The Gospel in our city, our nation and our world
Jacob's Well is proud to support missionaries and organizations sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ both locally and internationally. To find out more information or to support these missionaries financially or in prayer, please see the below information.
Domestic Missions
the johns family
Ratio Christi
Geoff and Ariel Johns work in Green Bay, Wisconsin as missionaries with the campus apologetics alliance called “Ratio Christi” (Latin for ‘The Reason of Christ’). RC is a global movement that equips university students, high school students, and faculty to give historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus Christ. Bringing together faith and reason to establish the intellectual voice of Christ in the University, Ratio Christi is planting student and faculty-led apologetics clubs at universities around the world. Students, engaged in the battle for the mind, learn to defend God's existence, the reliability of the Bible, and the fact of Christ’s resurrection. RC seeks to foster a renaissance of Christian thinking in the university and the local church. Geoff and Ariel are in the process of launching a chapter at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay.
Check out the RC Website at www.ratiochristi.org
To Donate, go to https://ratiochristi.org/chapter/university-of-wisconsin-green-bay/ and click on the Donate button
JOHN GALLAGHER
LAMP SEMINARY FACILITATOR
John received his Master of Divinity Degree from Columbia Graduate School of Missions. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in America in 1992 and pastored for 15 years. He participated in numerous mission trips to Belize, providing ministry resources and training to national pastors. John and Sharon have been married for 41 years and enjoy gathering with their 3 children and 9 grandchildren. As the Facilitator of Lamp Theological Seminary in the Wisconsin Presbytery, he is devoted to training future church leaders, equipping them for the work of ministry.
Support for John’s ministry with LAMP Theological Seminary should be sent to:
Jacob’s Well Church
3340 Lineville Road
Green Bay, WI 54313
Please put for John Gallagher, LAMP Seminary on the memo line of your check.
The Brown family
RUF-Wisconsin Madison
Reformed University Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison began in 2016. Cam and Ray moved to Madison to take over this work in 2021. RUF is the campus ministry of the Presbyterian Church in America and seeks to reach students for Christ and equip them to serve the Church for a lifetime. RUF is a community for students at UW--Christians, skeptics, and anyone in between--to explore the light and life of Jesus and what that means for ourselves, our friends, and our campus.
We accomplish this mission through 3 primary avenues of ministry: large groups, small groups, and one-on-one discipleship. An ordinary week for Cam involves preaching at RUF "Fellowship Nights" ("large group"), leading Bible studies on the campus with students ("small group"), and and one-on-one discipleship and evangelism with students over coffee at Colectivo, basketball at the Shell, board games in the union, or walking the campus ("one-on-one"). Cam and Ray also believe hospitality to be an integral part of their missional calling and regularly open their home to undergraduate students and international graduate students. Finally, Cam seeks to connect students to the local church and regularly gives students rides and ministers at Resurrection Presbyterian Church (PCA) through leading liturgy and preaching a few times each semester.
For more information or to financially support this work, please visit RUF at UW’s website at www.rufatuw.org or email Cam at cam.brown@ruf.org
the shaner family
RUF-MILWAUKEE
RUF Milwaukee is a ministry to serve students in Milwaukee area schools and the church worldwide. We do this through one on one meetings with students, small group Bible studies, and other events. Our goal is to reach students for Christ and to equip them to serve in his name while in college and beyond.
Sam and Pete moved to Milwaukee in the summer of 2024, and they are excited to be a part of planting RUF in the city of Milwaukee. We would love to connect with any students headed to a Milwaukee area school (Marquette, Milwaukee School of Engineering, UW-M, others), please don’t hesitate to reach out! Pete enjoys playing basketball, drinking a cup of coffee, or any “dad sport” you can think of. Pete and Sam welcomed their first child (Harper) into their family in the summer of 2023.
Pete for more information about RUF Milwaukee at peter.shaner@ruf.org or RUF Milwaukee - Reformed University Fellowship
the daane family
Engaging Disability With The Gospel
Kevin, Kathy, and Steven make their home in Escondido, CA where Kevin earned his Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Seminary. But “back home” is Milwaukee, so they enjoy making trips to Wisconsin from time to time.
As the DIRECTOR OF MINISTRY ENGAGEMENT for Engaging Disability With The Gospel, Kevin leads the team’s ministries to families and churches in the PCA to help reach people of all ages affected by disability. He serves through consulting, coaching, teaching, preaching, training, and developing resources. Additionally, he cares for pastors as they face the impact of disability in their own life or the life of a family member.
As a parent, Kevin understands the unique joys and challenges of caring for a child with disabilities. As a pastor, he sees the barriers to inclusion that often exist in churches. As a follower of Jesus, he wants to be a part of the change, doing all he can through Engaging Disability to show the love of Christ.
Website: Engagingdisability.org
Email: kevin@engagingdisability.org
Donations: https://www.aplos.com/aws/give/EngagingDisability/KevinDaane
Foreign Missions
THE JONES FAMILY
Stephen and Charity Jones are in London, England reaching out to the unreached with the gospel from Hindu, Muslim and Sikh backgrounds. Our work consists of planting a church (New Life Suwarta Sangat) among the 200,000 South Asian members in our community within 5 miles of our church, training up new cross-cultural ministry leaders and providing counseling for 60 clients per week through Kairos Community Counseling.
To Connect with Stephen or Charity you can email them at: StephenandCharity
you can also text Stephen Directly at: +447484267395.
If you would like to give, please go here: Give to The Jones
THE LUPTON FAMILY
Andrew and Laura Kate Lupton (with Fox, Evie Jude, and Lucy) serve as church planters in Oslo, Norway with Mission to the World (MTW). The Luptons fell in love with ministering to international people as they revitalized an international church in Bogota, Colombia for nine years. Their new call to minister at the intersection of the nations and the next generation is especially strategic in a secular city like Oslo in which nearly one third of the population is born outside of Norway. In addition to church planting in Olso and launching MTW Norway, the Luptons will partner with Missional International Church Network (MICN) to resource international churches in other strategic cities to start and strengthen more international churches.
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Learn more about MICN and ministry to and through the international church
THE SPENCER FAMILY
Church Planters in Taipei Taiwan
Kalan and Kayt (and their four children) work to plant gospel-centered churches and build healthy church-networks in Taiwan. Their particular focus is among working-class Taiwanese, a group that is less that is less than 0.5% Christian and views Christianity as a religion for social elite. Kalan and Kayt work in conjunction with Redeemer Presbyterian Church's global church-planting network (City-to-City) and local church networks. They planted New Blessing Church where they now serve. They also helped found the Friendship Church Network International, which seeks to develop healthy churches and church leaders throughout Taiwan.
For more information, or to support the Spencers:
- Check out their latest video update by CLICKING HERE
- To donate CLICK HERE
- Or e-mail Kaytlin to be added to their Prayer Update list.
The Gilroy Family
Face of Justice
- Face of Justice Ministries defends and shelters women and children who are victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation. The Lord is so dearly involved in the ministry that it has expanded greatly by His hand continues. These are the fruits of His loving kindness;
The Freedom House I is the country's only safe house for teenage girls rescued out of sex trafficking. It runs at full capacity caring for 18 teenage girls.
The Freedom House II is a large new home under construction. It will house 24 more girls, and being situated in the countryside, it will have gardens to attend, lab retrievers to nurture and stimulate healing and more.
The Grace House is opening in February. This will provide a home for the girls after they turn 18 and legally must leave the Freedom houses. They will continue their healing, their education and solid skills training for future employment.
The Hope House is a day center for prostituted women seeking a way out. We provide English Classes, job training and small business development.
The Ajava Project is a mobile coffee cart allowing the 18 and 19 year olds to be employed with certified barista training.
the peterka family
When the Saints
David, Essy and Taji spend most of each year in Malawi, SA Africa and absolutely love it. David is from St. Louis and Essy is a Kenyan, but they met in Malawi in 2015 and got married in 2017. David founded an organization called When the Saints in 2011, which they currently still help to direct.
When the Saints built the first and only long term trauma counseling safe home for girls who have been abused. There have been hundreds of girls that have come into the year long program. They also desire to see a sustainable reduction in the cases of abuse and have a program to help men walk in sexual integrity.
To find out more about this ministry: www.whenthesaints.com
norina purro
FFARM
Norina Purro is a missionary to Kitale, Kenya. She was lead by the Lord to plant an orphanage where eighteen children reside. The children were found sleeping in the dirt by the train tracks and begging in the streets for food. Norina’s team rescued them and brought them to Fun, Faith And Restoration Ministry, (FFARM). All eighteen children are attending school and are learning the gospel at home. The children, mostly very young, range from five years old to fifteen.
It is the desire of Norina’s heart to expand the ministry. There are many children in the streets of Kitale, Kenya that are orphaned. The house at FFARM is at full capacity. The vision is to purchase a farm where we can house a hundred or even two hundred children. Norina believes that all is possible with our Lord. We will be needing approximately $70,000 to purchase land. So far we have raised $6,000. Please pray.
Norina attended bible college, missionary school and was certified in biblical counseling at Calvary Chapel, Fort Lauderdale. In 1997 she trained as a missionary in Honduras with pastor Danny Morales, returning to Honduras eight times. She served for a short term mission at an orphanage in Haiti, one year in Costa Rica, short term to Nicaragua, short term in Requena, Peru, in the Amazon, and four and a half years in Medellin, Colombia, where she worked with trafficked, pregnant children, street gangs, and orphans. She was called out of Colombia and returned to Florida. She volunteered as a warehouse assistant for Restoration Bridge International, Lake Worth, Florida organizing and preparing food for the poor. In Israel, she lived and worked with trafficked women at Teen Challenge ministry, Ark in the Negev. Using the warehouse training she received in Florida, she was able to work in a warehouse with other missionaries in Israel. The ministry team meet with Beduin women in the desert offering them clothing and food and sharing the gospel with them. Living with broken women at Teen Challenge, reaching out to Muslim, Beduins, serving at Red Carpet in Tel Aviv and at a soup kitchen in Jerusalem were all experiences that led to planting the orphanage in Kenya.
FFARM is a 501C3 To Donate:
For Zelle transfers from your bank to the FFARM account without fees sign up for Zelle and use this phone number: 561 570 0036
Or deposit donations into Paypal at e-mail address below:
forhisglory_7@yahoo.com
E-Mail forhisglory_7@yahoo.com for FFARM monthly newsletter
MERF
Middle East Reformed Fellowship (MERF) is an evangelical Christian missionary organization which serves in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia on behalf of Reformed and Presbyterian Family of Churches and believers worldwide. Our work is bearing fruit for the Kingdom of Christ among the twenty-two nations of the Arab League and other Muslim areas in Africa and Asia. MERF strengthens national churches with ministries of evangelism, church extension, biblical training, and diaconal aid.
For more information: www.merf.org
To subscribe to MERF News: https://www.merf.org/subscribe
To donate: click here
THE VANDERMAUSE FAMILY
Global Aid Network
Alex and Lucia Vandermause serve with Global Aid Network (GAiN) in Valencia, Spain. Our deep desire is to see the lives of people in situations of extreme vulnerability transformed and restored spiritually, physically and emotionally by God's love. All of this is achieved through collaborating with the local churches in the different countries we are working with to reach the most vulnerable sectors. We find rest in the fact that the gospel promises restoration of all that is broken. To be able to play a part in God's plan of restoration and healing as we are working with GAiN is a gift.
To connect with us, you can send an email to alex.vandermause@cru.org.
To partner with us, go to: give.cru.org/0911811
THE MAY FAMILY
Door of Hope
Simphiwe May is a South African pastor who is passionate about gospel-centered transformation in both church and society. His ministry bridges theology, education, and community renewal, with a deep focus on discipleship, leadership development, and holistic ministry in the city. Simphiwe is married to Unopa and together they are blessed with a joyful little son, Vuyolwethu.
Simpiwe is currently pursuing a M.Div in Missions. His heart is to see believers equipped to live out their faith authentically in every sphere of life. He serves as a chaplain at Door of Hope Children’s Mission, supporting caregivers and praying for abandoned and vulnerable infants. He also ministers at The Love Trust, a Christian non-profit dedicated to providing quality education for vulnerable children. There, he offers pastoral care and moral formation for both learners and staff. Both roles reflect his conviction that the gospel must be demonstrated through compassion and service.
Simphiwe is preparing to plant a church in 2026 (New Life City Church) between the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and Wits University. The church will be well-placed to engage the high concentration of college students in this area. His vision is to make and mature disciples through the power of the gospel for service in the city—building thriving missional communities that embrace and delight in Christ and give new life to Johannesburg’s urban heart.
zach and ricquel
Zach and Ricquel are long-term based in the Eastern Sahara and, motivated by the love of God, are partnered with the local church to help further the advancement of the gospel to the ends of the earth. On a regular basis, they are involved with acts of service and development projects in places of severe poverty. For the first several years as they integrate into this new culture, they are also studying the local languages until they reach a high level of fluency.
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Contact them on Whatsapp or Signal:
Zach: (507) 993-7485
Ricquel: (406) 672-1581
Natalie ericson
Zach Natalie resides in a small village in rural Guanacaste, Costa Rica at the YWAM (Youth With A Mission) Nicoya base. Along with 18 others, she is a full time volunteer staff, serving as a DTS (Discipleship Training School) leader. Her role in that is to disciple international and local students who come to receive the 5 month course including a 3 month lecture phase and 8 week outreach. The lecture phase is focused on weekly faith topics, whereas the outreach phase involves going to another country to share the gospel.
YWAM Nicoya’s vision is to reach the rural province with a Biblical worldview, presenting fullness of life through ministries such as Bible Distribution, Family Night, Youth Night, Kid’s Club, and more. When not apart of the DTS, Natalie serves in these ministries as well as other base functions such as receiving short term missionary teams/volunteers, hospitality, and media.
For more information:
Contact Natalie to receive newsletter updates: nericson81@gmail.com
To partner financially: click here
G AND S
Ministry in a Eurasian Nation
G and S serve long-term in a large Eurasian country with Mission to the World, alongside their family. Their work centers on church planting, training for pastors and lay leaders, and seminary education to strengthen local church communities.
It is their desire to see, by the grace of God, and the work of the Holy Spirit, a self-sustaining, indigenous denomination of healthy, gospel-centered churches, rooted in the Scriptures and faithful to the Great Commission.
For donations: CLICK HERE
For communication: EMAIL G HERE
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