Africa

Organizations

Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology
NEGST exists primarily as an evangelical post-graduate theological institution to promote excellence in African Christianity. More information...

Individuals or Families

Kim & Jan Cone
Mission: Evangelical Free Church Mission
Location: Africa
Kim and Jan Cone serve with the Evangelical Free Church Mission in the Central African Republic. They have three children. The Cones are church-planters working among the Islamic, cattle-herding Fulani people. Jan is engaged in translating literature into the Fulani language and in visiting Fulani people at the hospital. She often facilitates communication between the patients and the hospital staff. Kim works primarily with the clan of the patriarch, Al Hadji Tambaya, who has 140 grandchildren! Please pray that God would move in the people’s hearts to follow Him and that He would give the Cones great wisdom. Please also pray for their safety. Due to insecurity in the country, the Cones are currently living on a Swedish-Baptist hospital station right across the border from Cameroon.

Steve & LeAnne Hardy
Mission: Serving in Mission (SIM)
Location: South Africa
The Hardys serve with SIM in South Africa. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, LeAnne writes stories for children affected by HIV/AIDS to help them understand God’s love. She also teaches workshops on writing for children in the contemporary African context. Steve assists Bible schools and other theological education programs in Africa, Latin America and Asia train Christian leaders. The Hardys have lived in six countries on four continents, including ten years in Africa. They have been involved in church leadership training since 1976.

Scott & Lisa Hicks
Mission: Barnabas International
Location: Senegal
Scott & Lisa Hicks work with Barnabas International in Senegal to provide care to missionaries serving in 17 countries in West Africa. They operate a Missionary Retreat Center, called Harbor of Hope, which gives missionaries a peaceful place to come to get away from the pressures of daily life and experience God’s renewal. The Hicks also provide conferences on team building, marriage, transition, responding to crisis and relational issues, as well as one-on-one counseling to missionaries throughout West Africa.

Jeff & Peg Shrum
Mission: Wycliffe
Location: Mozambique
Jeff & Peg Shrum serve with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Mozambique, where they are working to develop a written language and Bible translation for the Takwane people group. Jeff developed a burden for seeing the Scriptures translated for those who did not have the Bible in their own language while attending Faith Church. He met Peg as they were both individually preparing to serve the Lord in Bible translation with Wycliffe. They were married in 1994 and moved to Mozambique to begin their ministry together two years later. The Shrums have one daughter, Maggie Jo.

Dave & Joy Skinner
Mission: Operation Mobilization
Location: South Africa
David and Joy Skinner are second generation missionaries, serving with Operation Mobilization in South Africa. David’s parents, Hap and Gladys, served with Wycliffe in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for 32 years. Joy is also a missionary kid who grew up in PNG. David began his ministry with Operation Mobilization (OM) by traveling to India, Nepal and Pakistan. In 1987, David and Joy were married and began their ministry together in PNG where they assisted Operation Mobilization as Recruiting and Training coordinators. Recently, the Skinners relocated to Durban, South Africa. They work to promote and bring mission awareness to churches and individuals.

Chet & Dolores Wood
Mission: Light of the World Ministries
Location: Kenya
The Woods live in Nairobi, Kenya, where they teach at the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST). They have ministered at the School part-time since 1984 and full-time since 1993. NEGST is a strategic ministry as it has trained hundreds of pastors and educaters who now serve Christ in more than 25 countries throughout Africa. Chet was instrumental in launching the PhD program at NEGST while Dolores also teaches Bible courses for the wives of students in the school’s women’s program. The Woods have worked in theological education for many years. They served with Overseas Missionary Fellowship from 1975 to 1981 at Asian Theological Seminary in Manila, and at Bethel College in Minnesota.