World Missions – River Shores Church

Let’s encourage and pray for our missionaries!

Jonathan and Bonnie Moore are serving with SIM in Niamey, Niger. Jonathan serves at SIM’s Niger head office and Bonnie is teaching women in town who have little to no schooling how to read and write in their own language. For current updates on the Moore family, click here. You can reach them at jonathan.moore@sim.org -or- bonnie.moore@sim.org.

Mark and Patti Bean and family are serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators. They are translating the scriptures into the Quechua language for speakers in the Andes mountains. Their e-mail address is markandpatti@gmail.com. For current news click here.

Randy and Wanda Potratz are serving as missionaries in the US with SIM. Randy will be working in a wide array of technical services and discipleship roles, and Wanda will be serving missionary families with education programs. Click here to see Randy’s website or you can email them at randal.potratz@sim.org or wanda.potratz@sim.org.

John Mark and Sara Sheppard serve as missionaries in Liberia with SIM. They work among the unreached Manya people group, helping believers grow in their faith through discipleship, leadership training and scripture resource development. Here is a video interview with them. Email them at johnmark.sheppard@sim.org.

Andrew Borkov serves in Makhachkala, in Chechnya Republic west of the Caspian Sea, with help from the Slavic Gospel Association. You can send correspondence to him to the SGA Office (attention Shirley Davis) or email Shirley at shirleyd@sga.org.

Emma Lurvey serves with His House Christian Fellowship at Ripon College. They utilize personal relationships to help college students trust and follow Christ.

You can visit the ministry at large at www.campuscollective.org.

Contact Emma at emma@hishousewisconsin.org.

JJ Alderman and his family have been missionaries to Togo (in West Africa) since 2005 with Converge. They have launched 6 churches, started a church camp, founded a Bible institute and recruited a team of 11 new missionaries. In 2023, the Alderman’s moved back to the US due to health concerns in the family and began work with Timothy Initiative. (ttionline.org).

Luke & Mikaela Hatfield serve with His House Christian Fellowship at Ripon College. They utilize personal relationships to help college students trust and follow Christ. You can visit the ministry at large at www.campuscollective.org. Contact Luke at HisHouseLuke@gmail.com

Mission Lazarus cultivates dignity and purpose in communities in Honduras and Haiti so individuals can live better lives now and for eternity. Development and discipleship are interdependent elements, where each promote’s the other’s authenticity.

Short-Term Mission Trips

We have also supported people within our congregations who go on short-term mission trips. If you have a trip planned, you can get an application to fill out here.