Category: missionaries

~Frank has just been added to the team of missionaries who are served by the Shield of Faith. We welcome him aboard and ask you to pray for his ministry as he goes forward in faith.~ Frank grew up in the northwestern United States and into a family that began to follow Jesus but went…

~ Serving in Ecuador, South America ~ Since I was about 16 years old, my greatest desire has been to take the gospel where it is least known. However, I did not want to go unless God sent me. I began to consider a specific area in Ecuador that the Lord brought to my attention…

~ Separated to the work in Ecuador, South America ~ “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 Our vision for working in Shell, Ecuador has been to offer support for the ministry that Jesse and Tess Barnard…

~ Separated to the work in Columbia; South America ~ In the Spring of 2018 God brought to our attention the spiritual need of people along the coast of Colombia. Eight months later He directed us to go to Colombia ourselves. God’s direction was a significant re-direction for us and He has had many things…

~ Itinerant ministry worldwide; Discipleship; Tribal work in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Burkina Faso ~ Graduating from High School, I am sure my classmates would have put me close to the bottom of the list of those who would be a missionary. I would have been in full agreement. So, almost 50 years later and…

~ Serving churches and making disciples in Nigeria and around the world ~ Born 25 November, 1945, in Salem, Oregon; my father was an evangelist and later a pastor. I was baptized at age nine but did not know Christ. I attended parochial schools through college. I graduated from Walla Walla College in 1967 with…

~ Teaching and preaching in the USA and abroad; Conference speaker; Literature; Instructor and director of the SFMI Training Program ~ Richard grew up in Japan as the son of missionaries. He made a profession of faith as a youngster but did not begin a serious pursuit of the Lord Jesus until he was married…

~ Evangelism throughout North America and Mexico ~ Francois grew up partly in Quebec and partly in Ontario, Canada in a Roman Catholic family. In his late teens, two Christians from a student outreach ministry shared the Gospel with him on campus. After six months he gave his life and heart to the Lord in…

~ Making disciples in the city of Maguey, Jalisco Mexico ~ Mari and I are missionaries to Mexico. Mari was born and raised in Tototlán, Jalisco, Mexico. She heard and believed the gospel when my family came to Mexico to plant a church 16 years ago. I (Daniel) am from Puerto Rico, raised in northwest…

~ Tribal work in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Burkina Faso; Discipleship; Conference speaker ~ Ed and Patty have been with SFMI now for about seven years. Previously, they were members of New Tribes Mission (now Ethnos 360) for about 26 years. They met at a Torchbearers Bible School located at Estes Park, Colorado in 1974;…