Missions
Calvary Chapel Modesto supports these like-minded international and national missionaries and organizations through prayer, communication, financial means, and when possible, short-term trips to the field.
For more information about our missionaries, click on their picture.
International
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Tonio and Lindsey Petrignani
Nice, France -
Dave and Darlys Bird
Jacmel, Haiti -
Jed and Renee Gourley
Tbilisi, Georgia -
Ramon and Katie Hernandez
Leon Guanajuato, Mexico -
Jamie and Andreea Hogan
Bucharest, Romania -
Cory and Danielle Kilgus
Trujillo, Peru -
Neri and Brigida Maya
Vicente Guerrero, Mexico -
Craig and Silvana Quam
Montebelluna, Italy -
Robin and Alison Turner
Spittal, Austria -
Troy and Rebekah Sammons
Torit, South Sudan -
Mark and Gwyn Walsh
Rotorua, New Zealand
Tonio and Lindsey Petrignani
Nice, France
Lindsey grew up in Southern California near Thousand Oaks. She studied to become a math teacher and served at Pottersfield Ranch in Montana for 2 years and then at Calvary Chapel Cyprus (island below Turkey) for 1 year. She had never been to France before meeting Tonio but now speaks beautiful French and is on her way to becoming a French citizen. Tonio is half-French, half-American, born in Seattle but living in France since 1992. He grew up in France as a missionary/pastor’s kid. He studied computer science in the French university system. He has been working full-time for the church in Nice since 2009. Tonio & Lindsey got married in October 2010 after meeting at Schloss Herolddeck Conference Center in Austria in August 2009. Tonio is the senior pastor at Calvary Chapel Nice. He received the leadership of the church in June 2019 after assisting his father Pierre ( & wife Nancy ) for 10 years.
Tonio serves by teaching the Bible, discipling, handling the administration/paperwork, the communication/web presence, the building maintenance, and leading worship. Lindsey leads worship and is part of the women’s ministry. She also handles our kids, Daphné and Django, with joy. Tonio and Lindsey want to be faithful to Jesus, feed the flock in Nice, and train and raise up leaders in the church.
Dave and Darlys Bird
Jacmel, Haiti
Calvary International Development Ministries
Jacmel, Haiti
Dave and Darlys Bird grew up in Southern California and accepted the Lord into their hearts at an early age. In 1979, one year after they were married, they recognized God’s calling upon their lives to be used for Him as missionaries wherever and whenever God would call them. Since 1991, God has called and provided the Birds opportunities to actively live out their passionate love for Jesus Christ through missions. In the 90s they served on many short-term mission trips throughout the world. Then in 2000 they lived and served in Guatemala for a year. In 2010 they responded to a call to serve in Haiti and remained there for the next 5 years. They founded Calvary International Development Ministries, in October 2011, a non-profit organization.
The Birds currently reside in Southern California and travel to Haiti about 3 times per year to encourage, train and connect with the CIDM ministry leaders and Haitian loved ones.
Dave studied architecture at Cal-Poly Pomona University, in California, and holds Architecture and General Contractors Licenses, and is currently working in the field of Construction Management. Darlys studied business in college and has managed 3 home-based businesses over the years. Currently, she is coordinating CIDM with the Haitian leaders from stateside.
Dave & Darlys have 2 sons, 2 daughters-in-law and 7 grandchildren.
The Birds gratefully recognize God’s faithfulness as CIDM thrives under the Haitians direction, whom they have trained and worked alongside since 2010. Equipping and empowering the nationals to lead with the foundation that’s been laid has always been their goal. The Birds count it a privilege to have served throughout the world ministering to others in spiritual and practical ways and look forward to continued opportunities to serve in Haiti through CIDM and beyond.
Jed and Renee Gourley
Tbilisi, Georgia
Jed and Renee are currently serving in Tbilisi, Georgia which is located in the Caucasus mountains east of Turkey, south of Russia, West of Azerbaijan, and north of Armenia and Iran.
They have six children, four of which are living with them in Georgia (Joshua, Rachel, Isaiah, and Emma). The Gourley’s recently planted a church in the capital city of Tbilisi. In addition, Jed is working with Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe, which moved to Tbilisi in the fall of 2021, to train workers for the harvest fields around the world.
Jed and Renee grew up in the same church, Calvary Chapel of Crawfordsville, Indiana. In 1992, Renee left for the mission field to the Ukraine at the age of 16 with her family (the Markeys). Jed soon joined the team in Ukraine and began serving the young people who were coming to the Lord. Jed and Renee were married in Kiev, Ukraine in 1994. From 1995-1999, both completed university studies and then returned to the mission field.
In the summer of 2006 the Gourleys moved to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to plant a church in a mostly Muslim country. Then in 2013, the Lord once again directed them to pull up their tent pegs and move to a new country.
Ramon and Katie Hernandez
Leon Guanajuato, Mexico
The Hernandez family: Ramon, Katie, Ramoncito (12), Josiah (9) and Abigail (6), are serving the Lord in the city of León, Guanajuato in central Mexico. In 2004, Ramon and Katie met while serving alongside Ken and Rita Marr at Calvary Chapel Vicente Guererro. In 2006 they married and continued to minister in Vicente Guererro. God moved them to Guanajuato in 2009 as Ramon had a restlessness to return to his native state and share God’s Word. That same year, Calvary Chapel León was planted as a home bible study in Ramón’s mom’s garage. It has since evolved into a full functioning fellowship of believers.
In the summer of 2019, God opened the doors to start a small Bible study in a town about 45 minutes from León called Purisima. Sunday mornings they meet in León for their regular church service and Sunday evenings they meet in Purisima. It has been a great blessing to watch God work and confirm the ministry there. They look forward to many more years!
Jamie and Andreea Hogan
Bucharest, Romania
Jamie and Andreea met in 2001 when Jamie came as a missionary after finishing Bible College. They have three children, Ananias, Kisha, and Zoey. They started off assisting at a church in Bucharest, working with orphans then Jamie started pastoring a church in the city of Brasov.
In 2017 the Lord moved them to Austria to work at a conference center, and in 2020 the Lord called them back to Bucharest to plant a church. They are excited to be a part of this church plant. A place that anyone can come to , worship the Lord, hear the truth, and be loved on. Their desire is that people would have an intimate relationship with the Lord and not a superficial, one-sided one.
They have a heart to minister to the ‘least of these’, as there are many orphans and poor people that have a hard time finding a traditional church that will accept them. We want to offer hope to all those in need, preach good tidings to the poor, heal the broken-hearted, proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound (Isaiah 61:1-3)
Cory and Danielle Kilgus
Trujillo, Peru
Pastor Cory Kilgus and his wife Danielle have been serving on the mission field for 8 years. They have three children, Abigail, Noah, and Sophia who were all born in Peru. Cory was ordained as a pastor at Calvary Chapel Fort Bragg in 2015 and has served at Bible colleges and in church plants throughout the world. He served at Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru and Calvary Chapel Bible College Israel in a variety of roles including being the director of each school.
In 2016, God lead him to start a new work in Trujillo, Peru. Cory, Danielle, and the team planted the church in 2017 and started the Bible Institute the following year. Both the church and school are growing and thriving. Pastor Cory has a heart to make disciples of all nations, to raise up the next generation, and to see many healthy church plants throughout South America and the world.
Neri and Brigida Maya
Vicente Guerrero, Mexico
After serving with Pastor Ken Marr as his translator and Youth Pastor for five years, and as Pastor Ken and his wife Rita began transitioning back to the U.S., in 2015, with prayer and blessings, Pastor Ken turned over the leadership of Capilla Calvario to me.
My wife, Brigida serves leading worship and women’s activities. We have had the blessing of taking care of baby Maylen for the last year.
In 2016, the church was able to buy its own property and, with God’s provision and blessing, that same year we started to build our own building. In June 2018, we were able to move in. Throughout this time many have been coming to faith in Christ and it has been a blessing to see the Lord adding many to His Church. We have been busy baptizing and discipling new believers and are looking forward to what God has in store for us as we continue to follow His lead.
Craig and Silvana Quam
Montebelluna, Italy
Calvary Chapel Montebelluna and Calvary Chapel Bible College Italy
www.calvarychapelmontebelluna.com
Serving in Montebelluna, Italy, Silvana and Craig arrived in the fall of 1996 with their 1 year old daughter Abigail to plant the first Calvary Chapel in Italy and also the first Protestant church ever in that city. In the beginning their were only 4 people coming on Sundays but God faithfully began to add to their number and in the Summer of 1997 they were able with great joy to baptize the first new believers who had come to Christ.
The church continued to grow and in the Summer of 2004 a new Church plant began in the city of Treviso which is about 15 miles south of Montebelluna. In 2005 they had the joy of beginning a new work in the Dolomite Mountains 25 miles north of Montebelluna which is now Calvary Chapel Feltre. They started a bible study in 2007 in the city of Padua which is an hour south of Montebelluna, and is now Calvary Chapel Padua.
In 2008 God allowed them to start an affiliate campus of CCBC Murrieta and in 2010 they began classes in Italian making it a bi-lingual campus. In 2012 Pastor Chuck Smith asked Craig to be one of the regional pastors for western Europe and since that time one of his ministries has been to visit and encourage young church planters in Italy and Western Europe. They were able to hand over the church in Feltre to another pastor in 2019 and Lord willing will be starting soon, a new Intern/Missionary training program alongside the regular Bible college.
Robin and Alison Turner
Spittal, Austria
www.facebook.com/Calvary Chapel Spittal an der Drau
Robin & Alison left England in 2000, and served at Calvary Chapel Bible College in Austria and Hungary from 2000-2004, and then ran the CC Conference center at Schloss Heroldeck, in Millstatt, Austria 2004-2017.
Robin was appointed pastor of Calvary Chapel Spittal in 2005. Since 2017 serving the local church has been their main focus. The core congregation is Austrian but the church also attracts English speakers from different countries and now has a number of Iranian families- most of whom have fled because of persecution.
“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”
(Galatians 6:9)
Troy and Rebekah Sammons
Torit, South Sudan
Troy and Rebekah Sammons along with their four children (Dakota 15, Kate 13, Hope 11, Azariah 8) are sent by Christian Veterinary Mission and partner with African Inland Mission to serve in Torit, South Sudan.
Both missions have a priority of the gospel of Jesus reaching out to the least and unreached people groups. The Sammons are working with the Lotukoh and other unreached people groups in and around Torit.
Recently they started leading a team of four individuals through African Inland Mission that have come to train and reach-out to the least of South Sudan. As team leaders their main focus is to lead and model all aspects of life in missions preparing them to serve in the remote areas. In addition, much of the local work is working with the local church to partner and go out to the unreached areas in the next village or far reaching places.
Mark and Gwyn Walsh
Rotorua, New Zealand
www.facebook.com/mark.walsh.526438
Serving in Te Awamutu with CCBI, New Zealand Mark and Gwyn are in their tenth year of leading Calvary Chapel Bible Institute, New Zealand. Currently they are actively involved in supporting churches and missions across New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific Rim. CC Nasinu, in Fiji is one of the current ministry projects of CCBI supporting the first Calvary Chapel Church plant in Fiji.
The vision of CCBI is expressed in Psalm 2:8 (“Ask of me and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession”). Their desire is to be a part of seeing Messiah have an inheritance in the nations. Their heart is to make disciples in keeping with 2 Timothy 2:2.
National
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Dan and Debbie Finfrock
Intensive Care Ministries -
Bill and Sheri Holdridge
Poimen Ministries -
Drew Macintyre
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Lee Shaw
Napa Chaplaincy
Dan and Debbie Finfrock
Intensive Care Ministries
Pastor Dan Finfrock is Executive Director of Intensive Care Ministries which he began in 1985 when he moved his family to the Philippines. He began training pastors in Inductive Bible study all over that country. After six years he moved his family back to America and began expanding the work. After 35 years of teaching the IBS course, he has brought Inductive Bible study to 55 countries.
Pastor Dan has been married to Debbie for 50 years. They have raised four children. Their youngest son went to be with the Lord at age 21. Their remaining children produced ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Bill and Sheri Holdridge
Poimen Ministries
www.facebook.com/bill.holdridge
Bill received Christ in 1969 at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, and in 1973 was filled with the Holy Spirit. It was at that time that the Lord called him into ministry. Within a couple of years he discovered that meant pastoral ministry, and the ministry of God’s Word.
Bill was deeply committed to a home fellowship out of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa (and eventually became its pastor), and although never on staff at “big Calvary,” Chuck Smith was always Bill’s pastor, having studied and learned under Pastor Chuck for 4½ years before moving to the Monterey Peninsula to start his first church (February of 1978). During that season Bill also obtained a bachelor’s degree in ministry from Melodyland School of Theology in Anaheim, CA.
His first official Sunday as pastor of what was then called Calvary Chapel of the Monterey Peninsula was March 1, 1979. He continued as the pastor of the fellowship for almost 27 years, until stepping down in February of 2006. During those years, the church grew into a solid community, and was able to eventually purchase property and build a facility. Bill marvels at the graciousness and patience of God — who allowed him to learn much about pastoral ministry as he grew in age and experience. Bill is convinced that in some ways his mistakes in ministry have been better teachers to him than his successes.
Much of his important spiritual growth came as he discovered some of the deeper realities of the new covenant. Bill’s earlier years as a pastor brought depression and loads of self-doubt, but the Lord (who wastes nothing) used those hard times to teach him much about His grace, and to develop much greater compassion for people.
In February of 2006 Bill began functioning as a so-called “pastor-at-large,” and in 2008 started Poimen Ministries. Since that time, the Lord has been gracious to provide many and varied opportunities to serve Him and His pastors.
Bill is passionate about pastoral ministry, and loves to encourage pastors in what they do. Bill knows that oftentimes, pastoral peers in ministry have few places they can go to share their hearts … or they have few relationally based resources to which they can turn. That’s why Poimen Ministries was started … to connect pastors to pastors in these ways. An interaction with a Poimen pastor is a safe experience. It’s also confidential. The pastor decides what to do with the input he’s given.
Bill sees the remaining years of his life and ministry as being years of help, support, consultation, and training of others who are called to shepherd God’s flock.
Drew Macintyre
The Word to the World
In 1982, Pastor Drew Macintyre, became senior pastor of Calvary Chapel of Alpine. In 1986, along with pastoring CCOA he began a ministry known as IBSLA (Inductive Bible Studies to Latin America) whose focus was on training pastors in Latin America in the Inductive Bible Study Method. As the Lord broadened the scope and vision of this ministry it took on a new name to better describe the scope and vision thus TWTW (The Word to the World) was born.
As founder and director of TWTW, Drew has been traveling around the world to train thousands of pastors on how to study their Bibles through the Inductive Bible Study method (IBS). This Bible study method allows local pastors to learn to study the Bible themselves so they can fulfill the great commission and feed their flock 1 Peter 5:1-4.
TWTW has also been actively involved in building pastoral training centers in Cuba, Uganda and Myanmar. TWTW also leads medical missions trips several times annually to Cambodia and Uganda and other parts of the world.
Drew also conducts a 2-year Discipleship Program during which students also learn the IBS Bible study method and read many classic Christian authors. They are challenged to learn to deny themselves, to really follow Jesus and go disciple others.
Lee Shaw
Napa Chaplaincy
Lee serves 11 agencies within the city and county of Napa, CA., working with law enforcement, fire service, and ambulance personnel, providing critical incident response, post-traumatic counseling, and other support necessary for victims and witnesses of crime and trauma. He also provides immediate confidential, personal and family counseling to law enforcement officers, fire fighters, ambulance personnel, and their families.
Lee currently oversees a team of 10 Chaplains that respond to critical incidents, crisis, & other traumatic events. Lee has responded to well over 1,600 tragic deaths and officiated at more than 500 memorials. His team has now assisted over 23,000 people in the Napa community.
Organizations
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Modesto Pregnancy Center
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Modesto Gospel Mission
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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Samaritan’s Purse
Modesto Pregnancy Center
Modesto Pregnancy Center is a Christ-centered ministry dedicated to protecting the unborn, providing for those facing crisis pregnancies and post abortion trauma, and promoting healthy relationships through a system of support with the love of Jesus Christ.
Modesto Gospel Mission
facebook.com/ModestoGospelMission
Since 1948, the Modesto Gospel Mission has provided nutritious meals, warm beds, and a place of safety to thousands of poor and homeless men, women, and children.
The Mission is able to serve some of the most broken people in our community by helping them get off the streets and radically change their lifestyle through a myriad of programs and services. We offer hope through the love of Jesus – in word and deed. The Mission ministers to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of each guest. More than a food bank or soup kitchen, we provide daily shelter, clothing, meals, showers, Bible studies, life skills classes, employment training and assistance, addiction recovery, a medical clinic, and more. To meet these needs, the Modesto Gospel Mission depends on local gifts from individuals, churches, groups, foundations, and businesses that care about the poor and homeless in Stanislaus county.
The Voice of the Martyrs
The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) is a nonprofit, interdenominational missions organization that serves persecuted Christians around the world. Founded in 1967 by Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, VOM is dedicated to inspiring believers to deepen their commitment to Christ and to fulfill His Great Commission — no matter the cost.
The Voice of the Martyrs continues this mission around the world today through the following purposes:
1) To encourage and empower Christians to fulfill the Great Commission in areas of the world where they are persecuted for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
2) To provide practical relief and spiritual support to the families of Christian martyrs.
3) To equip persecuted Christians to love and win to Christ those who are opposed to the gospel in their part of the world.
4) To undertake projects of encouragement, helping believers rebuild their lives and Christian witness in countries where they have formerly suffered oppression.
5) To promote the fellowship of all believers by informing the world of the faith and courage of persecuted Christians, thereby inspiring believers to a deeper level of commitment to Christ and involvement in His Great Commission.
Samaritan’s Purse
The story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) gives a clear picture of God’s desire for us to help those in desperate need wherever we find them. After describing how the Samaritan rescued a hurting man whom others had passed by, Jesus told His hearers, “Go and do likewise.” For over 50 years, Samaritan’s Purse has done their utmost to follow Christ’s command by going to the aid of the world’s poor, sick, and suffering. They are an effective means of reaching hurting people in countries around the world with food, medicine, and other assistance in the Name of Jesus Christ. This, in turn, earns them a hearing for the Gospel, the Good News of eternal life through Jesus Christ.
As their teams work in crisis areas of the world, people often ask, “Why did you come?” The answer is always the same: “We have come to help you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.” Their ministry is all about Jesus—first, last, and always. As the Apostle Paul said, “For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Corinthians 4:5, NIV).
(Adapted from samaritanspurse.org)
Mission Statement
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.