Missions
As a cooperating Southern Baptist Church, we support missionaries locally, statewide, nationwide & internationally, through the Cooperative Program. We also support two missionaries on an individual basis:
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Joni and Friends
For several years Parkway has sent a group of teens and young adults to serve at a Summer camp for disabled children and their families. This camp is run by Joni and Friends International Disability Center and you can find more information about this wonderful opportunity at www.joniandfriends.org. If you have questions about serving at Joni and Friends, please contact Elder Warren Robbins at:
Romania
Pastor Jerry Halbrook led another team from Parkway to serve the people of Romania in 2009. For information about the team's trip please read Pastor Halbrook's article found HERE. If you're interesting in going to Romania with us next year, please contact Pastor Halbrook or Jesse Saenz for more information.
Boyd and Jennie Hatchel - Central and Eastern Europe
Boyd and Jennie Hatchel with their children Mallory, Miles, Madison, and Mason serve as International Mission Board Missionaries to the Romany (Gypsy) people group in Central and Eastern Europe. For five years they lived and ministered among the Roma in Romania. In 2005, their team's ministry expanded to include the Roma in some of the surrounding countries. To better facilitate their team's new territory, the Hatchels relocated to the Czech Republic in August 2005.
Boyd is a graduate of the University of North Texas (Denton, TX) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Ft. Worth, TX). Jennie has an education degree from Louisiana College (Pineville, LA) and attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Ft. Worth, TX).
Boyd serves as the Strategy Coordinator for Team Romany. Jennie serves as the team's Prayer Coordinator and Entry Orientation Coordinator. Prior to their being appointed to minister among the Roma, Jennie taught school in Texas and Boyd served as Associate Pastor of our own Parkway Baptist Church.
For more information about this mission, you may contact the Boyd & Jennie at .
Paul and Sophie Liu - People's Republic of China
The People’s Republic of China is the most populated nation (1.3 billion people) on the face of the earth. It is also an officially atheistic country and is one of the least evangelized nations in the world. For every 7,000 believers, there is only one ordained pastor. It is easily the neediest country in today's mission field.
Reverend Paul Liu, and his wife Sophie, created the Ark Project to bring the word of God to the people of China. They know the language. They know the culture. They know the people. They know the church. They know the Lord. They know the opportunities.
They interpret, evaluate and negotiate the environment with a Chinese mind and are uniquely qualified to bring the word of God to the Chinese people. They have established connections and relationships that are vital to their mission. The Liu's purpose is to bring lost sheep to the Ark. To bring lost souls to the Cross.
The cost of travel rises daily. Bibles for new believers and study Bibles for other preachers are a necessity. For more information about this mission, you may contact Pastor Kirk Taylor at .
E3 Partners Mission - Sam and Vicki Ingrassia
Since 1993, Sam and Vicki Ingrassia have served in missions ministry with e3 Partners Ministry (Equip-Evangelize-Establish), an international evangelism and church planting ministry headquartered in Plano Texas. Sam has led Church Planting Teams and Leadership Development Conferences to Russia, Sicily, Romania, Moldova, Venezuela, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Haiti and Guatemala. However, the Ingrassia’s main focus in missions is serving as Strategy Coordinators over e3’s work in 2 countries: Romania and Colombia. This means leading trips to these countries but also providing oversight, vision and implementation for the overall work in these 2 countries.
Sam and Vicki originally helped Parkway develop her annual summer mobilization to Romania as Parkway participated in several trips together with them. Sam trained at Dallas Theological Seminary where he completed a Masters Degree in 1983. Following a call into pastoral ministry, Sam served 9 years at Jacksonville Chapel in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. Subsequently the Ingrassia’s have served God’s kingdom in helping mobilize the church for the purpose of evangelism and mission church planting.
Sam and his wife, Vicki, have been married for 34 years and have three young adult daughters, Christina, Nicole and Stephanie. Vicki is also on associate staff with e3 Partners, serving side by side in the field ministry. She also a leader in the e3 Prayer Ministry.
