Meet the People
Grace Bible Church supports over 40 missionaries world wide. Many are former members of Grace Bible Church, some are nationals overseas, some serve here in the USA. Click on a photo below to meet someone in our missionary family! We will be adding more missionaries on this site in the next few months. Why are many still missing?
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Dustin & Natalie Hibbard bring practical help and encouragement to bush missionaries in Alaska as leaders in Arctic Barnabas Ministries. Dustin is an encourager, a pilot, a project manager and has major responsibilities for fund raising and team raising from churches in the lower 48. |
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Mick and Clarice Haupt have two very different roles within Campus Crusade of Orlando, Florida. Mick designs graphics for Crusade publication, working directly out of the President's office on major projects worldwide. Clarice works with inner city kids and churches under the Here's Life Urban America ministry of Campus Crusade. Big projects, little people - they matter to Jesus and they matter to the Haupts. |
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Learn about the ministry of Arden and Joy Sanders – Wycliffe Bible Translators who served for decades in Papua New Guinea translating the Scripture and teaching a remote tribe to read and write their own language. Arden helped design and now teaches in the highest level translation program in the world, Wycliffe's Graduate Institute in Applied Linguistics (GIAL) in Dallas, Texas. |
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Jo Anne Shetler, who translated the New Testament into the Belango language in the northern Philippines now serves as an international trainer and consultant for Wycliffe Bible Translators, Besides consulting on the Belango translation of the New Testament, Joanne and her coworker Amy train missionaries and translators how to apply scriptural truth to deep spiritual issues in local cultures. |
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Meet Russ Hodder, who reaches out to street kids and trains street evangelists with Open Air Campaigners in Los Angeles. A talented artist and engaging speaker, Russ seeks out the lost on street corners, schools, tourist locations, and the pier front in Santa Monica. His chalk talks and kids clubs have touched thousands of hearts in LA county. |
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Jarred and Sharon Jantzen reach out Jr. High students at Paulding and Judkins here in Arroyo Grande. Sharon loves horses and kids, and spends as much time as possible with both. They help support the Jr. Hi ministry of Grace Bible Church, and are discipling young leaders to stand up for Christ on the Jr. High campus and in the local community. |
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Wayne and Kathy Lidbeck have served with the American Missionary Fellowship for three decades. Wayne pastors and shepherds 10 congregations on the Central Coast, preaching over 100 times and traveling over 20,000 miles a year. Wayne has served as an elder at GBC, has been missions team chairman and serves now as the missions team secretary. Kathy serves many women in ministry and helps with missionary care on the Global Outreach team. |