Hispanic Ministry

USA

Mark and Trini Simpson

Mark and Trini have ministered for years in Spain and Ecuador in evangelism and church planting.  Now they are engaged in prison ministry with Mark ministering in music and teaching, going into the prison about once a week.  Trini, who is from Seville, Spain, goes into the prison about once a month.  The meetings are in Spanish, so she feels right at home.  They are involved in ongoing ministry by phone to people in Spain and Ecuador, places where they have left a big part of their hearts.  Mark also heads up the ministry of Missions Support Team since the mission's director passed away in late March of 2017. 

Janis Simpson
Dale and Janis worked for decades on the foreign mission field.  Since 1995 they served mostly in the USA, while making trips annually to various mission fields.  They concentrated mostly in Ecuador, where God had enabled them to raise up various churches and leaders. In late March 2017, Dale passed into the presence of the Lord after a four month battle with West Nile Virus.  Janis has continued in the ministry, going into the prison where Dale ministered to Hispanics, with their son, Mark, on several Sundays a month. She also ministers to individuals that God has put in her life both in the USA and abroad. On occasion she makes trips to foreign soil to minister. Janis does the secretarial work for Missions Support Team.

Europe

Italy

Horst and Amparo Bergmann

Horst (German) was wonderfully born from above in 1977 and before the end of that year active in a tent ministry. Leaving the US in 1978 for Italy and Germany for the same kind of ministry. In 1984 met his sweetheart Amparo who was transferred from the Spanish mission to work with the one in Italy. In 1990 moved out to the work in Portugal with now 2 young children. In 1992 drove overland from Portugal to the Ukraine, establishing also a permanent work there, then driving back to Portugal to continue the work begun there. After 7 years out of Italy and learning 2 new languages it was time to go back.

They’ve been in Italy since, with short outreaches to Greece to work with refugees. Their daughter Heidi married in 2010 under the tent and is also active with her Sicilian husband in the ministry, with now three little ones (seen in the photo) grandparents joy. Jonathan their son is also serving in the same ministry, and now also has a sweetheart.

Till here the Lord has been faithful, with little or a bit more, we are content in Him, always very thankful for help from His friends and ours.

David and Mary Cubit

David and Mary serve passionately in Italy.

Mel and Isabel

Mel and Isabel serve in the local Evangelical church in the town of Umbrete to the west of Seville, Spain. Mel is one of the founding elders and teaching pastors of the church. The former and founding Academic Dean of the Al-Andalus Seminary and long-time Bible and Theology professor, Mel now dedicates part of his time to putting into writing what he has studied as a pastor, missionary and professor during his 40+ years of ministry, and Isabel serves as his correcting editor in the Spanish writings.

Lidia Sánta
Lidia accepted the call to missions more than twenty years ago. Born in Romania to Hungarian parents she has been ministering in both countries. She started with children’s work, but over the years learned how to witness passionately to people on the streets as well as how to organize events and evangelistic crusades. She’s been an able office worker, a personal assistant and has been involved in women’s and children’s outreaches, working with churches in different capacities.

 In recent years she has been concentrating on helping churches in Hungary with their websites, leading an international Bible study and leading an evangelistic movement that helps believers share their faith and challenges people to Think About Jesus.