Zack and Jen Sportsman were members of The Life Church of Kansas City, under the leadership of Pastor Stan Gleason, where they were actively involved in diverse areas of ministry. This included adult Sunday School, outreach and evangelism, home Bible studies and African Immigrant ministry.
In 2011, they served under the Associates In Missions Program in West Africa. There they taught in the Bible school, trained local church leaders to establish children's Sunday school, facilitated a retreat for pastors kids and were involved in the personal development of the next generation of leaders.
Their first appointed country was a French speaking nation so when they went to the field they devoted time to language study. They also participated in the construction of the Wendell Gleason Memorial Education Center.
In 2019, they changed fields and are now working in Rwanda and Burundi.
(Rwanda) - SPORTSMAN, Zach and Jen
March 3, 2022
(The Netherlands) - CALHOUN, Allan and Carla
June 27, 2022 • Allan Calhoun, Carla Calhoun
The Calhouns both graduated from UPBI (Northeast Christian College) in 1990, were married the same year and launched their ministry of assisting, pastoring, building a home missions church and now overseas missionary work. They pastored Oasis of Hope Church in Barrie, Ontario, for seventeen years and were certain that they would live and minister there until the rapture of the church. But God had a different process in mind. The next four years were full of radical changes that prepared them to be global missionaries to Europe. In 2013 the Calhouns became furlough pastors at New Life Church in Gilford, Northern Ireland, and The Pentecostals of Dublin in The Republic of Ireland. Living and ministering in two nations they learned to carry both Euros and British pounds in their wallets simultaneously. After the Associates In Missions term in Ireland, at the invitation of Pastor Timothy Pickard, they spent a transitional time on the ministry team of First UPC. This was part of God’s process as Toronto is one of the world’s most multicultural cities, with 49% of its population having been born outside of Canada. There they were blessed to connect with, and mentor leaders who originated from Columbia, India, the Philippines and the Middle East. Michael Tuttle, the regional director for Europe & the Middle East invited the Calhouns to visit The Netherlands. God confirmed the call and they were appointed in September of 2015. Upon reaching the field the Calhouns have been endorsed to launch a Leadership Training Process and focus on empowering leaders to reach the many urban centers in the Netherlands.
(New Zealand), BORDERS, Brandon and Mollie
Brandon and Mollie received their appointment to New Zealand in 2015 and arrived in Hamilton in 2017. They have pastored the church in Hamilton, as well as established a preaching point in the city of Tauranga. Brandon serves as the president of Apostolic Bible College of New Zealand. In 2020 they had twenty-two students and graduated twenty with a certificate degree and one from the intermediate degree program. Mollie is extensively involved in the local church in music, ladies ministry, and hospitality. Upon their return, they plan to build the Bible school into a full-time school and further establish the work in Tauranga.
(Wales) - KELLEY, Kyle and Amanda
Kyle & Amanda Kelley
Kyle and Amanda have been serving as assistant pastors in Salem, Illinois for the last ten years. They previously served in youth ministry for six years in Salem. They have served on the Illinois District North American Missions committee, Illinois District Youth Committee and helped in planning and organizing various other district events. They also served on the AIM program for one year in Glasgow, Scotland, overseeing Harvest Bible College.