Triangle Fellows leads a local chapter of the Gotham Fellowship, a 9-month, immersive discipleship program from Tim Keller’s church in NYC.

Description of Work & Ministry

Neopolis comes alongside pastors, church-planters and churches to help plant new churches, strengthen and renew existing churches, and encourage and equip pastors and leaders—all in order to reach the world for Christ. They are working together to build a radically new mission and church expansion paradigm to create sustainable, high-impact gospel growth.

Prayer Points

• Pray that they would continue to develop pipelines of local leaders around the globe as they train, work, and establish new church plants.
• Pray for new and collaborative relationships with other churches and pastors around the world.
• Pray for financial resources as they come alongside more and more church plants, residencies, and other compelling needs.
• Pray as they continue to facilitate Bibles to hard-to-reach locations around the world (in addition to Christian literature and content).

Contact:

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International Friends is a student organization whose purpose is to welcome international students to America, help ease their transition, create opportunities for cross-cultural learning and friendship, and be a resource to interested students on their spiritual journey.

Adam & Hope Smith serve as the Team Leaders for the Athletes in Action ministry at UNC. They are passionate about introducing athletes to a relationship with Christ, building into them during their time in college, and sending them out into whatever mission field God has for them in life. Please pray for their daily dependence on the Spirit, and for wisdom and discernment as they lead their team and strive to partner well with FCA, that this relationship would be a display of gospel unity and humility. Please also pray for athletes to truly recognize their need for Jesus and for their hearts to be open to his life-giving Spirit.

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Description of Work & Ministry

Adam and Hope Smith are on staff with Athletes in Action on UNC’s campus. The Smiths strive to help staff and student-athletes continue to grow in their relationship with God and with others, developing leaders that are passionate about knowing Christ and making Him known through discipleship, Bible studies, staff development, and lots of training and equipping!

Prayer Points

• Pray for Adam & Hope’s siblings who are not walking with the Lord – for those siblings to recognize God’s gracious pursuit and to feel their deep need for Him.
• Pray for their joint team to continue growing in unity and in valuing what each individual brings to the table.
• Pray for all the student-athletes who are leading a Bible study and/or discipling a fellow athlete – that God would bless their desire to multiply their faith and that the Spirit would grow them in the process.

Dick & Nancy worked in Kenya for two decades, returning to the US in 2015 to continue serving as a psychiatrist and counselor for global workers affiliated with Wycliffe Bible Translators and their partner organizations.

Jareb and Amy are developing and translating Bible lessons and sending them via the internet to remote, tribal friends on the other side of the world. The McClains plan to split their time between serving from Durham, NC and onsite in Asia-Pacific.

Bill and Pam work directly with 20 orphans in Zimbabwe as they raise and prepare these orphan children through high school and into college, technical school, and established living. They also are building a Christian school for children in Zim and the community.

Jerry offers pastoral care while Carol provides clinical member care for Global Outreach Interational. Carol & Jerry work in support of missions around the world and offer training for sending churches as they care for global workers through the Barnabas Initiative. 

Gary and Vivian remain involved in evangelism and discipleship, especially encouraging those who are struggling in their walk with the Lord.

Wright has preached in Chinese churches and taught in Chinese seminaries in North America, Taiwan, and England. He now focuses on writing and on mentoring younger Chinese church leaders and Americans with a burden to serve God among the Chinese. He also leads a weekly sermon discussion group in Mandarin for Chinese who attend their church and a monthly Bible study for Christians working in a local Chinese restaurant.

Andrew is the Senior Vice President of Marketing, Communications, and Development for The Navigators.

David and Julie are actively involved in teaching English to Asians in and around Chapel Hill. Several undergrads studying Mandarin Chinese are involved and have brought a lot of energy and enthusiasm to our effort. One will spend 6 months developing her language skills and bond to the culture overseas. David, as a painter, also has several unusual opportunities to invest in redemptive relationships.

Andrew and Jeanette are both UNC alums and met one another while serving on staff with Cru. Andrew is the Campus Director of Cru @ UNC. They have two beautiful little girls, Madelyn and Anna Lewis!

Creig serves as a professor providing theological education at Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven, Belgium, and lectures at various schools in Eastern Europe.

Chad and Ruthanne have been in Chile for several years ministering directly to the Machupe people in Romachupe, Chile. They have now transitioned to Union Mills, NC to train new missionaries from over 50 different agencies to help them be productive long-term around the world.

Steadman Harrison is the CEO at Global Outreach International. As they look to the future, their goal is to democratize mission development. They want to catalyze the modern mission movement and expand the number of short-term and long-term team members extending their reach into a larger world.

Eric and Kimberly were commissioned in March 2018 at Chapel Hill Bible Church for the mission field. They both serve local and international staff around the world with care and training.

David and Judy have served in SE Asia for decades and are now in transition back to North Carolina. 

Rick and Sonya are committed to bringing all the resources of the university (faculty, students, and ideas) to the world for the advance of the loving rule and reign of Jesus Christ.

John & Clara serve as church planters overseas (undisclosed location).

Dale and Beth’s ministry is specifically targeted to Central Asian Muslims to see churches established that proclaim the Good News and model true Christian living on the examples of Jesus.

Questscope advocates for the inclusion of the excluded. Curt and Marcia invest in people to develop their talents for their own solutions to thrive and live meaningful lives in their communities. Putting the last, first.

Kitty serves as a medical missionary at Mission Hospital in the western region of Kenya.

Beacon of Hope brings hope to women living with and affect by HIV/AIDS within poor communities by empowering and equipping them to meet their spiritual, physical, emotional and economic needs.

Chatham Community Church was founded by our Pastor Emeritus, Randy Russell over a decade ago near Pittsboro. Today, Alex Kirk pastors this growing and vibrant church in Chatham County with two locations – Woods Charter School in North Chatham County and Chatham Mills Ministry Space in Pittsboro.  

Daniel and Timothy started dreaming and praying about a downtown church in Durham, NC in 2010. The dream became a reality when an initial group committed to meeting in June 2013 for weekly Bible study, prayer, and discussion on the church. We officially launched our first public worship service January 2014. God has been gracious to raise up many partners including Church of the Good Shepherd, Chapel Hill Bible Church, and Eastern Carolina Presbytery, and has grown our congregation in so many ways. We are excited about where we are and where the Lord is taking us!

This is a house church on the southern tip of Taiwan. It started as a Bible study that met in the home of Randy and Janet Adams, OMF missionaries. The church was launched in 2002 after finding that people were coming to faith in Christ, but needed a church family to become a part of.

Hugh works with CRU Bridges International as part of their Coaching Center.

Mavuno Church and Chapel Hill Bible Church have partnered together (again) to plant a new church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

Mavuno Berlin is a cross-generational, multi-cultural church in Berlin, Germany planted in 2011 by Daniel and Nancy Flechsig. 

Pregnancy Support Services (PSS) serves Durham and Chapel Hill women assistance when facing an unplanned pregnancy. They also offer Healthy Relationship education to local schools and organizations. 

This church began in the Taipei district of WanHua in Northern Taiwan. It is an English Bible study in Randy and Janet Adams’ home. The church launched in 2012 and now meets in a member’s home. Randy continues via Skype to disciple members and helps them prepare to lead the Bible study for each Sunday. Members meet for weekly Bible study and prayer.

World Relief Durham is a dedicated staff team working together with refugees, the Church, and community partners to help refugees integrate and thrive in the Triangle. 

Kyle and Koko are based stateside after 11 years in Southeast Asia (undisclosed location) and remained focused on unreached peoples in that area.

Zach and Emily serve in East Asia (Undisclosed Location) in a major university city, multiplying disciples in the universities where they work.