Serve in the World
Serving out of the abundant grace we have received.
God is using Grace Commons to show his love across the globe. Learn about our ministry partnerships around the world—and consider serving alongside them.
Here you'll find most of our partners who are working to see the gospel known in areas around the world. In addition to these families, we support some partners who work in sensitive parts of the world, and their information is not included below. We invite you to take the time to learn more about our partners, pray for them and consider who you might want to come alongside with financial support. They are doing eternal work!
Scott Anderson
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InterVarsity - Lives:
Boulder area - Location Served: Rocky Mountain Region (CO, WY, MT, UT, ID, NM, AZ & El Paso)
Regional Director for the Rocky Mountains, Scott leads the undergraduate ministry of InterVarsity – 80 staff/interns on 48 campuses. We are transforming the lives of college students with the gospel, developing them into active believers while on campus so they can be used by God in the Church and in the world. We’re also the hub of IV’s Native American ministry.
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Connie Anderson
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InterVarsity - Lives:
Boulder area - Location Served: United States
As InterVarsity’s first ever National Director for Intercessory Prayer, Connie is a catalyst, visionary, and trainer for missional prayer in IV and beyond – vital to reaching the 2500 unreached campuses across the United States. She is also helping to mobilize an unprecedented network of volunteers, churches, and ministry organizations who long and pray for revival in our nation.
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Josh & Julie Baker
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Cru - Lives:
Ft. Collins, CO - Location Served: All of Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming
Josh and Julie have been on staff with Cru for over 15 years and currently give leadership to Cru in Northern Colorado: directing the Cru movements at University of Northern Colorado and Colorado State University. Cru focuses on introducing students to Jesus, building them up in their faith and sending them out to influence others for Christ.
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Emily Crider
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InterVarsity - Lives:
Erie, CO - Location Served: University campuses in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming
Emily serves with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship as an Area Director in the Central Rockies, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. She recruits, supervises and cares for our campus ministry staff, and develops new vision for this area of the country. Emily also participates on the regional leadership team for Graduate and Faculty Ministry in the West and contributes to national endeavors.
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Ray Donatucci
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Young Life - Lives:
Boulder, CO - Location Served: United States
Ray is a teacher/trainer for incoming Young Life staff nationally. Every new staff person has to take 7 seminary classes. He is involved in the delivery of 3 of them. (With the pandemic he teaches mostly online.) In addition, Ray mentors 15 local and Midwest ministers. His role continues to be equipping the next generation of Christian pastors in leadership, theological training and ministry skills.
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David & Vreni Greenlee
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Operation Mobilization - Lives:
Erie, CO - Location Served: University campuses in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming
Dr. David and Vreni Greenlee serve globally from Operation Mobilization’s (OM) offices near Atlanta. David contributes through missiological reflection and research; a recent focus has been the link between OM’s vision for vibrant communities of Jesus followers among the least reached with community development and creation care. Vreni and David are also OM’s liaison to American OMers in their senior years.
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JB Hall
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Fellowship of Christian Athletes - Lives:
Boulder, CO - Location Served: Boulder County
JB is responsible for encouraging, training, equipping, and evangelizing coaches and athletes; growing and mobilizing volunteers. The FCA Area Representative ensures the effectiveness and longevity of the ministry through relationship-building, mentoring, discipleship, leadership training and evangelism, as well as the development of the 4-C ministries, volunteers and cultivation of monthly partners and donors. FCA values of Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence with coaches, athletes, donors and other staff at all times.
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Laura
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SIM - Lives:
North East Colorado - Location Served: East African Muslims living in Colorado
Loving and walking alongside immigrants and refugees in ways that affirm dignity and help them recover from forced displacement. Laura facilitates a community English program, training volunteers as they tutor immigrants, which is the second most diverse population in Colorado. SIM offers training and programs connecting multi-ethnic populations, including churches, to build God's Kingdom in love and unity.
Wayne & Amy
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Wycliffe
Becky McKain
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International Students Inc - Lives:
Boulder
Becky has been serving with International Students, Inc. since 2008 after finding the organization at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.
In May 2014, she joined the East Bay Area (California) team to befriend students at UC Berkeley. In January 2017, Becky relocated to "CU Boulder", primarily working with the wives of international students, teaching ESL and tutoring one on one. She loves spending time in their homes or taking them hiking while talking about life and faith. Her goals on campus are to help the students and their families find all the resources needed to live a productive life in the US and to nurture the families' relationship with Jesus. Her passion is teaching ESL and leading Bible discovery groups with those seeking to learn about God’s great love for them.
supportIn May 2014, she joined the East Bay Area (California) team to befriend students at UC Berkeley. In January 2017, Becky relocated to "CU Boulder", primarily working with the wives of international students, teaching ESL and tutoring one on one. She loves spending time in their homes or taking them hiking while talking about life and faith. Her goals on campus are to help the students and their families find all the resources needed to live a productive life in the US and to nurture the families' relationship with Jesus. Her passion is teaching ESL and leading Bible discovery groups with those seeking to learn about God’s great love for them.
Ryan Mohling
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Young Life - Lives:
Colorado Springs - Location Served: Where ever in the world Young Life serves
Ryan is the Director of International Strategy and Transformation at Young Life, serving across all 5 of Young Life’s international divisions: Latin America and the Caribbean; Africa and the Middle East; the Former Soviet Union; Asia and the Pacific; Europe.
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Tim & Brenda Noble
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OMF International - Location Served: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Tim is the Regional Ministry Coordinator for OMF International in Winnipeg, Manitoba, mobilizing and equipping the local Church in missions to East Asians. In this capacity, he coordinates the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course. Brenda teaches English and Bible to newcomers to Canada, and coordinates our church’s English Conversation Circle. Together, they volunteer with international students for IVCF.
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Glenn & Carol Price
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Youth With a Mission - Lives:
Tyler, TX - Location Served:
Serves people in 20+ developing nations as we respond to people impacted by war, famine, extreme poverty and natural disaster.
Glenn serves as the Director of Communications for YWAM’s MercyWorks. Some of the main duties he is responsible for include creating, maintaining and updating the MercyWorks website, sending out regular e-blasts, designing and writing of newsletters, capturing and cataloguing stories, photos and video for all resource material to create products that encourage people to go and give towards various MercyWorks missions.
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Rolando & Flor Perez
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Peace and Hope International
Rolando is serving God in Peru, South America through Paz y Esperanza, a Christian human rights organization that works alongside individuals, families and communities in poverty so that they can live with dignity and be free from violence and injustice. His ministry is focused on advising and training church leaders in advocacy and communication strategies to build a prophetic testimony and voice into their communities.
Timothy Jalam
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Prabhat Tara Sanstha - Lives:
India - Location Served:
India
There are tens of thousands of women who are sold by their families to Hindu temples who generate income from their illegal slavery. Through a Christian literacy outreach to these women and their children, Rev. Timothy is breaking the cycle of illiteracy-poverty-prostitution. Providing schooling, food, clothing, and health care for these mostly orphaned children, this is a model program to begin change using Christian principles.
Ian & Teri Rutter
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Cru - Lives:
France - Location Served:
Europe
The Rutters are the Western European directors of Alongside Ministries International in association with Agapé France. They oversee staff working alongside and, even leading, local churches in countries such as France, Czech Republic, Estonia and Albania. Ian and Teri live in France near the border with Geneva, Switzerland. They also have close ties with the Agapé France, ministry of CRU. Overseeing and mentoring their staff is a great privilege for them both. The Rutters are encouraged by the creativity and variety of ministries that they represent. Western European culture can be quite apathetic and even hostile to the message of the Christian church. Their staff are all in challenging situations. Ian and Teri also enjoy serving locally in a variety of ways, often through their church which is a young church plant.
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Ned & Stephanie Steffens
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Team - Location Served:
Near Madrid, Spain, in a small town called Alovera.
Ned's main focus is on working towards establishing and growing a community of Christ-followers in our town of Alovera and the surrounding area. In addition to building relationships in Alovera, he meets with other men and small groups regularly for discipleship and studying God's Word. Stephanie's main focus is on serving as an elementary teacher at Evangelical Christian Academy, an international Christian school, in the town of Camarma, Spain. She also helps Ned in reaching out to people in the community of Alovera and the surrounding area.
supportWillie Santiago
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CCM
