This week’s missionary highlight is from Akron Youth Mentorship. Recently, I was able to sit down with Tom Roberts, and was amazed at the work that the Akron Youth Mentorship does to serve students in the greater Akron area. They are doing life-changing work and I hope you will join me in prayer and consider helping them out by donating your time or talents to their ministry. Akron Youth Mentorshi...  Read More

This week’s missionary highlight is from Tom and Bev Hawkins based in a small town called Agnetz, 45 minutes north of Paris, France. They have been a Part of Greater Europe Mission (GEM) since 2014.One of Bev's main ministries is The Soli Deo Gloria outreach choir, which Bev started in 2016 as a small evangelistic group. It has since grown to about 25 members by 2025. It has also recently become a...  Read More

Nick and Kelly Larson Welcome Their Baby!Nick and Kelly Larson recently welcomed their baby, and both mom and baby are doing well. Nick is taking a few weeks off to care for his family, but his ministry at H2O Kent continues.The Larsons are deeply grateful to The Summit Church for the generous year-end gift they received over the holidays. Nick shared, "The Summit's continued partnership and praye...  Read More

This week's "Mission Minute" is featuring Kyle and Lindsey Barta from H2O Ministries at the University of Buffalo. H2O is an on-campus church that seeks to introduce students to Jesus Christ by meeting them where they are at. Kyle is the lead pastor there and formerly attended the Summit before going on the mission field with H2O.We received a wonderful Christmas card and letter from Kyle and Lind...  Read More

This week’s missions minute focuses on Josh and Denise Steward who serve at Tralee Bible Fellowship in Tralee Ireland. Their goal is to lead people to Christ, disciple them, and then send them out to repeat the process again. There is a lot currently going on around the church, most notably the addition of two extra rooms for the kids to be taught during services. Before, there was only one room f...  Read More

I get to connect with Justin and Jenny Burkholder, missionaries to Guatemala City, Guatemala. They plant churches in the city and bring up leaders to help continue the ministry there. Justin also continues to be the International Director for TEAM and travels for this role. (TEAM’s purpose is to send prospective missionaries, plant seeds of the Gospel, and invest resources effectively for the glor...  Read More

Steve Lytle at FBC Strongsville would like to share some highlights and updates in the last quarter for the year.On 11/24/24 three people were baptized at FBC. The new church constitution proposed was approved by the members of the church. A shout out of thanks for all who prayed for this from the last missions minute. FBC Strongsville partnered with Faith Baptist Community Center in Cleveland to ...  Read More

Barb is a missionary is in Osaka, Japan and has been very busy this season. From language cafe to social outreach and one on one connections she always has something going on.Her biggest prayer request at the moment is for the Biblical counseling module four, which is the last module before certification completion for those participants. She is helping to facilitate this on December 6th and 7th. ...  Read More

Bev and Tom send a huge thank you for The Summit’s continued partnership with them. They appreciate hearing from those in our congregation, so always feel free to reach out at beverlyfhawkins@gmail.com. They’re so grateful for your support in God’s work in France.Tom is enjoying the relief of no longer having to commute 1½ hours to Paris daily. After the Olympic outreach, he and Bev took a much-ne...  Read More

Kelly and Nick Larson are expecting a baby in January of 2025! With a new child on the way, they’ll need to move from their current rental by June of next year. Pray for wisdom as they decide whether to rent or buy a home and search for a location near campus. Nick and his family recently shared their need to raise an additional $400 in monthly support to reach full funding and prepare for their d...  Read More

During this week's "Mission Minute" we are featuring Kyle and Lindsey Barta from H2O Ministries at the University of Buffalo. H2O is an on-campus church that seeks to introduce students to Jesus Christ by meeting them where they are at. As lead pastor, Kyle has been very busy with the end of this summer's Leadership Training, the start of the new school year,  and the resulting influx of new stude...  Read More

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Justin and Jenny Burkholder have been serving the people of Guatemala for 11 years. They live there along with their three children. Justin has been partnering with the organization TEAM. TEAM stands for The Evangelical Alliance Mission which exists to partner with the global Church in sending disciples who will lead and establish missional churches. He has most recently been the Head Pastor of the Iglesia Reforma in Guatemala City.  Read More

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Steve Lytle, the Head Pastor at First Baptist Church of Strongsville, is working diligently in his new position for his congregation. Steve is serving and leading alongside his wife, Heather, and kids Hudson (14yrs), Kinlee (12yrs), and Sawyer (10yrs). Fun fact about Steve and Heather Lytle: They both served in helping to launch the Summit Church! After the launch of the Summit Church, God eventua...  Read More

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Dave and Jen Cox are missionaries serving in Bucharest, Romania. Although Bucharest is their home base, they serve as "missionaries to other missionaries" by providing support, care, and encouragement to around 70 missionaries on 11 care teams across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.  Read More

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Traci Warner is a missionary in Nicaragua. She works to serve the local people through her church and teaching at a school. Throughout the summer, Traci facilitated 6 short-term mission trip groups. These groups served the community in various ways, including leading women's events, running a VBS-styled program for kids, and having a medical team provide care through clinics, seeing over 600 patients, many of whom were saved as well.   Read More

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Barb is a missionary in Osaka, Japan and has been in Japan for many years. The Japanese people are very hesitant about religion and very tied to their ancestral roots. On paper, Christianity makes up about 2% of the population of Japan. However, this number is a little misleading because it includes many non-Christian groups. The appropriate percentage should be less than 1%.  Read More

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