We would like to recognize several ministry milestones that are being reached during the year 2019. We are grateful for these individuals who continue to serve faithfully.
Fred Daniel, Jr., has served on the Executive Board for 30 years, and is the Secretary/Treasurer for the board. He and his wife, Beth, are from Greensboro, NC, where he pastors the Brookhaven Baptist Church. The Daniels are the parents of our missionaries Fred III (Brittany) Daniel, and Hannah (Rolando) Ortiz, both of whom serve in Mexico. They have 4 children and 11 grandchildren.Michael West has served on the Executive Board for 20 years, and is the 2nd Vice-Chairman for World Wide. He and his wife, Boone, are from Ocala, FL, where he pastors the Memorial Baptist Church. They have 3 children, 8 grandchildren, and one great-grandson.Rebekah Tolley has served as Office Assistant for our staff for five years. Her focus is missionary communication, prayer letters, and event coordination. She and her husband, Brandon, live near the office and are members of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Shelby, NC.Naomi Torberson has served as Office Manager Assistant for our staff for fifteen years. Her focus is tax research, financial reports, and Headquarter Happenings. She lives near the office and is a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Kings Mountain, NC.John and Christa Boylston have been missionaries with World Wide for 10 years. They served on the island of Pohnpei for some time, working primarily in a Bible translation ministry. They have since returned to the US due to health concerns. They are members of Maranatha Baptist Church in Shelby, NC. The Boylstons have five children.Allinson and Floretta DaCosta have been missionaries with World Wide for 35 years. They serve on their home islands of Nevis and Saint Kitts in the Caribbean. They have also been involved with an orphanage ministry in Zimbabwe for many years.Charles and Abigail David have been missionaries with World Wide for 10 years. They serve in their home country of India, where he pastors the Tirupattur Baptist Church and also teaches at a Bible Institute. Their ministry also extends into the Jawadi Hills area. Abigail is the daughter of Molly Franks and her late husband, Eric. The Davids have two children.Michael and Nora Deatrick have been missionaries with World Wide for five years. They serve in the Solomon Islands. The Deatricks are sent out of the First Baptist Church of Wayland, MO. They have two living children.Mike and Kristen Gali have been missionaries with World Wide for 15 years and serve in Chile. They are sent out of the Gateway Baptist Church of Rising Sun, MD, with Pastor David Landers, who is an Executive Board member of WW. The Galis have three children.Adrian and Emma Hendricks have been missionaries with World Wide for 10 years. They serve in their home country of India, where he pastors the Heritage Baptist Church. They also have a Bible Institute and Learning Center. Their ministry also extends into the Jawadi Hills area. Emma is the daughter of Molly Franks and her late husband, Eric. The Hendricks have three sons.Lewis and Kim Howell have been missionaries with World Wide for 15 years. They serve in New Zealand. They are sent out of the Faith Baptist Church of Shelby, NC, with Pastor Barry Goodman, who is an Executive Board member of WW. The Howells have two daughters.Joy Johnston has been a missionary with World Wide for 10 years. She and her late husband, Norman, served for many years in Korea, Vancouver, and PA before moving to NC where they served at Ambassador Baptist College and assisted several churches. Since his home-going in 2018, she has continued working in the Shelby area and remains a member at the church they helped start, Every Nation Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. She has four children and many grandchildren.Lisa Kendrick has been a missionary with World Wide for 15 years. She serves in a church in Germany, reaching those in the US military. Lisa is sent out of the Mountain View Baptist Church of Birmingham, AL. She recently resigned her position with the military and is now on deputation to raise full support to better focus her energies in the ministry. Lisa is the sister of World Wide missionary Julia (Keith) Klaus, who also serves in Germany.George and Patty Milgrim have been missionaries with World Wide for 20 years. They served in Pohnpei and Guam before the Lord moved them to their current ministry in Hawaii. They are sent out of the Temple Baptist Church of Madison Heights, VA. The Milgrims have four children and many grandchildren.Francis and Leena Newton have been missionaries with World Wide for 10 years. They serve in their home country of India, where he pastors the Whitefield Baptist Church and is the principal of the Grace Baptist School for the Hearing and Hearing Impaired. Their ministry also extends into the Jawadi Hills area. Leena is the daughter of Molly Franks and her late husband, Eric. The Newtons have three children and one grandson.Elsa Ramirez has been a missionary with World Wide for 30 years, but has been active in missions longer than that. She previously served in Spain and France before the Lord called her back to her home country of Mexico in 1999. Her focus is on teaching music and helping in ladies discipleship.Mike Renfrow serves on the Board of Reference for WWNTBM. This year he and his wife Priscilla celebrated five years of ministry as pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Wilson, NC. They served in evangelism out of Trinity for many years, before stepping into the pastorate when Bro. Robert Winstead, a founding member of World Wide, went to be with the Lord. The Renfrows have four children.Mike and Sue Smith have been missionaries with World Wide for 10 years. Their ministry focus is to connect individuals with needs in the Western US. They served for a time in Colorado, and have been in Arizona since 2013. They are sent out of the Tri-City Baptist Church in Forest City, NC. The Smiths have five children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.Joel and Noel Smothers have been missionaries with World Wide for five years. They are sent out of the Trinity Baptist Church in Milton, FL, with Pastor Paul Woody, who is a former World Wide missionary to the Dominican Republic. The Smothers have one son. They are preparing to move to Brazil this fall, where they will assist Joel and Cynthia Dickens.Paul and Sherry Zimmer have been missionaries with World Wide for 20 years. They serve in Yap, Micronesia, where he pastors the Faith Baptist Church.Their ministry also includes a Christian school. They are sent out of the Faith Baptist Church of Taylors, SC. Bro. Paul is the son of our missionaries Georg and Opal Zimmer, and the brother of Mark (Diane) Zimmer. They have six children.
