Global Partners

Gerald and Mary Branch – Mexico

In Aug. 1985 the Branches entered Mexico. They finished language school in 1986 & immediately started preaching in Spanish. In 1987 they started Las Torres Bapt. Ch. in Monterey, and have since planted 3 other churches while starting a radio ministry and a Christian school. They provide mentorship to the current pastors and are now in semi-retirement in the states. BBC is their sending church. Visit their website www.iblastorres.org.

The Branches are sponsored by the Growing in Christ and Sandra Byrd Ladies SS Classes.

Pastor Y – India

We have started a missionary partnership with a pastor in India. In addition to pastoring, Y has embraced the Great Commission also through discipling pastors. He weekly speaks into pastors’ lives, both in person and through technology. He has recently held a pastor’s conference that brought over 300 pastors in to focus on the responsibilities of a Pastor.

Newsletter – contact the church office

Luke and Jessica Marie – Bolivia

Luke and Jessica consider it a privilege to work as church planters with an emphasis in deaf ministries. Their goal is to evangelize the lost, counsel, disciple, train Bolivians in God’s Word, and plant churches all for the glory of God.

Facebook page – Luke & Jessica Marie-4thegospelssake-Bolivia.

The Marie family is sponsored by the Making Disciples SS Class.

Javier and Silvia Perez – Spain

Javier Perez became the pastor of Iglesia Biblica Evangelica (Evangelical Bible Church) in Sabadell, Spain in March 2018. An intercultural and international church, IBE has Americans, Chileans, Argentines, Ecuadorians, Bolivians, Hondurans and others, in addition to Spanish and Portuguese. They see the hand of the Lord in everything and hope not only to be a blessing to the city of Sabadell but to the entire region of Vallés, being, with the help of God, a mother church for other church plantings in the future. The Perez family visited Berean in August 2022. Listen to this interview to learn more about their family and their ministry.

IBE Facebook page – Iglesia Bíblica Evangélica de Sabadell

IBE Website – https://www.ibesabadell.es/

The Perez family is sponsored by the Foundations SS Class.

Rom and Rachel Ribeiro – Brazil

Berean began supporting Rom and Rachel in 2008. Rom is a seasoned missionary pastor and is presently working on his sixth church plant in Brazil. His primary website, www.tbm.org.br, is in Portuguese but the translation tools in Google make it easy to read. You can also visit the website of their mission board to keep up to date with their progress.

The Ribieros are sponsored by the Chapel SS Class.

Luke and Anna Tanis – Malta

The Republic of Malta is an archipelago of Mediterranean Islands, strategically located between Southern Europe and North Africa. As a result of it’s location, Malta has been conquered by many different civilizations through the years. Each conqueror left remnants of their civilization which makes Malta a cultural melting pot in many different ways. Malta has the highest population density of any area in the European Union with over 4,000 people per square mile. But the population is of 98% Catholic.

Luke and Anna Tanis moved to Malta in November 2021 after they finish their deputation and fund-raising. Together with their young children, Theo and Layla, they joined two other missionary families who already lived and worked in the country. They have been learning the culture and helping with church planting and gospel preaching. The official language of Malta is English so they did not need to spend time in language training as so many missionaries need to do!

Follow them on their website at https://www.tanis2malta.com/

The Tanis family is sponsored by the Carolina Christians SS Class.

Takuji and Hiroko Yamazaki – Japan

Pastor Yamazaki is committed to church planting and leading a Christian school in Japan. Yamazaki has planted Toyohashi Grace Baptist Church and is preparing to transition and begin a new work in the area. Visit their ministries (the bottom two sites can be read by “right clicking” on the page and “translating to English” in most browsers): Toyohashi Grace Baptist church (English site) https://bcjapan.com/english.html

Toyohashi Grace Baptist Church – https://bcjapan.com

Source of Light ministry Correspondence School – https://www.slmjapan.com/

They are sponsored by the Crown SS Class.

Zach and Rachel Kier – Thailand

Zach and Rachel married in 2017 and have been blessed by God with four beautiful children. Zach was saved at the age of six, baptized at age 21. Rachel was saved at the age of 16 and baptized at age 18. She is passionate about women’s ministries, supporting expecting mothers, and educating young children. Since 2018, Zach felt the increasing draw of putting the military and cultural experiences that shaped his life into serving God full time. That opportunity came in 2022 when he was invited to serve on mission with the Free Burma Rangers in Syria later that year. At the end of 2022, Zach was elected as one of the teaching Elders at TCANP and began serving in a preaching capacity.

The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement working to bring help, hope and love to people in the conflict zones of Burma, Syria, and other conflict zones. Working in conjunction with local ethnic pro-democracy groups, FBR trains, supplies, and later coordinates with what become highly mobile multipurpose relief teams. After training these teams provide critical emergency medical care, shelter, food, clothing and human rights documentation in their home regions.