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BRAZIL: Brazil Bible Fellowship Church
Pastor Gordon & Dalene Nelson

Located in Indiana's Clay County, Brazil Bible Fellowship Church is located in a community of about 7000 residents.  The church was started as a plant with the Indiana Bible Church Mission and graduated in the late 1980s.  It went through some difficult times, however, resulting in its coming back under the mission as a replant in 1997.

Pastor Gordon Nelson came to the church in 2002.  He and his wife, Dalene, have four children.

KENDALLVILLE: Fellowship Bible Church
Pastor Tom & Ilona Dyson

Fellowship Bible Church is located midway between Fort Wayne IN and the Michigan State line.  It was begun as a Bible Study meeting in the Kendallville Public Library in 1995. Miriam Christian Chapel was instrumental in helping the church get started and still supports the ministry today. After meeting for years in a building over 100 years old, God provided a facility with an excellent location for practically nothing at all.  The church began meeting there, after some renovations, in 2009.

Pastor Tom Dyson has been the missionary pastor since 2002.  Born in Dallas, TX into a Christian home, Tom was saved at the age of 8 but did not surrender to God’s will until age 19, when God called him to full time Christian ministry. Ilona was born and raised on a farm near Headland, Alabama and was saved at age 9. Her father died when Ilona was 12 and her Mom a year later. Attending Camp Victory in Hacoda, Alabama every year until she graduated from Bible College, she was greatly influenced by Miss Bea Ames and Miss Hope Wells. Because of their influence she attended Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham, AL where she and Tom met and were married in August 1968. Their ministry for the Lord has been primarily in local churches with one short stint at Southeastern Bible College. Tom is also a master electrician and has worked in that field occasionally to supplement the support for his family.  The Dysons have three adult children and five grandchildren.

REMINGTON: Heritage Bible Church
Pastor Dan & Cheryl Nave

Heritage Bible Church meets in the old Presbyterian Church building in Remington, just off of I-65 in Northwest Indiana. The church was planted in 2003, as an outgrowth of home Bible studies that were being held by a group of believers who had a friendship and worship history together. Remington is an old community that has roots in agriculture, which remains a primary local industry. Heritage is the only Bible exposition oriented ministry in Remington, and is attempting to reach a part of the community that has been largely un-reached. In partnership with Tyndale Seminary, the church also hosts a Tyndale Learning Center, offering Bible instruction to members from the community in the evening.

Pastor Dan Nave, and his wife Cheryl came to the church in 2004.  Dan was an electrician/maintenance man for 12 years before attending Bible college at age 30. He still enjoys being a ‘handy-man’ and collecting tools. He built a new house in 1999, and did major renovations to their present home in 2005. Dan is also a car enthusiast, but it’s limited to looking and admiring, rather than owning. 

The Naves were married as teenagers, and have three married children, who are actively serving God. They also have 4 grandchildren. God has burdened the heart of the Naves for ministry to people, both saved and unsaved, but who have been estranged from fellowship.

The church is also served by missionary pastor, Chris Allen and his wife Jennifer who joined the staff in 2010 after a time of internship.

TRAFALGAR: Sycamore Bible Church
Pastor Steve & Vicki Gerber

Trafalgar is a growing bedroom community, just 15 minutes south of Indianapolis.  The church was started as the result of three individuals who longed for some solid Bible teaching and preaching. They requested their first pastor, Ervin Stutzman, to help them establish such a church. The church has merged with another small church in Trafalgar in October 2011.  The pastor of that church, Steve Gerber, is the pastor of the merged work, now known as Sycamore Bible Church.

BLOOMINGTON: Bloomington Bible Church
Pastor Garry & Hannah Miles

Bloomington, Indiana has a population of about 80,000 and is the home of Indiana University. Bloomington is about an hour southwest of Indianapolis, and is the second largest metropolitan area in southern Indiana. The Bloomington church plant is currently in its very beginning stages. Garry Miles (along with his wife Hannah and his daughter Holland) opened this MCE project with the help of several other team members at the beginning of 2013. They are currently in the process of making contacts, sharing Christ with the lost and seeking to disciple those who come to Him with the goal of eventually holding structured church services.  Read more about this effort here.

Garry Miles is a graduate of Frontier School of the Bible in LaGrange, WY where he was previously ministering before God called him to Bloomington.

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