CFC Missionaries

We call our Mission Statement “Our Prayer.”

Our prayer is that all children and youth throughout the world will come to know, love and serve the Lord Jesus Christ

Rick & Mary have served as U.S. Missionaries for Northern Indiana, with Awana Clubs since 1996. They have been married since 1982 and have 4 grown children, plus two daughters (married to two of their sons), not to mention their 3 grandchildren. They reside in Kokomo from where they travel to visit Awana Clubs, Pastors & Awana Commanders. They currently minister to 121 churches that have adopted Awana into their family of ministries.

We provide training at all levels – Basic, Refresher, Special Topics, Commander College (3 levels), and our Annual Awana Ministry Conference for all Awana leaders. We also attempt to be an encourager and source of counsel to churches using Awana. Additionally, we raise the funds to keep our ministry in operation.

Awana has been around as an organization since 1950, starting at the North Side Gospel Center in Chicago. There are about 12,000 churches in the United States that use Awana clubs, and it is anticipated that there will be at least that many by the summer of 2013! Over 1,000,000 children are hearing the gospel each week in Awana Clubs somewhere in the world.

There are presently two missionary couples serving Indiana and about 85 other couples serving as U.S. Missionaries. “Northern Indiana” started as the northern third of Indiana, but was expanded to include a number of the clubs north of Indianapolis starting in April of 2010.

Our mission purpose is to empower national Ecuadorian believers to become involved in the evangelism and teaching the Word of God. This has been accomplished through the teaching ministry of the Berean Bible Institute in Quito, Ecuador. The discipleship ministry of each missionary is a key factor in the accomplishment of the great commission. Missionaries must “go” and “make disciples” of all nations. Every believer has the major responsibility to fulfill this discipleship ministry in our lifetime.

Our duties:

• Training leaders to become equipped with the Word of God to teach others
• Encouraging these leaders to train others also
• Through the discipleship process, getting the believers involved in a local church
• Developing all the ministries of the local church that are necessary for the believers to become disciple-makers

Our own church, CFC, chooses to come under the umbrella of IFCA... and so we strive to be faithful in sending regular financial support to sustain the... strengthening of local churches, networking of pastors, and sending Christian workers into the world.

IFCA was founded in 1930 as a particular U.S. endeavor, but in 1996 the name was officially changed to IFCA International. Today the Fellowship offers valuable benefits and care to independent churches and pastors worldwide. IFCA International seeks to be an ethnically blended fellowship of individuals and churches, reflecting the diversity of the Body of Christ. We are committed to working together in Biblical ministry worldwide.

Pray for our own church and other IFCA churches... that we will remain faithful to preaching the Bible and that we will be zealous in spreading the gospel of Christ.

Since 1887, the organization's main focus has been to share God's heart for the Jewish people, sharing the biblical evidence that the Messiah has come and His name is Jesus. Our staff are engaged in relational evangelism, personal discipleship and biblical training, as well as promoting biblically-based support of Israel and opposing anti-Semitism in all its forms.

MAF uses aviation for the hardest-to-reach locations, where people live isolated from the rest of the world, cut off from the most basic necessities. Highly trained pilots maneuver Cessna and KODIAK aircraft through rugged terrain. MAF pilots skillfully land at short, unimproved airstrips on the sides of mountains, in jungle clearings, or on tropical rivers - to bring medicine and doctors, disaster relief, education, evangelists, Bible translators, food supplies, agriculture and clean water projects, and more. MAF is passionate about sharing Christ's love beyond where the road ends.

The Carwells live in Haiti, where David serves as a pilot. Patricia is a full-time homemaker caring for their 3 young children: Nathan, Naomi, and Noah. The children attend a French-speaking Haitian school.

The name MOODY reflects the famous evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, who founded the school in 1886. MBI (or Moody Bible Institute) is an evangelical training center for pastors, teachers, missionaries, and Christian workers.

Pray for the various arms of MOODY: Moody Publishing; Moody Radio; Moody Aviation; Moody Bible Institute, etc. Also pray for the leadership.

PGM is the oldest rescue mission in the U.S. It's nickname is The Old Lighthouse, because it strives to spread the Light of Jesus! In the name of Jesus, this mission seeks to minister to the homeless, hungry, sick and needy. Our own pastor regularly preaches there. PGM also has a weekly radio drama called UNSHACKLED... heard around the world.

Pray for the protection of PGM's facility. Pray for the protection of its reputation. Pray that the City of Chicago will continue to look with favor upon PGM and its various endeavors.