MISSIONS
VISION
We believe every Christian is to be Jesus' presence in this generation. All are encouraged to intentionally love, serve, and GO like Jesus.
"Go" is not a program, it's a lifestyle!
GO is focused on these 3 areas:
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GO Personal- Share what God has done to others in your life.
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GO Local- Find opportunities to make a difference in our community.
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GO Global- Support missionaries by giving financially, joining their email list as a prayer partner or join a missions trip.
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Email the Church Office for upcoming GO opportunities.
MISSIONARY SPOTLIGHT
2023
Peter Qu
China​
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Hello Hessel family!
My name is Peter Qu and I have been ministering in China starting from 2013. My wife Jessie and our two daughters, Lydia and Deborah, had moved to Beijing with me in 2014. In Beijing, I served as a pastor at Beijing International Christian Fellowship (BICF). Because of COVID-19, we had to move back to the US but we have continued our missionary work remotely since then.
I first became associated with Hessel Church when they were graciously supporting the Rohnert Park Chinese Christian Church services. I very much appreciate the years of strong support and friendship from the Hessel pastors as well as the Hessel community. Today, we are extremely blessed that despite the challenging COVID-19 period, our mission work in China has continued in Beijing and has also expanded to other parts of Asia and Canada. Both our daughters have grown up, with Lydia now working with children with autism and Deborah pursuing higher education.
We are very excited about our current missionary work. My work has continued online with disciple training, bible/theological study, and marriage counseling, now with a stronger focus on training faith-driven Christian leaders living across six different cities. I meet with each of them weekly, providing support and guidance for their work to lead people in their local communities to Christ.
Another very exciting thing is that some of our cities have started in-person fellowship. From these fellowships, many new people have come to know the Lord, have grown in their faith and been baptized, and are repairing their marriages and family relationships. We are very blessed to witness these fellowships grow and see God working in people’s lives.
Please pray that these local fellowships continue to prosper. I am also counseling people dealing with sickness and cancer, so please keep them in your hearts and pray for their health and their families. Please pray for our safety and finances, for our housing here and for future travels to visit these fellowships in person.
Thank you for your continued support and prayers.
God Bless!
Peter & Jessie Qu
Email Peter:
INTERACTIVE MISSIONS MAP
Welcome to our Interactive Missions Map! Each pin represents one of our missionaries. Thanks to the generous support from our church family, Hessel Church is involved with missionaries all over the world.
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Just click any pin to view a missionary or scroll through the list on the left menu. We encourage you to check out their website or contact them if you would like to know more about their ministry.
MISSIONARY LIST
Click on the tabs below to view our missionaries and organizations by region
Nathan & Hannah Peterson
Kenya
Nathan is with Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons: The goal of PAACS is to train Christian African physicians to meet the incredible need for fully trained surgeons in Africa. In addition to providing patient care in head and neck surgery, Nathan works with other faculty surgeons to train the PAACS general surgery residents and the head and neck surgery fellow. Mbingo hospital is one of only two training sites for head and neck surgery in subSaharan Africa (population 1 billion). PAACS training is composed of both surgical training and Biblical/ theological training. Nathan will be contributing to both aspects of the program. Hannah is with EMI which provides engineering, architecture, and construction management for organizations oversees reaching out to the poor to share Jesus Christ. EMI has completed 1000+ projects in 90+ countries. Hannah is an associate staff Electrical Engineer with EMI and will continue in this role based out of Cameroon. Hannah will also continue to work with the hospital chaplains in direct patient ministry and through music ministry.
Cyprian Masembe
Rural Uganda
Cyprian Masembe is founder and one of the pastors of Frontier Force Christian Ministries. FFCM has a burden to reach the unreached with the message of salvation through Jesus Christ by establishing and strengthening churches in rural Uganda. This ministry has planted over ten churches to date and has oversight over eight of them as well as a Christian kindergarten and primary school.
Michael & Milsaint Mataya
Mbale, Uganda
mikemataya@yahoo.com
Mike and Millie are from the northern (Muslim) part of Uganda. Mike grew up Muslim, came to know Jesus and now has a ministry leading many to Christ, discipling them and training leaders from all over Uganda and beyond.We met them when they started attending Hessel Church because Millie was at Sonoma State studying business development so she could help in their impoverished part of the world.
Andy & Kathy Sodestrom
Uganda
asodestrom@newinternational.org
Andy and Kathy have been ministering together for 41 years in Christian Camping, Rural Church ministries and the Pastorate. They began a partnership with Frontier Force Christian Ministries in Uganda in 2004 and in 2015 moved from Church ministry to focus full-time on this growing ministry. FFCM has planted 13 churches, 4 farms, 2 schools, and are currently developing a dental/medical clinic. They are working closely with their African leadership team to begin Frontier Force Bible Institute, a new initiative designed to Envision, Equip, Empower and Unleash pastors and new church planters in the rural villages of Uganda.