Sunrise Global Workers

Sunrise Baptist Church has a long history of sending, supporting and praying for global workers who serve to spread the gospel around the world.  Led by a strong Missions Team, our Annual Missions Fest weekends, along with regular exposure to mission opportunities, educate and challenge our congregation to consider Sunrise’s part in fulfilling the Great Commission.  Every other year youth from our church form a team that travels to Guadalajara, Mexico to serve at The Emmanuel Foundation’s orphanage.  As a church we continue to ask God to raise up individuals, couples, or families who are willing to respond to the call of God to serve in cross-cultural ministries and be sent as laborers into God’s harvest field.

The following bios show you some of the people we currently partner with who are serving the Lord and people around the globe.

Scott and Polly Rempel with Wycliffe Bible Translators

Scott is the director of the Launch team for Wycliffe USA.  He and his team of 13 Launch Coordinators help guide the 260 new members of Wycliffe from the time they join Wycliffe, until they finish their first term. Scott also functions as a liaison between Wycliffe’s Global Partnerships translation strategy and WBT USA.  Scott and Polly have been with Wycliffe since 1984 and 1986, having served in Togo, W. Africa, the Philippines, and several US based roles serving the overall goal of Bible translation around the world.  Of the 7000+ languages in the world, Wycliffe is involved in over 3600 translation projects and has another 1400 that need to be started in order to see everyone in the world with the Scriptures in the language they understand best.

Dustin and Melissa Leland - Converge Thailand

“Hi we are Dustin and Melissa Leland. We have three kids Cameron (9), Felicity (7), and Adela (5).  We are members of Sunrise and we have been serving in Thailand with Converge International Ministries since 2021. We live in Udon Thani which is in the Northeast of Thailand. The region we live in is commonly called Isaan. We are primarily focused on planting house churches in rural villages in our area. Our goal is to help start a gospel movement among the Thai people.” 

Dustin Leland
Converge Missionary
Thailand Initiative
Cell: 360-410-6258
https://converge.org/missionary/dustin-melissa-leland

Duane and Joanne - American Indian Bible Institute

Duane and Joanne are retired from American Indian Bible Institute, but Duane is still teaching four weekly Bible studies by way of telephone in three different time zones.  The majority of the individuals in these Bible studies are in their twenties or late teens.  Three of these Bible studies are on individual books of the Bible and the forth is on the Ministries of the Holy Spirit.in the New Testament. In addition, former students call with specific Bible questions.  
Contact:

http://aibi.org/

Dave and Cherie - Middle East

Dave and Cherie serve in the Middle East.  They have a language learning center where they teach English and Kurdish and develop language learning curriculum for both adults and children.

Brian and Deanne - Istanbul

Brian and Deanne serve as cross-cultural training consultants based in Istanbul, Türkiye. They have 4 grown sons and 12 grandchildren.

Emmanuel Foundation - Guadalajara, Mexico

Originally founded as a ministry to prisoners in 1999, Fundacion Emmanuel - Guadalajara began taking in children left to fend for themselves because their parents were in jail and the children had nowhere to go but the streets. Today, Fundacion Emmanuel is a thriving ministry caring for abandoned babies and children. The children have a safe, loving place to call home. Here, children receive medical and dental care, and they attend school. With nearly 60 children in full-time care, and counting, the ministry continues to grow under the leadership of Mela and her family.Today, the ministry is headquartered in Guadalajara and has a secondary location in Puerto Vallarta. 

David and Sherri Moore - Serve and Equip, Lynden

David and Sheri Moore serve with Serve and Equip in Lynden, WA.  Serve and Equip provides free Bible training resources worldwide with a goal of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ while helping develop and equip godly reproducing Christians and leaders who will be able to share what they are learning with others who will then be able to repeat that cycle.  The Bible training resources have been used by pastors, missionaries, Bible School teachers, Sunday School teachers and other people just like you.  David serves as general director – including correspondence, all things technology, assisting others in ministry with various technology support, etc.  Sheri volunteers as bookkeeper, video closed-caption editor, materials proofing and wherever else needed.

Please continue to support their work through prayer and financial support.
A portion of our general giving budget goes to support these global workers. You can also give beyond your regular tithe to support these missionaries in their work on our giving page.