Our Missionaries

WHEN: Annually typically in February

COST: $2000  This includes airfare, all meals, lodging, and transportation in Jamaica

MUST HAVE VALID PASSPORT AND UP TO DATE TETANUS SHOT

WHAT TO EXPECT: We will be doing various missions projects while we are there. Some activities will include construction projects, painting, working with children at various schools in the area, visiting a local infirmary (nursing home) and helping at an assisted living facility

Hey everybody! Our names are Steve & Becky Riggs and we serve in France. I (Steve) was born in Nashville, TN, and Becky in Highland Park, MI.  We both grew up in the Central FWB Church at Royal Oak, MI (presently Central Oaks Community Church) where we were part of a strong youth group and had a constant influence of missionaries in our lives. In some ways, it was almost normal when we attended Welch College that our hearts were already turned towards serving Christ in an unreached area of our world. It was while serving a year as short-term missionaries in France in 1980 that the Lord opened our hearts to see the needs of France for the gospel.

We love the French people and consider it a real privilege to serve the people in Châteaubriant. Pray with us that the church family will grow in number and be a strong witness for Christ in this area of France. And while we have loved serving in France, our greatest joy in life is still our four children, Daniel (wife Gwenaëlle and children Bleuenn and Maëlic), Brian, Laura, and Johanna!

Hello everyone! We are Joel, Lydie, Eva, Alyssia, and Derek. We live in France near the city of Nantes and are planting a church there (in La Haie Fouassière). We have been appointed to serve with IM since 2012. I (Joel) was born in California but mostly grew up in France as a missionary kid, and Lydie was born near Paris. We met in Germany during a Christian youth conference.

Lydie and I love hanging out with our three fun children. We all love outdoor activities and admiring the beauty of God’s creation.

The Mojica's serve the Lord in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, overseeing the ministries of the Independent Bible Baptist Church.  Matias is involved in the planting and establishing of five local churches, the care of a Christian School & Christian camp, and training young men to further God's ministry.  The Mojica's are natives of Bolivia and have three sons: Matias Jr., Carlos, and Josue. 

We are Tristen and Sierra White, IM missionaries to the Tokyo area of Japan. Tristen was born and raised in Gastonia, North Carolina, and received a bachelor’s degree in ministry and Intercultural Studies from Randall University. Sierra grew up in Owasso, Oklahoma, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, and later a master’s in special education and administration, from Southern Nazarene University. We met while serving at Sierra’s home church and married in 2020. In our free time, we enjoy cooking, listening to records, hiking, going to concerts, and thrifting!

We are both passionate about sharing the gospel and making disciples in Jesus’ name. During our first two years in Japan, we are using our experience in worship, kids, and student ministry to contribute to the Hope Alive team while also beginning our language study part-time. Our long-term vision is to assist with planting additional churches in the Tokyo area as the Hope Alive network continues to grow.

Brenton and Debbie Driscoll were approved to be missionary interns to Bulgaria shortly before they got married in 2019. They arrived in Shumen, Bulgaria less than a month before the birth of their son, James (2020). They served in Shumen for two years, during which they were blessed with a second child, their daughter, Ruby Katherine (2022). The Driscolls completed their two-year internship in Shumen in June 2022 and relocated to the city of Varna where they are presently serving at New Life church.

From Generation to Generation

Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. (Proverbs 22:30)

Trif and Vanya were born and raised in communist Bulgaria. They were appointed to join the Bulgaria team in April 2013. The same year, together with their three children Debora, Monika and Stefan, they planted the New Life Church in Varna, a city on the Black Sea. The church now comprises about 50 people. Besides Sunday services there are also weekly Bible studies, two Alpha groups for non-believers and discipleship meetings. Last year they started a Teen Club and a youth group. Among other evangelistic initiatives have been the movie nights, the Bread House, the free cardio checkups, the Literature & History Club and the Kids Summer Evangelistic Clubs. The New Life Church also serves among the drug addicts, pensioners, and a children’s singing club. Trif and Vanya’s prayer is for the church to be able to build an Outreach Center in Varna and plant more churches in Eastern Bulgaria.

We are Matt, Cristina, Madeleine, and Emilie Price. We live and minister in St. Nazaire, France. We have been in St. Nazaire since 2018 after spending 12 years in Nantes, France.

We are Alejandro and Breanna, and we are so excited to be serving the Lord in the country of France. We met at Welch College and got married in 2021. Alejandro has a BA in Intercultural Studies and Worship Ministry, and Breanna has a BS in Psychology, with a minor in missions. Alejandro grew up in Spain as an MK, and Breanna grew up in Alabama. Alejandro is working on his Master of Divinity at Welch. Alejandro likes to read, and Breanna likes theater.

Doug Rogers grew up on the mission field in Mexico, and Jana grew up in Indiana as a pastor's daughter. Doug and Jana have three children and one precious granddaughter. In 1999, Doug and Jana were married and returned to Mexico, where they planted three churches. In 2008, Doug and Jana moved to the USA to plant a Spanish-speaking church where Doug was a Discipleship and Outreach Pastor for Peace church in Wilson, North Carolina.

In 2013, Indigenous Church Planting Ministries was born to establish training centers to train church planters and plant self-sustaining churches in Latin America. Since the start of ICP, there have been 28 training centers opened in seven countries throughout Latin America and the USA, where over 600 bi-vocational students are training to be church planters. God has also allowed ICP to see 44 churches planted in Latin America and the USA in the last ten years. In addition to ICP ministries, Doug and Jana started "LatMed International," a medical non-profit Jana oversees. Through LatMed, they offer free medical treatment (through clinics) and education to underserved areas of Latin America to share the gospel and plant churches in spiritually dark regions.

The Morgan family includes their fun-loving gymnast, Sofía, and their two Brazilian jiu-Jitsu-loving daughters, Emma and Aubrey. They are led by their “greyed-too-early” father, Neil, who loves going to the gym, and their book-enthusiast mom, Mandi, who enjoys trying out new projects on her Silhouette Cameo.

The Morgans have served with IM since 2008. After one term in Uruguay, they arrived in Spain where they are serving in the Alcalá de Henares region.  This city, which is the birthplace of the author of Don Quijote, offers exposure to famous soccer clubs, the tasting of delicious tapas, and walks along stretches of cobblestone streets laid by Romans in the 1st century.