Saved people serve people--Leaving home, family, friends in Ohio to equip pastors in Africa

Jason & Christy Carmean

Jason, Christy, Micaela, Alyssa, Josiah

 
Email:  jcarmean@encompassworld.org 

Place of Ministry: Yaounde, Cameroon
Sending Agency: Encompass World Partners 
 
Our Missionary Partner: Jason and Christy left Lexington, OH with the kids to go to Africa.  God called them to Yaounde, Cameroon to equip African leaders to shepherd the local churches in Chad, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic.  Encompass World Partners directs their endeavors.   

Carmean family packed for Africa

God called them to develop fully devoted followers of Christ in Cameroon, Africa.  Grace Church is part of a coalition of churches who support and provide resources and guidance for the Carmean ministry. 

Their Mission: Jason expresses their passion--we want to train pastors and lay leaders in Cameroon to lead their churches towards all that God wants for each church family. Jason asks us to pray for the partnership of US churches and African churches to work together for the glory of God.

If you want updates, then please LIKE their Facebook page.  You can discover the stories of the Africans that they are training.  You can see their faces, pray for each family, and know that when you give to Grace Church, part of your gifts go to support the ministry of the Carmean family.  

Street scene in Yaounde, Cameroon

How to Be Involved

PRAY: Pray for Jason as he pursues the development of the leadership training program for pastors. Ask God to give Jason strength in the Lord to develop fully devoted followers of Christ in Cameroon.  Ask the Lord to encourage the family to be encouraged and to get rid of discouragement and negative thoughts when they feel lonely, separated from family in Ohio, and physically wore out from the hard life in Yaounde.  
 
ENCOURAGE: Jason's birthday is October 15. Christy's birthday is November 27.
Micaela's birthday is November 16. Alyssa's birthday is October 27. Josiah's birthday is July 25.  Anniversary is June, 7, 1997. 

CONNECT: Carmeans in Cameroon on FaceBook

Men from Douala preparing to be equipped

Saved People Serve People--George & Cindy Swain share the Good News Far and Near

George & Cindy Swain

Cindy & George at home

 
Email:  proneho@gmail.com 

Place of Ministry: Ashland, Ohio
Sending Agency: Ashland Grace Brethren Church 
 
Our Missionary Partner: George & Cindy Swain served the Lord in Prague, Czech Republic for many years seeking to establish a Czech Church.  They canvassed the city of 1.2 million with the Good News of Jesus Christ many times over.   Together, George & Cindy served faithfully with Encompass World Partners.  In 2014, God called them back to the US with counsel from their home church, Ashland Grace Brethren Church.  

The capital city, Prague, Czech Republic

God called them to develop fully devoted followers of Christ wherever they live.  God allowed them to start work with SEEDNet in Ashland, Ohio.  They enjoyed their time with SEEDNet, but God seem to be leading them to a transition.


Their Mission: George and Cindy want believers to be equipped for serving in the Church.  They want God's people to know the Bible, to share the Gospel, and to go out and share Christ with others.  

If you want more information so you can pray for the Swain's, please contact them via email so you can be added to the email list and to learn more about their next ministry opportunity. When you give to Grace Church, part of your gifts go to support the ministry of George and Cindy Swain.  

George & Cindy helped at VBS in 2010

How to Be Involved

PRAY: Pray for George and Cindy as they pursue how to equip believers to share the Gospel and to serve their neighbors and family. Ask God to give George and Cindy strength in the Lord to develop fully devoted followers of Christ in Ohio.  Ask the Lord to help them "make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:3)." 
 
ENCOURAGE: George's birthday is August 5. Cindy's birthday is March 30. 

CONNECT: George and Cindy Swain on FaceBook

Petr, George, and Cindy

Our partnerships with the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches

FGBC Partnering Organizations

Wooster Grace partners with several Fellowship of Grace Brethren Organizations. Three to highlight are CE National, Internationals USA, & Vision Ohio. We partner with Ed Lewis from CE National, Jay & Jan Bell from Internationals USA, and Ron Boehm with VisionOhio. 
Ed Lewis is Executive Director of CE National. CE National's purpose is "to be a catalyst for all believers to be trained and mobilized to be 'on mission.' This is done by impacting the rising generation, reaching neglected people, and teaching biblical truth in any culture." As Ed Lewis passionately shares, "Living 'on-mission' is intentional. Helping believers and churches live on mission is at the very core of what we do at CE National. It is not just a line in our purpose statement--it is who we are (Spring 2012 Bi-Annual newsletter)."
You can learn more by following these links:

• CE National website
• Connect with Ed Lewis on FB

Vision Ohio is the Grace Brethren Regional Church Planting Network in Ohio. They serve churches and church leaders in fulfilling the Great Commission.  Ron & Chery Boehm seek to equip churches to plant new churches. They help couples undertake the arduous task of starting a new church with support, training, and prayer. 
Follow what God is doing by following these links:

• VisionOhio website
• Connect with Ron Boehm on FB

Encompass World Partners equips churches to reach out to Internationals through English as a Second Language (ESL) in the Internationals-USA (I-USA) ministry with Encompas. They also mobilize churches to serve Internationals in their communities and equip mobilizers in churches around the country.
You can read more about them from these links:

• Read how they seek to equip churches to reach out to Internationals via ESL.
• Learn more about Encompass World Partners.