Prayer Cards - Advent Christian General Conference

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Augusto Ochi Simbi
Isaiah Etim Udosen
Mozambique Conference President
Nigeria Conference President
Department of World Outreach
MOZAMBIQUE
Advent Christian General Conference
PO Box 690848
14601 Albemarle Road
Charlotte, NC 28227
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NIGERIA
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Bertin Mwanya
Simon Bissah
Central Africa Superintendent
Ghana Conference President
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
CONGO
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
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GHANA
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ISAIAH ETIM UDOSEN
title:
President
AC Conference of Nigeria
in office since: 2015
lives in:
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
birthdays:
Isaiah – July 23
Children:
Godwin – Feb. 3
Victor – Aug. 21
Comfort – Sept. 9
Nyakno – Oct. 5
Christian – Nov. 1
Angela – June 23
Patience – Sept. 9
Isaiah Udosen was the former vice president of
the AC Nigerian Conference before accepting
the position of President of the Conference in
January, 2015.
He is a native of Etinan LGA of Akwa Ibom
State, and was interested in becoming involved
in ministry at an early age.
After receiving his certificate in 1958, he began
preaching the gospel in many local churches.
Later he was appointed as Sunday school
superintendent for 10 churches. In 1975, he
was ordained a deacon, in 1980 an Elder, and
became a minister in 1990.
Isaiah is blessed with seven children from his
late wife, Arit.
SIMON BISSAH
title:
President
Ghana AC Conference
in office since:
2003
lives in:
Nsawam, Ghana
birthdays:
Simon – July 17
Veronica – Oct. 24
Jireh – Jan. 18, 2003
Lawrencia – Mar. 15, 2005
Jesse – Mar. 28, 2008
Noelle – Nov. 2, 2011
AUGUSTO OCHE SIMBI
title:
President
Mozambique AC Conference
in office since:
2011
lives in:
Mandua, Mutarara District,
Tete Province, Mozambique
birthday:
Augusto – Oct. 15
BERTIN MWANYA
Simon Bissah lives in Nsawam, Ghana, with
wife, Veronica, sons Jireh and Jesse, and
daughters Lawrencia and Noelle. He pastors
the Nsawam AC Church and also teaches
primary school.
title:
Superintendent,
AC Central Africa Region
President,
DRC AC Conference
Pastor Bissah accepted the presidency of the
Ghana AC Conference in 2003 with a servant
attitude and a strong desire to expand the
kingdom of Christ.
in office since:
2007 (Reg. Superintendent)
2005 (Conference President
Rev. Bissah and his leaders have made the
conference a more workable institution to
meet challenges as they come.
lives in:
Lubumbashi, Katanga, DRC
birthdays:
Bertin – Dec. 12
Genevieve – Jan. 1
Pastor Augusto Oche Simbi is married with six
children, four of them boys. He lives in the coalrich Tete Province in northwestern Mozambique.
Augusto holds a certificate of Portuguese, and
received preaching credentials from SAM Bible
School. He speaks two languages — Portuguese
and Chichewa.
Augusto met a pastor who fed him with the
words from John 3:16. He became a Christian in
June 1977.
Pastor Simbi says, “The verses which I like most
are: Colossians 1:3, I Chronicles 29:19, and
1 Peter1:3–12. When I hear these words they do
encourage me in my Christian life.”
Bertin Mwanya is a busy man. He serves the Lord
as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) AC Conference and as Superintendent
of the Central Africa Region of AC Churches. He
also is pastor at Eden Advent Christian Church
in Lubumbashi.
As Central Africa Regional Superintendent,
he organized our Tanzania churches’ affiliation, taught “Farming God’s Way” techniques
in Malawi, contributes regularly to our Advent
Christian online E-news and advises our Central
Africa conferences.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, Journalism and in Theology, and a Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration. He has been an English
teacher, broadcast journalist and business manager. He and wife, Genevieve, have five children:
Paul, Louis, Marthe, Bertin and Esther.
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Simeon Nzishura
Peter Motende
Burundi Conference President
Kenya Conference President
BURUNDI
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Charlotte, NC 28227
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KENYA
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Samuel Sosono
Moses B. Gbaa
Malawi/Mozambique
Conference President
Liberia Conference President
LIBERIA
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
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MALAWI
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PETER MOTENDE
title:
President
Kenya AC Conference
SIMEON NZISHURA
Peter Motende was a youth leader in his local
Catholic church. Walking to the shopping center
one day, Peter encountered an Advent Christian
church crusade. In talking with the crusade leaders he became acquainted with AC doctrine.
in office since:
2010
Peter joined the Advent Christians in 2004 as
a lay pastor. He held the post of church planting then was overseer of five northern region
churches.
lives in:
Kilgoris, Kenya
In 2010 Peter Motende assumed the post of
President of the Kenya Advent Christian Conference.
birthday:
Peter – Dec. 30
President Motende is married to Alice Nyomenda Motende. God has blessed them with a family
of three boys.
SAMUEL SOSONO
title:
President
Malawi AC Conference
in office since:
2006
lives in:
Nsanje, Malawi
birthdays:
Samuel – Apr. 11
Diana – Nov. 25
Miracle – Apr. 8, 2010
Deborah Hannah – Nov. 16, 2011
Faith – May 15, 2015
Pastor Samuel Sosono was elected president of
the Malawi AC Conference in 2006 when Malawi
and Mozambique churches shared a conference.
Within five years he had planted 18 churches in
the two countries. Today each country has its
own conference.
A native Malawian, Samuel grew up in a Christian family. His dad was a pastor. Samuel was
especially successful in Bible knowledge studies.
Samuel became a member of the Advent Christian Church in 1999, when it was founded in
Malawi. New Hope ACC, Nsanje, is his home
church.
Samuel and his wife, Diana, are blessed with two
daughters, Miracle and Deborah Hannah.
title: President
Burundi AC Conference
lives in: Bujumbura, Burundi
birthdays:
Simeon – Nov. 12
Nizigiyimana Mary – July 7
Divine – Dec. 18, 1985
Stephen – July 18, 1988
Esther – June 4, 1991
Noella – March 12, 1992
Johnathn – July 5, 1995
Samuel – Jan. 23, 2003
(plus four orphans living with them)
MOSES B. GBAA
title: President
AC Conference of Liberia
in office since:
2015
lives in:
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County
Liberia
birthdays:
Moses – March 11
Nancy – January 6
Naomi – March 26, 1992
Sarah – April 18, 1996
Jairus –December 20, 1999
Darius – November 2, 2002
Christian – April 28, 2006
Monee – September 6, 2008
Bishop Simeon Nzishura’s native Burundi has
been in civil war off and on since 1965. In
response, he has initiated peace endeavors and
conferences in Central Africa. Simeon also visits
refugees who have fled to the West, to serve as a
link with their families in Burundi.
In the 1990s he started the African Protestant
Evangelical Elim Church, a fellowship of 45
churches.
Today he serves as leader of our Burundi Advent
Christian Conference. He conducts an extensive
financial accountability seminar in his churches.
In 2006, when Simeon approached Advent
Christian General Conference with a request to
affiliate, he wanted his work to be a part of an
international family. His passion for the second
coming of Jesus was the deciding factor in his
choice of the Advent Christian family.
Moses was the former vice president of the AC
Liberian Conference before accepting the position of president of the conference in July 2015.
Moses is Bassa by tribe, and married to Nancy
Hodges Gbaa. Together they have six children.
Holding an “AA” educational degree from KRTTI
College, Moses’ profession is teaching.
After receiving a certificate in pastoral leadership from Jesus Evangelistic Ministry Theological
Bible Institute in 2004, he began pastoring the
Buchanan AC Church in 2009. Other offices held:
SS teacher from 1996 – 1999, director of Christian Education from 2000 – 2004, and conference
secretary from 2005 – 2011.
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Hanscollins Munuo
Désiré Ahola
Tanzania Conference President
Central Europe
TANZANIA
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Charlotte, NC 28227
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CROATIA
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Bryce Whiting
Alain Don’Tony
Africa/European Area Director
South Africa Conference President
AFRICA/EUROPE
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Charlotte, NC 28227
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PO Box 690848
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SOUTH AFRICA
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Charlotte, NC 28227
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DÉSIRÉ AHOLA
title:
President
Central Europe AC Conference
in office since:
2005
lives in:
Nova Gradiska, Croatia
birthdays:
Desire – Feb. 25
Martina – June 4
Patricia – Dec. 25, 1997
Ruben – Nov. 23, 2004
ALAIN DON’TONY
title:
President
South Africa AC Conference
in office since:
2011
lives in:
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
birthdays:
Alain – Nov. 1
Dorothy – Aug. 9
Elijah – Jan. 4, 2008
Isaiah – Dec. 27, 2011
HANSCOLLINS MUNUO
Desiré Ahola moved from his native Cameroon,
West Africa, to Croatia in 1992. He organized
a small group in Zagreb, teaching them beliefs
based in Advent Christian doctrine.
Desiré is now leader of the Advent Christian
ministry in Central Europe. His once small
group has established outreaches in six countries.
The highlight of his ministry is witnessing to
college students and tourists on the Adriatic
coast each summer.
Desiré and his wife, Martina, have two children.
He says, “It is a joy for me to see how God is
blessing us each day.”
A native of Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC), Alain has a BA degree in drama, concentrating in theater direction and playwriting.
He held several pastorates in the DRC.
In 2005 he moved to South Africa to continue
his ministry in Port Elizabeth. Alain married
Dorothy in 2006 and started a church in 2007
with only his wife and in-laws. Steady growth
in their number of disciples soon had them
meeting in the garage.
Finally he turned a local tavern into the Sanctuary of Mercy where he pastors today. He
also serves as president of the South Africa AC
Conference.
Pastor Alain seeks to carry on the wealthy
legacy of church planting in Africa.
title: President
Tanzania AC Conference
lives in: Mwanza, Tanzania
birthday:
Hanscollins – May 25
Joyce – June 21
Mercy – Mar. 7, 1999
Jonathan – Aug. 22, 2000
Barnaba – Aug. 22, 2000
Leameck – Mar. 21, 2010
Rehema – Aug. 10, 1995
Bernadetha – Dec. 24, 1996
Emmanuel – May 15, 1997
Brian – Apr. 15, 2004
BRYCE R. WHITING
Title:
Africa/Europe Area Director
AC World Outreach
in office since: Jan., 2013
address:
523 West St.,
Bristol, CT 06010
phone: (860)314-0633
e-mail: [email protected]
birthdays:
Bryce – July 8
Barbara – August 11
A native of Tanzania, Pastor Hanscollins Munuo
is fluent in Kiswahili and English. He has been
a pastor since 1994. Some of his pastorates
were in Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. He holds
a bachelor’s degree in Ministerial Theology and
has completed extensive training in leadership,
church planting, evangelism and computer skills.
Pastor Hanscollins now leads Kiseke ACC, the
headquarters church in Mwanza. He succeeded
President Joseph Ntandu as conference president.
Hanscollins and his wife, Joyce Kapile, have eight
children. Three were orphans and one was living
in destitution when they invited them into their
family.
Bryce holds a BA from Berkshire Christian College and a MA from Wheaton Graduate School.
He pastored AC churches for 10 years in
Newport Center, Vt., and Loudon, N.H., before
he went back to school in response to a call to
international ministry. He and his wife, Barbara,
then joined Youth With a Mission serving in
Switzerland and Togo, West Africa, until 1995. In
2000, he returned to the pastorate and presently
serves in Bristol, Conn.
Bryce has made two trips as a representative of
AC ministries. While visiting a Liberian refugee
camp in Ghana in 1995, he introduced them to
the AC denomination. In 2012, he led teaching seminars, preaching and encouragement to
the AC pastors in the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
He has three daughters and two grandchildren.
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Jean-Claude Dorsainvil
Miguel Arellano
Haiti Conference President
Mexico Conference President
HAITI
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
www.acgc.us
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MEXICO
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John Gilbert
Ray & Ledy Marco
Latin America Area Director
Missionaries/Honduras
Cristo Salva
MEXICO
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
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HONDURAS
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
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MIGUEL MENA ARELLANO
title:
President
Iglesia Evangelica de la
Comunidad
(AC Conference of Mexico)
in office since:
May 2004
lives in:
Tecate, Mexico
birthdays:
Miguel – Sept. 29
Maria – Aug. 7
RAY & LEDY MARCO
title:
part-time missionaries
Honduras
in office since:
2007
live in:
Miami, Florida
birthdays:
Ray – Oct. 2
Ledy – Oct. 6
JEAN-CLAUDE DORSAINVIL
Pastor Miguel’s passion has always been teaching and reaching others with the compassionate
love of the Lord Jesus Christ.
After marriage to Maria he became director of
Jericó Bible Institute in Tecate. In 1983 he returned to his alma mater, Seminario Teologico
de Baja California (STBC), and still teaches
there.
Pastor Miguel formed his present church “Iglesia Emáus” in 2001 in Tecate.
In May 2004, Pastor Miguel assumed the position of president of Iglesia Evangelica de la
Comunidad.
Ray Marco remembers as a boy rolling fabric
strips into bandages for our missionaries in India. He says it “touched (his) heart deeply.”
God nurtured Ray’s heart for missions, taking
him from Peace Dale, Rhode Island, to Berkshire
Christian College, to Miami, Florida, and finally
to the poverty-stricken nation of Honduras.
Ray has pastored Oak Grove ACC, Miami,
around 40 years. He and Ledy lead mission trips
to Honduras four times yearly, to a medical clinic
and ministry he founded in 1991, Cristo Salva.
He and Ledy met through Cristo Salva. She was a
school teacher and committed disciple of Christ.
Along with their Oak Grove and Cristo Salva
ministries, Ray and Ledy represent AC World
Outreach in Honduras.
title:
President
AC Conference Haiti (ACCH)
in office since:
2008
address:
Nippes Department, Haiti
birthdays:
Jean-Claude – Mar. 8
Izelle – Nov. 11
Heiden – Apr. 2, 2002
Reid – Sept. 9, 2003
Sheveland – Oct. 16, 2004
Leiland – Dec. 4, 2005
Dr. Jean-Claude Dorsainvil holds a doctorate in
ministry, master’s in agronomy, and specialty degrees in ecotourism, communications and social
sciences. He is senior pastor of the AC Church of
Croix-des-Bouquets and speaks Haitian Creole,
French, Spanish and English. He owns Grace
Hour Radio Television, founded Queensland
University, has pastored the AC Church of Delmas, and is president of the AC Conference of
Haiti and its six churches.
Dr. Dorsainvil wrote in 2009 seeking fraternal
ties with the AC denomination, with which his
churches share doctrinal agreement. Affiliation
was approved by the Executive Council May 6,
2014.
Jean-Claude is married to Izelle, and they are
blessed with a family of four sons.
JOHN GILBERT
title:
Latin America Area Director
AC World Outreach
John was just finishing a 27-year U.S. Navy career,
when, in December 1995, God called him to
serve in Mexico.
in office since:
2009
John and wife, Bonnie, started with Mexican
Medical Ministry in San Diego and were assigned
to San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico in 1997.
address:
233 Paulin Ave.
Suite 5558
Calexico, CA 92231
In 2000, the Lord led the Gilberts to form 99 Plus 1
Ministries. It aids pastors and ministries who develop in others a heart to serve the Lord.
phone: (760) 791-0289
birthday:
John – July 19
Bonnie – June 18
In 2001, John was appointed Mexico Ministries Team Leader for the Department of World
Outreach of Advent Christian General Conference. Now John serves as World Outreach Latin
America Area Director.
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Lee & Caroline Welkley
Francis Ssebikindu
Urban Ministries Consultants
Living Water Community Church,
Memphis, Tennessee
TENNESSEE
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
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NORTH AMERICA
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Clio Thomas
Ruth Devairakkam &
husband,
Wilfred Abisheganathan
Consultant for
Agape House Ministries
Malaysia — Kluang Conference
WORLDWIDE
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
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MALAYSIA
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
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LEE & CAROLINE WELKLEY
title:
Urban Ministry Consultants
in office since:
June 2008
address:
6246 Maney Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32216
FRANCIS SSEBIKINDU
Upon graduating Berkshire Christian College
(BCC), Lee continued his studies at Bethany
Theological Seminary and the Seminarian Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE).
Lee served in various pastorates for 50 years — 43
of those years in urban churches. Lee has also
served as president of BCC for 24 years and continues to serve in this capacity.
Caroline, also a Berkshire grad, continued her
education in Paralegal studies, obtaining certification in the field. She has served with Lee in 43
years of active service in urban ministry.
birthdays:
Lee – July 16
Caroline – Aug. 3
In June 2008, they added Urban Ministry Consulting for ACGC to their duties. They base this
ministry on Luke 4:18–19.
phone: (904) 228-7504
RUTH DEVAIRAKKAM &
WILFRED ABISHEGANATHAN
Born in India, Ruth was dedicated as a missionary to Malaysia when she was a year old. Her
father pioneered the AC work in Malaysia.
title:
Leader
Malaysia AC Conference
She graduated Bible College and married Wilfred
Abisheganathan, who assisted her father as lay
preacher and guitarist.
in office since:
2009
Wilfred and Ruth now lead the Kluang ACC in
Johore, on the tip of the Malay Peninsula. They
witness to English-speaking Chinese and Tamilspeaking Indians. They hold house Bible studies,
fellowship meals, and offer prayer and guidance
— reaching non-believers with the love of Jesus
Christ.
lives in:
Kluang, Johore, Malaysia
birthdays:
Wilfred – Oct. 12
Ruth – Mar. 1
Joanna – Mar. 28, 1983
Jerusha – May 18, 1987
Their daughters, Joanna and Jerusha, witness to
youth and children. The family also ministers to
single parents, divorcees and developmentally
challenged and abused children.
title:
Pastor
Living Water Comm. Church
in current pastorate since: 1986
address:
2175 Carrollwood Lane
Cordova, TN 38016-4608
phone:
(901) 274-7120
e-mail:
[email protected]
birthdays:
Francis – May 13
Lyne – May 8
CLIO THOMAS
title:
Consultant for
in office since:
Aug. 2012
lives in:
Kent, Washington
birthdays:
Clio – June 9
Kathleen – Apr. 8
Francis Ssebikindu and wife, Lyne, were born in
Uganda.
In 1974 Francis fled Idi Amin’s reign of terror and
came to the United States, graduated from Berkshire Christian College, earned his Westminster
Theological Seminary Master of Divinity, and was
an assistant chaplain. He was called to Memphis in June 1986. Lyne received her bachelor’s
through doctoral degrees in the United States.
Their church, Living Water, organizes summer
camp for inner city youth in the N.C. mountains
and delivers baskets at Thanksgiving. Its members
serve in schools and prisons, distribute food and
clothing, and hold both morning and evening
prayer groups.
West Virginia native and Aurora College graduate, Clio Thomas has pastored the AC churches
in Baraboo, Wis., and Seattle, Wash. While at Seattle, he oversaw a new church plant, West Valley
Church in Auburn, and became its first pastor.
He was adjunct professor in Pastoral Theology
and Preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary
Extension in Seattle.
Clio has assisted in developing a coffee house, a
half-way house for prison parolees, the Laubach
Literacy program, and the first food bank in
Seattle.
He accepted the position of Asia/Pacific Area
Director for the Department of World Outreach
in 2002, where he served until July, 2012. Upon
completion of Area Director, Clio now serves as
our Consultant for Agape House Ministries.
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Nely Gamayon
Erwin & Rowena Cabrizos
Oro Bible College Director
Philippines
PHILIPPINES
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Charlotte, NC 28227
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WORLDWIDE
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Efren G. Miranda
T Regi Christopher
Philippines Conference President
FBHC Conference President
PHILIPPINES
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
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INDIA
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ERWIN AND ROWENA
CABRIZOS
Rowena Baylon met Erwin Cabrizos when they
were active in music ministry in their native
Philippines.
title:
Directors
Worldwide
In 1999, Rowena went to Japan to pursue a doctorate in mathematics. The Lord led her to open
an Agape House with the help of two Japanese
AC pastors.
in office since:
2007
She married Erwin, attained her degree, and they
worked in Japan for three years, overseeing four
Agape Houses, starting a homeless feeding ministry, developing leaders and discipling.
live in:
Mati, the Philippines
birthdays:
Erwin – Jan. 7
Rowena – June 11
Shori – Nov. 5, 2005
Zoe Aiji Rei – May 2, 2013
Rei Anne Charis – July 14, 2015
In 2004, they returned to Mati, Philippines, and
opened Agape House Ministries of Pujada —
making disciples, providing medical and dental
missions, educating and feeding children, aiding
parents, and sheltering orphans and abandoned
and abused children.
Rowena and Erwin oversee a growing Agape
House ministry worldwide. They have two children — Shori (daughter) and Zoe (son).
T. REGI CHRISTOPHER
title:
President
Fellowship of Blessed Hope
Churches
in office since:
July 2012
lives in:
Teynampet, Chennai, India
birthdays:
Regi – Mar. 2
Grace – May 3
Mercy – 1996
Jonathan – 2004
NELY GAMAYON
title:
Director
Oro Bible College
in office since:
2000
lives in:
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
birthdays:
Nathaniel – Jan. 8
Nely – Aug. 10
Nely Asequia was 14 when she accepted the Lord
and was baptized by AC Missionary Rev. George
Teshera and Pastor Gerundio Sarillana.
Beginning in 1984 at Oro Bible College (OBC),
she was active in campus Christian ministry.
There she met Nathaniel Gamayon. They married and now have three grown children and one
grandchild — Kerryn.
With education as her passion, Nely became a
licensed teacher in 1986. Nely continued to work
on her own education as she served as dean and
instructor at OBC. Having earned her PhD from
the Xavier University, she became director of and
professor at the college in April of 2000.
Please pray, as OBC now faces challenging new
government regulations.
EFREN MIRANDA
Rev. Christopher was elected president of the
Fellowship of Blessed Hope Churches (FBHC) in
Chennai on July 10, 2012. He had been treasurer
of the fellowship for six years.
He has pastored the FBHC church at Teynampet,
Chennai, for 14 years. Teynampet is located in
a slum area of the city. Under his leadership the
ministry has grown significantly in recent years.
He is married to D. Grace Sathiyavadani, who
takes a very active part in the ministries of the
church. They have a daughter, Mercy, and a son,
Jonathan.
title:
Bishop
Philippine AC Churches, Inc.
in office since:
2011
lives in:
Iligan City, Mindanao,
Philippines
birthdays:
Efren – June 18
Deding – Aug. 17
Connie Fern – Dec. 4, 1986
Ronnie – Aug. 9, 1989
Efraim – Aug. 22, 1995
Bishop Miranda holds a Bachelor of Theology degree from our own Oro Bible College in
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.
He has held the roles of senior pastor, outreach
pastor, church planter and council member with
duties including directing the Public Relations
Department of the conference. Pastor Efren also
founded the New Life Bajao Community Fellowship.
During his term as Bishop (President), the
conference started an emergency relief fund
called BEARS, and they adopted Vision 20/20,
a discipleship effort that seeks to make each AC
member someone who disciples — a goal of
20,000 disciplers by the year 2020.
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Immanuel
Francis Thangadurai
Advent Christian Conference
of India President
Mission Manager
Yesuway Jeevan Mission
INDIA
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
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INDIA
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Ernie Schache
Pastor J, Pastor K,
Pastor D, Pastor T
Asia Team Leader &
New Zealand
Conference President
Full names withheld for security,
but God knows them well.
INDIA
MYANMAR
THAILAND
MALAYSIA
MYANMAR
MYANMAR
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
www.acgc.us
[email protected]
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
www.acgc.us
[email protected]
SOUTHEAST ASIA
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
www.acgc.us
[email protected]
FRANCIS THANGADURAI
title:
President
AC Conference of India
in office since:
2014
lives in:
Velachery, Chennai, India
birthdays:
Francis – Feb. 19
Christy – Dec. 22
Kingsley – Jul. 17
Marvin – Oct. 23
ERNIE SCHACHE
title:
Asia Team Leader,
AC World Outreach
President,
New Zealand AC Conference
in office since:
2007 (Team Leader)
2011 (President
lives in:
Auckland, New Zealand
Francis Thangadurai has enjoyed more than
three decades in active service for our Lord Jesus
Christ.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from Serampore
University, a master’s from Madras University, and a theological degree from the Advent
Christian Bible Institute. His first pastorate was
at Pattabiram in 1981.
Rev. Thangadurai has served as mission treasurer for the conference, correspondent for the
AC schools in India, vice president and now
president of the AC Conference of India (ACCI).
His building programs have resulted in churches,
parsonages and school buildings in many towns.
IMMANUEL
title:
Mission Manager
Yesuway Jeevan Mission
in office since:
2006
lives in:
Chennai, India
birthdays:
Immanuel – Sept. 24
Rani – Sept. 17
Ernie was a lay businessman in his native New
Zealand when called to service in India. He
represented a new kind of missionary — one who
can come alongside our pastors and help administratively. Ernie had been president of AC Missions
New Zealand, and had organized work teams
to Oro Bible College in the Philippines and the
former College of Evangelism in India. He brought
those skills to the mission field.
e-mail:
[email protected]
In India, Ernie supervised ministry finances and
worked with Indian nationals in building churches, parsonages and related projects. He helped
church members establish micro-businesses to
support their families.
birthday:
Ernie – Jan. 29
Besides Asia Team Leader duties, Ernie also serves
as president of the New Zealand AC Conference.
In 2001, he joined the American Advent Mission in Chennai to deal with government and
local corporation matters. He served as Office
Manager and then in 2006, as Mission Manager.
Since 2009 he has been coordinating the Advent
Christian Mission, now called Yesuway Jeevan
Mission.
Immanuel’s wife, Rani, helps with English/Tamil
translating. She translated Dr. David Dean’s book
“Resurrection Hope” and Dr. Sam Warren’s book
“Dead Men Talking” and some of Rev. John
Roller’s E-tracts into Tamil for publication.
Immanuel and Rani have two daughters, a son
and three grandchildren.
Francis and his wife, Christy, have two adult
sons, Kingsley Joshua and Marvin James.
Since 2007 Asia Team Leader Ernie Schache has
worked with our AC ministries in India, Malaysia,
Myanmar and Thailand. He assumed this role after
five years as an Advent Christian missionary in India.
Immanuel worked for a government bank for 31
years before joining our Mission.
MYANMAR PASTORS
title: Four Conference Presidents
(yearly rotating basis)
in office since: March, 2005
live in: Myanmar (various locations)
Conference includes:
59 churches with 1,713 members
total and 58 pastors/workers.
They have two Bible colleges with
a total of 27 students and care for
137 orphaned children.
NOTE: This information is not for
re-publication in any form.
The AC Myanmar Conference was established
in 2005 with four independent Christian groups
who agreed to work together as one conference.
A cruel military junta seized power of the
country in 1962 with one aim, “There shall be no
home where the Christian religion is practiced.”
Recently, there has been some progress towards
true democracy; however, Christians continue to
minister under very difficult conditions. In 2012
some leaders experienced difficulties and harassment from the authorities. In some cases, the
pastors risk their liberty and lives as they share
the message of Jesus Christ.
Pray for the safety of our Myanmar AC Conference and for its workers and members of the
churches of the conference. Pray the country will
continue to move towards true democracy.
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Christian Mission
Julius & Neuleth Equipado
Missionaries/Thailand
Pastor of Agape House-Fukuoka
THAILAND
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
www.acgc.us
[email protected]
JAPAN
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Jeff & Penny Vann
Minoru Shojaku
Asia/Pacific Area Directors &
Global Training Coordinators
Japan Conference President
JAPAN
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
www.acgc.us
[email protected]
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
www.acgc.us
[email protected]
ASIA/PACIFIC
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
www.acgc.us
[email protected]
JULIUS CESAR EQUIPADO
title:
Coordinator, Agape House
Ministries of Japan
in office since:
2005
lives in:
Fukuoka, Japan
birthdays:
Julius – Nov. 16
Neuleth – Mar. 10
Shana – Aug. 18, 2006
Joshua – Aug. 14, 2009
Zachariah – Dec. 10, 2011
After attaining his degree, Julius was an Electronics and Communications Engineering
instructor in his native Philippines. In 2000, he
went to Kyushu University in Japan to pursue
studies in Mobile Communications.
In Japan, at the Agape House ministry, God
changed the course of his life. In 2002, Julius
committed to serve through Agape House ministries and took a master’s degree in Missions
and Evangelism in Singapore.
In 2004, he married Neuleth and they moved
back to Japan. God has blessed them with a
daughter, Shana, and sons, Joshua and Zachariah.
in office since: Aug. 2012
address:
604 Conway Dr.
Apt. 101
Williamsburg, VA 23185
phone:
(757) 229-1250
birthdays:
Jeff – Jul. 14
Penny – May 12
title:
Missionary (self-supporting)
Thailand
in office since:
2008
As an American stationed in Thailand, Maeo’s
late husband, John Middlewood, developed a
love for the Thai people. After they married, John
and Maeo went to work serving the Lord. They
started a faith mission in 2001, with the establishment of Christian Mission Ban Naratchakwai.
live in:
Nakhon Phanom, Thailand
This ministry offers childrens’ programs, “Soup
of Love” outreach for villagers, worship services,
musical presentations, senior citizen food giveaways, prayer groups, Bible studies, fellowship,
Bible camps and English camps.
birthdays:
Maeo – June 29
This mission operates on faith, and God provides.
Julius pastors the Fukuoka Agape House and
oversees all four Japan Agape Houses.
JEFF & PENNY VANN
title:
Asia Pacific Area Directors
AC World Outreach
CHRISTIAN MISSION
MINORU SHOJAKU
After pastorates in the United States, Jeff, Penny,
and daughters Elizabeth, Connie and Naomi, began their missionary journey. They arrived in the
Philippines in 1996, serving until 2009. Jeff and
Penny served the AC Mission and were Oro Bible
College deans and full-time professors.
title:
President
Japan AC Conference
From February 2010 to February 2011, they ministered in New Zealand as pastors at large.
lives in:
Nara Pref. Nara City, Japan
In 2012 they assumed the Directorate of the Asia
Pacific Area.
Their daughters have begun families of their own,
providing Jeff and Penny with beloved grandchildren!
in office since:
November 23, 2012
birthdays:
Minoru – July 1
Yuko – July 13
Yuki Yamanaka – April 13, 2001
Pastor Minoru Shojaku was born spiritually
in 1971 at the Kayashima Christian Center.
At the age of 17, he heard the call of the Lord.
Pastor Shojaku studied at Shijonawate Christian
Institute for five years.
Visiting the Philippines in 1993 and the United
States in 1996, he learned about the Advent
Christian history in Japan while strengthening his
belief regarding AC doctrine and denomination.
Pastor Shojaku’s ministry focuses on making
disciples and helping the needy and challenged
people, as he serves as pastor of the Ayameike
Christ Church and as the 22nd Japan AC
Conference Executive Council President.
Married to Yuko, together they provide care for
their foster child, Yuki Yamanaka (boy).
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Jeff Walsh
Director of World Outreach
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
www.acgc.us
[email protected]
JEFF WALSH
Jeff first sensed God’s call to missionary work as a
teen in Hickory, North Carolina.
title:
Director of World Outreach
AC General Conference
After college and marriage to Rhonda, Jeff was
at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary when
God reestablished his call to missions.
The Walshes filled in at the AC Mission and Oro
Bible College in the Philippines for 15 months.
Back home, Jeff finished seminary and pastored
Margaretville ACC in New York. In 2005, Jeff,
Rhonda, and family returned to Oro Bible College, serving through 2011.
address:
PO Box 690848
Charlotte, NC 28227
phone: (704) 545-6161
birthdays:
Jeff – June 18
Rhonda – Dec. 26
Ben – Apr. 29, 1997
Isaac – Mar. 1, 1999
Ethan – Sept. 5, 2002
Joshua – Aug. 16, 2011
Jeff accepted the Directorship of World Outreach
in January 2012. He and Rhonda and sons Ben,
Isaac, Ethan and Joshua moved to the Charlotte
area in North Carolina.
As Director of World Outreach Jeff oversees a
thriving AC Great Commission ministry, reaching more than 30 countries.

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