People

Jony and Jenny trained at Cornhill (expository preaching/women’s expository stream) and then Jony trained at Oak Hill (MA focused on NT Greek exegesis). Understanding that ‘the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few’ (Matthew 9:37) and after 4 years seeking to revitalise the church in Rosario (including the pandemic), the door opened to move across the Andes to Chile to teach NT Greek, NT Exegesis and expository preaching at the Anglican seminary ‘Centro de Estudios Pastorales’ (CEP), serving also…

Benja is leading a church plant called Iglesia Jesús el Camino (IJEC) in southern Chile, in the city of Temuco. It is the Araucanía diocese’s first church plant since the Anglican Church of Chile became an official ecclesiastical province. Temuco is a highly evangelical city where there are many prosperity and neo-Pentecostal churches (churches that are governed by local apostles and prophets). This makes evangelism difficult because many people have had bad experiences of church, and the prejudice that exists…

Cornerstone Church started meeting in January 2019 with 14 people. The church vision is that by God’s grace and for God’s glory, we gather, grow, give and go. On Sundays, the church meets at 9:30am for a service together followed by a topical teaching session with kids teaching groups provided at 11:15am. In addition, the church meets during the week for Central (Bible study and prayer for all the church) and has a weekly interactive ‘service’ with a meal called…

Ellie was a member of Emmanuel Westbury for 15 years and for much of that time was been on the staff team working with students and training church family for ministry in various areas. St Mary’s have strong links with Emmanuel Bristol and have come to know Ellie through M+M holidays. Emmanuel Bristol, with the help of UFM, sent Ellie to the local evangelical church in Marousi, Athens in 2023.  The long-term aim is for her to be part of a…

David and Rachel work at St Andrew’s Hall in Melbourne, training missionaries for CMS-Australia and NZ. They also teach about mission around Australia and visit missionaries overseas. Rachel works with David three days a week and is involved in mentoring and raising up missionary applicants in Melbourne one day a week. Their family are: Tom, Mia and three children in Darwin; Sam, Melanie and two children also in Darwin; Jonathan and Lizzie and one child in London.