David and Janice are missionary partners of LBIM, called and supported by the Chinese Lutheran Brethren Church of Taiwan. Currently in the capital, they are learning Chadian Arabic and adapting to the local culture and climate. Part of their orientation will also take place in a village alongside our other partner missionaries from the CLBC Taiwan. They have been serving with LBIM since 2023.

David and Sonja and their children serve as missionaries among an unreached people group of Chad. They are continuing to grow in relationship with the community and are actively seeking opportunities to share the gospel. They have been serving with LBIM since 2016.

Jeremy and Sallee serve as administrators of the Lutheran Welcome Center, a guest house and conference facility designed to provide a place of rest, renewal and gathering for missionaries in Chad. They have been serving with LBIM since 2015.

Matthias and Ellie moved to France in September 2023. They are living in Albertville where Ellie is attending French language school in preparation for ministry in Chad, and Matthias is completing a research master's degree in theology at a different school in southern France. They both plan to wrap up their studies in July and move to Chad soon after. Once in Chad, they will begin learning Chadian Arabic and discerning a final ministry site with LBIM.

Nathanael and Carrie and their family are living in a village in Chad among an unreached people group. They have started an elementary school, translating the Bible into the Bagirmi language, and are seeking other creative ways to share Bible stories in their community along with their Chadian partners in ministry. They have been serving with LBIM since 2012.

Paul and Teresa are living in a new mission community. There, they partner with Chadian friends in an educational ministry, preparing Chadian families to work alongside LBIM missionaries among the unreached. They have been serving with LBIM since 1997.

Daniel and Nancy are partner missionaries, called and sent to the LBIM field in Chad 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 are excited to become an official neighborhood church this year! Dean and Linda have been serving with LBIM since 1989.

Paul and Alexa were commissioned in June of 2023 as LBIM’s newest missionaries to Japan. They will be deploying to Japan in August, and will initially focus their energies on learning the Japanese language and integrating into their new cultural context. They are preparing for a ministry alongside an existing national Lutheran Brethren Church that will focus on community outreach and evangelism in the city of Sendai.

Ethan and Sandy are working to reach the unreached in northwestern Taiwan. They use both Hakka and Mandarin Chinese in their interactions with others. Ethan is also a researcher at the China Lutheran Seminary Research Center for Traditional Chinese Religions and New Religious Movements in the city of Hsinchu. Ethan and Sandy have been serving with LBIM since 1990.

Ben and Sara have been in Taiwan since fall of 2018. In late 2021 they moved to Taichung City to work alongside Taichung Victory Church. They plan to do ministry with students at a nearby university as well as outreach to grassroots families in their community.