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Family Biographical Information
Mark’s Testimony and Calling
Physical Birthday: 11/20/1959
Born in Detroit, MI
Spiritual Birthday: 09/15/1978
Born-again in the Petoskey State Park, Petoskey, MI
Anniversary: 12/18/1982
Mark was born to Christian parents. He made a profession of faith in Christ at 5 years old, but was genuinely born again in August of 1978. As a hippie, drug-selling alcoholic, he repented of his sin and trusted Christ alone for the salvation of his soul. Since that day, the change has been so great that he has never seriously doubted his salvation. Soon after, he was attending Main Street Baptist Church in Harbor Springs, MI, was called to preach, and later graduated from Bible college in 1984. Shortly before graduating from college, Lisa and he were married in December of 1982.
Mark was called and surrendered to do foreign missionary service as a result of the annual missions conference at bible college in 1980. |
Lisa’s Testimony and Calling 
Physical Birthday: 10/13/1961
Born in Green Bay, WI
Spiritual Birthday: 12/12/1976
Born-again at the Riverside Ballroom, Green Bay, WI
Anniversary: 12/18/1982
She was born and raised in a catholic home. After being witnessed to for some time by her older brother Jeff, at the age of 16, she heard and understood the gospel. It was then that she put her faith in Christ and Him alone, and was saved. Later, she also attended Bible college for 3 ½ years as a full-time student. During this time, in 1982, she was married to Mark.
Lisa was called and surrendered to do foreign missionary service as a result of the annual missions conference at bible college in 1981. |
Nicole's Testimony and Calling (See our “Contact” page for photo.)
| After making several professions of faith as a youth, she believed “with the heart” and experienced God's full and free salvation while in Bible college. Today, she and her husband are doing short and medium term foreign missions work, so far, mostly in Bible translation. Also, they are actively involved in local church ministries in North Dakota. |
Noel's Testimony and Calling
Physical Birthday: 04/03/1988
Born in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Spiritual Birthday: furlough 2000
Born-again in our farm house residence in Dafter, MI
Noel, saved in the year 2000, has been showing “the fruits of repentance” and a growing Christ-like character ever since. In a missions conference in 2007, she surrendered to the Bible call of God to be a missionary wherever God would lead. She currently serves with her family as well as preparing for Bible college training. |
Mark, jr.'s Testimony and Calling
Physical Birthday: 01/04/1995
Born in Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
Spiritual Birthday: 12/03/2008
Born-again in our brazilian residence in Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Mark, jr. was saved in December of 2008 after his dad showed him what the Bible had to
say about his sinfulness and a lack of Christ-likeness. Later that day, on his own, he put his trust in the Savior, Jesus Christ, for forgivness and deliverance from sin's penalty. Then, in April of 2010, he surrendered his life to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ during a missions conference. |
SOME OF THEIR MISSIONARY MINISTRIES
Youth ministry and evangelism – 1978-79
Missions trip to Mexico – 1979
Singer-Evangelist in the Northern Lights Choir of NBBC – 1979-82
Preacher-Boy Program at the former Oak Forest Baptist Temple, Oak Forest, IL – 1980
Camp Counselor at NBBC in the summer of 1980 and 1981
Assistant pastor and camp evangelist for Ocqueoc Baptist Church, Millersburg, MI – 1981
NBBC Missionary Apprenticeship Program to Brazil – 1982
Christian school and local church ministries, First Baptist Church, Iron Mountain, MI – 1983-86
Deputation, soul-winning, and disciple-making – 1986-87
Missionary church-planting, co-founders of the Igreja Batista Fundamental, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil – 1988-91
Deputation, soul-winning, and disciple-making – 1992
Missionary church restoration and establishment of the Igreja Batista Maranata, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil – 1993-99
Deputation, soul-winning, and disciple-making – 2000
Missionary church-planting, co-founders of the Igreja Batista da Fé, Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil – 2001-2004
Deputation, soul-winning, and disciple-making – 2005-06
Missionary co-founder of the congregation in Granja Viana, São Paulo, Brasil – 2005-08
Pauline-Style, Itinerate Missionary church-planting work in several new and developing Brazilian Churches – 2008 to the present |
