Missions

Missions

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PURPOSE
The mission of the Missions Ministry is to spread the Kingdom of God through supporting mission efforts both domestic and foreign.


Great Cities Missions (www.greatcities.org ) aims to share Christ with the Latin world.  GCM serves missionary teams sent to designated cities of Portuguese and Spanish speakers in Latin America and has been sharing the gospel in the Latin world since 1976.  GCM serves missionary team members throughout the entire missionary life cycle from their recruiting to their re-entry into their home culture.  Shawnee Trail provides annual support to some of the GCM missionary families.

 

Mission Country: Brazil

   Rio Branco, Acre – Established in 2025 with GCM, this team is working to establish a church in Rio Branco with the hope that new churches will be established in the region where there are currently no churches of Christ

  •       Ivan Moisés & Erica Amorim
  •      João & Alana Sebastião
  •      Edinelson Peixoto 

 

Mission Country: Colombia

  •       David & July López in Bucaramanga, Colombia. In October 2012, working with GCM, David & July began working with a mission team in Suba Colombia with the goal of planting a self-supporting church in this northern section of Bogotá.  Shawnee Trail’s support of the López family began in January 2014.  This effort has been successful and in January of 2022, David and July began work on a new church plant in Bucaramanga, Colombia.  Shawnee Trail provides their full support.
  •       Henry & Oralia Duarte in Medellin, Colombia. We partnered with GCM and the Bell Trust to provide full support for this new mission. The mission team consists of 4 families including the Duartes and is a completely new mission in the city of Medellin. This is our first work we supported that we started from the ground floor. The mission began in January 2021 with training and then the teams moved to Medellin in March and April. The work is off to a fantastic start and we are expecting great things from this ministry.
  •       Renato & Daniela Herrera in Pereira, Colombia.  Renato & Daniela are part of a mission team of four families that was established in 2022.

 

Mission Country: Mexico

  •  Abner & Adriana Perez (children Eliab, Nathan & Cesia) in San Jeronimo, Mexico located in the mountains in Southern Mexico. We initially provided partial support to the Perez family in Huehuetoca. After serving in that ministry for 4 years they felt a calling to return to the town where they were from to grow the church and expand the ministry of Christ to San Jeronimo and the surrounding communities.  Abner shared that although the church there has been in existence for 50 years, it is growing with slow steps.  However, the growth is significant because after almost disappearing, the church has come back with the grace of our Lord.  Shawnee Trail continues to provide financial support, however, the Perez family no longer falls under the Great Cities umbrella.  

Queretaro, Mexico – A city of 2.5 million located 100 miles north of Mexico City.  These families are new to our team as of 2026 and are replacing members of the team who planted the church there several years ago.

  • Alejandro and Darling Lopez (children Jurent & Zoe)
  • Victor & Aura Campos

 

Mission Country: Peru

  •     Wilfred & Eliennys Reyes (one child, Alejando) in Iquitos, Peru. Iguitos, a city of 500,000, is the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road. After graduating from the Quito Bible Institute in May 2024, Wilfred and Eliennys became part of a three family team that began their mission work in January 2025.  Wilfred shared, “I recognize God’s power in bringing my family and me to the heart of the Peruvian Amazon to connect with receptive people and preach the gospel.”  

 

Mission Country: Venezuela

  •     Yordani & Deissy Vergara (children Thiago & Joao)
  •     Jesus & Ladiris Querales (children Sebastian & Lia)

 Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas – This team of two families works with five churches in the state of Amazonas.  Through those churches, they serve approximately 200 brethren.  They say working in indigenous communities is a wonderful experience, and they value seeing the blending of cultures with the Word of God.  The most challenging parts of their work come with the unknown as they never know what each day will bring when they spread God’s Word.  There are so many indigenous beliefs and cultures, and they never know what they might encounter on the road due to distance, terrain, and even wild animals.  They are often immersed in the jungle, spending several days without communication or access to electricity or even basic supplies, including the shortage of gasoline.  Despite all of this, they praise God they are able to move forward with His help.

  •       Providing Humanitarian Aid for Venezuela through a GCM mission team in Cúcuta, Colombia. We are helping to provide food and medicine to 250 Venezuelan families that come from 60 different congregations of churches of Christ in Venezuela. These Christians then are able to help other church member and neighbors.  The churches in Venezuela are growing as Venezuelans are turning to God in the midst of their suffering.

 

Mission Country: Ecuador

Operation Ecuador (http://eqeb.org/eng/) began in 1979 as five North American families arrived in Quito to plant a new church.  Since then, it has blossomed to become a non-profit foundation encompassing several church and para-church ministries which include the Quito School of Biblical Studies (EQEB) and mission teams, Camp Bellevue, and the Kumanii Medical Missions.

  •       Quito School of Biblical Studies Bi-vocational teams. This program is centered on bi-vocational training alongside Biblical instruction.  The Biblical training and instruction is designed to last three years.  At the same time, the school coordinates training in vocations such as electricians, plumbers, nurses, beauticians, etc. so that graduates can become self-supporting while they are serving in the Kingdom.  After graduation, they return to their home church or go to a new church plant opportunity to provide guidance and leadership.
  •       Rusty & Laura Campbell (children Alex, Stephen, Benjamin & Elizabeth) at Camp Bellevue. Camp Bellevue is located an hour and half north of Quito in the farming community of Tabacundo.  Its purpose is to provide a quality space for the spiritual development of the church in Ecuador and those coming to visit.  Bellevue hosts a variety of outreach efforts during the year including Family Mission Trips, Youth Camps, Seminars, Vacation Bible Schools, after school programs and Christian retreats.  They were also instrumental in multiple church plants in the area.  Rusty and Laura began serving in 2012 as the onsite administrators with the Bellevue Foundation.
  •       Joshua & Julie Marcum (children Michaela, Eliana, Jana, & Enoch) in Quito, Ecuador.  While the Marcums do not work directly with a U.S. mission team, Joshua serves at the Executive Director of Foundation Operation Ecuador, which allows him to work in close connection with nearly all of the Churches of Christ in Ecuador.  One significant focus is the development of national ministers, primarily through the Quito School of Biblical Studies (QSOBS).  Joshua currently oversees nine QSOBS teams.

Other Mission efforts:  From time to time, Shawnee Trail provides support to individual and/or one-time efforts and opportunities.  The Missions Committee considers these individual requests and makes recommendations to the elders regarding support.

For questions regarding the missions that Shawnee Trail supports, please contact Ken Clutter:   Kclutter@ymail.com or  214-616-4479