Our Mission Partners

Our Mission Partners

Our support for mission towards the rest of Britain and the World is coordinated through our Mission Support Group, currently chaired by Chris Davis. This is partly expressed through support for the following Mission Partners…

Bernie and Jo Dodd (Link Person at Christ Church – Tim Davis)

Bernie & Jo live in Hingham, near Norwich. After 26 years serving with Navigators in Africa, they have had a ministry in Europe since September 2002 requiring much travelling. Both serve on the NavEurope Leadership Team. Bernie followed Mike Treneer as the leader of this team in 2004 and also serves on the Navigators International Team. Their focus is to encourage national leaders and mission workers serving throughout Europe and in particular to coach and enable leaders in their ministries in Northern Europe. They have two adult children, Sarah and Rachel.

Guido and Linda Braschi

Guido and Linda have lived in New Malden since 2007 when they began a new job of recruitment for East Asia both for short and long-term people based in the Greater London area. Their ministry began with eight years in Jakarta where Guido was involved in student ministry while teaching at a university. Linda was an elder in a local church, visiting families from the 1,500-strong congregation. Following that they spent ten years on the home side of OMF International, with responsibility for candidates and public ministries. In 2001 they returned to Asia to establish and lead the OMF team in Myanmar (Burma), and to work with the Burmese church in teaching and preaching, literature work and mercy ministries. They have three adult children and one grandchild.

Phil and Susanne (Link person at Christ Church: Ruth Henson)

Phil and Susanne (who is Swedish) returned from the Arab World in July 2010 after twelve years in the field, having been commissioned at Christ Church in 1998 to work amongst Arab people. Phil is now working as Chief Operating Officer of the media arm of our mission agency which uses various methods including internet, television and radio to reach out to the Arab World. Susanne is involved in their local church and teaches English as a foreign language. They have two children, Madelaine (2001) and Alex (2004) who are settling well into schools in the UK.

Mike and Chris Treneer

Mike and Chris head up the work of Navigators International with Mike as President and General Director. They are based in Colorado Springs, though they spend much of their time in other countries. Before their appointment to the International Executive, Mike and Chris spent 24 years working with Africans and lived for 16 years in Kenya. One continuing priority for Mike and Chris is establishing a network to bolster each country and regional team: many have been working in relative isolation, particularly in the less developed countries. They also have a major pastoral role towards other leaders. They have three adult married children.

Simon and Jo-Ann Eastwood (Link Person at Christ Church: John Henson)

Simon and Jo-Ann grew up in Christ Church, New Malden. They moved to Wensleydale in 2002 when Simon took up management of the Jonas Centre at Redmire. The twelve log cabins are enjoyed by individuals and church groups and emphasis is placed on encouraging use by disadvantaged people who need a break. In 2009 the recession threatened operations. However God provided the impetus to review the work, and the crisis became an opportunity for even more families to benefit from an affordable break in the Yorkshire Dales. There are now plans to provide more units of accommodation and a new community building.

Jeremy and Rachel Nash (Link Person at Christ Church: Roger Parham)

Jeremy and Rachel live in Legmoin, Burkina Faso. Their main area of work is with the Dagari speaking people - preaching, evangelising and training Church leaders. During their period of service many new Churches have been established. The Jesus Film in the Dagari language has been particularly effective as a tool in village evangelism. They have worked for Mission Africa since 1996 after spending their first year of marriage preparing for mission work and spending time in Paris learning French. They have 3 children: Katie, Timmy and Toby.

Mercy Teete (Link Person at Christ Church: Dick Waller)

Mercy is studying Theology in an Intercultural Context at Redcliffe College, a centre for mission training. She has a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Development from the University of Middlesex. Mercy has previously worked with the church in The Gambia. In 2005 – 2007, she was sent by COME (UK) and the Church Mission Society to Gulu, Northern Uganda. At the time a rebel group calling itself the Lord’s Resistance Army was fighting with the government army very close to Gulu town, giving rise to many Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDP) Camps. Mercy worked in the office of COME (Uganda), a local NGO, where she shared her faith, encouraged the local Mothers’ Union Groups in their faith via bible study and also spoke at churches in IDP Camps. Mercy grew up until the age of 7 in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania where her extended family still lives. She has since lived in New Malden and Kingston. Mercy’s link person at CCNM is Dick Waller who mentored her during her time in Gulu.

Shelagh Wynne (Link Person at Christ Church: Sue Webster)

It has been our privilege to support Shelagh for the past 30 years - as a Missionary nurse passing on her nursing and administrative skill in Nepal, Bhutan, Israel and a short spell in Afghanistan, before returning to Nepal. She has served with several sending agencies and is currently based in Thailand, using her considerable cross cultural and personal experience in assisting mission. She is also actively involved in the local International Church.