Missions:
Reformed Faith and Life | David & Mary Meengs | Rev. Neal Hegeman
Rev. Paul Murphy | Carlos & Becki Pinto | Rev. Tony Zekveld
Rev. Nathan Brummel | Norlan DeGroot | Rev. Brian Zegers | Rev. Michael Brown | Rev. Cagdas Coskun
Reformed Faith and Life ~ Armenia
This ministry focuses on using radio, television, CDs and literature to present God’s Word from a distinctly Reformed perspective. It is the goal of this Armenian language outreach to lead the Armenian people to a saving knowledge of Christ and promote a biblical worldview. This ministry also focuses on translating reformed books of many kinds into the Armenian language and distributing them to pastors, churches, seminaries and lay people for enrichment in the Reformed Faith.
Mailing Address: PO Box 8208 Kentwood, MI 49508
Email: info@christiansforarmenia.org
Website: www.christiansforarmenia.org
David & Mary Meengs ~ Biblical Counseling Worldwide
David and Mary Meengs began their work as missionaries to India in January of 1998. Now Myanmar and the Philippines have been added in a limited way. As of February of 2015, David is an assistant chaplain, teaching three days a week at the jail. Mary and David are rewriting many of the books that they have written and are sending them out daily.
Mailing Address: Biblical Counseling Worldwide, PO Box 547, Caledonia MI 49316
Email: davidmeengs@hotmail.com
Phone Number: (616) 698-6918
Rev. Cornelius (Neal) Hegeman – MINTS International Seminary
Neal and Sandy Hegeman have lived in Anniston, Alabama since 2016. Neal Hegeman ministers with MINTS International Seminary and is currently the MINTS Seminary in Prison National Coordinator and Academic Consultant for the MINTS Hispanic program. Sandy is a supply teacher for regional elementary schools and especially Faith Christian School where their two grand children study. Neal currently (Fall, 2024) visits 27 prisons, 4 times a year, in order to promote Hispanic study groups, work with the master students who are writing their thesis, a commentary on a book of the Bible, and help recruit volunteer teachers and coordinators.
Mailing Address: 126 Timber Trace, Anniston, Alabama, 36207
Email: hegjkm@aol.com
Website: www.mints.edu and mintsespanol.com
Other Contacts:
Calling Church: Trinity Reformed Church: 2220 Hancock Bridge Parkway Cape Coral, FL 33990
Partner Church in Canada: Covenant Reformed Church: 265 Albion Road Etobicoke, ON, Canada, M9W3P1
Partner Ministry: MINTS International Seminary, P.O. Box 18613, Sugar Land, Tx., USA, 77496
Rev. Paul Murphy ~ Messiah’s Reformed Fellowship New York, USA
Pastor Paul Murphy is now the Pastor of Evangelism at Messiah’s Reformed Fellowship, URCNA in New York City. He is responsible for overseeing the evangelistic work of the congregation
and for equipping and encouraging the members through discipleship training and personal example. He and his wife Julie live in New Rochelle, NY which is just above the Bronx and about a 30 minute drive into Manhattan for church.
Mailing Address: 2064 East 67th Street Brooklyn, NY 11234
Email: pastormurphy@mac.com
Website: merfnyc.org
Carlos & Becki Pinto ~ Ecuador
Carlos and Rebecca serve on loan to Reach Beyond, formerly called HCJB Global, in Quito, Ecuador. Carlos directs Reach Beyond’s missionary training center (Corrientes), which focuses on training Latin American bi-vocational cross-cultural missionaries. He also provides pastoral and family counseling through live radio programs and to listeners who come to the radio station seeking counseling. Rebecca facilitates a group for Ecuadorian doctors, nurses, and other professionals who are interested in missions and individually mentors some of them. She also helps set up effective individualized internships for Latin American missionary candidates and coordinates mentoring. Additionally, they are involved in mentoring tribal missionary associations in Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.
Mailing Address: 107 North President Street Wheaton, IL 60187
Email: cpinto@reachbeyond.org | rpinto@reachbeyond.org
Ecuador Address: HCJB-Casilla 1717 691 Quito, Ecuador
Rev. Tony Zekveld ~ Toronto, Canada
The Zekvelds have been serving the South Asians in the Greater Toronto Area since 1995. They were called and sent by the Covenant Christian Church [URC], Wyoming, Ontario and are thankful to the Lord for raising a fellowship of believers among the South Asians. The fellowship, which meets at the premises of the Hope Centre, is called Hope Congregation. In 2013, the Hope Academy, a Christian mission school, opened its doors to children from all religious backgrounds and now works closely with the Hope Centre. The Hope Academy is run by an independent board of Christians from United Reformed and Canadian Reformed churches.
Mailing Address: 72 Stevenson Road Etobicoke, ON M9V 3J5 Canada
Email: tzekveld@accglobal.net
Phone Number: (416) 740-0543
Website: www.hope-centre.ca
Lord’s Day Worship:
Old Ebenezer Chapel: 12:30 PM and 2:00 PM
8999 the Gore Road,Brampton, Ontario L6P 2P7
Rev. Nathan Brummel ~ Indiana, USA
Rev. Nathan Brummel is the administrator and Professor of Systematic Theology and New Testament at Divine Hope Reformed Bible Seminary, a dedicated prison seminary that provides theological and biblical instruction within Illinois and Indiana prisons. He teaches Greek, Greek Exegesis, Homiletics, and Systematic Theology. The goal of the seminary is to empower residents of correctional institutions to be witnesses to the sovereign grace of God and to live transformed lives as they are sanctified by the truth.
Mailing Address: 12876 W 400 N Medaryville, IN 46392
Email: divinehopedanville@yahoo.com
Phone Number: (616) 822-2397
Website: www.divinehope.net
Other Contacts:
Divine Hope Reformed Bible Seminary: 831 Azalea SE, P.O. Box 638 DeMotte, IN 46310
Norlan DeGroot ~ Iowa, USA
Norlan DeGroot, with the support of his family, works with Miami International Seminary (MINTS) as English Communications Coordinator. He helps missionaries by editing and promoting their work. Norlan also writes and teaches some MINTS courses. The DeGroot family lives in Orange City, Iowa, and are under the oversight of Redeemer URC.
Mailing Address: 240 10th Street SE Sioux Center, IA 51250
Email: norlandegroot.mints@gmail.com
Phone Number: (712) 545-0285 | (712) 441-7112
Other Contacts:
Redeemer URC: 302 St. Paul Ave. SE Orange City, IA 51041
Rev. Brian Zegers ~ Toronto, Canada
Rev. Brian and Karen Zeger and their daughters, Keziah, Kiana, and Maelle, are from Bowmanville, Ontario. After graduating from Mid-America Reformed Seminary, he was called by his home church, Salem URC, to serve as a missionary to the Muslims in the Greater Toronto area. He was ordained in July of 2014 and is filling the vacant pulpit at Salem URC until he begins his full-time missionary work in July of 2015.
Rev. Michael G. Brown ~ Milan, Italy
Rev. Michael Brown is a missionary of the URCNA and pastor of Chiesa Riformata Filadelfia in Milan, Italy, where he has served since 2018. Before being called to the foreign mission field, Rev. Brown planted Christ URC in Santee, CA, where he served for 15 years. During that time, he became involved in mission work to Italy, a country with very little gospel witness. Less than 1% of Italy’s 60,000,000 inhabitants identify as Protestant. There are no Reformed or Presbyterian denominations. Rev. Brown’s mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ by preaching the gospel, leading worship services, teaching the catechism and Bible studies, caring for the flock, and evangelizing the lost. His long-term goal is to establish a confessional, Reformed denomination in Italy that is self-supporting, self-governing, and self-sustaining. To reach this goal, he is working with other Reformed and Presbiterian missionaries in Italy. Rev. Brown, his wife Janie and their son Iain are fluent in Italian and love the people and culture of Italy.
Mailing Address: Via Enzo Ferrari 8 20044 Arese (MI) Italia
Email: mgbrown1543@gmail.com
Phone Number: 39-339-328-1845
Rev Cagdas Coskun ~ Turkey
Rev. Coskun serves as the assistant pastor at İzmir Protestan Kilisesi (the Protestant Church of Smyrna) together with the senior pastor Rev. Bocek in İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey. His duties are preaching, teaching, visiting, counseling, discipleship, and evangelizing. He is also leading translation projects and media ministry. Also, they are working towards starting the first Turkish Reformed Seminary.
