missionary

Doug and Sharon Woyke
8592 Stratford Lane North
Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
 

Our email address:
woykeds@msn.com
 

Church Planting

Doug has served as Field Director of the Japan mission since 1981.  Doug and Sharon have been called to serve as interim pastor of the Kongo Bible Church; they returned to that ministry after home assignment in 2003.

Anniversary - June 29

Birthdays:
Doug - January 21
Sharon - June 6

Missionary Teacher in Cameroon

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." Colossians 3:23 (NIV)

Raised in a Christian home, Julie accepted Jesus as her personal Savior at age ten.  She says, "It was not until college that I acknowledged Jesus' authority to be my Lord as well as my Savior.  I now take great delight in the fact that I am not my own.  The Lord has been truly gentle and merciful in His dealings with this sheep.  Hence, my greatest desire is to follow the Shepherd wherever He leads."

Born and raised in Portland, Ore., and a graduate of Portland State University, Ron Stoller first came to Japan in 1973 and served as an English teacher in NAB’s short-term missionary program. A few months later, he met Joan Youngquist, who grew up serving the Lord in Japan alongside her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Harris Youngquist from the Baptist General Conference, her two brothers and her sister, establishing churches since their arrival in 1950. At the time, Joan was teaching ESL in Japan’s public schools after graduating from Bethel College.

National Missionary in Brazil serving in Church Planting ministry.

At the age of nine, Florinda was given by her family to a cloistered convent to become a nun.  She was quite satisfied as she thought she would get really close to God and get to know Him personally.

However, as the years passed, she became more and more disillusioned.  Yes, she was being educated, but she was also treated as a servant.  Eventually, Florinda was able to escape against the will of the convent by going through the back door of the kitchen.

Shortly after her escape, Florinda began to visit every church in the city until she could find peace with God.  In response to Herman Effa's invitation, Florinda went forward and Ardath Effa had the joy of leading her to the Lord.

Gateway Teams - Randy is Director, Shelly is Co-Director.

A Gateway Team is a group of growing Christians sent by an NAB church or other NAB institution to an NAB mission project, church, or other approved site. The purpose of a Gateway Team is to see ministry happen:
• at the project location (with the nationals, missionaries, or pastors)
• within the individual participant (opening up hearts to God’s missionary calling)
• back home (multiplying the church’s disciple-making efforts).

Gateway Teams displays the SOE Seal (Standard of Excellence) demonstrating that our short-term missions strive for the highest Christian and moral purpose. 

Click here for more about U.S. Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission (SOE). 

Scheduled Gateway Teams:

Seminary Instructor

Through a series of faith-building events and blessings, God led the Rundus family to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree, Lance enrolled in North American Baptist Seminary (now Sioux Falls Seminary).  Lance has skills and interests in various arts, linguistics, philosophy, rhetoric, and theology.  Lance has been involved in ministry through leading worship team, serving as Youth Pastor, and serving as instructor in Biblical languages, exegesis, and hermeneutics at Sioux Falls Seminary.

Debi grew up in a Christian home where family prayer and Bible reading were the daily norm.  In second grade, Debi saw a film depicting the Rapture.  It was then that she realized that she was not a Christian just because her family was.  Her dad helped Debi pray the sinner's prayer and she trusted Christ as Savior.

Christian Education

"The moment I stepped off the train in Tsu, Japan," says Shan, "I felt at home.  I did not know the language or the customs; however, I felt I was home."

Carol's Profile:

Disciplemaker in Japan

“I will perpetuate your memory through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever"   Psalm 45:17 NIV