OXFORD
Families and students live side by side at IGH exchanging stories, meals, and more as neighbors in this growing community. Last year, Ole Miss welcomed 911 intl. students and 338 intl. faculty, scholars, and staff, many hoping to make lasting friendships in America. Oxford residents and students join us in welcoming those who have come so far away from home.
UNC-Wilmington (RUF)
David Grew up in Oxford, MS as the second oldest of 5 siblings, being the only boy. He attended the University of Mississippi where he attained his Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering with an emphasis in manufacturing in May of 2023. He started going to RUF large groups towards the end of his senior year in high school, and stuck with RUF all 5 years of college, going to every conference he could. He was blessed to have 3 sets of amazing interns and wants to continue showing that blessing to the students of UNCW!
Baldwin & Laura Smith
CRU
Laura and I live in Italy and work with Athletes in Action. We have three children - Virginia, Graham, and Riley and a daughter-in-love, Sophia. We have been on staff with Cru for 31 years. Thank you for partnering with us!
MTW- Ukraine
Clarke (from Memphis) and Khrystya (from Lviv) serve on a church planting team in Lviv, Ukraine. Over the years, God has brought many to faith (including Khrystya herself!) and formed a community of believers in Lviv who are committed to Christ, His Word, and His mission. Another part of God’s good work has been blessing Clarke and Khrystya with three children.
In Lviv, they participate in the church plant work through home-based hospitality, welcoming others into their homes and into their lives. Clarke uses his pastoral and counseling gifts to help the local church. In addition, he is actively helping care for the war-traumatized through a psychological rehabilitation center. Clarke finished his Master of Divinity as well as his Master of Arts in Counseling from Covenant Theological Seminary.
RUF-Belhaven
Kaylee and her husband Bobby are both Ole Miss grads who met shortly after college. Kaylee served as Intern and eventually Campus Staff at Ole Miss from 2019-2023 and then moved to Jackson where she serves as Campus Staff at Belhaven University. Bobby is the youth director at Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church and they have a two year old son, Wilson.
CRU
Thank you for your interest, prayers and support of our ministry with Cru! We are honored to be on staff with Cru helping to build spiritual movements everywhere!
Wycliffe
Ricky and Arely Kroeger (with their two children Lizzie and Robert) serve with the people of San Pablo Güilá, translating the Bible into the Zapotec language. In 2018 Ricky began to work in the town learning the language and culture. He met Arely in 2020, who was also serving in Bible Translation in Latin America. They married in 2021. Since then, the team has continued to grow and train to produce a clear, accurate, and natural translation of the scriptures into the Zapotec language. We invite you to invest in Bible translation by joining this Wycliffe ministry team financially and/ or in prayer.
Pete Mitchell has served with MTW in France since 1992, along with his wife, Ruth, who went home to be with the Lord in December 2024. After more than 20 years planting a church in Marseille, they moved to Toulouse in southwest France, an aerospace technology hub. After eight years investing in the sister church, they began to develop a new church plant in a western suburb of Toulouse. The church plant, like their sister church, is racially and culturally diverse, being made up of many different nations—a small taste of what heaven will be like!
Pete's primary responsibilities as the team leader are preaching and developing the church plant and new leadership. On December 10th, 2024, the Lord called Ruth to Himself—such an unexpected and sudden loss for Pete and their four children, for the team, for the little church plant and for the French denomination with which they have served for over 30 years. All are thankful that Ruth is rejoicing in the Lord’s presence. Pete plans to continue serving the church plant in Tournfeuille alongside his mission team and group of French elders. Please continue to pray for healing through grief and growth in the midst of trials. Pray for Pete and his team as they work to lead new people to faith in Christ, challenge immature believers to grow as disciples of Christ, and mentor current and future lay leaders for the young church.
Alan and Anne Cochet
The Cochets were blessed to serve Christ at College Hill Presbyterian Church in Oxford, Mississippi, from 1983 until 2013. During that time they volunteered on several short-term mission trips and also served as an MTW Pastoral Associate Couple for France and Columbia. They now serve MTW full-time as MTW’s France Pastoral Associates to provide encouragement and support for missionaries and pastors serving in France and Italy, and deepen awareness throughout the PCA of the ministry needs and opportunities in Europe.
It is thrilling to see how the Lord is working in France as missionaries, French national partners, and seminary professors engaged in church planting, theological education, campus ministry, and compassion ministry share the redeeming love of Christ. Our work is to encourage and support our missionaries and ministry partners as they serve Christ on the field and to help raise awareness in the States of the ministry needs and opportunities in Europe. Hopefully, our prayers and efforts will enable our missionaries to flourish on the field, will assist efforts in recruiting new missionaries for the work, and will increase participation and support for missions among churches and ministry partners.
CRU
Partnering with you in Rome, Italy to see those in Rome passionate about knowing Christ and making Him known. It is natural to think that everyone in Italy knows the gospel. There are over 1.8 million university students in Italy but very few of them have a relationship with God. There are more than 300,000 University Students in Rome and less than 2% declares to be a follower of Jesus and the reality shows that it’s just a cultural identity. We long to see a generation enter into a life-changing personal relationship with Jesus Christ. As Italians who live and see the need of Jesus, we joined Agape Italia (CRU-formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ) and were both challenged by the words of Jesus to “Go and make disciples” and to help fullfill the Great Commission (Matt 28:19-20). Taking a step of faith, we are committed to go and bring the hope of the Gospel to Rome.
Our goal is to reach the students for Christ, to believe in His gracious sacrifice and love for them, and to be transformed by the Gospel.
The Mid-South Church Planting Network is a partnership of PCA churches in West Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, which serve together to see new churches planted Across this region for the glory of the God. Our desire is to see new churches planted, who are enamored with King Jesus, the One who came to redeem the world. Our great conviction is that church planting is THE MOST effective way to reach those who do not know Jesus, the very hope and promise of the Gospel. We know there are key areas throughout the Mid-South where PCA churches are needed. We are biblically committed to seeing mutli-ethnic and African-American churches planted, which reflect the unity and diversity of Christ’s body upon the earth as it will be in Heaven