The desire of The Branch Missions is to “seek and save the lost and to go and make disciples of all nations.” We want to facilitate the opportunity for these commands to be carried out in the individual lives of our members, recognizing that it is a mandate that includes both local and foreign missions.

CURRENT MISSION HAPPENINGS

Guinea, West Africa

Clint and M’Liss Stringer, with their children, Emma and Clara, live in Guinea, West Africa.  Missionaries with Pioneer Bible Translators, they serve the Guinea branch in the roles of administration and guest house management.  They moved to Guinea in March 2006 to begin their work.  Most missionaries with Pioneer Bible Translators are working to translate the Bible into 8 of the 39 languages spoken in Guinea.  Clint and M’Liss facilitate the translators’ work by doing many of the tasks necessary to live in Guinea. This helps the translators to be able to focus their time and energy toward translation.  In 2007, after many years of work, 4 Bible translations plan to be ready to print and distribute either all of the Bible or the New Testament.  This is an important time for Guinea.  Groups of people that currently do not have the Bible in their language will soon have access to God’s Word.

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Hitachi, Japan

Judith Alexander lives in Hitachi, a city three hours north of Tokyo. She went to Japan in June of 2003, living in Hitachi-taga and working as an English teacher. She held English Bible studies and helped in the work of the local congregation (Taga Church of Christ). Feeling God’s call to devote herself to full-time missions, she made that transition entering into a 2 year period of intensive language study (Sept. 2005 - Aug. 2007).  She is praying for God’s guidance in leading her to be apart of a church planting team in Japan from the latter part of 2007.

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La Ceiba, Honduras

Our partners in La Ceiba, Honduras are Luis, Schalee and Alicia Sanchez. Luis is from Honduras and has a Bachelor’s degree of Theology and Biblical Studies from the Baxter Institute in Honduras. Schalee has a diploma of Practical Theology and Missions from Christ For the Nations Institute in Dallas. They are now working in La Ceiba, Honduras (on the northern coast) with a congregation of about 250 members.  Luis’ primary responsibilities are restoration, evangelism, youth ministry, small group supervision and occasional pulpit preaching.  Schalee is involved in the 2-6 yr. old children’s Sunday school class, personal Bible studies and administration.

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Catacamas, Honduras

Roberto and Blanca Mondragon work in their home city of .  Together, they have begun 11 churches and brought many to know the love of the Lord in Catacamas.  They currently work with the Villa Verde congregation.  They also are responsible for caring for 15 children in the Hogar de los Ninos which is a children’s home run by The Christian Relief Fund.  They spend their days visiting church members and families in the community, always sharing God’s Word.  For the last four summers, FBCC has taken a short term mission trip to Catacamas to build houses, hold a VBS in the Ville Verde church and neighborhood, and work in the Children’s Home.  Though passed retirement age by US standards, Roberto and Blanca continue to work tirelessly to bring their community to know God.