Missions

Bethel Bible Church actively supports five mission efforts at this time.  They are listed below.

Philippine Evangelism Training (PET) Project
The PET Project was founded by Pastor and Mrs. William Hopper.  They have been working with the Filipino pastors and workers in Leyte Baptist Seminary and home missions to plant churches on the islands of Leyte, Biliran, Limasawa, Panahon, and Samar since 1993.  Bethel Bible Church has two “sister churches” in Naval, Biliran and Dulag, Leyte as a result of this ministry.  Bill and Naomi also have a growing ministry among the Aborigine Negritos on Panay island.

Keith and Wendy Hock
Keith and Wendy Hock are missionaries with Biblical Ministries Worldwide, serving in Montevideo, Uruguay, where they have planted a church.  They have five children who were home schooled in the mission field.   You can visit their Facebook page here.

Good News Jail and Prison Ministry
Pastor Dennis Okata serves as the chaplain for the Hawaii chapter of this international organization. Bethel’s former pastor, Harold Dimmitt, volunteered with this mission before becoming a full-time chaplain in Virginia. You can visit their main website here.

Matt & Stacey Walton have been serving with CEF of Hawaii since May of 2012. During that time Matt became the interim state coordinator in 2014 and he now currently serves as the state coordinator. Together they are excited to be serving God in a ministry that is making a difference in the lives of Hawaii’s children and families. You may visit their website at https://www.cefhawaii.com.

 

Missions Agency
Baptist Mid-Missions
7749 Webster Rd

Cleveland, OH 44130

Aaron, Emily, Shiloh, and Elianna Thompson are currently in Japan through the mission Baptist Mid-Missions board and sent from their local church Faith Baptist Church in Taylors, South Carolina. They have a great burden and heart to reach Japan with the gospel. They can be reached via email at aaronforjapan@gmail.com.

Advancing Native Missions PO Box 29

Afton, VA 22920

Through ANM, we now support Roger and Sylvia Elosendo. They currently serve the Ati people in the Philippines. The Ati people—the aborigines of the Philippines—are marginalized, disadvantaged, illiterate, and impoverished. In 2005, while Roger and Sylvia Elosendo were taking their son to school in Iloilo City, they saw a number of Ati begging. Roger himself was an Ati, the nephew of the first Ati evangelical pastor led to Christ by our own Elder William Hopper. Interviewing a half-asleep elderly woman, he learned that she was his relative; in fact, Roger was related to several of the Ati families he had seen. This broke Roger’s heart. He promised the woman that as the Lord allowed him, he would help improve the lot of his fellow Ati. His desire is to pastor and work among the Ati people to evangelize, train and equip them to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. They are currently in the process of building an orphanage to house the many needy children that are currently in the streets. You can contact ANM at https://advancingnativemissions.com.