Ted & Brandy Cox
Greater Europe Mission / Craigavon, Northern Ireland
Based in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, Ted and Brandy are called to be salt and light in Belfast's Hollywood adjacent film industry. Ted's production company, Soul Catalyst (soulcatalyst.org), creates stories and films to expose non-believers to Biblical ideas while building relationships and forming community as they work together. See a video they recorded for gem here!
*S & S
The Antioch Partners / Rome, Italy
This couple is working daily to make disciples and share the gospel to immigrants and refugees in Rome. As a part of a church planting team, they are connected through a network of churches that are hosting Bible Studies, evangelism festivals and classes. For information about their newsletter or supporting them, email "S & S support" to our Missions staff at missions@firstprescos.org.
*S & A
Pioneers & EPC World Outreach / Chattanooga, TN
S & A heard a call to serve the unreached through the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement class at First Pres over 20 years ago. Now back in the U.S., they continue to serve through Pioneers in Indonesia, traveling there several times a year to support an economic development outreach program in rural villages. Find out more about their work at pioneers.org/video/multiply-indonesia.
*Alex & Dana
Frontier Fellowship / US and South Asia
Alex & Dana have been serving together in cross-cultural ministry since marrying in 2017. Alex is originally from South Asia, where he was raised in a Hindu family. They co-led a variety of church planting and humanitarian ministries in the region before moving back to the US, and now work to connect churches to unreached peoples in South Asia through Frontier Fellowship.
Carlos & Becki Pinto
Mesa Global / Quito, Ecuador
For decades, the Pintos have been involved in Missionary Training & Mentoring in Latin America. Carlos provides pastoral and family counseling through live radio programs, while Rebecca mentors Ecuadorian professionals and coordinates internships for Latin American missionary candidates. Mesa Global
Baher & Sarah Wassif
EMI / Enseñada, Mexico
Baher and Sarah moved to serve with EMI Mexico in 2022, where Baher also serves as Deputy Director and Project Leader. Sarah works remotely as the USA Communication Specialist and MEX Intern Coordinator. First Pres knows the Wassif's through our long-time partnership with Heliopolis Evangelical Church in Cairo. emiworld.org/mx
Nabil Ajamain
Voice of the Truth / COS
Nabil is the Arabic Magazine Editor for Voice of the Truth (Voice of Preaching the Gospel), a Colorado Springs-based ministry focused on sharing the Christian faith with Arabic speakers through resources, radio broadcasts, and training. vopg.org
*Rev. S & B
EPC World Outreach / COS
Rev. S and B co-lead the Diaspora Outreach for EPC World Outreach as part of the U.S. Church Mobilization team. Based in Colorado Springs, they serve EPCWO in both the local ministry among refugees from least-reached nations and helping mobilize and equip the church for local and global cross-cultural service. epcwo.org
*CC
Entrust-One Challenge / COS
CC works for Entrust (which recently merged with One Challenge) in the area of Development and Donor Relations. She also leads the Asia Contextualized Training Team, which focuses on using training modules to equip women to be biblically grounded as they mobilize their communities. entrust4.org
Darrell & Annette Dooyema
The Navigators / COS
Darrell and Annette serve with The Navigators International Student Ministry leading training and discipleship programs, including their work as the directors of the Elvheim Project in Norway. Darrell teaches at Colorado Christian University and UCCS, and was recently named as Director of the Global Commerce Network (GCN). elvheim.no
Marissa Ehresman
The Navigators / COS
Marissa is serving with The Navigators as Collegiate Staff in Training. Based on UCCS and Colorado College campuses, she focuses on discipling young women, leading Bible studies, and training the next generation to be effective disciplemakers. https://collegiatenavigators.org/
Jeff Hayes
Common Ground / COS
Jeff is the Founder and President of Hayes Consulting & Translation Corp and a consultant with Common Ground. He is one of the 25 certified Arabic-English translators of the American Translators’ Association. He also does English-Arabic translation for legal, medical, commercial/financial, military and religious organizations. hayestranslation.com
Gary & Merri Lee Hipp
The Navigators / Ft. Myers, FL
Gary & Merri Lee Hipp lead Discipling for Development (D4D), an international program of The Navigators that helps communities practice whole-life discipleship, address poverty alleviation, and together, experience God’s restoration in all areas of life. navigators.org/ministry
Jason Jensen
InterVarsity / Madison, WI
Jason is the Vice President for Spiritual Foundations for InverVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. Jason oversees the development of InterVarsity staff in Scripture, theology, spiritual formation, and prayer. He has his MA from Fuller Seminary and is based in Madison, WI where he lives with his wife, Susi. His book, Formed to Lead: Humility, Character, Integrity and Discernment was published by IV Press in 2025. ivpress.com/jason-jensen
Dan Jessup
Young Life International / Scottsdale, AZ
Dan serves as International
Advisor to Learning and Leadership for Young Life International. In this role, he oversees leadership development, including the theological competency of staff and improving YL's overall quality of Gospel proclamation within global mission. ylinternational.org/
Will Jones
Pikes Peak Young Life / COS
Will serves as a Staff Associate with the Pikes Peak Young Life area here in Colorado Springs. His ministry focus is on students at Cheyenne Mountain High School and Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School, as well as leading his team of volunteers. In 2024, Will moved here to participate in the Fellows program at First Pres.
https://pikespeak.younglife.org/
Mark Looyenga
Soulscape Journey / COS
Mark recently started Soulscape Journey to cultivate and empower thriving missionary and church leaders in the way
and fruitfulness of Christ. This ministry hopes to guide leaders by holding such spaces as Spiritual direction, pastoral counseling, retreats,
sabbatical advising, trainings in leadership, soul care, and establishing a way of life. See more on his website.
Andy Morrison
Young Life College / COS
Andy is the Area Director for Young Life College in Colorado Springs. Andy oversees the ministry at several culturally diverse campuses in our city: UCCS, Colorado College, and Pikes Peak Community College. ylcollegecos
Bill Stackhouse
Young Life Club Beyond / COS
Bill serves as the Director of Strategic Initiatives for Club Beyond, the military ministry of Young Life. He works tirelessly to assure the growth of the ministry on bases across the U.S. and around the world. military.younglife.org
Andrea Tepley
Mission Training International / COS
Andrea has been serving on the staff of Mission Training International (MTI) in the PILAT and Compass programs since 2006. Through these programs, she trains missionaries and provides them with practical support, equipping them to serve with effectiveness, endurance, and personal vitality on the field. mti.org
*Names changed or not revealed for security purposes.
We receive numerous requests to support mission workers. Because we believe we are called to not just send a check, but to provide prayer and encouragement, as well as collaborate with our missionary partners, we are not able to increase the number of supported mission workers at this time. The Mission Engagement Team only considers a few mission workers per year. Individuals may apply by invitation only, which is highly dependent on their relationship with First Pres and/or members of the congregation.
If you would like to be added to the list for consideration, here are the steps: (1) Email missions@firstprescos.org with your name, organization, location, a short bio, and how you are connected to First Pres. (2) You may receive an email with an invitation to apply to become a partner. This will come from one of the members of our Mission Engagement Team (MET) in August or September. If you do not hear from us, please consider communicating with us the next year. (3) You will be asked to complete the application by a deadline, and possibly schedule an interview with members of the MET. (4) MET's partnership process includes discernment of call and stewardship, which takes several months. You would be informed in late January/early February whether or not we are called to partner with you and your ministry.
Thank you for your obedience to God's call on your life, and blessings in the work of support raising.