Supporting Missions

At age 8, God chose me, and I began my walk with Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. I knew then, I would someday preach His Word. In 2012, I had been in law enforcement for 20 years when a pastor friend took me on my first overseas mission trip to the jungles of Oaxaca, and honestly, I tried not to go. God had other plans, and on that trip, He wrecked my heart, and I surrendered my life to His Lordship. I went back for 8 more years, serving the Zapotec people doing everything from construction, youth evangelism, church planting, and pastor training to equip and build God’s indigenous church in Oaxaca. I could not get enough of missions and longed to do ministry full time, as God totally changed my life. This drastic change led me to men’s discipleship, men’s ministry for the homeless, transition, and prison ministry. I attended a H2T AMPD in 2019, and I was ordained in 2020 in my community church, graduated seminary in May of 2022 from GCTS, and retired after 31 years of law enforcement in October of 2022. In 10 years of missions, God placed a huge burden on my heart for the missionaries and missionary care to shepherd and pastor missionaries through intentional relationships and partnerships. I am excited about what God is doing through H2T as we foster strategic partnerships and shared vision between churches and missionaries to make disciples of all nations for God’s glory!

SLMI partners with Here2There to train new missionaries and is directly supporting Slough Ministries International to expand Christ's Word to some of the most challenges places throughout the world. SLMI partners with Kairos Prison Ministry to share the transforming love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ to incarcerated men and their families to become redeemed citizens in their communities. SLMI planned efforts over the next year: Feb, H2T-Word of Life-Honduras; Mar, Kairos Men’s Prison Ministry-Florida; Apr, Slough Ministries International-India; May, Word of Life Leadership Training-Florida; Jun, All In Men’s Conference-Florida; Jul, Mission City Church, Mission of Hope, Dominican Republic; Sep, Kairos Men’s Prison Ministry-Florida; Sep, Word of Life-South Africa

SLMI needs web service design assistance. The ministry is interested in working with someone who can provide guidance and help develop a website that is easily maintained from one event to the next. The intention of the website is to communicate the many ongoing efforts of SLMI as well as continue to build partnerships while spreading His word to the ends of the Earth.

Pastor Nathan Stanley began the ICS Ministry in 2008 in Oaxaca Mexico, with the goal of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, through identifying indigenous person’s called to become Pastors and teachers of the Gospel message. ICS endeavors to train these Pastors to properly plant church’s so that the Word may be shared and expanded greatly through Southern Mexico and Latin America.

Over 57 different languages are spoken in this region including Spanish, Zapotec, Mixtec, Mazateco, Chinantec and others. It is the Mission of ICS, to identify, train and raise up Pastors to teach and present the Gospel message throughout this diverse region, while planting churches to expand the Kingdom of God.

Spanish Translated Bibles, Supplies such as generators, water filters and other needs. Funding Support is very much needed to allow Pastors to be brought to hub locations for training.

Pastor Wes and his wife, Bev, recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. They have two daughters, Julie Simmons and Elizabeth Southard, and two grandchildren, Raleigh and Carter Simmons. Wes Is a 1979 graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary.

Wesley Slough, founder of Slough Ministries International, served as pastor of Switzerland Community Church for thirtyfive years. Beginning in 1999, he expanded his ministry to Russia, training pastors and ministerial students in Bible study methods and church planting. Upon his retirement from SCC, he entered into full time global ministry, primarily in Russia and India. He has traveled to Russia forty times and to India fifteen. His ministry centers on training pastors and church leaders in inductive Bible study and how to plant churches that plant churches in an effort to reach every man, woman and child in a geographic region. Our Mission is to teach pastors and Christian leaders how to study the Bibie, preach the Gospel, lead people to Christ, and plant churches that plant churches to reach every man, woman, and child with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Prayer, Supplies such as Bibles, and travel expenses for Pastoral Training, funding support for Pastor Wes and Travel Team.

Seamark Ranch Director, Nathan Stanley – Pastor Nathan Stanley, has been a Pastor and Director of Indigenous Church Strategies since 2008. Pastor Stanley has also been a consultant and embedded Coordinator for Samaritan’s Purse in countries such as Haiti and Ethiopia. His servant’s heart led him back home to become the Director of Seamark Ranch in 2023, where he and his family of wife Mary Stanley and 4 children now call their home.

Through a family home model, a specialized residential school and the lessons of life on a working farm community, Seamark Ranch provides the ideal setting for love, stabilization, healing, education and empowerment. Seamark Ranch’s Vision is to break the generational cycle of failure that affects the families we serve, and to nurture purposeful living in children who have experienced the impact of broken families. The children of Seamark Ranch will be equipped with a worldview and life skills that will enable them to productively contribute to our community. Our Children will be healed in heart and formed for service. Seamark Ranch seeks to provide a traditional home environment where each child can experience the security of boundaries and the acceptance of unconditional love. The Seamark approach is therapy-based and individualized. We strive to heal wounds and help children prosper in faith, in school, and in the community. It is our hope that you will consider joining us in the most worthy cause….bringing hope to children who need another chance. The Seamark Family is constantly growing. Our communities of lightkeepers, volunteers, and staff are something special. We would love for you to be part of our mission!

Prayer, Volunteers, Support, and Visits to interact with the Kids of Seamark Ranch.

When I retired in 2008 after working 35 years at Bayer Corp., we moved to NC. We had been praying about a purpose and/or mission to get involved with now that my wife Suzanne and I had the time. In 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. Northside Church in Wilmington, NC organized several trips to Haiti to help with the devastation. We happened to hear of a mission trip planned for the summer of 2012 and though not yet members of the church, asked to go. The purpose was to revisit an orphanage they had encountered on a previous trip and to help with ongoing projects there. Over the years, we went back to that same orphanage many different times and got to know Dovick & Sala Joseph and their heart for the kids and for Christ and knew that this was the mission we had been praying about. This was 13 years ago and a small group from the original mission group are now organized into the 501c3 called ECHO Haiti, of which we are a part.

To achieve our mission, ECHO Haiti has fundraising events and receives donations for the daily needs of the 35 children and staff at CSEDI orphanage that include food, water, clothing, medical care and guard protection. In addition, this financial support helps to cover the operating expenses of the CSEDI school teaching up to 300 children, most of whom pay little tuition and would not otherwise have the opportunity to attend school. We also fund a pastor who gives spiritual instruction at the school and orphanage

Due to the political unrest in Haiti at this time, mission trips to Haiti have been suspended. Our primary focus here in the US is fundraising through events and contributions.

When children are removed from their homes out of concern for their safety, they are usually brought to a child welfare services office to await placement. These children often have nothing with them and are scared, lonely, hungry, and in dirty clothing. This space allows the children to wait until a good foster care placement is identified for them.

Danae’ and her husband, Carl, have been married for 23 years and are blessed with 6 children. Over the past 9 years as foster parents, they have cared for 29 foster children and adopted their youngest two. Their experiences have given them a deep understanding of the need to support children in their community who feel forgotten and to surround them with love on one of the hardest days of their lives. Because of this passion, they were instrumental in starting the Isaiah 117 House in Duval County.

Volunteers, monetary contributions, children’s clothing, children’s toys. On the website below, Isaiah 117 House has a list of current needs.