Beeston Free is committed, as a church, to sending out trained workers for gospel work in other areas of the U.K. and worldwide.
We do this by providing training in our own church, supporting members in theological study and sending out our own members to Christian work elsewhere. We also are supportive of others who have become well known to us, who have been sent by other churches.
Below are details of our present Partners and Associates and links to the organisations to which they belong. If you would like to be put in touch with any of these workers please contact the church office.
We also have a committee that seeks to stimulate interest in mission and helps communicate the needs and news from our partners and associates. Frequently there is a special focus on mission at our Wednesday prayer meeting.
Richard and Margaret Phillips
Richard works with OM and is an accountant. He is Area Finance Officer for Latin America and also for Operation Mercy based in Sweden. This is part of O.M. and deals with holistic ministry in many countries in Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and involves relief and development. Richard also helps with the accounts in the International Office from time to time.
Jonathan and Dawn Clark
Formerly UCCF workers in the UK, Jonathan, Dawn and their four children, moved to Athens in January 2007 to work with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES). Their work includes encouraging Greek Christian students in their witness to their fellow students in universities through training and support in their discipleship and evangelism.
Jonathan and Clare Skipper
Formerly international students themselves in Barcelona (Spain) in 1998-99, Jonathan and Clare and their three children returned in September 2008 to work with GBU (the Spanish equivalent of UCCF). Their role is to support and train small groups of Christian students in the region, in living for Jesus on campus.
Steve Baraniak
Formally a trainee at Beeston Free, Steve is now working as the assistant Team Leader for UCCF in the Midlands Region; supporting and training staff as well as helping develop the Midlands Region as a whole. He is also part of UCCF’s Christian Persuaders team, which seeks to identify, train and place persuasive evangelists across the United Kingdom, primarily for speaking at CU public lunchtime events at the heart of the campus. Steve is married to Katie.
Andre and Julie Bailey
André and Julie Bailey have been members of Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1986. From 1992-2006 they were seconded to SIL, a Wycliffe partner organisation, serving in Senegal, West Africa. From 2006-2010 they served in Wycliffe UK while their two sons were at Nottingham University. Julie has recently qualified with an MA in Counselling & Psychotherapy while Andre has been Director of Administration for the UK campus of Wycliffe’s European Training Programme. They plan to spend a further six months on assignment in the USA for further training before returning to Africa.
Johnny and Ann McClean
Johnny and Ann previously worked with OMF International, developing a work amongst students in Central Thailand. Johnny and Ann have recently returned to Bangkok, with their three children to help IFES pioneer a new work among international students. They are involved in student work, evangelism, discipleship & leadership training.
Joel and Kaiti Kendal
Joel, together with his wife Kaiti, have been members of Beeston Free for several years. Joel is currently studying at Wales Evangelical School of Theology (WEST) in Bridgend, South Wales, for three years, training to become a minister. Kaiti works with Care for the Family.
Liz Middleton
Liz is Centre Team Leader for Friends International in Nottingham. As well as being involved directly in student work herself, Liz encourages local churches to get involved in ministry among international students. Here at Beeston, Liz is involved with the Globe Café, and encouraging the teams leading CAMEO and various bible study groups.
Jo McMillen
Jo has been a member of Beeston Free for several years. She spent two years at Wales Evangelical School of Theology (WEST) in Bridgend, South Wales, in preparation for service with the Unevangelised Fields Mission (UFM) in Brazil, where she will be working with street children. She has recently commenced language study in Brazil in preparation for this work.
AIM
AIM International (founded as Africa Inland Mission) is a Christian mission agency serving across Africa, and ministering to Africans around the world. They partner with local churches to reach Africa’s unreached peoples with the Good News of Jesus Christ, and to develop leaders for the fast-growing church. Several of our members at Beeston Free work at AIM’s office in Nottingham.
Natasha Knibbs
Natasha has been a member at Beeston Free for seven years and has worked as a Doctor in Nottingham. She will be working at Kiwoko Hospital in Central Uganda for a year from May 2012 in partnership with UFM. Kiwoko Hospital is a Mission Hospital which provides quality medical care to the rural poor of Luweero, and at the same time seeks to share the gospel with the patients. She will be spending three months studying Tropical Medicine in Liverpool from February 2012 prior to leaving for Uganda.
