Sharon Mauck served in Jamaica from 1969-1983, alongside her husband, Ray, and her daughter, Amber. Together, Ray and Sharon worked with Venture High School and also with the youth of the churches. Upon returning to the U.S., Ray and Sharon served as children’s pastors for more than 30 years, and she was also an active supporter of Fort Scott Christian Heights. Sharon passed to her heavenly reward on January 31, 2024. We are grateful for Sharon’s life devoted to Kingdom work,

Larry’s January trip out to Buka to reconnect with the Solos Bible translation teams was brief, but fruitful. He was able to get a good bit of work done, a little bit of training in, and have meaningful conversations with the people who are or will be involved in translation. He was also able to connect to an official in the Department of Education to start some long-term planning for local teacher training in coming years. The older two boys, Lawrance II and Amaziah, were ab

Each fall we bring to you an appeal for the Annual Harvest Offering for World Missions. This year, we are excited to tell you about two projects that are worthy of your support. Since the first graduating class in 2004, Shiloh Bible College in Myanmar has trained many church planters and Christian workers. However, the Bible college has always met in rented facilities. This year they have begun new construction—their own building on their own land. The plan is to build four f

The village of Sogla in northwest Ghana is famous for its local idol. In fact, when missionary Jere Gowin first went to the village leaders in 2010 to ask permission to minister, he was told, in effect, “No, thanks. We’re happy with our idol.” That sentiment changed, however, through the witness of a man named Bakuri. Bakuri was the first believer in the village of Gurumbelle. He was also so successful in planting a school in that village, that he was asked to move to Sogla,

We always hear that prayers can be answered as, “Yes,” “No,” or “Not right now.” We have come to know that last answer very intimately over the past year. But praise the Lord, we have a different answer now! We have visas to enter Papua New Guinea and tickets to depart on November 10, arriving in Port Moresby on the 12th via Manila, Philippines. We were able to get our passports sent back to the PNG embassy, the visas processed, and on their way back to us within about 22 hou

On Sunday, August 20, Bro. Carlson Benjamin was installed as the new senior pastor of the Red Bay Church of God (Holiness) in Grand Cayman. For the last two years, Pastor Benjamin has been involved in ministry at Red Bay on a part-time basis. Rev. Philip Gumbs, as Chairman of the Caribbean Conference, was engaged in Red Bay’s pastoral search and was a part of the installation service, as well. We commend the Red Bay church board for their diligence in search of a pastor and i