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Sunlight breaking through jungle canopy over a mountain ridge

Missions at GFC

Gospel access to the least reached

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01 About Our vision and strategy for gospel access. 02 Nations Workers and regions Grace Fellowship engages long term. 03 Neighbors Local partners loving Northern Kentucky with us. 04 Give Fund the sending, the training, and the going. Get Involved

Learn various ways to partner with GFC Missions.

Our Vision

Worldwide Worship

God is committed to growing worshipers in every tribe, people, nation, and language. As a church, we're committed to closing the gospel access gaps — the places where people groups haven't yet had a chance to respond to the gospel because their access to it has been radically limited, or blocked altogether. Almost a third of the world's population, over 3 billion people, are still waiting for their first whisper of the good news.

Our Strategy

Gospel Access to the Least Reached

While we're open to a variety of solutions to close those gaps, our church's favorite way is collaborating with majority world senders from around the globe. Grace Fellowship's strategy is built around three convictions.

01

Go together with majority world senders

God is sending his sons and daughters from all over the planet to the least reached peoples and places on earth. We collaborate with partners from Latin America to Southeast Asia and everywhere between, because worldwide worship starts with going together, not going alone.

02

Leverage the strengths of every culture

Each culture God raises up as senders has been entrusted with its own resources and strategic advantages. Partnering with majority world senders lets us multiply what reaches the least-reached rather than trying to carry it alone.

03

Reflect the multifaceted grace of God

When the nations reach the nations together, it more accurately reflects the multifaceted grace of God to a watching universe. The Great Commission is a role for all of us to play, together.

An unreached people group is one where less than 2% of the population is evangelical Christian. An unengaged people group is one where no church-planting strategy is currently underway. An unengaged, unreached people group (UUPG) has neither an established gospel witness nor anyone actively working to establish one.

Our workers, regions, and partnerships below represents efforts to close specific UUPG gaps.

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Sending

Cross Cultural Workers and Regions We're Engaging

Long-term commitments Grace Fellowship is making around the world.

Blair & Sue Alvidrez

Blair & Sue Alvidrez

Serving in Albania

Blair & Sue Alvidrez

Since 2010, Blair and Sue's main focus is to establish Biblical counseling in Albanian churches and communities.

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The Derington Family

Nick & Traci Derington

Serving in Thailand

Nick & Traci Derington

Since 2020, Nick, Traci, and their family have been serving in Thailand. Nick and Traci's hearts are for every person in Thailand to know someone that passionately follows Christ.

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A & S

Serving in Asia (identity withheld)

A & S

A & S are in preparation for redeployment to Asia. They hope to focus their efforts on reaching unreached people groups with the Gospel, which comprise a significant portion of the region's population.

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The Reedy Family

Jason & Anna Reedy

Serving Japan

Jason & Anna Reedy

Jason and Anna Reedy serve the Christ Bible Institute based in Nagoya, Japan.

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Southeast Asia

A region Grace Fellowship is actively engaging

Southeast Asia

There are places where the Gospel still has not been preached. There are people who don't even know someone who knows someone who has heard about Jesus. We have people there.

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Central Asia

A region Grace Fellowship is actively engaging

Central Asia

There are places where the Gospel still has not been preached. There are people who don't even know someone who knows someone who has heard about Jesus. We have people there.

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Core Partnerships

Organizations We Build With

Grace Fellowship also partners with organizations who are called to similar goals around the world. We're excited about what God is doing through their faithfulness and happy to support them with prayer and finances.

Reflejo

Reflejo

Reflejo

A missions agency by Latinos, for Latinos, sending workers to the unreached. Grace Fellowship partners with Reflejo to help fund and support their work.

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Christ Bible Institute

Christ Bible Institute

Christ Bible Institute

A training institute in Japan that equips Japanese believers to plant churches and disciple their own people. Grace Fellowship supports CBI in prayer and finances.

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Local Partnerships

Loving Our Neighbors in Northern Kentucky

Loving God looks a lot like loving others. As we practice loving our neighbors, we have the privilege of partnering with individuals and organizations all around our city.

CO team

Campus Outreach

Reaching students at the University of Cincinnati.

Campus Outreach

The vision of Campus Outreach is "Glorifying God by Building Laborers on the Campus for the Lost World." Campus Outreach (CO) seeks to build laborers with a commitment to Jesus and His Great Commission through evangelism and discipleship.

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New Hope Center team

New Hope Center

Crisis pregnancy care in Northern Kentucky.

New Hope Center

New Hope Center seeks to offer hope, help and healing through a range of compassionate services, including abortion alternatives for families experiencing untimely pregnancies.

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FCA team

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Reaching NKY through coaches, athletes, and teams.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

FCA focuses on serving local communities around the globe by engaging, equipping and empowering coaches and athletes to unite, inspire and change the world through the gospel.

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Fairhaven Rescue Mission

Caring for the homeless in Northern Kentucky.

Fairhaven Rescue Mission

Fairhaven Rescue Mission serves the homeless and disadvantaged in Northern Kentucky with meals, shelter and clothing in a Christ-centered environment.

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Worldwide worship starts with you.

Every tribe. Every people. Every nation. Every language. There is a role in this for all of us to play — together.

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Get Involved

Join Grace Fellowship in Missions

Watch this video to learn various ways you can partner with GFC Missions.

Email

Partner by Praying Newsletter

A weekly email with a people group profile from a region where one of our partners is working — cultural context and gospel obstacles included, so you can pray with real insight.

Sign Up for Partner by Praying
Prayer Team

Prayer Team

Signal is a secure messaging app where our partners can ask you directly to pray for specific needs and opportunities on the ground — in real time, with more detail than we could otherwise share.

Join a Signal Prayer Team
In Person

Missions Mondays

An in-person gathering where we dialog about the work being done on the ground, hear how God is answering our prayers, and pray together.

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Give

Partner with what God is doing through GFC across the world.

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Contact Missions Staff

Dave Wernz

Director of Missions & 

Mobilization

Ellie Kalinski

Assistant to Missions & Mobilization

Email Dave Wernz

Director of Missions & Mobilization

Email the CDT Team

Email Jake Griffith

Director of Student Ministry | Florence Campus

Email Kim Stauffer

Director of Children's Ministry

Florence Campus
Jen Wilham

Email Jen Wilham

Administrative Assistant to the Independence Campus​

Annie Ortenzi

Email Annie Ortenzi

Administrative Assistant
to Student Ministry

Give to the Grace Students Ministry Fund

By giving to this fund, you’ll help students who may need financial aid as well as keep the overall cost of camp down for all students.

Questions?

Email Sam Schwartz

Administrative Assistant | Independence Campus​

Email Tanner Cox

Director of Student Ministry

Independence Campus

Join a Serve Team!

Select your campus and let us know what Serve Team you are interested in!

Email Laura Koo

Children’s Ministry Coordinator Independence Campus

Email Amber Jones

Children’s Ministry Coordinator | Fort Thomas Campus​

Email Ebeth Crossman

Administrative Assistant to the Fort Thomas Campus

Email Joey Koo

Director of Student Ministry | Fort Thomas Campus

Email Christy Owens

Administrative Assistant to Florence Campus Children’s Ministry & Finance

Email Caleb Lewis

Director of Middle School Ministry | Florence Campus