Missions
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the Gospel’s will save it. (Mark 8:35)
St. Andrew’s is home to a variety of missions, both local and global. Use this page as a brief introduction to prayerfully explore how God may be calling you to put love into action. We each have different gifts, but we are all made for service.
For more information, contact the missions committee chair.
Local Missions
Anglican Associates equips leaders with the highest quality leadership training and preparation for planting high impact churches in North American cities and regions and to “the ends of the earth.”
Contact: David Young; The Very Rev Dr. John Shuler
Learn More: anglicanassociates.com
The CALL is a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to recruiting, training, and supporting foster and adoptive families across Arkansas. Through local Support Centers and practical resources, we equip caregivers and serve children and families impacted by foster care, working toward our vision of no waiting children.
The Call in Pulaski County: Shawn Welchman
The Call in Arkansas: Jill Bobo
Learn More: thecallinarkansas.org
Caring Hearts Pregnancy Center provides compassionate, life-affirming care for women facing unplanned pregnancies. Caring Hearts offers services including testing, ultrasound, one-on-one resource counseling, and parenting support.
Contact: Development office
Learn more: chpregnancy.org
Growing in Grace (GiG) exists to faithfully steward a community where individuals grow each day in the light of God’s redeeming grace, providing an environment where recovery from substance abuse is founded upon the restorative work of Jesus Christ.
Contact: Ryland+ Brown
Immerse Arkansas meets youth from crisis where they are, offering a broad, reliable pathway to healing and tools to enter adulthood resilient and ready for life.
Contact: Morgun Wadley
Learn more: immersearkansas.org
International Friendship Outreach (IFO) is a friendship evangelism ministry. Our mission is to provide believers, from Central Arkansas churches with the opportunity to befriend internationals through our events and Conversation Club and through relationships demonstrate the unconditional love of Christ in both word and deed. It is our desire that through our witness they will #1 Come to know Christ #2 grow in their faith and #3 return to their countries as ambassadors for Christ.
Contacts: Joshua or Courtney Kwekel
Learn More: ifoarkansas.org
Kairos‘ mission is to share the transforming love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ to impact the hearts and lives of incarcerated men, women and youth, as well as their families, to become loving and productive citizens of their communities.
Women: Marie Ray
Men: Ephraim McNair
Learn More: kairosprisonministry.org
Kairos Outside supports women who have relatives, family or themselves been incarcerated in the county’s local, state or federal correctional facilities. KO provides a Christ-centered two-and-a-half-day weekend experience with continuing ministry through quarterly reunions and monthly support groups around the state.
Contact: Debbie Wilson
Learn More: kairosprisonministry.org
Live Thankfully offers high quality, brand name, gently used home decor and women’s clothing. We invite the community to partner with us by donating, shopping and volunteering. All proceeds benefit youth aging out of foster care at Immerse Arkansas.
Contact: Kimberly Cook
Learn More: livethankfullylr.com
Mamie’s Poppy Plates is a local non-profit that provides remembrance plates for families who have lost a baby or child. Each plate is hand painted by a local artist and has the baby’s footprints/handprints on it. Plates are shipped to families across the country. Last year, Mamie’s gifted more than 1,800 plates. Mamie’s also provides a community for these grief families.
Contact: Rebecca Scaife
Learn More: mamiespoppyplates.com
Mission Cards are greeting cards designed by St. Andrew’s members, which can be bought at various times throughout the year. All proceeds go to one of St. Andrew’s mission partners.
Contact: Vicki Morse
The Percy and Donna Malone Child Safety Center offers a safe, welcoming environment for children affected by abuse. Its multidisciplinary team provides coordinated forensic, medical, and advocacy services that promote healing and justice for children and their families.
Contact: Sonia Vargas
Learn More: pdmcsc.org
Wayne and Jeanie Smith serve with FamilyLife which exists to reach an ever-changing world for Christ one home at a time through life-changing events and resources, and local marriage and family ministry down the street and around the world.
Contact: Jeanie Smith
YoungLife introduces adolescents in Little Rock to Jesus and helps them grow in their faith. Young people’s lives are dramatically influenced when caring adults come alongside them, sharing God’s love. Young Life is the first step of a lifelong journey; the choices they make today, based on God’s love for them, will have an impact on future decisions.
Contact: Erin Green
Learn More: younglife.org
YoungLife Capernaum is part of a a non-profit ministry that introduces adolescents and young adults with disabilities to Jesus Christ and helps them grow in their faith!
Contact: Amber Waldron
Learn More: younglife.org
Western Hills Elementary School Partnership provides students at Western Hills elementary with tutoring, mentoring and support. From helping learn how to write their name in kindergarten to providing school supplies each year, St. Andrew’s is committed to supporting Western Hills Elementary School and building relationship with the families that attend the school.
Contact: Mary Carole Smith
Global Missions
Beatitudes is a non-profit ministry born out of St. Andrew’s Haiti Ministry that partners with a local women’s program on the island of La Gonave, Haiti to empower the poor through vocational training and job creation.
Local contact: Sandy Chai
Learn More: beatitudesinc.org
Diocese of Kibondo CCMP is a development initiative that equips churches to help change their communities. Through Bible studies, leadership training and resource mapping, church members are empowered to identify local assets and apply sustainable practices for improved livelihoods.
Contact: The Rev. Jackson Ashery
The Great Commission is dedicated to preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, planting churches and making disciples in West Africa. We also collaborate with our partners in Ghana to provide schools and
medical care, especially to those in
underserved areas.
Local Contact: Rachel Hunt
Joshua Hetzel is serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators as the Launch Team Director, guiding the team of member care facilitators who help new Wycliffe missionaries from the time of acceptance through their first term of service. He desires to bring a holistic care aspect to these new missonaries so that they may launch well into their respective fields of assignment.
Contact: Joshua Hetzel
Learn More: pngfaith.wordpress.com
Isaac Lasky and his family are based in Bangkok, Thailand. Isaac directs NAMS GAP internship program, pastors All Nations Church Bangkok and oversees NAMS Church-planting work
Local Contact: Isaac Lasky
Learn More: namsnetwork.com
Malachi Ministries International Malachi Ministries International nurtures pastors, church leaders and global missionaries around the world while.
Local contacts: Jim Miller; Emilie Miller
Pranab Kishmur’s ministry focuses on training believers in simple and reproducible evangelism methods to reach unreached people groups. He also equips pastors, leaders, women and young people through various training programs and mentoring.
Contact: Pranab Kashmir
St. Simon and St. Jude is an Episcopal congregation in Platon Balai, Haiti, and our sister church/school. Our ministry to them is one of support and encouragement through evangelism, education, community development, health care, prayer and friendship.
Local Contact: Sandy Chai
Learn More: lagonavepartners.org