In obedience to Matt. 28:18-20 & Acts 1:8, we seek to make disciples of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth as the Holy Spirit leads. We do this by learning about ministry to the nations through courses like the Perspectives course, praying for the nations, going on short term ministry trips as the Lord leads us, supporting individuals and families who are seeking to reach the lost and make disciples here and in other nations.

Missionaries We Support:

Mr. & Mrs. B - Israel

"The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land." - Isaiah 14:1

In obedience to the Voice of the Lord, Mr. & Mrs. B.  moved to Israel on January 20, 2011. They are putting down their roots in the northern Negev, near the city of Beersheva. They are joining a loose knit community of Jewish believers involved in worship and intercession and service.  Mr. B. is a concrete contractor and a jack-of-all trades and Mrs. B. is a psychotherapist and teacher.  They believe God will make room for their gifts to be used to bless the Jewish people in their homeland.

Ron Votaw - India

Ron Votaw serves in India promoting health education with the Community Health Education program. He works with Indian churches and others to that end.  Ron is a Registered Nurse, having worked in neuro/trauma ICU for 20 years.

Brian and his wife Louise, have been part of LOCF from its very beginning in 1982 and have served in missions since 1987. From the Navajo Tribe to Outer Mongolia, their passion has been to see Jesus glorified and lifted up among those who have never known Him.

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Hogans - YWAM

From 1993-1996 their team pioneered a church planting movement in Erdenet, Mongolia that continues to grow under fully indigenous leadership to this day. Their Mongolian disciples are now training and sending out their own missionaries to other unreached people groups. The story of the work in Erdenet can be read in Brian’s book: There’s a Sheep in my Bathtub (Asteroidea Books), and in the case study article – “Mongols Follow the Khan of Khans” – included in the 1999, third edition of Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader, ed. Winter & Hawthorne (William Carey Library).

Brian and Louise have four offspring: Melody (Melody and Luke Stone), Mollyanne (Molly and Tyson Ritter), Alice, and Peter.

Currently this family is traveling the globe with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) as Louise gains practical experience in addressing the health needs of birthing mothers in the Developing World. From the road, Brian coordinates the YWAM Church Planting Coaches activities in Africa and Europe. Brian travels extensively conducting workshops and seminars on cross-cultural church planting skills and Frontier Missions.

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