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"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Matthew 28:19,20 (KJV)


To SEND believers with the message of Jesus Christ to our community, region, and the world, EBC supports missionaries and mission organizations through both prayer and grace financial giving.

The following are missionaries and mission organizations supported by Evergreen Baptist Church, listed in alphabetical order by ministry name or missionary last name. Click on a link to jump directly to that profile, or scroll down the page to browse the profiles.

Jon & Kristina CoulterYoung Life
Everett Gospel Mission
Brion & Connie FrakesAWANA
Arnold FruchtenbaumAriel Ministries
The Gideons International
Brendan & Melissa HolmquistBaptist Mid-Missions
Gary HortonAmerican Freedom Assembly
Ralph & Cindy LaRosaOperation Grace World Missions
Jason & Jocelyn LarsenCampus Crusade for Christ
Paul & Diana MayhughGreat Wall Ministries
Olivier & Ellen MelnickChosen People Ministries
Pregnancy Resource Center
Andrew ProutChristar
Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission
Dr. Larry & Mary WatersBEE World
Katie YatesPIONEERS
Polly YoriokaInterVarsity Christian Fellowship



 

Jon and Kristina Coulter are missionaries with Young Life, a non-denominational Christian ministry that reaches out to adolescents through volunteers, staff, club meetings, and camps by building meaningful relationships with young people.

The Young Life organization is divided up into regions, and each region is divided into local areas. Jon and Kristina currently serve in the Young Life Oregon-SW Washington Region, in the local area served by the Sisters Young Life ministry.

To find out more about the Young Life ministry, visit the Young Life main website, the Young Life Oregon-SW Washington Region website, or the Sisters Young Life website.


SCOPE: Regional – Pacific Northwest (USA)

Sisters Young Life WEBSITE: sites.younglife.org/sites/sisters
Oregon-SW Washington Region WEBSITE: sites.younglife.org/sites/Oregon-SWWashington
Young Life Main WEBSITE: www.younglife.org





 

The Everett Gospel Mission was established in 1961 and is now the largest Faith-Based organization to the homeless in Snohomish, Skagit, San Juan and Island counties.

The clients that come to EGM are most often devoid of resources, living well below the poverty level. To provide dignity and compassionate care, EGM offers meals, housing for 125-150 men each night at our Men's Shelter and for 75 women & children each night at our Women and Children's Shelter, and reduced rental units for up to 10 single women at Lydia house.


SCOPE: Regional – Puget Sound (Washington State, USA)

WEBSITE: www.egmission.org





 

AWANA stands for Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed, and is based on 2 Timothy 2:15:

"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (NKJV)

Since 1950, Awana has grown from a one-church program into a ministry that includes more than 6,500 churches in the United States and another 1,300 in more than 80 countries worldwide.

Local churches reach hundreds of thousands of young people every week by using the Awana program. The goal of Awana is to reach boys and girls with the gospel of Christ and to train them to serve Him.

Brion and Connie Frakes serve as the Awana Missionaries for Western Washington.


SCOPE: Regional – Western Washington (USA)

Frakes WEBSITE: www.awanafrakes.com
(Awana Clubs International WEBSITE: www.awana.org)





 

Arnold Fruchtenbaum, together with like–minded Jewish believers in the field of Jewish missions, founded Ariel Ministries in December of 1977.

The primary mission of Ariel Ministries is to evangelize and disciple Jewish people all over the world .

You can checkout Arnold Fruchtenbaum’s biography at the Ariel Ministries website.


SCOPE: Worldwide

WEBSITE: www.ariel.org





 

The Gideons International, founded in 1899, serves as an extended missionary arm of the church: Our sole purpose is to win men, women, boys and girls to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ through association for service, personal testimony, and distributing the Bible in the human traffic lanes and streams of everyday life.


SCOPE: Worldwide

WEBSITE: www.gideons.org





 

Brendan "BJ" and Melissa Holmquist, together with their two daughters Myla, and Elaina (not pictured) are missionaries to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Spreading the Gospel Message and teaching God’s word in this part of the world since December of 2000, the Holmquist Family were commissioned by Maranatha Baptist Church in Lansing, Michigan, in association with the Baptist Mid-Missions mission board.

You can checkout the Holmquist profile on the Front Range Baptist Church website.


SCOPE: International – Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

WEBSITE: www.frontrangebaptist.org/missionaries/holmquist





 

Using humor, honesty and a hard-hitting approach, Gary Horton, missionary to American schools, has entertained and inspired young audiences in more than 8,000 high school and junior-high school assemblies across the United States since 1978.

To Gary, the phrase "one nation under God..." is more than simply words in the Pledge of allegiance. Underlying those words is Gary’s understanding of his personal relationship to God through Jesus Christ His Son, and how such a relationship can motivate each of us to accomplish great things for ourselves and our country.


SCOPE: National (USA)

WEBSITE: www.youthontrack.org





 

Ralph and Cindy arrived in the Philippines in 1975 and began their present ministry, centered in Lucena City on the Island of Luzon, in 1978.

From Lucena City, the capital of Quezon, located about 81 miles (130 km) south of Manila, God has opened doors throughout all of the CALABARZON (an acrostic for five industrial provinces of southern Luzon).

The LaRosa’s ministry includes Bible classes and services, church school, a day-school, and centers for Bible training, youth, and the deaf.

Checkout the LaRosa profile at the main OGWM website for more information.


SCOPE: International – Luzon (Philippines)

WEBSITE: www.ogwm.org





 

Jason and Jocelyn Larsen serve as missionaries with Campus Crusade for Christ on the campus of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.

First started in 1951, the mission of Campus Crusade for Christ was to "win the campus today and change the world tomorrow". The same holds true today. The campus ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ is a network of vibrant, growing movements on 1,029 campuses in the United States and beyond. Proven and diverse outreach strategies expose millions of students to the gospel each year. Over the past five years, more than 37,900 students made a decision to become a Christian.

Checkout the main Campus Crusade for Christ International website, the Larsen’s website, or the WSU branch website for more information.


SCOPE: Regional – Eastern Washington (USA)

Jason & Jocelyn’s WEBSITE: give.ccci.org/give/0563098
WSU Branch WEBSITE: www.wsucru.blogspot.com
Campus Crusade for Christ International WEBSITE: www.ccci.org





 

The Mayhughs serve with the Great Wall Ministries team in Macau. The primary focus of this ministry is church planting and leadership training. Great Wall Ministries functions in partnership with WorldVenture Macau.

WorldVenture is a mission organization dedicated to launching an initiative to penetrate a minimum of 20 new areas of ministry by no later than 2010, and to recruit and train the missionaries needed to reach the people living in those areas with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Visit the Mayhugh's profile located at WorldVenture's website.


SCOPE: International – Macau (China)

WEBSITE: www.worldventure.com





 

Olivier, his wife Ellen and their two children, J.D. and Anne-Claire, serve our Lord in southern California as missionaries with Chosen People Ministries.

Chosen People Ministries began in 1894 in Brooklyn, New York, when Rabbi Leopold Cohn accepted Jesus and was gripped with the need to reach Jewish people with the Good News. The ministry expanded, changing its name from the American Board of Missions to the Jews to Chosen People Ministries - an organization of Jewish and Gentile believers committed to bringing the Good News to the Jewish people.

Olivier and Ellen both have a strong burden to reach Jewish people for the Messiah. Olivier’s mission is to aid Christians in understanding the Jewish people, and to train them to be effective in Jewish evangelism.

Olivier’s passion is to see Jewish people all over the world accept Jesus as their promised Messiah.

Visit the Melnick’s profile at Chosen People Ministries.


SCOPE: Regional – Southern California (USA)

WEBSITE: www.chosenpeople.com





 

Pregnancy Resource Centers of Snohomish County provide confidential, caring, and non-judgmental counsel for women dealing with unexpected pregnancy.

All services are provided absolutely free, including pregnancy testing, limited ultrasound, and many other critical resources.

Over 15,000 women have come to PRC since 1984 to receive care, information, and counsel that helped them make informed decisions regarding their pregnancy.

You can find our more about the Pregnancy Resource Center at the PRC website. Also, checkout the PRC Partners of Snohomish website, a partner organization to the PRC.


SCOPE: Regional – Snohomish County, Washington (USA)

WEBSITE: www.realchoices.com





 

Andrew Prout serves as a missionary to Muslims in Jordan, under Christar, an international ministry dedicated to church planting and equipping of the body of Christ within the least reached areas of the world.

Christar was founded on January 1, 1930 by a 70–year–old Scotsman named Benjamin Davidson. During these early years of Christar, the focus was ministering to the least–reached people of Southeast Asia. Today, Christar’s ministry includes over 20 countries and 27 people groups.


SCOPE: International – Jordon (Middle East)

WEBSITE: www.christar.org





 

Since 1932 Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission (UGM) has offered hope to the homeless and hungry of Seattle.

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission is a private faith-based organization that helps the community reach out with compassion to those who have lost hope. And as a community, we empower one another to build, lead and give back.

Find out more about this local ministry at the Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission website.


SCOPE: Regional – Seattle, Washington (USA)

WEBSITE: www.ugm.org





 

Dr. Larry Waters and Mary Waters served as resident missionaries in the Philippines from 1973 to 1999, and today, Larry and Mary serve with BEE World, a missionary organization focusing on Asia, where Larry is the Philippines director.

Since 2001 Larry has served as an adjunct professor of Bible Exposition and World Missions and Intercultural Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, and is also adjunct professor of Bible and Missions for The Criswell College in Dallas.

The worldwide missionary work of Larry and Mary continues through BEE World, primarily in the Philippines, Jordan, and Hungary. Larry is the author of Bible and Missions curriculum for the Internet Bible Seminary connected with BEE World.

Visit the Waters’ Website to find out more about Larry and Mary, and their passion to reach lost souls with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not just today, but for generations to come.


SCOPE: International – Philippines, Jordon (Middle East), and Hungary

Waters’ WEBSITE: www.larrymarywaters.org
BEE World WEBSITE: www.beeworld.org





 

Katie Yates currently serves our Lord in Poland with with the PIONEERS, a church planting organization that targets un reached people groups.

Visit the PIONEERS website to find out more about the parent PIONEERS church planting organization.

The ministry team that Katie is part of in Poland is called PIONEERS Poland. Check out the PIONEERS Poland website for more information about the PIONEERS Poland church planting organization.

You’ll also find Katie Yates' profile at the PIONEERS Poland website, where you can read more about Katie.


SCOPE: International – Poland

PIONEERS Poland WEBSITE: www.pioneerspl.org
PIONEERS Parent Organization WEBSITE: www.pioneers.org





 

Polly Yorioka serves as a missionary with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (ICF), on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University here in Western Washington.

InterVarsity traces its history to student groups at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England in the 1870’s. The Fellowship spread among campuses throughout Great Britain and Canada, and in 1938 the first InterVarsity chapter in the United States began at the University of Michigan. Today, ICF serves more than 35,000 students and faculty on 550 campuses nationwide.

You can find out more about ICF at the ICF USA website, or you can visit the ICF Pacific Lutheran University website for more information on the PLU branch of ICF that Polly serves in.


SCOPE: Regional – Tacoma, Washington (USA)

ICF PLU Branch WEBSITE: www.plu.edu/%7eivcf/
ICF Main WEBSITE: www.intervarsity.org





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