Supported Missionaries

Global Missionaries

* NCF also supports another family doing Bible Translation with Wycliffe. More information is on the missions display outside the sanctuary.

Local Ministry Staff

Amy Blair - Chiang Mai, Thailand

Sending Organization – Wycliffe Bible Translators

Amy Blair grew up in Tremont, IL. She knew from a very early age that she wanted to be a jungle missionary, living in a grass hut and eating bugs. She dreamed of teaching national children how to read and write, but said she would never teach missionary kids in a big city. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute with her elementary education degree, God used many people and circumstances to convince her that she could indeed be a real missionary by doing what she grew to love, teaching missionary kids.

Amy has been teaching 3rd and now 5th graders at Grace International School (www.gisthailand.org) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, since 2003. Grace serves over 600 students, primarily children of missionaries who are ministering in over 24 countries.

Besides her students, Amy also deeply loves the Thai people who live in and around Chiang Mai. She has been able to learn the Thai language so she can build many relationships with them by shopping at the local markets, hanging out with them, planting and harvesting rice in villages, and living with Thais from time to time. Her heart’s desire is that all Thais will soon have their eyes opened to the truth and turn their hearts to Jesus.

If you would like to contact Amy by mail, email, or phone please contact the church office (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 925-5120).

Brent & Connie Gregory - Tremont, IL

Brent and Connie Gregory, together with their sons Micah and David, served for ten years on the mission field with Project AmaZon (PAZ) in north Brazil. Among other responsibilities, they accepted the role of member care facilitators for PAZ and served in that capacity for their last 3 years in Brazil. After leaving Brazil in late 2014, they joined the Gateway Center for World Mission and served a one-year internship in missionary care at Heartstream Resources in Pennsylvania. Since then they have been providing missionary care for their church, their agency, and the missionary community at large.  In March of 2018 they joined the staff of Barnabas International and continue to provide pastoral care to missionaries.

To learn more or receive their newsletters, contact Brent and Connie at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To find out more about Barnabas International, visit their website at https://www.barnabas.org/.

Bryan & Jennifer Hepp - Tremont, IL

Sending Organization – Cru

It gives Bryan and Jennifer joy to serve as an interdenominational ministry focused on turning lost students into Christ-centered laborers. While they were both in college, the Hepps experienced significant and lasting life-change because of Jesus through the college ministry on campus. Both grew in their faith, learned to introduce others to Him and were called by God to continue to invest in college students, the next leaders of this nation and world. They have the opportunity to reach students from the inner-city, international students from all over the world, art students, future politicians, CEO's, doctors, lawyers, teachers and so on. The Hepps coach and equip students to lead Bible studies, disciple and share Christ with other students and engage in spiritual multiplication.

Jennifer grew up attending NCF with her parents, Gary & Ann Williams, and her grandparents, George & Shirley Renner. Bryan grew up in Omaha & Kansas City.

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Jerry & Melanie Howlett - Clarkston, GA

Jerry & Melanie Howlett and their sons, Sawyer (14) and Dawson (12), moved to Clarkston, GA in the summer of 2014.  They are serving with Global Frontier Missions in “the most diverse square mile in America” (according to the New York Times Magazine). Clarkston is roughly 3 square miles made up of 50+ nations, over 60 languages, and 90+ Unreached People Groups represented.  Their neighbors are from Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Congo, Nepal, Burma and more.  The Howlett’s spend their time both ministering in the community with the refugees as well as serving GFM staff and students.

Todd & Hannah Morr

Sending Organization – SOMA

Todd and Hannah are founding leaders of the Soma Family of Churches and Saturate the World. For the past 20+ years, Todd and Hannah have been helping train and coach churches in more than 20 countries to form Missional Small Groups and Missional Communities. Much of their ministry involves consulting with church leaders and their teams to assess where they need help and how to move forward with concrete plans towards greater disciplemaking and missional effectiveness. Todd and Hannah lead a Gospel Community in San Diego with New City Church. They have 5 kids who love Jesus, love sports and the outdoors, and love to spend time together as family.

Here is a link to the Morr's church: www.newcitysd.com

To find out more about what they’re doing, go to: www.wearesoma.com

Ed & Wendi Rumbold - Eastern Europe

Sending Organization – Josiah Venture

Ed and Wendi Rumbold and their five children, Jayce, Tate, Jaylin, Gage and Shaylee, are serving in Slovakia, Eastern Europe. They are with Josiah Venture, a mission organization which currently serves in 11 Eastern European countries. Their ministry focus there in Bardejov, Slovakia is primarily on the youth. They work with a local church, helping in the youth group. The main roles they have with youth are organizing the summer English camps that take place across the country, following up with the students in their town who attended these camps, and strategically training youth leaders throughout the year. Ed is in charge of recruiting American interns who help with the English camps during the summer, as well as recruiting North American churches to come join them for one session of these summer camps. The Slovak students who come to these English camps practice speaking conversational English during the week, while also hearing about the love of God for them and the sacrifice of Jesus that can change their lives.

You can find the Rumbolds on Facebook, or read more about them on their blog... rumbold7.blogspot.com

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Stephen & Liz Hillrich - Morton, Illinois

Sending Organization – Camp of Champions USA (www.cocusa.org)

Mitch & Emily Cooksey - Tremont, Illinois

Sending Organization – Salem 4 Youth

Mark & Kathy Hoving - Papua, Indonesia

Sending Organization – Wycliffe Bible Translators

Mark is a pilot/mechanic and instructor with YAJASI, a non-profit organization that serves missionaries, churches, and isolated people in the interior of Papua. Kathy is serving as a wife and a mother to their three boys, Micah, Levi and Andrew.

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Kevin & Mary Brunner - Bicol Region of the Philippines

Sending Organization – Baptist World Mission

Kevin and Mary (Blair) Brunner serve in the Philippines with Baptist World Mission. They are involved with children and youth ministries in schools and local churches.  By teaching children, they are able to connect with whole families and then visit homes to share the Gospel. They are currently beginning a church in the Himaao area of Pili where there is no Gospel preaching church.  Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Bud & Suzanne Simon - Kentucky

Sending Organization – TMS Global

Hannah Scherer - Peoria Heights, IL

Sending Organization – CRU