Our mission is to engage all cultures by making God's Word real through collaboration in outreach, discipleship, and mobilization.
My wife Julia Weaver started Covenant Dream Hospitality on a shoestring budget after seeing too many abandoned children living in the streets outside her little restaurant in Monrovia, Liberia. She felt strongly that she must do something to help. At first, she helped a few children have a good meal each morning and evening at the restaurant. As time passed, she was able to send them to school. So Covenant Dreams Hospitality Children Welfare home was born and approved by the Liberian government's Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. Today there are more than 20 children with 4 full/part-time employees helping Julia with the day-to-day activities such as: cooking, house cleaning, laundry, facility oversight and security, along with making sure they are getting good grades in school by tutoring those that need help. The needs are tremendous and additional support is required each month as we have many more children that are eligible for the program but cannot add them without the necessary funding. We are grateful to God for his provision and how far Covenant Dreams Hospitality has come so far. We do appreciate all who support this necessary cause. MOTO: Romans 12: 13 NLT “When God's people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality.” Peace and Love to you all! Jay Weaver Chairman of the Board- Liberia
We are the Wacky Weaver Family! We are Greg and Jen along with our three wacky and fun kids, Makayla, Ezekiel, and Zoey. We are honored to live and serve amongst the Portuguese people in the Porto, Portugal area since 2016. We have been married since 2003 and serving in missions since before that. Many years ago, the Lord laid on our hearts a calling to equip and empower people with the Gospel, for the Gospel. We have loved learning and growing with others and witnessing the Lord pursue His creation. Greg and Jen are part of a team called Team Works International whose goal is to equip and empower healthy missionary teams serving in various parts of the world. TeamWorks serves by building intentional community. This is accomplished by the Team Works team working with on field missionary teams. The on field team members will gain awareness of how they each perceive the world differently through their own 'lens' of personality, cultural background, values, and communication style, thus empowering them to rebuild their own team culture. This will not be an ‘either/or’, but a ‘third way’ culture. Through mutual change, they will find common ground to deal with misunderstandings and come to see their God-given differences as a way to build community. Greg and Jen see the value in a preventive-care approach, rather than waiting for teams to explode, leaving the scars and wounds in its wake. Greg and Jen also have a passion to use their leadership and team development skills beyond the church building and into the everyday communities. They have gone into schools to teach communication skills, team building, cross cultural engagement. They have also worked with local companies offering space for coaching, consulting, and team development. This vessel has allowed them to show how the gospel is alive and it interacts with all areas of our lives. They come from the perspective that people have been created and designed to participate in this world by a Creator. Their hope is that they can serve teams and individuals wherever God invites them into.
Wade has served in church planting and nursing home ministry and currently serves in nursing home ministry in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. Wade comes from a farming background in Idaho which fits very well the agricultural area where he currently lives. Wade graduated from Big Sky Bible College in 1981. His book, “God is Greater Than you Think” recently published and listed on Amazon. He recently had published and listed on Amazon.
Be One Together will be exhibiting at the Sowing Seeds of Joy Conference tomorrow, Friday night and Saturday. ILC-International Linguistics Center / Dallas International University (SOWING SEEDS OF JOY) 7500 W Camp Wisdom Rd, Building C-200 Dallas, TX 75236 If your in the DFW area come by and see us.
Ed and Gerry Tyas serve the Hispanic community in NW Washington living in a rural area made up of many small communities. They love coming alongside people, befriending, and encouraging them. Many opportunities are open for Ed and Gerry to share Christ, the need of His salvation, and the need to grow in Him. They hold one on one discipleship and children’s Bible classes during the school year, Vacation Bible School in the summer as well as taking youth to the local Bible Camp. Gerry is also involved at the food bank. Gerry also serves the area as a chaplain. They have ministry trips serving in the Caribbean and the indigenous people groups in Mexico.
Ruben focuses on nursing home ministry. He has patients attend the services weekly. Many times, other family members of the patients, plus some of the staff of the nursing home join the patients. He also visits room to room ministering with those who are bed bound. He shares the gospel, and some receive Christ as their Savior. He thanks God for the group of volunteers who join us in ministry. He disciples others, holds home Bible studies, door to door evangelism, hosts Vacation Bible Schools and continues looking for open doors to share the living Christ with others.
Greg and Jackie Stenson - Virginia Greg has pastored for 34+ years in part-time and full-time roles. During his early years as he pastored part-time, he worked as a Conference Youth Minister for his denomination. Over the years he has mentored many young men who now serve in various ministries. Now living in Virginia and pastoring part-time at a small church, the Lord continues to bring young men into his life who are exploring God’s call on their lives to become pastors. Greg seeks to encourage and enable them to grow into the ministry positions where God is leading them and continues to mentor them as they face new and sometimes difficult situations of pastoral ministry. With the graying of the clergy across our nation and the declining moral fabric of our culture, Greg believes it’s vital for the health of God’s church to raise up young men who are on fire for Jesus and stand solidly upon His Word to lead His church! His desire is to seek young men the Lord is calling, walk with them in determining the ministry God is calling them to serve in, encourage them to take steps of faith as needed, and mentor them through the process.
Jeff and Julie Shackelford - Oregon Jeff and Julie Shackelford share a passion for Jesus Christ and see lives transformed by Him. For 10 years they ministered in Germany with youth and pastoring Rejuvenation Ministry Center in Wiesbaden. They transitioned back to the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. as Global Rejuvenation Ministry Center Global has expanded with "Haus" groups in at least 5 countries and meets locally in a renovated pole barn. Their years of full-time ministry range from camp ministry, pastorates, men’s and women’s ministry, to lay leadership development and mentorship/discipleship. Their heart is to continue to reach men and women with their families with God's Word that God brings into their home and ministry.
Their complete desire is to serve the Lord Jesus Christ in any capacity. Perry is gifted in areas of teaching, preaching, and leadership while Sandy with visitation, camp programs, Vacation Bible School, and secretarial work. They are both willing and able to assist with physical construction and in leading mission teams. Whatever the need, they want to continue to share the Good News of Jesus Christ in any way they are able and led to do so!
Curtis and Rachel Rhoadarmer -- Indiana They minister with men and women in Grant County, Indiana. Rachel is a certified Biblical Counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (www.biblicalcounseling.com). Both Curtis and Rachel offer free biblical counseling in partnership with and as an outreach of our partner church, New Hope Baptist Church, where Curtis is the Senior Pastor. Rachel volunteers on the board of directors for the Pregnancy Help Center of Grant County and leads the post-abortion ministry there as a trained leader for "Surrendering the Secret" ministries (www.surrenderingthesecret.com). Rachel authored Mend: Journey to Sexual Healing in 2017, a Bible study focused on restoring and healing lives for those who have been victims of sexual abuse. She also leads various women's ministries and Bible Studies.
Scott and Heather serve in Germany at Black Forest Academy (BFA). BFA provides a quality, international Christian education that equips students to influence their world through biblical thought, character, and action. It offers school options for local students and is a boarding school for grades 9-12. BFA's mission is to support missionaries by serving the children through education and providing emotional, relational, and spiritual care.
Moises and Lucy serve serve as missionaries in a variety of other ministries which includes regular teaching by Zoom in Brazil. We serve the Lord representing our mission in Texas, and Brazil. They also are teaching leadership in a Brazilian Church in Plano, Texas. "Moises came to Christ at age 16. At the age of 18 I heard God’s call to serve Him. At Bible College, I met and eventually married Lucy. After college graduation, I began my ministry as a senior pastor serving for 16 years as pastor and church planter. In 2001 our family moved to Dallas, where I attended and graduated with (Th. M.) from Dallas Theological Seminary in 2006. Luzimar or (Lucy) accepted Christ when she was 14. At the age of 18 I heard the Lord’s call to serve Him. I have a passion for caring for small children. I have two bachelor degrees: Christian Education in Brazil and a B.A. from UNT. I am a bilingual teacher (English and Spanish) at Mesquite ISD district. As missionaries, we offer global leadership training in Portuguese speaking countries (Brazil and Portugal). We teach church leaders in their language with biblical integrity, cultural relevance, and academic excellence for an effective ministry. As part of our ministry, we offer workshops in Brazil and other countries to encourage pastors, missionaries, and church leaders to work as a team and to manage conflicts in ministry."
Musa Kpaka - Sierra Leone "I grew up in a religious home where they participated in the majority culture religion. At age twenty I did not want to hear about Christianity or Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour. My parents sent me away to learn Arabic since they wanted me to be a religious leader. In 2000, I started having many dreams about Christianity and Jesus. In my dream, he appeared to me and said I should follow him because he is the way, the truth and the life. This happened many times and as a result, I decided to follow him and give him my life. I accepted him as my Lord and personal Saviour forever. Because of this decision, my parents abandoned me completely. I went to a pastor and explained my dream to him and he led me to Christ after which I was baptized and joined the church. My family disowned me more when they heard that I was now a Christian. However, I found a new family in Christ Jesus! After I graduated from high school in 2009 I went to African Bible College, University of Liberia. There I graduated in 2013 with a double major degree; B.A. in Education and B.A. in Biblical study. I came back to my country to continue my vision of reaching my neighbors. In 2014, I started a church in a small town in the east called Daru where I grew up as a boy. In Daru 90% of the population are of the majority religion. There I started a ministry called The Way Ministry where we began planting churches, caring for widows and orphans and training pastors and church leaders. Today, 85% of our church members have left the majority religion. We have established pre, primary and secondary schools. We have a strong evangelism team who have reached out to 600 villages with the gospel. Our vision is to reach out to more villages each year planting churches with leadership training while enlarging our ministry to widows and orphans as well as providing education. I pray that God's people will join me in this fight to bring many to Christ." Recently Musa was elected to be Chief of his village. This is a lifetime appointment.
Kevin & Angela Janzen - Villa do Conde, Portugal They have served in missions since 2012 when called them to Ireland. After 8 years the Lord placed a new country & people on our hearts. They moved to Portugal in 2020 after seeing the need for the gospel to be heard and seen. Here we partner with Reaching Portugal (a gospel-centered community in Vila Do Conde) and have opened Humble Anchors Coffee Shop and Coffee Roasters with the objective of knowing the community better and serving them.
Involved in the local Hispanic church, Manuel rotates preaching with the lead pastor, serves as an elder & teaching. Ediverta is involved in the women & children’s ministries. They have a sincere desire to see people follow Jesus & be disciples whether in the languages of Mixteco and Spanish. Mike and Mary Pinkerton, B1-2G Ministry Leaders, met Manuel while he worked in the fields picking strawberries and he went on to complete his studies at Rio Grande Bible Institute.
Evangelism Explosion and the Fosters’ purpose is to glorify God, equipping believers to multiply in and through local churches worldwide. Their vision is for every nation to equip every people group and every age group to witness to every person. As an Evangelism Explosion Brazil ministry-building specialist, Robert is involved in staff and leadership development, project management, Portuguese training materials translation and development, etc. He works directly with the National Coordinator and through the Brazilian National Council, as well as with regional coordinators when requested. Please pray for increased implementation of our training materials, the scheduling of more clinics/workshops for children and adults throughout Brazil and for more denominations to adopt our training for their local churches. Mary Jo has been a group leader in Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) and continues to participate in the study. She is currently focusing on one-on-one discipleship and counseling.
Samuel and Claudia, married since 2009, have a son, Levi, and a daughter, Lailah. Samuel is Portuguese-Brazilian, born in the city of Santos, São Paulo province, Brazil. He studied at Vale de Bemção (Valley of Blessing) Bible Seminary and has a degree in Business Admin, as well as post-graduate studies in Sports from the University of Porto, majoring in Surf Instruction and SUP. He uses this latter course to reach Portuguese youth. Claudia assists him in his pastoral work and leads the Translation Ministry, as a means of including many internationals who join Surf Church Porto each Sunday. Samuel has served as the full-time pastor since October 2009. Surf Church Porto established in 2015 is a Portugal church planting ministry It is a community of people who have found or are currently discovering “fullness of life” as Jesus has promised in the Bible (John 10:10). We worship, surf, study, eat and life together. We have found that everything is better when we open our hearts to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. All things then, from surfing to creating art become acts of worship, as we do what we love for the One we love.
Bob Carvajal - Louisiana Bob has worked with high school & college-age youth for over 50 years & truly believes God groomed him for today’s ministry. Bob teaches a Bible Study in high schools during the lunch hour, leads a college-career Bible study, & works with the junior and high school youth group at his local church. He also has a counseling ministry. Every Thursday & Friday at 4 PM (EST) plus Saturday at 11 AM, Bob hosts a talk show “The Current Word” on a local Christian Radio Station WSHO AM 800 and also has a counseling ministry.
Haydn Boyte - North Carolina As a certified Biblical Counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (www.biblicalcounseling.com), Hadyn Boyte lives in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina with her husband and 3 teenage sons. She provides free online and in-person counseling to women of all ages. Her family is blessed to be under the spiritual authority and care of their local church elders at Christ Church NC. Hadyn approaches biblical counseling primarily as discipleship - one beggar showing another beggar where to find the Bread. After years of direct and indirect experiences with mental health practitioners, she is thoroughly convinced that Christ’s “divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence” (2 Peter 1:3). Hadyn's greatest delight is to help other women live before the face of God in joyful obedience to Christ and His Word.
Krishna Bhatta - Nepal Born an orthodox Hindu in Dalendhura, Nepal, the son of a Brahmin and Hindu priest, from the upper caste I did not want to mix with lower caste or submit to a belief system I perceived as lower status. After my father passed away with no one to care for my family, our economic condition became very weak. I was sent to a children’s home run by a church in Kathmandu where I attended church services; came to know more about Jesus and salvation through Him. I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior and Lord in 2003. As I studied in the XIIth standard, God spoke to me about being committed for His ministry. I went to Bible College and the Lord gave a clear vision to share the Hope that lies within me (1 Peter 3:15) with many tribal people in Nepal. I began sharing my faith right away and haven’t stopped – even when tribal people pointed bows and arrows at me saying, “We don’t want to hear about your God!” I spent many days without food and slept in the church hall during my early walk with God. I became involved in full-time ministry and currently serve with “Servant Heart Nepal” which exists to lead people into a loving, relationship with Jesus Christ that they may develop a servant’s heart and in turn become servant leaders. We have been reaching people with the Gospel in rural villages of the remote Himalayas. Our vision is to equip nationals, plant churches, impact lives, transform communities and to see holistic development through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Khrisna oversees various house churches and established churches.
Ministry in Eastern TN and Western NC extends in a number of directions. Don pastors a church near Newport, TN, from which come a number of volunteers encompassing seasonal and year-round ministry. Ministry outreach involves nursing homes, special homes for the mentally impaired, day programs and release time classes in country schools, VBS, Smoky Mountain Day Camp, Hispanic migrant workers, children’s camp speaker, special church programs and visitation. They are always excited when God opens any door knowing His word never returns void.
