We are committed as a church to sending out trained workers to undertake gospel work in other areas of the U.K. and worldwide to fulfill our responsibility as commanded in the bible. We do this by providing training opportunities in our own church, supporting members entering theological study and sending out our own members to Christian work elsewhere. We call those "sent out" by our church Mission Partners. We also are supportive of others who have become well known to us, who have been sent by other churches. These are known as Mission Associates. Here are details on our present partners and associates and likes 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. For more information on our mission committee please contact the church office. Go to our programme page to find out about special mission evenings on Wednesdays.


Mission Partners


Richard and Margaret Phillips

Richard is the International Clearing House Manager which controls many of the movements of money around the world and all the accounting that goes with that to inform each country in O.M. of their financial standing. He is also the Area Finance Officer for Latin America which covers the area from Mexico in the north to Argentina and Chile in the South and most countries in between. This means ensuring that all the finance staff in that area are trained and the accounts are in order. Richard also teaches bookkeeping and O.M.'s software system in various places. Margaret assists in the office in reception from time to time.


The Clark Family

Jonathan, Dawn and their three children, moved to Athens in January 2007 to work with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES). Initially their work is simply to learn to speak Greek and understand how things work among students so that, longer term, they can encourage Greek Christian students in their witness to their fellow students in universities. We'll do this through training and support of students in their discipleship and evangelism, so that they will faithfully live and speak for Jesus. Jonathan and Dawn both worked for UCCF before heading for Greece.

 

The Skipper Family

Jonathan and Clare and their two children moved to Barcelona in September 2008 to work with Grupos Bíblicos Universitarios (GBU) - the Spanish equivalent of UCCF. Their role is to support and train small groups of christian students in living for Jesus on campus across the universities of Barcelona. Jonathan and Clare have links with GBU going back to their own time as international students in Barcelona in 1998-99. They have two young children, Timothy and Miriam.


Steve Baraniak (UCCF)

Formally a trainee at Beeston Free Steve is now working as a staff worker with UCCF in the East Central team. He is responsible for Christian Unions spreading from Cambridge to Colchester via Ipswich and Chelmsford. Steve spends his time supporting, training and encouraging students to live for Christ on campus, helping them to intelligently and creatively make Christ and his gospel known to their fellow students and to adorn that same gospel with their lives.


Mission Associates



Julie and Andre Bailey

André and Julie Bailey have been members of Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1986. From 1992-2006 they were seconded to SIL, one of Wycliffe's partner organizations, to serve in Senegal, West Africa. André was Centre Manager, in charge of the security, development, maintenance and daily running of the SIL Admin/Training Centre in Dakar. Julie's involvement was in communications, personnel management and member care.
They are currently serving in Wycliffe UK for a 4-year period while their two sons are at Nottingham University. André is Director of Administration for the UK campus of Wycliffe's European Training Programme, which offers initial linguistic training to missionaries as they prepare to begin overseas assignments, and more advanced courses for those developing specialist skills in various areas. Julie is serving as Home Leave Coordinator for Wycliffe UK and also studying part-time at the University of East London for an MA in Counselling & Psychotherapy. The Baileys plan to return to West Africa at the end of this 4-year home assignment.

Johnny and Ann McLean

Work with OMF International in Nakorn Sawan, Thailand. Oversee a developing work amongst students in Central Thailand. They are involved in student work, evangelism, discipleship & leadership training. Short term teams from Beeston Free have visited Johnny and Ann and helped with the work in Thailand.

Liz Middleton

Liz is the Friends International Staff Worker 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.

Joel and Kaiti Kendall

Joel has been a member of Beeston Free for several yesrs, and at present is studying at Wales Evangelical School of Theology (WEST) in Bridgend, South Wales, for three years, with the aim of becoming a minister. Kaiti works with Save the Children, working with gypsy traveller children throughout South Wales.

Jo McMillen

Jo has been a member of Beeston Free for several yesrs, and at present is studying at Wales Evangelical School of Theology (WEST) in Bridgend, South Wales, for two years. She is preparing to serve with Unevangelised Fields Mission (UFM) in Brasil, working with street children.


Rachel Knight

Rachel has been with us at Beeston Free for several years, and is now in Papua New Guinea for two years, teaching missionary children on a New Tribes Mission base at Hoskins.

AIM

Aim International (founded as Africa Inland Mission) is an evangelical Christian mission agency serving across Africa, and ministering to Africans living around the world. We work in partnership with the African church to reach Africa's unreached peoples with the Good News of Jesus Christ, and to develop leaders for the fast-growing church. God is using men and women from all walks of life, to make a difference in people's lives.