Soul-winning
Church members meet for soul-winning on Saturdays at 11:00 AM.
Petersburg is our mission field.
So is the world.
Grace Baptist Church seeks to carry the Gospel into our own community while supporting faithful missionary work across the United States and around the world.
Meet the missionaries and ministriesThe mission field at home
The Gospel begins
right here.
Missions is not only somewhere far away. Grace carries the Gospel into Petersburg through regular, personal outreach.
Downtown outreach
Street preaching takes place in downtown Petersburg on a weekly basis.
Gospel witness
Grace shares Gospel tracts and helps people hear the good news of Jesus Christ on a daily basis.
How Grace prays
A church that supports
also remembers.
Grace’s bulletin organizes supported missionaries and ministries into prayer groups so the church can pray through the work faithfully and repeatedly.
- Know the work.Learn the missionary, ministry, and field.
- Pray with purpose.Bring their needs and Gospel labor before the Lord.
- Remember together.Keep missions before the whole church, at home and abroad.
This week: missionaries whose names begin with H
This week we pray for
Week of October 18–24, 2026
Each week the church prays through our missionaries in alphabetical order.
Gary & Claudia Heppen
Germany
Gary and Claudia Heppen serve in Germany, ministering to the U.S.A. military. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Kathy Hickok
U.S.A.
Mrs. Kathy Hickok served in Brazil with her late husband, Pastor Kirk Hickok, beginning in 1975, and is now a BIMI Missionary Emeritus who continues a ministry of correspondence. The work they helped begin goes on: a national pastor in Brazil reports a new preaching point doing well, and the youth ministry there now bears Brother Hickok's name.
Around the world
Supported missionaries and ministries.
Listed from Grace Baptist Church’s missionary sheets and updated from the missionaries’ own reports in October 2026. Children’s names, phone numbers, and private correspondence are not published here, and missionaries serving where it is unsafe are listed without their names.
Africa
Togo • Malawi • Kenya
Akoumani & Rose Agbodo
Togo, West Africa
Vincent and Rose serve as national church-planting missionaries in Togo, West Africa, sent from Fellowship Baptist Church of Clayton, North Carolina. The work that began with True Light Baptist Church now includes church plants, a Bible college, an orphan ministry, and a Christian school. This year they are taking the Gospel to more villages.
Eric & Jessica Curtis
Malawi, Africa
Eric and Jessica Curtis plant churches and train preachers in Malawi with Baptist International Missions, Inc. Their second church plant, at Nyamula, recently held its first baptism, with 32 people baptized, and formally organized its membership. At Phokera they are mentoring men who take turns preaching, and their Bible college is preparing for its next graduation.
Matthew & Rebecca Rose
Kenya, East Africa
After a furlough that took them to 63 supporting churches, Matthew and Rebecca Rose returned to Kericho, Kenya, in May 2026 to continue planting a church there. The Lord has provided what was needed to buy land for the church, and they are now seeking His leading to the right property.
Asia & the Pacific
Philippines • Cambodia • Solomon Islands • Papua New Guinea • Japan
Jun & Lulu Catbagan
Philippines
Pastor Jun and Lulu Catbagan serve at Lighthouse Baptist Church in San Fernando, La Union, Philippines, where Jun preaches and oversees a network of Lighthouse church plants across La Union, Pangasinan, and Abra provinces. The church trains young men at its Bible institute, reaches families through a preschool ministry, and holds Bible studies with local police. Its young mission church in Urdaneta saw a new believer baptized this summer.
Sok & ChanSok Chim
Cambodia
Brother Sok Chim leads Grace Baptist Ministry in Cambodia, taking the Gospel to villages around Odongk and Kampong Speu and discipling new believers. The ministry recently helped finish a village church, held its first medical outreach, and opened a Vision Center with Bible, computer, and music classes. Nine believers were baptized in June.
RR & Michaiah Divina
Philippines
RR and Michaiah Divina serve as missionary evangelists in the Philippines, where RR directs the Philippine work of Anchor Baptist Missions International and visits its churches. This year's Anchored in Christ Baptist Camp hosted 219 campers, with 41 professions of faith and many rededications.
Dominic & Natasha Kelly
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Dominic and Natasha Kelly are missionaries from Papua New Guinea who are planting an independent Baptist church in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Regular services and outreach to families are now underway again. They are praying toward the church's first baptism, permanent church land, and a vehicle for the ministry.
Eli & Mari-lyn Schrock
Cambodia
Eli and Mari-lyn Schrock serve as missionaries in Cambodia with Fundamental Baptist World-Wide Mission. They were sent out by Fairhaven Baptist Church in Chesterton, Indiana. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Kenneth & Sheila Seremak
Papua New Guinea
Kenneth and Sheila Seremak serve in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, with Word for the World Baptist Ministries. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Larry & Divine Shaffer
Philippines
The Shaffers plant churches in the Philippines, where Tagumpay Baptist Church recently celebrated its seventh anniversary and both of their church plants are growing. They baptized new believers this spring and are praying for a larger open-air meeting place as the work outgrows its temporary building.
Alice Straughan
Japan
Miss Alice Straughan serves in Yokohama, Japan, where she leads Bible studies with Japanese women and shares Christ with those the Lord brings her way. Several of the ladies she teaches are growing in God's Word and praying for their families to be saved.
Dustin & Allix Williams
Japan
The Williams family serves with Lighthouse Baptist Church in Yamato, Japan, where the church's college recently graduated six students and a graduate became assistant pastor. They have started public Bible clubs so more people can hear the Gospel in Japanese, and they recently rejoiced at a baptism.
Jojo & Leticia Zipagan
Cambodia
Jojo and Leticia Zipagan serve in Cambodia. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Europe & nearby fields
Germany • Romania • Israel • Canary Islands
Gary & Claudia Heppen
Germany
U.S.A. military
Gary and Claudia Heppen serve in Germany, ministering to the U.S.A. military. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Daniel & Christa Reed
Romania
Daniel and Christa Reed serve in Romania. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
John Sasser
U.S.A. & Israel
to the Jew
John Sasser serves in the U.S.A. and Israel, ministering to the Jewish people. Please pray for him and the work the Lord has given him.
Terry Sharp
Canary Islands
Terry Sharp serves in the Canary Islands. Please pray for Terry and the work the Lord has given there.
Bruce & Joanna White
Germany
to the Gypsies
Bruce and Joanna White serve in Germany, ministering to the Gypsies. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Jim & Sandy Wilhelm
Romania
Jim and Sandy Wilhelm have ministered to the people of Romania for more than 30 years. From Oradea they serve five Baptist churches in the villages, teaching boys and girls the Bible along with English.
Latin America
Brazil • Mexico • Peru • Honduras • Bolivia • Chile • Colombia
David & Aline Barrett
Brazil
David and Aline serve as second-generation church planters in Brazil, continuing the work David's parents, Larry and Lydabelle Barrett, began in Jundiaí, São Paulo in 1974. Their church plant in Santa Gertrudes is growing through a van ministry that brings visitors and children to church, and nine believers were recently baptized there. This summer their Bible Clubs reached about 200 children across three church plants.
Lydabelle Barrett
Brazil
missionary widow
Lydabelle has served in Brazil since 1974, when she and her late husband, Larry, began the work in Jundiaí, São Paulo that grew into three generations of Barrett family ministry there. She still helps teach a twelve-week ladies' course each Bible Institute term and rejoices in souls saved across the three churches. She asks prayer for the new building that will house the deaf ministry.
Stephen & Abigail Barrett
Brazil
Stephen, raised in Brazil as the son of missionaries Tim and Lidia Barrett, and his wife Abigail serve the Deaf in Jundiaí, Brazil, continuing three generations of Barrett family mission work there. Stephen preaches in Brazilian Sign Language, and the building for a new Deaf church is making steady progress. The Lord keeps opening doors to meet Deaf people who need the Gospel.
Tim & Lidia Barrett
Brazil
Tim and Lidia have served in Brazil since 2001. Tim was raised on the field as the son of pioneer missionaries Larry and Lydabelle Barrett. Today they serve three churches in Jundiaí and are building a three-story center for the Deaf church, Bible Institute classes, and other ministries.
Michael & Bertha Chavez
Mexico
Michael and Bertha Chavez serve in Mexico. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Stacy & Jennifer Dassow
Peru
Stacy and Jennifer Dassow have served in Peru since 2011, helping churches around Lima, educating children, and serving communities. This year's medical campaigns saw 700 to 800 people, and every one heard the Gospel. Stacy also ministers to pastors in Chile, where he took part in a seminary's first graduation.
Joel & Cynthia Dickens
Brazil
Joel and Cynthia Dickens serve in Brazil. The church they started in the town of Belo Jardim is beginning to build its own church building on land it bought, and the men of the church are taking turns preaching and teaching. This fall the Dickenses are spending a few months in the United States visiting the churches that support them, and when they return in February they expect to move to the city of Petrolina to lead a school that trains young people to serve in churches.
Andrew & Amber Garcia
Honduras
Andrew and Amber Garcia are planting a church in Honduras with Vision Baptist Missions. The young church is reaching new milestones in attendance, and Amber has started a ladies' Bible study before the midweek service.
John & Julie Kokenzie
Brazil
John and Julie Kokenzie serve in Brazil. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Jacob & Shera McKinney
Bolivia
Jacob and Shera McKinney are planting a church in Bolivia that now averages 35 to 40 people each week. They are reaching children and teens through a basketball camp and a public-school outreach, and they are praying for a church van to begin bus routes.
Tracy Paver
Chile
Miss Tracy Paver serves in Chile with Liberty Baptist Church and Chile Baptist College, discipling young ladies and helping with women's ministry. She also supports the Chile Pastoral Scholarship Fund, which is helping five Chilean pastors complete advanced study while they keep teaching at the college.
Miguel & Mariangela Sanabria
Colombia
Miguel and Mariangela Sanabria plant churches in Colombia with Vision Baptist Missions. Their teen camp saw young people saved and two give their lives to serve the Lord, and their children's ministry keeps growing. They are praying in the final funds for a church building.
Rey Villarreal Jr. & Julie Villarreal
Mexico
Rey and Julie Villarreal serve in Mexico, where they pastor a church and join nearby congregations for combined services. Julie recently taught at a ladies' conference attended by nearly 75 women.
Stephen & Anelly Villarreal
Mexico
Stephen and Anelly Villarreal are starting a new church in Mexico. They have served with World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions since 2017. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
United States & Canada
United States • Canada
Jim & Ruth Bianchi
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jim and Ruthie have served in Toronto since 2005. After beginning with a home Bible study, they started Bible Baptist Church of Metro Toronto in 2006, where Jim continues to pastor. This year the church welcomed new members from several nations, held a baptism, and shared the Gospel on the streets of downtown Toronto and at a local festival.
Stephen & Lisa Brock
Public preaching in the U.S., U.K., Jamaica, Dominican Republic, and other fields
Stephen, a Desert Storm veteran, preaches the Gospel through Weeping Heart Ministries in public places, including college campuses, transit stations, courthouses, jails, sporting events, festivals, and outside abortion clinics, after a decade of home-mission work in Salem, Massachusetts. Sent out by Faith Baptist Church in Emporia, Virginia, the family is now based in North Carolina and serves with Prayer Baptist Missions. In three months this year the ministry gave out more than 500 Bibles, and 16 people professed faith in Christ at the Raleigh transit station and courthouse. This fall he is preaching on college campuses in Ohio and the Boston area.
Todd & Eva Caudle
Missionary evangelism
North Carolina
Todd and Eva assist church planters with college and street evangelism and counseling in the Carolinas, serving under All Points Baptist Mission, a ministry of Calvary Baptist Church in New Philadelphia, Ohio.
Shawn & Emma Dunn
Victory Baptist Press field representatives
Ohio
Shawn and Emma Dunn travel to churches as field representatives for Victory Baptist Press, which prints Bibles and Gospel of John and Romans booklets. Now settled near Cincinnati, they are available to update churches on the printing ministry and to fill pulpits.
Ray & Dawn Godfrey
Idaho church plant
Pastor Ray Godfrey and his wife, Dawn, are planting a church in Idaho. This summer a man was saved after a Wednesday service, and Ray helped with Vacation Bible Schools in Idaho and Montana. He also teaches a college course in Washington.
Bobby & Paula Goins
Arizona
Spanish-speaking outreach
The Goins family ministers to Hispanic people in Arizona through Iglesia Bautista Fundamental, which recently celebrated its seventh anniversary. Brother Goins preaches, translates for visiting preachers, and helps sister churches in the area.
Kathy Hickok
U.S.A.
missionary widow / Baptist International Missions, Inc.
Mrs. Kathy Hickok served in Brazil with her late husband, Pastor Kirk Hickok, beginning in 1975, and is now a BIMI Missionary Emeritus who continues a ministry of correspondence. The work they helped begin goes on: a national pastor in Brazil reports a new preaching point doing well, and the youth ministry there now bears Brother Hickok's name.
Roy & Susie Isenhart
North Carolina
Shining Light School for Boys
Roy and Susie Isenhart serve in North Carolina with the Shining Light School for Boys. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Kevin & Jessica Jones
Siberia, Russia
Kevin and Jessica Jones serve in Siberia, Russia. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Roy & Lou Ann Keiser
Retired from Spain
now in the U.S.A.
Roy and Lou Ann Keiser served with World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions beginning in 1987 and are now retired. They were sent out by Morningside Baptist Church. Please pray for them.
Will & Stephanie Knox
Rock of Ages Prison Ministry
southeast U.S.A.
Will and Stephanie Knox serve with Rock of Ages Prison Ministry in the southeast U.S.A. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them.
Jeff & Jan Krontz
South Carolina
Fair Haven Home for Men / rescue mission
Jeff and Jan Krontz serve in South Carolina with the Fair Haven Home for Men, a rescue mission. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Martha Little
U.S.A.
missionary widow / Armed Forces Baptist Mission
Martha Little served for decades beside her husband, John, a World War II veteran, with Armed Forces Baptist Missions, sharing the Gospel with military members, veterans, and their families. Together they ministered in veterans' homes in Raleigh, North Carolina, where people have come to faith in Christ even in their eighties and beyond. Since John's passing in 2019, Martha has continued in the work. As a young woman, after college, she served as a missionary in Japan.
David & Julie Loop
International Field Representative, All Points Baptist Mission
After about 25 years in Portugal, where the church continues to grow, David and Julie Loop now serve as International Field Representatives for All Points Baptist Mission. They visit the mission's missionaries on the field, including a planned trip to Greenland, and help train missionary chaplains.
Tim & Tina Martin
Rock of Ages Prison Ministry
southeast U.S.A.
Tim and Tina Martin serve with Rock of Ages Prison Ministry in the southeast U.S.A. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them.
Pat Mathena
U.S.A.
missionary widow / Georgia
Pat Mathena and her husband, Robert, served together for many years in Grenada, in the Caribbean, where they started churches and taught young children in a preschool. After Robert passed away in December 2024, local Grenadian pastors stepped in to help carry on the churches, and Pat returned to the United States in June 2025. She is thankful for the prayers and help that have carried her through this season of change.
Janet Matson
U.S.A.
missionary widow / Fundamental Baptist Missions, Norfolk, Virginia
Janet Matson is a missionary widow with Fundamental Baptist Missions in Norfolk, Virginia. Please pray for her.
Don & Tina McIlvain
Montana
Don and Tina McIlvain serve in Montana. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Ricky & Lisa Merryman
Spotsylvania, Virginia
printing ministry & evangelistic outreach
The Merryman family reaches people through jail ministry, youth camps, and mission trips. On a recent trip to Mindoro Island in the Philippines they encouraged churches and saw many saved, and their youth camp hosted 85 campers.
Chris & Nadine Messick
New Brunswick, Canada
Chris and Nadine Messick serve in New Brunswick, Canada. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Philip & Angela Moore
Utah church planting
Philip and Angela Moore minister in Utah, where they lead a church and serve in jail and chaplain ministries. This summer the church's first revival averaged forty in the evening services, with visitors every night.
Ron & Ginger Naugle
U.S.A.
military, helps & first responders
Ron and Ginger Naugle minister to military members, veterans, and first responders, and Ron serves as a chaplain with the Marine Corps League in Tennessee. His veteran visitation team now has seventeen volunteers who bring Gospel tracts, New Testaments, and encouragement to veterans, including those in the hospital.
Don Randall
U.S.A.
retired due to health, faithfully serving as able
Don Randall has retired due to health and continues to serve faithfully as he is able. Please pray for him.
David & Alesia Robinson
Newport, North Carolina
FBN radio
David and Alesia Robinson serve in Newport, North Carolina, with FBN radio. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Stan & Caren Skriloff
U.S.A. & Canada
to the Jews
Stan and Caren Skriloff serve in the U.S.A. and Canada, ministering to the Jewish people. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them.
Nick & Lindsey Stelzig
Lawrence, Massachusetts, in the Boston area
Nick and Lindsey Stelzig serve the Lord in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where Nick leads Bible studies with young men who are learning about Jesus Christ and serves as a chaplain to local police. This summer their church held its second yearly block party to thank police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical workers, and handed out Bibles to neighbors. They recently rejoiced when a man who first visited the church a year ago was baptized.
Roy & Justine Stelzig
Nome, Alaska
Far North church planting
Roy and Justine Stelzig are preparing to plant churches in the remote Far North, with plans centered on Nome, Alaska, and the surrounding villages. In August they set out on a survey trip to Nome to meet local missionaries and look for housing. They hope to reach village people through nursing-home, hospital, jail, and camp ministries.
Walter & Tammy Terrell
Rock of Ages Prison Prevention Ministry in schools
Walter and Tammy Terrell serve with Prison Prevention International, the prison-prevention outreach of Rock of Ages Prison Ministry, from Mount Airy, North Carolina. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them.
Mrs. Joyce Todd
U.S.A.
missionary widow
Mrs. Joyce Todd is a missionary widow in the U.S.A. Please pray for her.
Danny & Renea Vaughn
Idaho church planting
Danny and Renea Vaughn serve the church in Orofino, Idaho, where they are reaching out to their community with the Gospel and are encouraged by new visitors. They are also thankful for the opportunity to preach to people in prison. They ask prayer that those who hear the Gospel would have open hearts.
Howard & Sandra Vinson
U.S.A.
rescuing churches
Howard and Sandra Vinson are missionaries to churches in pastoral transition, stepping in to preach and care for a church until God sends its next pastor. After fourteen months at Hunterdale Baptist Church in Franklin, Virginia, they handed the church to its new pastor this summer and are seeking the Lord's direction for their next church.
Tim & Jennifer Wall
North America West Field Director, Macedonia World Baptist Missions
Tim and Jennifer Wall serve as North America West Field Directors for Macedonia World Baptist Missions, traveling by RV to encourage and help missionaries in the western United States. This summer they helped missionary families in Colorado and North Dakota with door-to-door soul-winning and Vacation Bible School, and several people were saved.
Caleb & Joy Worley
New Mexico church planting
Caleb and Joy Worley are church planters in Las Cruces, New Mexico, now working under their home church, New Hope Baptist Church of Salisbury, North Carolina. Their fall plans include men's and women's Bible studies and a marriage conference.
Mission organizations & international work
United States • Philippines • international fields
Baptist World Missionary Outreach Ministries
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Founded in 1976 to print Gospel literature reaching Jewish people, this ministry has since broadened to a wider outreach, supporting missionaries with support-check processing, receipts, and health-insurance guidance. Director Dan Mouw now leads the ministry and travels to preach in churches, most recently in Virginia and Georgia.
Joe & Joyce Davis
Preach Evangelistic Ministries / Mentoring Men for Mission
Joe and Joyce Davis travel to churches with PREACH Evangelistic Ministries, holding meetings where souls are saved and believers are encouraged. They challenge young men to answer the call to ministry and urge churches to pray for laborers at home and abroad.
Fundamental Broadcasting Network
North Carolina
Pray for the work of Fundamental Broadcasting Network in North Carolina.
Malcolm & Jan Gregory
Assistance & Relief
After 40 years in foreign missions, Malcolm and Jan Gregory serve with BIMI's Assistance & Relief ministry. This year they taught a weekly children's Bible Club and handed out Gospel tracts at a local market, where four young men trusted Christ. They also produce Spanish-language publications for pastors and Christian workers.
Frank & Susan Kinsey
International missions assisting & planting
Frank and Susan Kinsey have served in missions since 2000, planting and assisting independent Baptist churches internationally. This spring special Mother's Day and Father's Day services brought first-time visitors, and they are praying especially to reach fathers with the Gospel.
Macedonia Baptist College
North Carolina
Pastor Ronnie & Mrs. Frances Simpson
Pray for the work of Macedonia Baptist College in North Carolina.
National Center for Life and Liberty
U.S.A.
David Gibbs III
Pray for the work of the National Center for Life and Liberty in the U.S.A.
Scott & Marilee Norman
Saipan
Scott and Marilee Norman have spent their lives helping missionaries and churches. After twenty years in Saipan and more recent service in Liberia, they returned to Saipan in late September for at least fifteen months to keep the work going until a permanent missionary can be found.
John & Joy Quizon
Philippines
John and Joy Quizon serve in the Philippines. Please pray for them and the work the Lord has given them there.
Roloff Homes for Men & Women
Corpus Christi, Texas
a ministry of People’s Baptist Church
Founded by Lester Roloff, the Roloff Homes in Corpus Christi, Texas, help men and women find freedom from addiction through Christ, work, and discipleship. Graduates can continue in an Honor Dorm program that builds independence with accountability, and rooms are open for those seeking help.
Virginia Assembly of Independent Baptists
Keeping churches informed of legislation affecting churches
Pray for the work of the Virginia Assembly of Independent Baptists in keeping churches informed of legislation affecting churches.
A missionary couple
Gospel outreach to Chinese people
Their names are withheld for their safety. Please pray for them and their Gospel outreach to Chinese people.
Why missions?
Because every person needs to hear the Gospel.
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