Missionaries
The following missionaries
are actively engaged in missions (often professionally) with Christian mission/evangelism organizations.
Fraser and Liz Bennett - Wycliffe Bible Translators (Dallas, Texas)
(http://www.wycliffe.org)
Translating the Bible for 200 million of the world's most marginalized people is a
demanding task that requires extensive training. Fraser's job as International
Academic Training Coordinator is to make sure that training is available.
John Bernbaum - Russian-American Institute (Moscow, Washington, DC)
(http://www.racu.org)
The mission of the Russian-American Institute is to train young Russian Christians
for leadership roles in their country. Our goal is to equip these young people to be leaders
with integrity and with sound moral character, so they can help to build a just and peaceful
society in the Russian Federation. Our university is the only faith-based liberal arts
university in Russia, so its role is truly unique.
For more about NPC members' involvement with RAI, click here:
http://npceurope.org/index.cfm?main=RACU.
NPC contact: Miley Tucker Frost
Mary Lou Lyon - CrossCare International (USA, Europe, Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union)
(http://www.faithinthefamily.org) (http://maryloulyon.com)
As a professional counselor, Mary Lou serves as a resource to pastors, missionaries,
churches and mission agencies in providing emotional and spiritual care for their
ministries. A special focus of her work is support for Christian workers in Europe and
Eastern Europe. She travels to this part of the world meeting with mission leaders,
speaking at conferences and providing individual counseling. The goal of her ministry
is to help missionaries and Christian workers survive and thrive in the midst of the
unique pressures they encounter.
Peggy McCracken - The Christian Embassy (Washington, DC)
(http://www.christianembassy.com)
Peggy interacts with diplomats, wives of diplomats, and women who are chiefs of staff to
members of congress. Her purpose is to serve them and to share with them the basic
teachings of Jesus Christ and encourage them to respond to his message of real and lasting hope.
Keith Patman - Wycliffe Bible Translators
(http://www.wycliffe.org)
Keith provides tools and training to African Bible translators. The main tool he is helping
to develop is a series of translation guides to the books of the Bible, written in French
for those who are translating from French versions of the Bible into their own African
languages. He is also currently involved in twice-yearly training workshops in Central
African Republic for teams from four languages that are translating the Gospel of Luke.
Steve and Janice Quakenbush - Wycliffe Bible Translators (Dallas, Texas)
(http://www.wycliffe.org) (http://www.sil.org/)
Steve and Janice Quakenbush served in the Philippines 1984-2008, primarily as part of a
team that translated the Agutaynen New Testament, dedicated in 2004. Steve directed the
work in the Philippines 1997-2001, and coordinated Academic Services for Asia 2004-2008.
Today they are committed to providing academic resources and training for a worldwide
Bible translation movement, so that peoples of all nations can have access to the
Scriptures in a language that speaks to their hearts.
On July 1, Steve began his new assignment as International Academic Services Director.
Stuart and Cathie Showalter - Wycliffe Bible Translators (Burkina Faso, West Africa)
(http://www.wycliffe.org) (http://www.ShowalterFamily.net/ministry)
"We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own languages!"
These words from the book of Acts in the Bible have finally reached the Kaan people of
Burkina Faso, in their own language. The Christians among the Kaan are waiting for the
completion of the New Testament in the Kaansa language. Find out how long it will take,
and how far the Kaansa Translation Team has come since 1987.
Note: Please email the Showalters to obtain username and password to the Showalter family ministry website.
Stuart_Showalter@sil.org
John Wagner - Young Life (Washington, DC)
(http://sites.younglife.org/sites/EasternDivision/)
John serves as Young Life's Senior Vice President for the Eastern Division. John is also a
valued NPC Ministry Associate. Young Life's goal is to give adolescents and teenagers hope
for the future by sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.
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