Missions
The Evangelical Free Church of Chico (EFCC) supports missionaries in Chico, the United States and in foreign countries. We also provide opportunities for individuals and families to experience the mission field for themselves through service to the local community in Chico and trips to other countries. In past we have coordinated trips to Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Russia and South Africa.
Local
Caleb & Alexius seek to engage college students in the Bay Area with the Gospel, a hope often hidden in this fast-paced, disillusioned culture. There is a great need in America’s cities for the body of Christ to bridge racial, cultural, and economic barriers with Christ’s love. We hope to empower and equip students to live into their identity in Christ and be mobilized to steward their gifts toward the Great Commission.
Caleb & Alexius Alldrin
KELLEY OTTO (CRU)
Kelley Otto serve with Destino (the Latino/Hispanic ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ “CRU”) in Chico. Destino seeks to serve the University campus and the greater community through the vision and unique gifts of Latino and Hispanic men and women. Our community explores how faith and culture intersect, journeying with students, faculty, and community members to follow Jesus and fulfill their God-given destiny (Destino).
IAN CARLISLE (AMBASSADORS OF RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES “ARM”)
Ian and his wife Roxanne live in Oroville, CA. Since 2012, Ian has served as Lead Chaplain and founding CEO of ARM, a jail chaplaincy outreach to inmates in the Butte County Jail. He visits inmates, recruits and trains mentors who, in turn, meet weekly with inmates for discipleship training. Ian also recruits, trains and equips inmate leaders in the jail pods to facilitate evangelism and discipleship. To learn more about ARM, click HERE
ANDREA MEYER (CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP)
Andrea Meyer serves as a Director with Child Evangelism Fellowship in the 15 most-northern counties of California. The purpose of CEF is to evangelize children in the Gospel, and establish them in the Word of God and in the local Bible-believing church for Christian growth.
Our website is cefnorcal.org/northerncounties
Andrew and Bonnie are team leaders with Campus Crusade for Christ “CRU” at CSU Chico and Butte College. Our passion is reaching college students, building them up in their faith, and sending them into the world to do likewise! Through Cru, we are trusting God to build spiritual movements everywhere so that everyone knows someone who truly follows Jesus.
ANDREW & BONNIE BURGER (CRU)
National
Luke and Megan Bryant are currently serving in Orlando, Florida after spending two years in the Middle East. Luke is working with Jesus Film at the Cru HQ helping the team there equip Christians in the Middle East with the Jesus FIlm to share their faith. Luke and Megan will also be engaging in a Care Program through Cru that will help them transition back to the States and help them move forward with ministry as they seek the Lord's calling for this next season of life.
Luke and Megan Bryant (CRU)
PETER & TANYA KINNEY (CADENCE INTERNATIONAL)
Our family directs a Hospitality House Ministry that serves Ellsworth Air Force Base. We share the gospel and our lives with the military community, our primary focus being with young, single airmen. We provide a home away from home for these young men and women – to love, disciple, mentor and be present in their lives.
To learn more about the Kinney family and Cadence International, click HERE
Global
Josh and Adrienne are currently serving Jesus in Budapest, Hungary with Cru. They are both working at the International Christian School of Budapest serving believing and non-believing families from all over the world. Josh is also involved in International Student ministry and various other ministries around the city.
JOSH & ADRIENNE PAYNE (CRU)
TIM & SUSAN DRISCOLL (OMF)
Tim and Susan Driscoll are leading the OMF Kanto area missionaries and short term workers, helping OMF’s work in Japan to be strategic and the missionaries to be joyful and effective. They are mobilizing more workers, training missionaries and equipping the Japanese church to reach the 99% of Japanese who have not heard the Gospel.
To learn more about the Driscoll family, click HERE.
JON & JENNY DAVIS (WORLD VENTURE)
Jon and Jenny Davis have worked in Uganda since 2007. Jon has founded The Ideas Workshop which is an organization that combines Bible study and life on life discipleship with trade training and a metal fabrication workshop. Jenny runs Bright Horizons lending library for both national and missionary homeschooling families. They have 3 children, Meg, Dan, and Emily.
To learn more about The Ideas Workshop, click HERE.
We serve at the mission center in Papua New Guinea. Our role is supporting tribal church planting – enabling missionaries to be in remote bush locations and serve among unreached people groups. These missionaries learn the local language, teach literacy, translate the Bible, and teach God’s Word. The end goal is to help plant a self-functioning, mature church that can reach others. Currently, we are supporting this work by Matt serving as the personnel director, seeking to provide help and leadership to the missionaries here. We also teach at the center, which enables the pilots, doctors, accountants, etc. to do their jobs of helping bush missionaries to be in their tribes.
Matt Long
SPAS & CHRISTINA STOIMENOVI (GLOBAL OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL)
The Stoimenovi Family serves orphans and vulnerable children in Bulgaria. They teach lessons, lead activities and mentor children in Bulgarian orphanages and help youth transition to independent living after leaving orphanages. As the system in Bulgaria slowly changes, they are doing more in terms of prevention of child abandonment, and in advocating for every child to live in a family.
To learn more about the Stoimenovi family, click HERE.
LEYDI HERRERA (WORD OF LIFE)
Word of Life Panama missionary for some years, working with Panamanian children and youth through the local church and leadership training. I am currently part of the children's ministry that includes the puppet show, camps and special events for children. Support for the local church with girls' discipleship and women's leadership. lodging of the groups that visit you and administration of resources in the camp. To learn more about International Messengers, click HERE.
RUSS & SHARLA WIESNER (ROCKLIN GLOBAL)
The Wiesners are serving in great commission work in SE Asia. They work with international and national families in education, church planting and making disciples. They are currently in Cambodia working with HIS International School and with Doulos Church. To learn more about Rocklin Global click HERE, and HIS International School, HERE
K & S work with OMF International to love and bless Muslim Southeast Asians. K leads the recruiting/mobilization team for the field. He served for ten years working with inquirers and placing new long-term workers on teams in SE Asia (coaching, informing and praying with them). Follow K & S by clicking HERE
K + S
BEN & JEANNE BECKNER (INTERNATIONAL MESSENGERS)
Ben and Jeanne, who serve with a nonprofit organization based in Iowa, relocated in September of 2018 from Lyon to Perpignan, France. Ben is professor of intercultural studies at a private theological training college located in Geneva, Switzerland. He is also founder and director of a French cultural nonprofit which uses French language teaching as a training tool for cross-cultural outreach and communication. Ben and Jeanne are active members of a local French Baptist church in Perpignan.
To learn more about International Messengers, click HERE.
VITALY & MARINA PETROV (TRINITY VIDEO SEMINARY “TVSEMINARY”)
TVSEMINARY - is a worldwide Evangelical Online School located in Russia. TVSEMINARY staff record, edit and dub over courses from TEDS and other schools into several languages at the Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level with over 6000 registered students. TVSEMNARY also freely distributes video lectures in over 150 countries with millions of viewings over the last couple of years.
To learn more about TVS, click HERE.
Go to our YouTube channel HERE for free access to TVS courses. Current projects, click HERE
KEVIN & LEAH BOOK-SATTERLEE (UNITED WORLD MISSION)
Kevin and Leah direct a one-year mission apprenticeship program based on Immersion, Incarnation, and Innovation alongside national ministerial leadership. Besides seeing young adults explore their missional call by participating in what God is doing cross-culturally, Leah and Kevin have a passion to equip churches to engage their local communities missionally. They have a passion to proclaim and demonstrate Christ’s transformative Gospel particularly in post-Christian contexts.
To learn more about the Book-Satterlee family and Avance Espana, click HERE.