Bethel Christian Reformed Church
3500 Glenwood-Lansing Road
Lansing, IL, 60438
PHONE: 708-474-9226
EMAIL: phyllis@discoverbethel.org
SERVICES: Sundays @ 9:30am & 5pm
Lanny and Carla work for Africa Inland Mission International whose vision is to see “Christ-centered churches among all African peoples.” Lanny has served as International Director since 2002, based at the International Office in Bristol, England. His role is to provide spiritual, authoritative, and visionary leadership to the entire AIM family. MORE…
Dan is the pastor of a small home study/church. He teaches English, helps national churches with outreach programs—B.E.E. and C.E.F summer programs, Vacation Bible School and evangelism. They are on the edge of the Carpathian Mountains and there are villages out all over the Carpathian Mountains God has given them the time to start exploring these villages for contacts to start new outreaches. English is the best tool God has given. MORE…
Phil provides supervision, encouragement and support to the various missionaries and ministry activities CRWM and CRWRC are involved in throughout Nigeria. Stephanie is a fulltime mom, though she has started volunteering at a local hospital – Evangel – one morning a week attending the surgical team ’rounds’ and assisting where needed. She also assists as needed with other local ministries that require medical / health workshops. MORE…
Guillermo leads church services and weekly Bible studies, teaches Adult Sunday School, plays guitar and sings on the praise team, and counsels members. He is also the Spiritual Director of the school. Shelley is the Director of Caminito de Jesus. She is in charge of teacher training and curriculum development. She is also very involved in the church—plays piano, sings on the praise team, leads a women’s Bible study, directs Sunday School programs, etc. MORE…
Rachel is currently appointed as a Missionary with African Inland Mission (AIM) and is on a TIMO team that will be sent to plant a church among the unreached Matumbi tribe in Central Tanzania. Her team is scheduled to depart mid-2012. Rachel is currently studying Intercultural Studies at Western Seminary in Portland, OR. If you are interested in more information or supporting Rachel with a commitment to pray or to give financially, please contact her via email. MORE…
Steve serves as the director of SIM projects within the 10 countries in the southern cone of Africa. He helps missionaries with their budgeting, reporting and focusing of their projects. At present, there are approximately 175 projects. They range from AIDs orphan care, feeding schemes, buildings, agricultural training and resources, theological libraries, etc. Steve and Michelle both work in children’s ministries. We serve at a shanty town school in Johannesburg, South Africa. They run a children’s program for the grades 4 to 7 at the school plus help with tutoring and some maintenance. MORE…
Lois is ministering as a trainer and consultant for transformational development with Mission to the World (Presbyterian Church in America). After 39 years in Kenya and Eritrea, she is now based in the Chicago area and travels to various countries of Africa and the Middle East to train and mentor leaders and advise groups with several missions on development programs. MORE…
MCC founding co-pastors Henry and Amy Schenkel were the tallest man and woman in the choir at Calvin College when they met in 1994. After graduation Henry planned to return to Chicago’s south side and the thriving lawn care business he’d started while still in high school. Amy, on the other hand, had wanted to be a pastor since grade school, but didn’t know how that could be possible since the denomination she grew up in and wanted to stay in didn’t ordain women. Both graduates of Calvin Seminary, they are lively witnesses that in ways startling and mysterious God works to change hearts, minds and institutions! MORE…
Mike and Pretty are ministering in the Evangelism Department of Word of Life Philippines. This is a ministry that sets up and coordinates all the evangelistic outreach events of Word of Life Philippines. Some of the events we work with are: Weekend Evangelism Ministries for the 1st year Bible Institute Students, Open Air Evangelism events, Special evangelism trips to places all over the Philippines, Missions Reality Trips, and many more. This is an incredibly exciting ministry to be a part of. This is a ministry in which we get to see thousands of people a year come to the saving knowledge of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. MORE…
Mike has worked with Christian Reformed World Missions in Nigeria since 1979. Mike and Victoria serve with the Missions Department of the Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria (CRCN). The Van Der Dykes assist the CRCN in planting churches among unreached peoples in rural and urban areas in Nigeria and other West African countries. MORE…
Don and Mae Wunderink have been serving in missions for 15 years. Working with Christian schools as teachers and administrators, they served with Christian Reformed World Missions in Costa Rica, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic from 1995-2007. MORE…