Todd & Leah are LBIM’s newest missionaries in Chad. They will serve as missionaries at the Welcome Center in the capital city of Ndjamena after a year of language learning in Albertville, France. They have been serving with LBIM since August 2025.

Matthias and Ellie are training under Paul and Teresa to take over the missionary training ministry. Currently they are working on Arabic language learning and will be visiting our other missionaries in Chad to learn what their ministry needs are. They have been with LBIM since 2023.

David and Sonja serve as missionaries among the Fulbe people of Chad. They are sharing the Word of God and the love of Christ through relational and medical ministry. They have been serving with LBIM since 2016.

Nathanael and Carrie serve as missionaries among the Bagirmi people of Chad. They are relationally sharing the gospel through Bible translation, school ministry, and agricultural development. They have been serving with LBIM since 2012.

Paul and Teresa serve in a missionary training ministry where they partner with Chadian missionary candidates, preparing these families to work alongside LBIM missionaries among unreached Muslim people groups in Chad. They have been serving with LBIM since 1997.

Daniel and Nancy are missionary partners of LBIM, called and supported by the Chinese Lutheran Brethren Church of Taiwan. They are living and ministering among the Bilala people group of Chad, sharing their lives and the gospel through their relationships with their neighbors. They have been serving with LBIM since 2021.

Dean and Linda live in Ishinomaki, a seaport town in Northern Japan, where much destruction occurred in the “Great Tohoku Earthquake/Tsunami.” House of Hope opened in 2015 as a Christian community center. A Japanese pastor has joined their team as a full-time outreach pastor in April 2022. With that, they were excited to become an official neighborhood church in 2024! Dean and Linda have been serving with LBIM since 1989.

Ethan and Sandy live in the Hsinchu area and are serving the mission through multiple ministries including missiological research, teaching at a local seminary, and relationally sharing the gospel with their neighbors through daily interaction, hiking, camping, English teaching, and Bible studies. They have been serving with LBIM since 1990.

Ben and Sara live in Taichung City, where they are partnering with Miaoli Gospel Church in Miaoli City to reach those in their community who do not yet know the good news. They have been serving with LBIM since 2018.