More than 1,600 SIM workers serve in a variety of careers in more than 50 countries. SIM workers themselves come from dozens of nations and ethnicities which historically did not send missionaries, but today send tens of thousands through emerging mission movements outside of the West. SIM is honored that God has called hundreds of these to serve with us. We invite you to visit these pages and meet some of our workers who bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world with great courage, sacrifice, and joy.

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Adair, Robert & Roberta

Roberta was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Penn State University she served for three years in Kosovo with The Christian & Missionary Alliance. After completing her term she enrolled in Wheaton College for additional studies in ...read more

Adams, Bryan & Nicole

A little bit about Bryan ... During junior high school, Bryan's youth pastor dove into his life and helped him grow immensely in his faith. The same youth pastor challenged Bryan to consider going on a short term mission trip the summer before his fres...read more

Alford, JennyBeth

The Lord blessed me with a strong Christian background on which He grew a fervent love of learning. In all fields of study--Bible, literature, science, history, really everything--I was delighted to find how each showed me more about my awesome God.
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Bachelder, Philip & Beth

What would cause someone to leave a civil engineering career and move near the Sahara desert? I went to serve in Niger because of a strong desire to share the good news of Jesus with nomads who had never heard of him. Beth and I both felt the call to ser...read more

Bergen, Ben & Erin

Ben was born and raised in Southern California and is a computer programmer by trade. Erin was born and raised in Philadelphia and holds degrees in mechanical engineering and education and is a teacher by trade. Ben joined SIM 8 years ago as their Intrane...read more

Boehmer, Angie

I am an ordinary person. But I serve an extraordinary God.

As a little girl, I knew that I wanted to be a nurse when I grew up. That stuck with me as I grew older and in middle school I was introduced to the idea of using nursing to serve in g...read more

Bogan, Robert and Rachel

Rachel Bogan:

I've been telling stories my whole life. When I was five, God called me into missions. As a kid, I wondered what the Lord would have me do as a missionary when I I grew up. I had the opportunity to go on two short term mission tri...read more

Bogunjoko, Joshua and Joanna

Both Joshua and Joanna grew up in families of mixed religious expressions. While Joshua grew up in a family that mixed Christianity with idolatry, Joanna though was born to a Muslim father and a nominal Christian mother, grew up with her grand mother who ...read more

Broers, Bill & Elizabeth

Bill was originally from Kansas and moved to Canada when in high school. Elizabeth was an MK who was born in Ethiopia. They both graduated from Prairie Bible Institute in 1980. Following Bible College, Bill received an Airframe & Powerplant license and...read more

Bunch, Christina

I am passionate about missions and especially reaching out to children. I have been actively serving in my churches children's ministry for several years and have had the blessing of going on many short term missions trips. On those missions trips God has...read more

Christian, Ann

I joined SIM in 1991 as a science teacher for Carachipampa Christian School in Bolivia. In 1997, I became the director/headteacher of the school, leading it through two accreditation cycles and through an ambitious building programme, replacing the old a...read more

Christian, Shashi

Born and brought up in India. A second-generation Christian. Married to Ruth since 1996 and father of Shiprah. Serving in missions since 1987 with Operation Mobilisation, Church of South India, Asian College of Cultural Studies, New Covenant International...read more

Churchill, Timothy and Kristina

Tim and Kristina Churchill are from St. John's, Newfoundland. We have four children - John, Anna, Sarah, and Katie. Tim has a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from London School of Theology (UK), while Kristina homeschools our children....read more

Clapham, Angela

My name is Anj and I come from Sydney, Australia.

I was brought up in the south west suburbs of Sydney but now have a flat in Summer Hill. My home church is Ashfield Baptists

I studied biomedical science and worked as a scientist fo...read more

Conti, Chris

Chris found assurance in her faith at age 17 after praying the salvation prayer many times starting at age 11. Growing up in a non-Christian family, Chris felt that God set her apart and protected her throughout her life. In university, she grew and becam...read more

Cross, Jon and Amie

We are the Cross family and are excited to proclaim God's word through water quality in Southern Sudan.

We believe God has uniquely called our entire family to serve. We are thrilled to be serving alongside our children Providence (5), Rosemary...read more

Dass, Rattan

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De Jong, Katie

I am from Grand Rapids, MI. I was privileged to grow up in a Christian family and receive Christian education. Out of those years I felt called to surrender many of my own ambitions and wait upon the Lord. Originally interested in political advocacy state...read more

Deneufchatel, Marc & Hilary

Hilary is British and Marc is French. We are currently serving with SIM in Benin.

Hilary: I became a Christian through the prayers and witness of my family, and responded to an altar call at a Billy Graham meeting when I was seven. When I was a...read more

Ernst, Eric & Marlies

Born and raised in Wisconsin, Eric and Marlies found each other in college through the ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. They married and served several years on IVCF staff before attending seminary at Columbia International University. In ...read more

Foster, Stuart and Sindia

We have served 25 years in Mozambique, arriving during the civil war, while Mozambique was communist. The Lord prepared us in college ministry in Boston, Massachusetts and in cross-cultural ministry with Portuguese immigrants to the U.S. Stuart was raised...read more

Freeman, Joe & Amy

Raised as missionary kids, both of us developed a passion for missions from our early years. While each of us began individually preparing to live as missionaries, God brought us together and gave us a shared vision to serve Him overseas. As we followed H...read more

Gallop, Joseph & Linda

Joe & Linda were commissioned by their church in 1987 to serve with SIM. They served in Africa for 15 years in Niger Republic among the Tamajaq nomads doing evangelism, discipleship, translation of Theological Education by Extension materials, and field ...read more

Garrett, Corey & Katie

Corey and Katie were called to missions in their teens, met at Wheaton College and were married in 1998. They went to Senegal in 2000 and have been there since, ministering to the Wolof people. ...read more

Garrett, Janie

I was raised and raised my children in a Christian home. When requested by my son and his wife, Corey and Katie Garrett, who are missionaries with SIM, to come join them and home-school their three daughters, I felt compelled to answer this call of famil...read more

George, Tim and Michele

Michele and I grew up in Western Michigan. We followed Christ's call to redemption, marriage and then to serve Him in northern Mozambique. We left in 2007 and spent the following 4 years learning Portuguese and Ciyawo (the local tribal language). We are w...read more

George, Allen & Amy

Allen & Amy met in medical school in Nebraska in 1991. They both went to medical school with the plan of sharing the Gospel of Christ via medicine on the mission field. They have 4 children, Sarah, Ben, Mia and Paul (Mia and Paul were born in Peru and h...read more

Guite, Samuel Lal

S. Lal Guite and Jenny Laldinliani, blessed with two children (Mang 7 & Niang 4) and serving the Lord in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

After we both finished our Bachelor of Theology Lal continue doing Masters of Divinity (2002-2007).

We are i...read more

Haase, William & Charisa

Global nomads at heart, William and Charisa converged paths in Malawi, after being individually involved in missions for the previous five years. Sharing common backgrounds of growing up on the mission field, these MKs observed role models who allowed th...read more

Hayward, David and Katie

David grew up as a missionary kid in South Africa. In high school he felt called to return to Africa as a missionary himself. This was later reinforced by a year of studies in Kenya as part of the requirements for his Bachelor's degree in Intercultural St...read more

Hendricks, Caleb

I grew up part of my childhood as a missionary kid in Zambia. I always wanted to head back on the mission field and always thought I would head back to Africa. ...read more

Heron, Helen

Our family worked in Peru for 17 years, firstly in Theological Education by Extension, and then in leadership and administration ministries. We returned to the UK in July 2009. I worked as the Deputy Mobilisation Director for the UK office for one year,...read more

Hoffmann, Ken and Shirley

Shirley is from the great neighbor to the north of the US-Canada! She felt the call to missions in Bible College. She responded and in 1978 went to Nigeria to teach Bible Knowledge in a public high school in Kagoro.

Ken is from NY. He had the...read more

Hudson, Paul and Clare

Paul was in medical school when he came to Christ at L'Abri in Switzerland, and met Clare soon afterwards at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. They were married the following year and heard the Lord calling them to medical missions after a short term trip to A...read more

Inouye, Garrett

It's been 10 years since God first called me to a life of mission, 6 years since He told me I would minister in Japan, and a little over 1 year since He urged me to prepare to leave.

"For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together i...read more

Jeyachandran, David

Hi, I'm David! Together with lovely wife Christine, our twins Annabelle, Amelia and little Samuel we are serving God in Peru. ...read more

Johnson, Luke

From an early age I valued full time ministry as a vocation. My parents were on Campus Crusade staff for many years, and my father has continued in ministry. In my teenage years, I was much more enamored with visions of rock n' roll stardom. Later, I thou...read more

Keegan, Karen

I am an SIM Adult Missionary Kid who grew up in Nigeria. I have a passion for reconnecting AMKs and helping them through the process of reconciliation and healing. As editor of Simroots, I have been able to maintain contact with over 2000 of our AMKs and ...read more

Kitzman, David & Mende

Dave- Despite growing up in a home with a Christian mom, I always struggled with making the decision to actually follow Christ with my own life. In 1991, I finally came to a crossroads where I had to surrender everything to him or reject him and go my own...read more

Koppendrayer, Burt & Trish

Burt grew up in a small town in Minnesota, not too far from Lake Woebegone. He attended the University of Minnesota, Duluth. While there, he attended an Urbana missions conference. It was at that conference that Burt realized he may be called to be a goer...read more

Kreimeyer, Gregory

It's amazing how God can bring things together for His purpose. My journey began in 2005 when I started searching for a mission; actually the Holy Spirit led me to missions and Christ simultaneously. Then in 2007 during my interview with SIM, I received s...read more

Krohn, Jeff & Stacey

Both Jeff and Stacey felt called as youth to minister in Latin America. They both come from solid, Christian families.
Jeff finished his MDiv degree in 2001 (Denver Seminary), and his ThM degree in 2011 (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School). ...read more

Kubacki, Tim and Betsy

We have recently returned to the States after serving in the Brazil Amazon with Xingu Mission for the past 5+ years, taking health care and the gospel to people living in the jungles and on the rivers, away from the cities. Prior to relocating to Brazil...read more

Lunau Smith, Andrew and Tonya

Grew up around the Toronto area, currently live in Guelph, ON. We've been married since 1989, we have one daughter....read more

Lundstedt, Luke and Priscilla

Luke is from Minnesota and grew up as a missionary kid in Africa. Priscilla is from Sydney of Chinese descent. They met in Lima, Peru while Luke was working with Food for the Hungry and Priscilla was with SIM up in the Andes.

In 2009 they got...read more

Maloney, Kyle & Sarah

Kyle attending a missionary conference and Sarah listening to missionaries share stories in her home and church paved the way early in life for them to enter into full-time missions ministry that is now taking them on the road to Kenya.

God l...read more

McGregor, Malcolm & Liz

Malcolm and Liz McGregor are from Scotland. They met when they were 5 years old! Their fathers were involved in Children's Ministry and this often brought the families together.They spent 18 years in Africa, in Nigeria and Ethiopia. From 1996 to 2003, the...read more

Medders, Jay and Tammy

Jay and Tammy were both born and raised in Alabama, and have worked together in many areas of ministry. After 17 years of marriage and 3 children, they were surprised when God called them to mission work in Ethiopia.

Jay became a believer at...read more

Miller, Rebecca

I have heard it said that calling is where vocation and the needs of the world meet. That statement illustrates my journey to SIM.

Everyone has a story to share. Some are ordinary, some are glorious and some are heart-wrenching, but all are un...read more

Miller, Brandon and April

Brandon and April Miller shared more than just a love of God when they got married. They both had been called to international missions as teenagers. So when Brandon was released from the U.S. Navy in 2003 the couple expected to begin their grand adventur...read more

Molitor, Mallory

Born and raised in a small town in Texas, I always loved helping others and had big dreams of doing just that from an early age. I went on my first mission trip during my freshman year at Texas A&M University to Saltillo, Mexico and it planted a seed for ...read more

Moore, Clinton and Pahtyana

Clinton and Pahtyana's hearts collided in 2004, as he was serving as a Youth and Associate Pastor and she in creative arts and women's ministries. They discovered an aligned passion for Christ and His Church and an insatiable longing to be caught up in Hi...read more

Orange, Andrea

I am from Colorado and finishing my last semester of student teaching in both Spanish and English as a second language. Throughout the past six years I have traveled to Peru on short-term mission trips and quickly fell in love with the people there. I sen...read more

Peterson, Josh and Rosy

While Josh is an American, Rosy is a Latina who grew up in Brazil. Although they grew up in different countries, they have very similar backgrounds. They were both raised in religious families and believed that doing good works would help them get right w...read more

Rains, Jeff & Terri

Jeff and Terri served as missionaries in Latin America for 14 years. While serving in many different capacities, they focused primarily on training church leaders for more effective ministry.

In August of 2007, they moved back to the U.S. to se...read more

Reeder, Kristin

In 1994 I took a two month mission trip to Albania. It was there while sitting on a rooftop that God began calling me to the mission field full-time. I read Habakkuk 1:5 "Look at the nations and be amazed! Watch and be astounded at what I will do! For I...read more

Rosenbauer, Michael and Lori

Michael and Lori met as children when their parents were attending the same Bible school in New York State, and later became high school sweathearts. They have lived in Maine for the past 23 years. Michael has served in church ministries such as teachin...read more

Sabo, Matt

My wife, Julie, and I have 13 children between the ages of 22 and under 1 and live in Gloucester, Va., on the shores of Chesapeake Bay. We love the Lord and desire to raise up children who follow Him and love Him with all their heart, soul, mind and stren...read more

Salloum, George and Sara

After many years working in the corporate sector, we decided to explore the possibility of international missions work and discovered that God was doing some amazing things through SIM. Saying "yes" to His call opened the door to the most fulfilling year...read more

Santiago, Mary

I am a recent graduate from Washington Bible College. I majored in Bible with a concentration in Theology. While I attended WBC I enjoyed working with youth and teaching them about some of the things I was learning about Jesus. Working with them has taugh...read more

Sheppard, John-Mark and Sara

Although John Mark was born in Minnesota and Sara in Wisconsin, we met while serving in rural Liberia. We were both touched by the hardships Liberians lived through during 14 years of civil war and burdened by the country's great physical and spiritual ne...read more

Shipster, Dave & Sue

Dave was born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa, attending High School to complete his secondary education. Immediately following high school, he commenced studies in veterinary science at Onderstepoort, South Africa.
Sue was born in Cape Tow...read more

Smelter, Laura

"I want to be a missionary when I grow up," I announced to my family when I was 9. God has been faithful to the desires of a little girl's heart. Through high school, college, medical school, family medicine training, working in a private family practic...read more

Stocker, Dean & Penny

Dean wanted to go to Asia to live as a Buddhist monk, and Penny wanted to teach in South America, but God had other plans for us. We met as Peace Corps volunteers in Zimbabwe, and it was there that Dean accepted Christ and Penny was called to care for peo...read more

Sweany, Eli & Margaret

We met at a small Bible college in Kansas, and ever since then we've been working together preparing for a life discipling MK's from within a boarding school setting. Eli was raised in a Christian family; his father is a pastor and he spent summers on his...read more

Thorsen, Charlie & Tami

Tami has always had an interest in missions since she was a little girl in Waterloo, Iowa. She never got a chance to visit another country until she did her student teaching at Carachipampa Christian School (CCS) in 1992.

Growing up in Cayuga,...read more

van den Berg, Daniela

I grew up in Berlin, Germany. After completing a hospitality diploma I felt the need to learn English better. So I moved to London, UK, for 5 years. I met my husband, Brent, during my time there. I became a believer in London and shortly after that follow...read more

Wade, Ken

While Ken and Sharon claim a cold weather, Northern Michigan heritage, their children Colin, Samantha, and Kerry prefer to think of themselves as far more Asian.

They consider themselves products of India and Thailand....read more

Walters, Kevin and Colleen

Colleen dedicated herself to full-time Christian work as a teenager at camp, and later, while in college, felt God leading her to serve as a missionary among peoples never reached with
the good news of Jesus Christ. We met while Colleen was completin...read more

Watt, Milton

I was born in Washington State, grew up in New York and Massachusetts. I studied Math and Computers at University of Massachusetts. When I became a Christian I decided to become a translator because of my love for God's Word and my love for languages. I...read more

Weiersmueller, Peter and Elizabeth

Peter was born in Switzerland. His interest in mission was raised as a result of his family support of a Missionary friend. Later in live whilst working as a machinist on board the M.V. Doulos of OM ships he visited many African ports and was fascinated ...read more

Wheeler, Mike and Ann

Mike is from the US and studied at Moody Bible Institute, Dallas Theological Seminary and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Ann is from the UK and originally trained as a nurse. While in the US their home base is in Minnesota and when in the UK it is...read more

Wiggers, Steven and Jen

We are Steve and Jen Wiggers and we have two children, Ian, age 4, and Ellie, age 1. We are both originally from Ohio, but now reside in West Chicago, IL where Steve is currently working as a refugee resettlement case manager and Jen is a full-time mothe...read more