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Dale & Becky Burke

Leverage Leadership

The Burke’s ministry empowers global pastors through training, equipping local trainers, and distributing resources in multiple languages.

In 2024, they trained pastors in numerous countries including Rwanda, Vietnam, Uganda, and Mexico, and partnered with organizations like VIA and ADEPR.

They aim to expand their reach in 2025 through partnerships in Brazil, Jordan, Rwanda, and the United States, while increasing their training budget to impact more pastors globally.

  1. Financial Support: Pray for generous year-end gifts to replenish exhausted reserves and support the 2025 training budget of $100,000.
  2. Successful Trainings: Pray for fruitful and impactful training in Brazil, Jordan, Rwanda, and other locations, with many pastors equipped to lead well and live well.
  3. Expanded Partnerships: Pray for strengthened partnerships with VIA, ADEPR, and other organizations, leading to increased global reach and impact.

Theo Bunescu

M4 in Eastern Europe

Theo, Merle and their children (Samuel, age 9 and Robert, age 7) would like to thank you for your decision to partner with them in their work in Estonia and Europe.

On a personal/family level: They just celebrated Samuel’s 9th birthday with his friends from school, church, and family. Samuel is a gift to them. One thing they appreciate very much about him is that he apologizes quickly when he messes up.

On a local ministry level: Theo had the opportunity to speak at a church planting conference on discipleship. And recently, Merle had the opportunity to lead a retreat for the core group of women leading the women’s ministry in their local church.

On a European ministry level: Theo had the opportunity to be in Germany in November with the M4 national leadership team helping them through a leadership transition. While there, Theo, together with one of the German leaders, got to film some training videos on M4-related content. Also, Theo just got back from Spain, where he led a training for all the M4 national leaders from fourteen nations of Europe.

  1. Please pray for Theo and Merle’s patience and wisdom in leading their children. And for their children’s growth in loving God and loving people.
  2. Pray for fruit in the church plants they are working with, situated in eighteen different nations in Europe.

Ward and Kari Ballard

The Navigators

Ward and Kari Ballard continue to serve with The Navigators in Colorado Springs where Ward serves as the National Director for ISM, their ministry to International Students. Kari helps mentor some of the single women in ISM. She also leads a Bible study for Eagle Lake counselors in the area that are college aged. Daniel (son #3) currently is on Student Staff with Young Life leading 16 college students as they minister to special needs high schoolers in Ft. Collins, CO. He is a junior in college, majoring in Math Education. Emma is a sophomore in high school and is learning to drive in snow! Their two older boys, Caleb and Seth, are out of school and working in Portland and Chicago.

  1. Please pray for Ward as he mentors two younger leaders: David, who is serving as co-director in the ISM ministry and Noeun, who is preparing to head overseas to Central Asia. Pray for wisdom as Ward oversees 125 staff serving on campuses across the country.
  2. Please pray for Kari–that she might have the Lord’s discernment as she has more women interested in being discipled than her capacity. And also pray for Kari as she travels to mentor a single staff woman at CU-Boulder.
  3. Pray for Emma and her friendships. Recently, her 2 best friends have both found out their families will be moving this coming summer. Please pray for some new friends.
  4. Please pray for Daniel and the Lord’s guidance as he graduates in a year.

The Voice of The Martyrs

OBF has partnered for many years with VOM through prayer and financial support to aid the persecuted church, and letter writing campaigns to plead for the release of those imprisoned in the name of Christ.

VOM was founded by Richard Wurmbrand and his wife, who were both imprisoned in communist Romania for their faith in Christ. The Wurmbrands travel to spread the message of the atrocities that Christians face in restricted nations while establishing offices dedicated to assisting the persecuted Church in practical and spiritual ways. 

  1. To encourage and empower Christians to fulfill the Great Commission in areas of the world where they are persecuted for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
  2. To provide practical relief and spiritual support to the families of Christian martyrs.
  3. To equip persecuted Christians to love and win to Christ those who are opposed to the gospel in their part of the world.
  4. To undertake projects of encouragement, helping believers rebuild their lives and Christian witness in countries where they have formerly suffered oppression.
  5. To promote the fellowship of all believers by informing the world of the faith and courage of persecuted Christians, thereby inspiring believers to a deeper level of commitment to Christ and involvement in His great Commission.
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Jonathan and Maggie Hunter

Studying in Scotland

The Hunters have begun their third (and final) year in Scotland. Maggie continues to homeschool their three children, Patrick (13), Molly (10), and Liam (7), and to lead a small Bible study. Jonathan has just begun writing the fourth (of six) chapter of his project, and teaches Sunday School. He maintains contact with a couple of Classical schools (in Colombia and Costa Rica), and in June traveled to Atlanta for the annual conference of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS). There he met with ACCS leadership about expanding resources for Latin America.

  1. Please pray that their children would continue to grow in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and men.
  2. Please pray for Maggie’s Bible Study, that the Word of the Lord would not return void.
  3. Please pray for open doors and the Lord’s guidance for their family as they try and best prepare for the next season of ministry.

Beth Luechauer

CRU’s Ministry, Agapé UK

Beth Luechauer is serving with Cru’s UK ministry called Agapé UK, living locally in the US and serving globally, remotely.  For 2 years she has served as the Leadership Development Director and is also serving on the National Leadership Team, helping give leadership to the overall UK ministry.  She loves her role in LD. Here, she develops staff by encouraging missionaries in their own growth and development so they can thrive and be the most effective in the ministries God has called them to.

  1. Pray for new laborers to be raised up! Only 3% of the UK population say they know Jesus. That means 97% don’t know Him and we need more laborers!
  2. Please pray for transition. Beth’s team has had several changes and transitions this year and will be welcoming a new team member this fall.

Jane Armstrong

CRU, Miami University of Ohio

Thank you for partnering with Jane in raising up Christ-centered laborers from Miami and the world!  This summer she has been on assignment in Oxford, and it’s been a rich time for alumni visits, freshman orientation, and working on personal things around the house (clutter, repairs, etc). She has also been busy responding to students as 84 new and returning women leaders work through four foundational Bible studies and the book, Master Plan of Evangelism.  

  1. Please praise the Lord for the legacy of men and women who are walking with the Lord, raising godly families, and remain actively involved in evangelism and discipleship all over our nation and the world! (Most of these students were from OBF, as well as Cru).

    Praise the Lord for Jane’s good health and the privilege she has of continuing in the race!

Please pray for wisdom and diligence in the time remaining with only two weeks before the semester!

Please pray for returning students and the incoming freshman class to become Christ-centered laborers for a lifetime!

Douglas and Jennings Boone

Wycliffe Bible Translators

Serving language groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  1. The Omi people, who received their new NT translation in January 2023, are already calling for the translation of the OT.
  2. Praise God for the active Omi literacy program, teaching many to read.
  3. Praise God for a successful Multilingualism Assessment Tool workshop. This helps Douglas and Jennings understand how people use their own language alongside Swahili and French, and determine what materials could be produced to help people better interact with the Scriptures.
  • For Douglas as he finishes a research paper on Scripture Use. This will aid a community which has rapidly and widely embraced the new mother-tongue New Testament. Praise God that data collection went well and was completed under budget. Please pray for Douglas and Jennings as they interact with peer reviewers in mid-July and finalize edits afterwards.
  • Pray for Douglas’ doctor’s visit on July 16th to determine the timing of eye surgery.
  • Pray for Douglas and Jennings as they go through the passport process to get new passports between mid-July and mid-Sept.
  • Pray for Jennings as she facilitates an intense Translation Basics course for five weeks in Kenya to 25 students from 8 African countries. 

Pastor Arman & Tatev Gevorgyan, and Their Children

Serving in Sevan, Armenia 

Last year was busy for the Gevorgyan family. Arman completed an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from an American Christian institute in Vienna in 2020, but graduation was postponed until 2023 due to Covid.

They praise the Lord for successful youth activities this past year, including camps and VBS, sometimes partnering with other churches in the area. Their three-day VBS had 40 children, most of whom did not go to church. The Christmas program was also very special. They lead ongoing Bible studies for teens, young adults, and adults. These have been fruitful and they have seen kids from another church begin attending. Teens went to a beach camp at Lake Sevan in August. Some came to faith. Some grew closer to Jesus. Some lives were changed. And they praise God that people were added to the church. In the fall they also hosted a meeting for young people from three churches with predominantly Assyrian people. 

  1.  The refugees. In September, Azerbaijan forcibly displaced Armenians from Artsakh. Over 100,000 refugees came to Armenia. Arman and Tatev’s church accepted two refugees, one of whom has mental health issues which has created challenges for the church and Tatev, who helps care for her. The police are involved. Please pray for a fair outcome. 
  2. Sickness. Several church members have been sick. Doctors are very expensive in Armenia and many people do not trust them. One of the ladies in ministry almost died from celiac disease, but now is well and continues ministering.
  3. English classes. Arman hopes to start classes for young people at their church.
  4. Summer VBS and camps coming soon. 

Charlie & Cheryl Warner

Barnabas International in Ukraine

Living in a country at war brings many opportunities for spiritual conversations and daily reminders of one’s dependence on God for everything. Charlie and Cheryl’s ministry of encouragement and spiritual support continues for Ukrainian missionaries at home and abroad. They praise God for successful attendance at three strategic conferences and a retreat with Barnabas colleagues in other parts of the world. 

At Charlie and Cheryl’s church, Irpin Bible Church, more than 100 new believers have been baptized in the past two years. Praise God! The church ministers to people who have experienced war trauma in several volunteer centers in the area and is training military chaplains.

  • Their church is planning a veterans center that will care for practical and spiritual needs of military personnel.
  • On May 18th, a new Ukrainian law will no longer exempt clergy from the army draft. Christian leaders may be drafted, which would have negative implications for churches, seminaries, and Christian organizations.
  • New believers growing in their faith.
  • Gospel outreach and healing for a country in need of hope.
  • Families that are separated because of the war—wives and kids abroad with husbands and fathers in Ukraine. 
  • Protection for residents of Ukraine whose cities come under attack.
  • Books on member care for missionaries to be translated into Ukrainian, published and distributed.
  • Charlie and Cheryl’s time in the US in June and July attending Barnabas International staff meetings and visiting family.

Hope and Cheque Garcia

Back 2 Back Ministries in the Dominican Republic

Hope and Cheque Garcia serve with Back 2 Back Ministries in the Dominican Republic (B2B DR). In December a partnership with whom B2B DR had been serving for several years suddenly ended, leaving the Garcias and their team without a facility in the Cien Fuegos community. God divinely opened up a door via a community leader and since February, the B2B team has been serving the same kids but in a new location and under B2B administration. It’s been quite a shift for the team and everyone is growing in leadership. The Garcias are currently back in Monterrey, Mexico awaiting the arrival of their third son this month.

  1. Please pray for the B2B DR team as they work through all the changes and continue to lead in the Cien Fuegos community. 
  2. Pray for Hope and Cheque as they lead their team from afar.
  3. Lastly, please pray for a healthy labor and delivery.  

Sharon Porterfield

Shepherd’s Staff serving in Thailand and Burma/Myanmar

Sharon (wearing red in the above picture) serves with Shepherd’s Staff, caring for the Karen people group of Thailand and Burma. She has been teaching a special class of Karen adults who mostly serve in their village churches and have never been taught the Bible. She is also teaching the female Bible school students the Bible each Sunday. She has been asked to teach in a Karen school in the jungle, but it is not safe in Burma right now. She has also been asked to teach again at the Pa La U Discipleship Center.  

She still serves Rohyinga refugees in seven camps of the larger refugee camp (over 1 million residents). She also helps patients the Lord leads her to help. For example, a baby needed cleft palate surgery, then healing from burns. One of Sharon’s students required an optometrist and another, a kidney stone treatment. Also, a Bible school graduate suffers from diabetes. She continues to visit and pray for the disabled, helps with prosthetics, helps the elderly in the Safe House, and so on.

  • Please pray that Sharon might have many teaching opportunities, and that her students will teach others also.
  • Pray for a cease-fire for the war situation in Burma.
  • Pray for the salvation of Aman (her friend).
  • Continue to pray for the ongoing evangelism outreach.
  • Please pray for the prayer meetings, thanksgiving and birthday services, in Sharon’s home with Bible school and village students.
  • Lastly, pray for Sharon’s return to Bangkok to serve in her church in April and May.

Taylor & Christy Scott

Serving with The Navigators at Miami University 

Taylor and Christy have been on a 6-month sabbatical from their role as campus directors of The Navigators at Miami University. This has been a season to intentionally lay aside responsibilities on campus and focus on rest, reflection, and realignment with their God-given calling. They have been meeting monthly with an advisory team that prays for them, helps them to process, and offers encouragement and challenge as needed. It has been wonderful to have freedom to rest well while not feeling alone in this season. 

  1. Pray that The Navigators ministry at Miami thrives in their absence so as to show the surpassing power of God (not Taylor and Christy!). Pray for Todd Graham as he fills the role of acting campus director.
  2. Pray for their family as they continue to rest, learning to separate their identity from their work.
  3. Pray for Taylor and Christy as they press into a season more focused on reflection and time with the Lord. They desire to process their 11 years in Oxford well, and to hear from the Lord as he refreshes and guides them through the rest of this time.

Todd & Tami Graham

Serving with The Navigators at Miami University

The Grahams are launching into their 6th year back at Miami University. Todd is The Navigators Staff Trainer and this fall is also serving as the Campus Director while Taylor Scott is on sabbatical. There are two EDGE (intern) staff and one staff-in-training along with 13 strong student leaders that Todd is shepherding and training this year. Excitement is high as they look forward to the new academic year. They are especially anticipating the students they will get to share the love of Christ with and help grow in deeper relationship with Him.

  • That God would grant favor to the 8 Bible studies they are starting this fall.
  • That God would give Todd wisdom and strength as he leads the team.
  • That students’ lives would forever be changed by the work of The Navigators, Cru, InterVarsity, OBF, Cobblestone, and others this year.

Andy & Reisha Rhodenbaugh

Athletes in Action

Andy continues to make disciples among student-athletes at Georgia State University. Reisha is in the middle of a graduate degree in Public Health at Georgia State. Roia is six years old and enjoys writing in cursive, drawing ponies, and dancing ballet, and she is about to lose her first tooth

  1. Please pray for growth and wisdom in marriage and parenting.
  2. Please pray for disciples of Jesus to be raised up at GSU.
  3. Please pray for clarity in career opportunities for Reisha.

Ross & Mary Hunter

Serving with Pioneers in Ecuador

Ross has been designing and teaching an exegesis course, integrating orality methods, based on the Quichua thinking process.

Ross, invited by the Evangelical Missiological Society, presented a paper on an oral indigenous educational theory for the Quichua of Ecuador at their annual conference hosted by Dallas Theological Seminary. Orality (much more than story-telling) examines a concrete-relational approach to learning. Ross has been working with the Quichua people to help them traverse the bridge between concrete thinking and abstract concepts. The paper is related to Ross’s doctoral thesis that studies this topic. 

The counseling department at the Spanish ProMETA seminary has asked Mary to direct a healing group on trauma, grief, and loss to their staff and faculty. Mary will use SIL’s international Bible based, Healing the Wounds of Trauma: How the Church Can Help material as the core. Additionally, she will incorporate some of her recent training in Somatic Experiencing Healing Trauma and Biblical Spiritual Formation. The course is designed to help participants process their own grief, loss, and trauma with practical ways to find spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical healing, as well as provide them with some tools to help others process their healing journey. Ross and Belkys, a Venezuelan colleague, will be assisting. 

  1. Pray that Ross and Mary will be refreshed and encouraged after attending the conference and presenting.
  2. Please pray for Mary and those helping her as they continue teaching the 5-week online Trauma Healing group this month.
  3. Please continue to pray for Mary’s mom, Ann Henry (92), who had serious health problems over the summer.  She is recovering slowly and they hope to visit her before they fly back to Ecuador on October 26th.

Wes & Sue Pastor

NETS (The New England Training and Sending Center for Church Planting and Revitalization)

Wes got his MBA from Miami and then taught accounting at Miami for several years. At OBF he was an elder, a small group leader and was active with the Navigators. He was instrumental in organizing the elder system for us, and in his role as elder, often preached at OBF.

Wes and Sue pastor a church in Vermont and began NETS. Their vision is to be used by God to fill the earth with His glorious image through healthy, gospel-proclaiming churches. NETS trains and sends men to plant and revitalize gospel-driven churches in New England and beyond, and equips others to do the same.

  1. Recruit & Assess seminary students/graduates who receive ongoing feedback to help clarify calling.
  2. Equip & Train both husband and wife through personal, practical, and theological guidance from mentors/pastors during residency or field programs.
  3. Send & Support program graduates with fundraising and administrative support as well as ongoing coaching and counseling.

The Voice of The Martyrs

OBF has partnered for many years with VOM through prayer and financial support to aid the persecuted church, and letter writing campaigns to plead for the release of those imprisoned in the name of Christ.

VOM was founded by Richard Wurmbrand and his wife, who were both imprisoned in communist Romania for their faith in Christ. The Wurmbrands travel to spread the message of the atrocities that Christians face in restricted nations while establishing offices dedicated to assisting the persecuted Church in practical and spiritual ways. 

  1. To encourage and empower Christians to fulfill the Great Commission in areas of the world where they are persecuted for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
  2. To provide practical relief and spiritual support to the families of Christian martyrs.
  3. To equip persecuted Christians to love and win to Christ those who are opposed to the gospel in their part of the world.
  4. To undertake projects of encouragement, helping believers rebuild their lives and Christian witness in countries where they have formerly suffered oppression.
  5. To promote the fellowship of all believers by informing the world of the faith and courage of persecuted Christians, thereby inspiring believers to a deeper level of commitment to Christ and involvement in His great Commission.

Short Term Missions Support Application

We have the great opportunity to support short-term missions trips and projects. We've partnered with individuals to support spring break missions trips, summer missions trips, special one-to-two-year-long trips, and other missions activities in this country and around the world. Are you raising support for a short-term missions trip? Complete and submit the application below to tell us more about what you're doing and how you would like Oxford Bible Fellowship to partner in your ministry!

Application Criteria

Submit the application at least 30 days prior to your trip. If there are extenuating circumstances that prevent that, please indicate that in the application. Submit a reference letter. (upload in the application) Submit your prayer/support letter. (upload in the application) Submit ministry updates during your mission trip to globalmissions@obf.org. (Weekly if your trip is less than a month or monthly if your trip is longer than a month.) Submit a written follow-up report within 30 days of your return to globalmissions@obf.org.

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