Supported Teams
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For over sixteen years, Amazing Grace International has conducted Bible correspondence course studies throughout the United States. The Bible course is advertised in the newspaper USA TODAY. Additionally, in its early days, it presented social commentary from a Biblical perspective also in that newspaper. The 8-lesson program includes a survey of the Old and New Testaments, a look at the Church, biblical interpretation, the life of Christ and the Christian lifestyle. The course is offered by mail and on the internet.
www.AmazingGraceInternational.com
AGI also oversees a special project known as "Tom's Kids," an effort to educate children in Vietnam. AGI is directed as a Virginia non-profit corporation by its founder, Mike Tune.
Henry Gutierrez, Nicaragua |
Henry Gutierrez has preached for the congregation in Juigalpa, Nicaragua (about 100 miles east of Managua) since 1989. In addition to his ministerial duties, he conducts evangelistic campaigns, and works with various other congregations in the area of Juigalpa. He and his wife, Rosa, have been married since 1991 and have three daughters, Eunice, Aurisol & Kimberly. |
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Omar and Tana Palafox, Mexico |
Omar and Tana Palafox are part of a team working in Leon, Mexico. Omar is a native of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Tana is from Torrance, CA, and they met while working in AIM, Adventures in Missions. Both are graduates of SIBI, the Sunset International Bible Institute, Lubbock, TX. Omar also holds an M.S. in Ministry and Bible and a B.S. in Bible, both from Lubbock Christian University. Tana holds two B.A. degrees from Texas Tech, one in Spanish and the other in Arts Education, and is pursuing a master’s in education from the University of Phoenix. They have two children, Emma, 4, and Maicah, 1. |
Robert and Dawn Nilram, Lewistown |
Robert and Dawn Nilram have served the congregation in Lewistown, PA, since March 1, 2005. Robert is a native of Massachusetts and worked as a welder for 22 years until he and Dawn decided to devote their lives to preaching the Gospel. He earned a degree from the Sunset International Bible School program, then found that their commitment to evangelism made a good fit with the Lewistown Church of Christ. In addition to three grown children, they have Isaiah, 5. |
Pedro Batres, Nicaragua |
Pedro Batres has served in the mission fields of Nicaragua and Guatemala since 1969. He is a native of El Salvador and a graduate of the Sunset School of Preaching in Lubbock, TX. He and his wife, Mireya, who holds a degree in social service and is from Nicaragua, worked in Guatemala from 1985 to 2000, when they moved to Nicaragua. |
Steve and Maryann Bastin, Torrington |
Steve and Maryann Bastin are working to establish the Greater Torrington Church of Christ. Torrington, CT, is located in the northeastern part of the state. Falls Church has supported the Bastins in other areas of the northeast, where they have worked for many years. |
Gene and Janice Luna, Guatemala |
Gene and Janice Luna have served as missionaries in Guatemala since 1975. They have moved to the States where Gene is concentrating on writing Spanish-language extension classes and other works for the Western Bible Institute (WBI), established in 1993 to prepare Guatemalan men to preach and assume leadership roles in local churches. Falls Church has contributed to their support since 1998. In addition to WBI materials, Gene has compiled a topical Bible concordance in Spanish, and edits and updates a Spanish-language song book. |
Seth Terrell, Blacksburg |
Seth Terrell is the Campus Minister for Virginia Tech and Radford Universities, under the leadership of the Blacksburg Church of Christ. A native of Albertville, AL, he is a December 2006 graduate of Freed-Hardeman University with a B.A. in History and Biblical Studies and a minor in Political Science. He accepted the post at Blacksburg in January 2007. |
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