Serving Our World

Missions

Grace Church is committed to spreading the Good News of God's great love around the world, from Asia to Little Rock, Arkansas. We donate a significant amount of our giving to our missionaries. We also pray for them regularly and support them when they call on us.

Below you can find information about some the missionaries we support.
(**Note that not ALL of our missionaries are listed for safety concerns.**)

Melissa bryan

Melissa grew up at Grace Church and has since gone on staff with Young Life. She serves the teens in West Little Rock. To find out more visit her website at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-bryan-238171107

Nate & Brittany Bruns

The Bruns are on staff ReachGlobal and are working with the Berlin Team. We will be fulfilling one of the team's 100 Gospel Initiatives as we work to support a church plant in Potsdam, Germany.

Wanda Jennings

Wanda is a native Little Rocker, but has spent most of her life in Asia. She is a Bible Translator and helped translate the Mienh Bible. Visit their website to learn more: https://www.wycliffe.org

Jud & Barbara Jones

Jud is the Regional Director for YoungLife over two states - Arkansas and Louisiana. YoungLife ministers to teenagers and college students. Visit their website to learn more: www.younglife.org

Livada

Christian Group Homes for orphaned and abandoned children of Romania. Since 2004, Livada has provided a Christian group home alternative to Romanian state facilities. Visit their website to learn more: http://livada.org

International Friendship Outreach

International Friendship Outreach (IFO) is a local ministry offering opportunities for social and cultural interaction between Americans and internationals who study, work, or live in the central Arkansas. We also sponsor a number of social events and outings during the year to make your time with us fun. Visit their website www.ifoarkansas.org.

Chad & Mandy Mary

Since 2004 the Marys have worked with Campus Outreach at the University of Southern Indiana. College students come from all over the world, and if they can be reached by the gospel, they will be equipped to walk with God for their lifetime and reach others!

Visit their website to learn more: www.campusoutreach.org

Evan & Emily McCall

The McCalls live in Chiang Mai, Thailand and serve with the BAM (Business As Mission) Resource Team as a ministry of YWAM. This team equips people starting businesses in a cross-cultural context as a means to share the gospel with the unreached all over the world. Visit their website to learn more: http://businessasmission.com

KELSEY McCall

Kelsey live in Chiang Mai, Thailand and is a high school art teacher at Grace International School. This school serves the local missionary population as they bring their families into Thailand from their home countries. Visit her website to learn more: https://www.gisthailand.org/

Evan & Jenel N.

Evan and Jenel serve and live in Central Eurasia in a "sensitive" country. They daily go into the poorest part of their city and serve the people both physically and spiritually.

Zefjan & Edita Nikolla

Teaches and preaches at Emanuel Church in Tirana, Albania and among different Intervarsity student groups. His focus is leadership training. Zefjan also serves as National Director of Intervarsity Albania. Visit their website to learn more: http://www.cpcventura.org/missions-albania.html

Adam and katie o.

Adam and Katie live in a country that is sensitive in nature. They work in the business world and develop relationships with the hope of pointing them towards Jesus.

Rafael and Carol O.

Rafael and Carol are from Brazil and they serve with the Frontiers Ministry on the Lights of Arabia Project in the Middle East, among the Arabs. Their plan is to work with church planting through the Disciple making movement methodology. Also in the future their team will be a bridge for future teams from Latin America, so they can develop and serve in the other cities in the region.

Tom & Brenda RIcheson

Tom & Brenda serve with Proclaim International which uses music to spread the Good News of Jesus. Tom has an extensive Jazz background which allows him to to places that are closed off to missionaries.

Thomas & Agnes Schneider

They have been serving with Word of Life in Sao Paulo in Southern Brazil for 25+ year! Thomas overseas the seminary located in Sao Paulo and the camping ministry throughout the entire country of Brazil!

Paul & Shirley Shackleford

Paul and Shirley serve the inner city of Central Arkansas to give leadership to Inner City Ministry of Cru. HLIC, the compassionate urban ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, is committed to restoring hope, justice and dignity to the poor and under-privileged of the community. Networking through the local community of churches they connect, empower and develop resources to bring positive biblical change to the fractured families of Central Arkansas’s urban communities.

Mark & Carrie Tedder

Mark and Carrie believe that worship leaders can transform the earth. Their ministry Worship Planet www.worshiplanet.com is a living expression of his belief that local churches everywhere can experience powerful worship. They travel the globe teaching other worship leaders from their experience.

Rolly & Robin Walter

Rolly works with avantministries.org at the Malaga Media Center where he heads up the Spanish ministries department. Their goal is to move hearts in Spain toward Jesus. Recently they committed to partnering with a Spanish youth ministry, providing thoughtful and challenging short films to help reach young people for Christ. The Walters are involved in a small Spanish church plant of about 30 people where they have helped with music and media.