Vision
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Purpose of Missions Ministry
- Help fulfill the Great Commission through the local church in the Ballard community
Goals of the Missions Ministry
- Leading the church to know, care for, visit, and support its missionaries
- Supporting qualified, faithful missionaries who lead faithful, fruitful ministries
- Sending missionaries from our own network and church
Supported Missionaries
Louis & Amber O’Tool
Location: Welkom, South Africa
Contact: louisotool@gmail.com
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Louis and Amber O’Tool moved to Welkom, South Africa as missionaries in 2008. Louis has a degree in Pastoral Theology from Faith Baptist Bible College. He and Amber have four children – Meredith, Drake, Travis, and Molly. The O’Tools first worked in a local orphanage called The Pines Christian Care Centre for Children. They served there for many years, taking care of orphaned children and assisted native mothers in raising children under Godly influence. In 2014, God led the O’Tools to transition from the full-time children’s home to discipleship work with young people in the community. In partnership with Pastor Joshua Bolaji (of British/Nigerian background), Louis and Amber began focusing on reaching and discipling youth from all over the city, through their local church, Welkom Baptist. Louis and Josh are also partnering to teach pastoral conferences throughout Sub-Saharan Africa to train local pastors in theology. This enables the native pastors to shepherd their flocks more effectively. They also teach at Mukhanyo Seminary, where they teach both current pastors and prospective church planters. The long-term objective is to plant churches and impact the culture in obedience to the Great Commission: Make Disciples.
Steve & Kelley Frerichs
Location: Lima, Peru
Contact: steven.frerichs@abwego.org
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Steve and Kelly Frerichs are church planters in Lima, Peru. They have been serving in Lima since 2000. Upon arriving in Peru, they started working in the last church that Steve’s parents had started. In 2005, Steve was called to be the lead pastor of that church. For the next five years, Steve led that church with the vision to call a Peruvian as their pastor. God provided a wonderful pastor, and in 2011 they had the blessing of starting a new church plant with a core group of 38 believers. Their hearts’ passion is to see God start a church planting movement that will support a global missions-sending movement out of Peru. To date, their church has started two church plants and is praying toward starting a third.
Joseph & Kimberly Frerichs
Location: Lima, Peru
Contact: jfrerichs@ambassadorsfootball.org
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Joseph and Kimberly Frerichs, along with their children, are missionaries to Lima, Peru with Ambassadors Football. Their main focus is using soccer as a tool to share the Gospel. They partner with local churches to help them reach their communities. Soccer ministry is very welcoming to many people that may not be interested in church events. They are also very excited to work alongside Joseph’s parents’ church in Sol de La Molina and bring this sports ministry into each of the churches that they have planted. They hope to be a part of the church planting movement by helping each of these churches effectively reach their communities every week.