God is mightily at work in the world, and we are excited as a church body to partner financially and in prayer with the following organizations and individuals.
Missions
At Home and Abroad
Alaska Christian College
Soldotna, Alaska
Our Mission: "Empowering Alaska Natives through biblically-based higher education and Christian formation to pursue excellence in character, learning, and service as followers of Christ."
Drew & Claire Dickson
Solid Rock Bible Camp
Since 1958, Solid Rock Bible Camp has provided the youth of Alaska with outdoor experiences to encourage a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Solid Rock Bible Camp seeks to deal with campers in areas of their spiritual needs, encouraging each camper to make a definite commitment to Christ and to grow into mature Christians. Solid Rock seeks to provide safe and relevant programs to develop the camper mentally and physically through activities using an outdoor environment, and socially through cabin group living.
After much prayer, consideration of our family long term at camp, and discussion with camp’s executive director on camp’s biggest needs currently I am now the Wagon Train Program Manager. Claire, the kids and I are exited to continue serve Christ at camp in this way.
Claire and I have a heart for youth see there need for Jesus, the hope found only in Jesus, the definition, meaning and value Jesus offers them now and to know the truth of God’s Word. We feel led pursue this full time at Solid Rock Bible Camp. We are grateful for the flexibility and encouragement camp affords us to pursue this in the community at large and the local church body.
We are so thankful for your partnership with us and ministry at Solid Rock Bible Camp. We pray that you would: seek Jesus in all you do, walk with The Spirit, and delight in God’s Word.
Dave & Linda Flamm
Arctic Barnabas
The mission of Arctic Barnabas is to strengthen and encourage pastor and missionary families to effectively advance the Gospel Jesus Christ in Alaska and Canada.
Linda & Dave serve with Arctic Barnabas Ministries in Kenai, Alaska. Dave serves as the ministry director. They have been serving in Alaska for over 20 years. Over the years, they became aware of the need for a strong missionary and pastoral support system in the bush areas of the Far North. They felt passionate to support and encourage these front-line warriors who often are battling alone. Click HERE for a short video of the Flamms.
Jesse and Becky Glosser
Missionary Aviation Repair Center (MARC)
To expand the reach of the Gospel in Alaska by:
- Flying People & Supplies Where There Are No Roads
- Supporting Other Missionaries & Their Aircraft
- Training Missionary-Minded Pilots & Mechanics
We are grateful that God has called us to be missionary aviators here in our home state of Alaska. We pray that He would use us to reach our fellow Alaskans with the good news of Jesus Christ.
JoJo G.
Pioneer Bible Translators - Eurasia
JoJo G. joined Pioneer Bible Translators in December 2016 with the goal of serving as a translation specialist in Eurasia. Because of the pandemic, God temporarily redirected her steps to Alaska where, in a joint partnership with Arctic Barnabas Ministries, she trained and coached others who serve across remote Alaska.
After three years in Alaska, JoJo felt God leading her to pursue translation full-time again. She is preparing to serve as an Area Project Manager in Eurasia, moving to Poland in 2024. This role perfectly combines her passion for linguistics and her skills in coaching and training. JoJo's long-term vision is to serve among people groups in Eurasia that have been marginalized and dramatically affected by political changes. She is excited to see their lives transformed by God’s Word in their heart languages.
Pioneer Bible Translators exists to disciple the Bibleless, mobilizing God’s people to provide enduring access to God’s Word.
Harlan and Josie Lloyd
Child Evangelism Fellowship - McGrath
The Lloyd family moved to McGrath, Alaska, which is located off of the road system and sits on the Kuskokwim River about 230 miles from Soldotna. They desire to plug into McGrath Community Church growing in fellowship, discipleship, and finding areas in which to serve. They want to come alongside the church body in hopes of reaching out to the local community and surrounding villages. This would be through organized outreaches with the church and assisting with the ministry of One Wilderness (www.onewilderness.com). Their own family desires to integrate into the village through building relationships, serving others, and prayerfully starting a CEF Good News Club
Love Inc
Soldotna, Alaska
Love In the Name of Christ of the Kenai Peninsula is an inter-denominational Christian organization that works with churches and agencies in the area to assist our neighbors in need.
Our affiliate opened on November 30, 1987. We network with over 80 churches on the Kenai Peninsula, via partnering with us, or in some way being instrumental in assisting with various needs.
We are a “Clearinghouse” for agencies and church ministries on the Peninsula. What that means is when a person with a specific need calls our office, we gather information and try to direct them to the available resource, whether that is an agency like the Food Bank or a Church Ministry like a clothes closet. Many times there is a need for our client and a resource is not available or they do not qualify for other services. At this time, we have a set of parameters to determine if we should solicit assistance from a church near the person or from their preferred denomination. This is called filling the gap. Sometimes our assistance is simply listening to the person’s problem, demonstrating care, and offering prayer.
Michael and Tanis Pearson
Off the Wall Ministries
Michael is with Off the Wall Discipleship. Michael, along with the other staff members, are responsible for discipleship of male students in the program first and foremost, teaching students and members of the addiction ministry partner at Operation 6:12 and works on recruitment and operations of the ministry. He and his wife Tanis also have started a youth ministry at a local church in their community.
Persecution Project
Sudan
Persecution Project Foundation (PPF) provides active compassion for the persecuted. We bring crisis relief and spiritual hope to victims of civil war, genocide and religious persecution. We also provide on-the-ground assistance while restoring hope and rebuilding communities through the love of Christ.
PPF was founded in 1997 by Brad Phillips. In 1998, Brad traveled to war-ravaged Sudan and shot hours of video chronicling brutal persecution against Christians by the National Islamic Front government (now known as the National Congress Party).
This began a long journey, taking PPF through virtually every corner of South Sudan. PPF helped local pastors plant churches, supported orphans, built medical clinics, provided emergency relief to refugees—and kept taking pictures.
In 2004, PPF expanded its work to include a growing number of refugees on the Darfur border fleeing the genocide taking place in that province. In 2009, a Safe Water program was started to provide safe water to the marginalized in Sudan and South Sudan. In 2011, PPF began an intense campaign to assist one of Sudan’s largest Christian minorities living in the Nuba mountains of Southern Kordofan by founding savethenuba.com. Outreaches include safe water borehole repairs, medical relief, crisis relief items, and distribution of discipleship materials for local evangelistic efforts.
PPF’s work continues with support of the Jebel Lopit Training Center, Eastern Equatoria South Sudan, where a new generation of leaders are trained to lead the world’s newest nation.
Ryann Runion
Solid Rock Bible Camp
Originally from Indiana, Ryann has made Alaska her home. She came to Solid Rock Bible Camp for the first time in 2013, and moved to Soldotna to work full time at the camp. Preferring to stay in the background, Ryann has worked several different jobs during her time at camp.
She is currently overseeing registrations for camps and courses, scheduling and writing contracts for guest groups, scheduling and organizing work teams, including their housing and transportation. developing a new website and implementing a new camp management software to better organize our registrations, and more importantly to better serve the families that sign up for camp.
Kevin & Donna Spence
Training Leaders International
Training Leaders International trains pastors and leaders around the world, partnering with local leaders who have invited us to provide the theological training pastors and leaders desperately need. We meet this need through modular training, teaching in formal schools, planting schools and leading international churches.