Global Partners

 
 

Walt and Karen Troup, Nigeria, Africa

A Place of Hope - an orphanage in Africa

Pastor Walt & Karen Troup arrived at A Place of Hope Africa in November 2014, following God's calling on their lives to take the gospel to the nations.  Every day, they care for the children by giving them a safe place to stay, nourishing meals, an education at a private school, and most importantly, the children see and hear about the love of Jesus Christ.  The Troups also oversee two church plants including Glorious God Baptist Church in Opi, and Cornerstone Church in Opi which Walt pastors and was planted in 2016.  Prior to arriving on the mission field, Pastor Walt served as an Executive Pastor in Texas and Karen led mission teams around the world to places like El Salvador, Guatemala, and India.  

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The Troups also oversee two church plants including Glorious God Baptist Church in Opi, and Cornerstone Church in Opi which Walt pastors and was planted in 2016.

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Prior to arriving on the mission field, Pastor Walt served as an Executive Pastor in Texas and Karen led mission teams around the world to places like El Salvador, Guatemala, and India.  The Troup's are sent by Temple Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas where Doug Rife is the Pastor. 

Chile

Church building project.

World Harvest Baptist Missions

Church planting, Worldwide Bible distribution, Evangelism, Discipleship, Missionary Support, & Kingdom Advancement and now A Place for Grace has allowed us to help take care of children that need a home!

David and Debby Smith - Quebec, Canada

In 1989 the Smiths were approved as missionaries to France. After they were unable to obtain the necessary visas to enter France they began to study French and work in Quebec, Canada. They were married at the First Baptist Church of Rose Hill, Kansas in 1986.  David is a 1989 graduate of Arlington Baptist College.

Debbie Lane – Honduras

Mike and Debbie were approved as missionaries to Honduras in August of 1994. Their hearts were burdened for foreign missions while in the pastorate in Tacoma, Washington.   On August 31, 2015, Mike unexpectedly went home to be with the Lord in his sleep in his home in Honduras.  He kissed Debbie goodnight and woke up face-to-face with Jesus. He apparently suffered a heart attack as he had gone to the emergency room with chest pains that night and was sent home.  They were married in 1972.

 

Tim and Joy Guenther – New Zealand

In August of 2009, Tim and Joy were approved as missionaries to New Zealand. Tim is a 2007 graduate of Massillon Baptist College in Massillon, Ohio.  He felt called to the mission field through the presentation of a missionary at their church.   Joy and Tim were married in the Bible Baptist Church in Lancaster, Ohio where Joy's Father, Bro. Roy Maple, is the pastor.

Arlington, Texas

Metroplex Woman's Clinic (a/k/a Pregnancy Center);

World Baptist Mission Agency

Patty Bouillon – San Franciso, CA

Patty was approved as a World Baptist Fellowship missionary to New Zealand in 2011.  She was saved at the age of 15 in her home.  Patty is a 2010 graduate of Arlington Baptist College.  Her sending church is the Pine Level Baptist Church of Starke, Florida. When Patty was unable to return to New Zealand after furlough, she felt God was leading her to a ministry in the United States.  She will be a Ministry Assistant to Jake and Hali Woodfin's church in San Francisco, California.


Andrew and Evangeline McClure – Republic of Palau

Andrew was approved as a World Baptist Fellowship missionary to Micronesia, in the island

of the Republic of Palau, in October, 2012.  Andrew grew up in the home of missionary

parents Terry and Gloria McClure.  His grandparents, David and Dottie McClure are also

missionaries in Micronesia.  Andrew was led to the Lord by his Dad at the age of 5.  

He graduated in 2011 from the Independent Baptist Bible Institute of Koror, Palau.  He and

Vanj married in Palau on July 5, 2015. His sending church is the Bible Baptist Church of

Slaton, Tx pastored by Pastor Chris Downer. They have four children, Jonathan David,

Andrea Joy, Abigail Faith and Elijah.





Sean Sullivan - Ukraine

Mission 823 Helping Ukrainians

Ukraine has been defending itself from attacks for over 8 years, but now this has grown to a whole new level and there is a nationwide assault on civilians and residential neighborhoods. Millions of innocent people are running for their lives!

We are actively helping in the following ways:

  • Locating and rescuing those in conflict areas.

  • Providing safe transport of evacuees and refugees away from conflict zones to our facilities in the west or to the border.

  • Providing housing and shelter for those displaced from their homes.

  • Providing food, clean water, medical care and humanitarian aid for those in need and their affected communities.

  • Providing water filters to areas that no longer have clean or safe water.

  • Purchasing supplies for and working in partnership with other agencies helping with evacuations and medical aid.

  • Providing long term relief and rebuilding efforts.

  • Organizing and planning for future trips to provide medical aid, humanitarian aid and disaster clean-up and rebuilding.

Why Are There At Risk Youth In Ukraine?

Every year an estimated 15,000 children will age out of the orphanage system and be evicted from orphanages all over Ukraine. Almost 30,000 enter this system annually.

  • 60% of the girls will enter into prostitution.

  • 70% of the boys will turn to crime to survive.

  • 10% of these children will commit suicide.

  • 106,000 children currently live in more than 750 state institutions.

  • Another 800,000+ children are refugees from the war zone.

All of these children are at high-risk and with limited opportunities, they become targets of human trafficking.

Marty and Michelle Herman - Mexico

Marty and Michelle Herman were approved under the STEP program (Short Term Evangelism Program) in April 2018 to assist Mike and Christie Starling in Mexico.  Marty has been on seven mission trips to Huachichil Mexico with the Starlings.  It was there in August of 2016 that he felt God calling him to do more.  Marty and Michelle both started taking Bible classes from Arlington Baptist University through their RLI (Real Life Institute) distance learning program and received a certificate for completion of five classes/course of study in May 2018. Michelle is a nurse practitioner and worked in a family practice clinic until April 2018 when she quit to pursue their missions calling.  Michelle has felt a calling to do missions for many years, especially after her first mission trip to the Philippines in 2013. In addition to teaching, Marty is a licensed plumber, but is primarily a construction and farm equipment mechanic. God has also gifted him with the talent to weld, to do carpentry and some electrical. Michelle has the talent for carpentry, sewing, crafts and Medical clinics.  This is why they call their ministry “5 Talents for Christ”.  They are looking forward to the Lord using their talents not only in Mexico but also to be a blessing to the churches as they travel on deputation.  

 

John and Isa Horton - Brazil

John and Isa Horton were approved as missionaries to Brazil in August, 1993.  They were married in Belem, Brazil, in 1990.  For 25 years they served as church planting missionaries in "northern" Brazil. In October 2018, God moved them to Arlington, TX where he serves as "Executive Director" for the World Baptist Fellowship Mission Agency and they are excited about this new ministry. 






 

John and Lynn Cunningham - Dominican Republic

Las Palmas Christian School

John and Lynn Cunningham were approved as missionaries to the Dominican Republic in October of 2010.  John and Lynn grew up in Christian homes with parents who served the Lord in their local churches.  John and Lynn are both graduates from Arlington Baptist College.  God has used their years of service through Bible College, youth work, dorm parents and pastor to prepare them for work on the mission field.

 

Jenni Stukkie - Dominican Republic

Jenni Stukkie was a missionary to Italy in August 2014.  She has always had a love for missions and surrendered to go to the mission field in 2013.  In 2017 the Lord opened an opportunity for Jenni to go to the Dominican Republic to finish out the school year as a 3rd grade teacher and to assist in ministry while there.  After much prayer, counsel and consideration, she felt the Lord was opening the door for her to go to the Dominican Republic.  She prays that God will use her passion for service and her love of people to reach the people of the Dominican Republic.




 

Mike and Christie Starling - Mexico

Mike and Christie are missionaries to Mexico in 1993.  During their years of ministry in Mexico they formed MissionQuest that was used to challenge young people to serve the Lord.  In 2007 they felt the Lord was leading them to work with MissionQuest full time to take teams to foreign countries on short-term mission trips with the sole purpose to recruit people for missions.  In 2011 they felt burdened to start a Spanish ministry in North Texas because of the high influx of Hispanics to the area.  They will also continue with the MissionQuest ministry upon request.  MissionQuest focuses on enlisting God's people to engage in missions work and empowers them to make a difference in the lives of people all over the world.  They organize and lead short term missions trips and projects to put people face to face with foreign countries, cultures and missionaries.  Only there can they understand the need, hear the calling and derive the passion to return home and fully engage in missions through their local churches or surrender to career missions.  

Jerry and Atalias Lantz - Brazil

Jerry was approved as a World Baptist Fellowship missionary to Brazil in July, 1983.  He was saved in March of 1975 in his dorm room. Jerry is a 1975 graduate of Arlington Baptist College. His sending church is the Crossroads Baptist Church of Wichita, Kansas.  Jerry and Atalias were married in Brazil August 17, 2002.

Pastor Heath and Caryssa Van Zandt - Rhône,TX

Heath married his high school sweetheart Caryssa Van Zandt, March 11, 2017. They have two beautiful children, Salem and Silas who have Cystic Fibrosis. Heath graduated from Norris Bible Baptist Seminary on May 18, 2021. Before planting Antioch Baptist Church, Heath served as the Associate/Youth Pastor at Santa Fe Baptist Church in Weatherford, TX for 3 years. 
 
After accepting Christ as his Savior during March of his Senior Year of high school, Heath felt the call to full time ministry in April of the same year at a youth conference. In his Freshmen Year of Bible College, during the Week of Concentrated Studies focused on Church Planting, the Lord began to burden Heath about becoming a church planter. Since feeling the burden for church planting and patiently serving the Lord as directed, the Lord has confirmed Heath’s calling to planting churches. Antioch Baptist Church officially launched on February 27, 2022.