Missions

At Grace Community Church we believe missions are important and we are committed to giving over 15% of our annual budget to a variety of full-time, paid Christian workers and ministries all over the world, including our own local community! It is our privilege to partner with these organizations and individuals through giving and through prayer.

The Bennett’s

Ryan and Erin Bennett are church planters in Paris with World Team. They have two children, Elias and Charlotte. They have been in Paris since the fall of 2013. They pray for Paris and seek its prosperity and do good deeds so that others may see God’s goodness. Some of the activities include gardening, cleaning the streets, and offer free English conversation groups to their neighbors. They are getting more opportunities to share about Gods’ love in Jesus. For more information feel free to check out their blog at http://bennettsofparis.blogspot.com/.

Mollie Clark

Mollie Clark has been working with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship since 2016. She has been joined by another staff member, Rachel Dean, to serve Salem State University and Endicott College. Mollie and Rachel seek to reach students on both campuses to engage and attract cynics and seekers, equip leaders, develop communities of believers on campus, and to see Christ’s kingdom advance in and through the lives of the students. or more information and ways to get involved visit InterVarsity’s site here.

The Cohen’s

Oded Cohen is an Israeli–born believer in Yeshua, who came to faith two years after his wife, Bimini, became a Christian. They now are serving with Global Outreach International in the Negev Region of Israel. Their strategy and vision is to reach Israelis in that region with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to raise up followers, who become disciples in their spheres of influence. They live 45 miles from where Israel was attacked on October 7^th. Oded grew up in a kibbutz in the Negev near the Gaza strip and has family and friends from those devastated communities. Oded is patrolling and helping to guard his community. Oded and Bimini continue to minister to traumatized Israelis, who have suffered extreme abuse. They helped establish a ‘Disciple Makers Hub,’ which is a center for training in disciple making and counseling for trauma, first in New Hampshire and eventually in Israel.

The Costa’s

Vince and Cathy Costa have partnered with us for over 30 years as they serve the Lord in Italy. They teach, counsel, train, mentor, and serve churches and individuals in Sicily and throughout Italy. Their vision is to see the next generation have a major impact in the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Vince is involved with many of the refugees coming to Europe recently.

Rachel Dean

Rachel Dean is a missionary with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, an interdenominational ministry that serves college students across the country. After completing her Masters in Global Leadership from Fuller Seminary, Rachel has stepped into a role as InterVarsity New England’s Advisor to Regional Systems and Culture alongside her work on campuses on the North Shore of Massachusetts. She has served on campus at colleges and universities across Massachusetts since 2013, and is grateful to have called the North Shore her home since 2023!

Terri Faust

We have partnered with Theresa Faust for over 25 years as she has worked in Southeast Asia. Terri is a speech therapist and has worked for and with people with disabilities in a country that is evolving in its care of the special-needs population. She is a faithful servant who fellowships with like-minded believers in a country that is not welcoming to different religions.

Joe Mellon

Joe Mellon has been serving God for over 30 years in Chambery, France. Our church has partnered with him and his family these many years. He works with the local churches, preaching on occasion and helping the pastors. He has worked with the local university and helped establish an outreach and discipleship group called the FEU. He handed over the running of the FEU to a couple, Fefe and Nofy, but continues to help with teaching and pamphlet distributions. He continues to have divine appointments to speak with seekers and skeptics.

Steve Misarski

Steve Misarski is the New England Area Team Leader for Barnabas Ministries Inc. Steve serves Gospel pastors across many denominations since 2019. Barnabas Ministries seeks to connect pastoral leaders in John 17:23 groups so they are encouraged, inspired, and enabled to pursue kingdom ministry together so that the world might more easily find Jesus. There are about 200 pastors in 50 groups in New England and over 1600 pastors is 360 groups in 23 nations worldwide.