Mission Partners
Wollonong Baptist Church partners with a number of missionaries, both in Australia and overseas, as part of our vision ‘To Know Christ and to Make Him Known.’ We want to see the gospel spread to the ends of the earth and have chosen to support several gospel partners who have devoted their lives to seeing God’s kingdom grow though various ministries. WBC seeks to follow Jesus command in Matthew 28, where he instructs his followers to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you”.
Scott & Rachael Adamson
Power to Change, Toowoomba
Scott and Rachael have six children and one grandchild. Rachael is teaching at a christian distance education college. Scott serves with Power to Change in Toowoomba, Queensland. Scott heads up Power to Change’s digital ministry with the mission of “making disciples through digital strategies.” Millions of people every day face personal crises or asking spiritual questions, go online to search for the answers. Using websites and web based applications, Power to Change aims to find seekers right at the moment they begin searching. They can share the gospel, and link searchers with a personal mentor who will guide and grow them to faith in Christ. You can find out more here.
Andrew & Emma Beddoe
Vocational Bible College, Sydney
Andrew and Emma have four children, and Andrew is the Principal of Vocational Bible College, which is based in Sydney. VBC was established in 2015 and employs four people. They aim to train people that have gone straight into the workforce from school, or those without a formal education. VBC’s aim to is to deliver theological and ministry training in the vocational training sector, in a way that suits the gifts and abilities of practical people. VBC partners with local churches to deliver both accredited and non-accredited training. They currently partner with seven churches across Australia and New Zealand. You can find our more here.
Philip & Kim Lambrecht
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Cambodia
Philip and Kim are members of Wycliffe Bible Translators, Australia. They live and work among an unreached ethnic minority group in Cambodia where Philip is working on language research and development. This group’s language has never been written down, and there is no church, or mission work in the area. The Lambrechts have been helping believers to meet together for fellowship, bible teaching, and prayer. Philip has been orally translating and recording bible passages and worship songs. Kim home school their two daughters. Their prayer is that God will grow His church among this minority group so that one day, they will reach out to their neighbouring unreached ethnic groups with the love and truth of Christ.
Matthew & Evelyn Meek
AFES, University of Wollongong
Matthew serves Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students as the Fellowship of Christian University Students specialist. The mission of FOCUS is to bring international students to faith in Christ, build them up in Christ, and send them home in Christ, to bring others to Christ. Matthew leads the AFES FOCUS national strategy, trains and resources staff, and liaises with international students ministry movements. Locally, he runs bible study groups in Mandarin, Indonesian, and Japanese. He preaches at FOCUS gatherings and other churches, trains students, disciples 1-1, and serves as part of the local AFES team. You can find out more here.
Samar Mikhael
SRE, Smith's Hill High School
Samar teaches scripture to year 7 and 8 at Smith’s Hill School three days a week, and teaches year 9 – 12 for one period a week. Samar also runs two christian lunchtime groups and trains up young leaders to run the groups. Please pray that many students would get to know Jesus as Lord and Saviour through these ministries, and that many would be connected to youth groups.
Praise God that more students have joined Scripture and lunch time groups this year, please pray for many more to join, be encouraged in their faith, and have the opportunity to hear the gospel.
Jordan & Rachel Milburn
Quiz Worx, Australia
Jordan and Rachel have the privilege of working with the children’s ministry, Quiz Worx. This ministry exists to share Jesus with kids everywhere. They do this primarily by partnering with Special Religious Education (NSW), and Religious Instruction (QLD) in schools to present live performances using puppets, music, art, and other creative mediums to share the good news of Jesus from the bible. They also run training and produce resources. Quix Worx is based in Sydney and the Gold Coast, but as an itinerant ministry, they travel across Australia and have visited New Zealand.
Jordan has been with Quiz Worx since 2008, and works as a performer, visual artist, and communicator. Rachel is currently a full time mum to their two young children, but involves herself in the ministry when she can.
Quiz Worx offers free resources on their website here.
Josh & Ali Reeve
ECM, Albania
Josh and Ali have four children, and are living in Tirana, Albania. They are working in disability ministry and church planting with European Christian Mission. The church plant is a partnership between nationals and missionaries to reach the rapidly expanding city centre. Josh is involved in preaching and leadership development, and Ali leads the children’s ministry. Josh and Ali are also involved in discipleship training for christians in disability ministry, and they host a website that provides people with disability support services and discipleship resources.
They hope to expand their training into the north of Albania, and they have received invitations to expand training into Kosovo and Macedonia.
Josh continues to work towards publishing a biblical theology of disability in Albania. You can read more about the Reeves here.
James & Shila Roy
House Church, Bangladesh
James is Senior Pastor of the House Church of Bangladesh; a church planting work that started on a foundation of faith in the home of James and his wife Shila in 2007. Shila co-ordinates women’s ministries, trainers of bible storytelling groups, and teaches at girl’s slum schools. HCB seeks to promote communiy development, education, and peace in an environment of persecutn, while committing to staying faithful to the Lord. HCB has 33 churches with 21 Pastors and three evangelists serving in seven districts across the country. There are around 1,000 members, with most of them from Hindu or Muslim backgrounds. Today, HCB has three slum schools in Dhaka city with around 150 students.
Phil & Miriam Snelling
FOCUS, Macquarie University
Phil is leading the FOCUS staff team at Macquarie University in Sydney. Macquarie Uni has one of the highest numbers of international students studying in Australia and many are eager to learn about Christianity and find our more about the bible. Some have never heard the name of Jesus before. FOCUS teach the bible in large and small groups, and with individuals. Students have the opportunity to serve in this ministry, with some returning to be trained as ministry apprentices.
FOCUS aim to encourage, connect, and build up ministry to international students through the local churches. They hope to foster connections and share resources to grow this ministry both on and off campus. You can find out more information here.
Jit & Jan Yawan
BMA, Thailand
Jit & Jan have been working in Thailand as missionaries with Baptist Mission Australia. They are based in Sangkhlaburi, where they have continued involvement in medical ministries, church life and outreach, men’s friendship outreach, and work with people with disabilities in the community through an organisation called Lanternlight Ministries. Through all of these avenues they seek to share the good news of Jesus through word and deed, that Jesus is the way who brings light and hope. You can find out more information here.
Jasmine
Project Video, Thailand
Project Video aims to get the gospel to people in a language that they can understand. They have media producers and ethnic evangelists in 14 teams over seven countries in Asia, all creating christian media in their own languages. Project Video is based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Jasmine leads the global team which helps support and train these ethnic producers around Asia. Project Video originated from Wycliffe but has now evolved to include staff and partnerships from many different organisations. Jasmine is also serving with YWAM, Chiangmai. You can find out more about Project Video here.
