy and his wife Alla were saved as adults and baptized in the Ark of Salvation Church in Odesa, Ukraine. Anatoliy started the Philadelphia Church on the south side of Odesa, Ukraine. The village church in Limaniy, Ukraine, began as an outreach of the Philadelphia Church.…
Leonid German (Lonya)
astor Leonid (Lonya) has been serving in Fair Haven church in Krasnosylka since its beginning. His father and father-in-law were also instrumental in starting this church. His father-in-law was a pastor who spent time in prison for his faith during the soviet days.…
Shepherd’s Refuge
The Shepherd’s Refuge is a 2-year program designed to provide biblical counseling/mentoring and training to pastors and their wives in Asia for the unique struggles and burdens they face in ministry and within their own marriages. Shepherds need shepherding. In closed countries, church cultures are often places where pastors and their wives are overworked and often neglected.…
Christian Citizenship Inc.
Christian Citizenship exists to see the citizens of Papua New Guinea become genuine citizens of heaven through the gospel of Jesus Christ, to the glory of God. …
Hope Alive Healthcare Birthing Center
As a gentle birthing facility, Hope Alive supports women on their motherhood journey, sharing more about who Jesus is and how to study the Bible, and is often a safe haven for abused mothers to be. Hope Alive is a free clinic to the poorest families in the area, and is the only clinic in the area that focuses on caring for the local Muslim community with halal spaces and vitamins.…
Maranatha Retreat Center
About the Ministry A sanctuary in Northern Ghana where pastors, church leaders, and the local churches find rest, spiritual refreshment, and contextualized sound biblical foundation to strengthen their ministries and transform communities with God’s love. Our Focus Encounter: Help provide a sacred space where pastors and ministry leaders can experience deep, personal encounters with God through intentional quiet time, guided prayer experiences, and worship, stepping away from ministry demands to refresh their spiritual lives.…
Mandarin Biblical Counseling Resources
Biblical discipleship-counseling has been gaining ground in Eastern Asia as believers are discovering the sufficiency of God’s Word for life’s problems. We aspire to provide free Mandarin resources for pastors, students, and lay leaders who are getting equipped through online training.…
Center for Youth Ministry Ukraine
Ukraine based Christian organization that creates educational platforms for ministers of youth Ukraine, so that every local church has trained leaders to effectively teach the Word of God, interact with young people, and shape a new generation for Christ. The Center for Youth Ministry in Ukraine cooperates within five regions and currently operates in partnership with six Christian educational institutions.…
Asia and the Pacific Ministry Fund
Asia & the Pacific Ministry Fund is designed to empower and support national partners and missionaries in the Asia and the Pacific regions. This fund aims to facilitate the growth and establishment of new ministries, ensuring that local communities receive the spiritual and practical support they need to thrive.…
Experiencing Faith and Hope Ministries Dominican Republic
About the Ministry At the center of Experiencing Faith and Hope Ministries is a new church plant on the outskirts of Santiago, the second largest city in the Dominican Republic. Worship is the heartbeat of this new church, both through music and the teaching of the Holy Scriptures.…
Evangelism with Shannon Wong (Bahamas)
Great things are in progress on the mission field through this ministry! Our missionaries will be sharing more project details shortly and look forward to how you might get involved. If you need to get in touch immediately, let us know at info@abwe.org…
Boa Terra General Fund
Using Good Soil materials adapted for Brazilian Portuguese, missionaries and Brazilian pastors are equipping believers for worldview-relevant evangelism and discipleship. Over the past 15 years, thousands have been trained through seminars and week-long Bible courses. Today, the work is expanding in São Paulo and Porto Alegre, with significant potential for wider impact.…
Leadership Training with Lucien Dawson (Belize)
Great things are in progress on the mission field through this ministry! Our missionaries will be sharing more project details shortly and look forward to how you might get involved. If you need to get in touch immediately, let us know at info@abwe.org…
GAP Jamaica Baptist Church Planting Agency
Great things are in progress on the mission field through this ministry! Our missionaries will be sharing more project details shortly and look forward to how you might get involved. If you need to get in touch immediately, let us know at info@abwe.org…
Support the Goroka Project (Papua New Guinea)
Tucked far away in the southwestern Pacific, Papua New Guinea and its 600 islands are often marked by a challenging mixture of tribal conflict, superficial forms of Christianity, and spirit worship—resulting in spiritual warfare and a weakened church. Ethnic strife and widespread violence have led to a culture that devalues life.…
PABWE Project Care
As PABWE missionaries only receive minimal regular support, project care is intended to address emergency cases and assist PABWE missionaries upon retirement.…
PABWE Building Maintenance
Supporting PABWE Headquarters and Missions Guest House ongoing projects and maintenance so it can be a place for meetings, trainings, and more.…
Church Planting and Children’s Outreach with Ionut
This project is to support a Live Global national partnership in Romania.…
PABWE President
Eddie and Jan Rayos Eddie Rayos hailed from the highlands of Malaybalay Bukidnon, Mindanao Philippines, where one of the first Fundamental Baptist Churches (Bethel Baptist Church) was planted by ABWE. God called and enabled him into pastoral service for more than 30 years.…
Live Global | Faith and Deeds Ministry (Liberia)
Faith and Deeds Ministries in Liberia primarily uses medicine as a means for missions and evangelism. Dr. Coril and her ministry team teach churches how to do outreach in their communities by using medicine as a compassion platform. They invite teams from overseas to to travel alongside Faith and Deeds Ministries on medical outreach trips.…
Church Planting with Felix & Oana (Romania)
Felix and Oana are church planting in Bucharest, Romania. They are part of the young team working to grow the church and send others to the ends of the earth. Meet the Leaders: Felix and Oana Felix Tamaș is married to Oana and together they have two daughters.…
Live Global | International Student Ministry (Ukraine)
In Ukraine there are 540 universities with two million students. These schools are home to future society influencers from all over Ukraine and all over the world. Sagar and his wife Nina work to primarily reach international students from places like India and the Middle East who are studying in the big Ukrainian city.…
Live Global | The Lighthouse Campello with Joel and Magaly (Spain)
Located on the sunny Mediterranean coast, the city of El Campello, Spain has provided a safe harbor for sailors throughout human history. It's central beacon tower dates back to the Middle Ages, when it would be lit to warn other coastal towns of coming invaders.…
Live Global | Business as Mission
The Live Global Business As Mission initiative strives to partner North American business people with local business partners in countries around the world to create self-sustaining Christian communities. There is a need for profit-generating, Christ-centered solutions to engage unreached people groups, and to address strategic global issues such as poverty, slavery, unemployment, environmental degradation, and corruption.…
Discipleship w/ Pastor Meo (Philippines)
Pastor Meo and his team and church are working to reach out to more towns and municipalities in their province of the Philippines. They focus on small group discipleship to edify and equip our members to become disciple-makers who start churches in their communities.…
Live Global | New Page Ministries
About the Ministry New Page Ministries is a collaboration between Ingrid (biblical counseling ministry) and Bo (IAMoneworld creative ministry). After 35+ years of modern spirituality and New Age teachings, God opened their eyes and they became followers of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.…
Missionary Training with Sergio and Becky
Both Sergio and Becky are second-generation missionaries! Sergio’s family has ministry roots in Paraguay and Chile. His parents are missionaries in Paraguay. Becky’s parents served in Ecuador and now in Argentina. They each responded to God’s call to ministry during their teens.…
