Take the Gospel Where It's Never Been
Globally, over 3 billion people still live without access to a local church or follower of Jesus. We’re committed to changing that—through prayer, financial support, full‑time missionaries, and short‑term trips.
“Together” by International Mission Board. August 26, 2019. www.imb.org
Every person deserves hope. Will you help share it?
Visit the link below for current trip openings and missionary profiles—and step into God’s global adventure!
CROSS-CULTURE
Ministry Partners
Bartos Family
Asa and Suz spent two joyful years training and launching into ministry at CVC, and they were married at the Broadview Heights campus in 2016. Now, after three years of pastoral ministry in Canada and two years witnessing in a retail setting, Asa, Suz, and their three boys have joined a team in Lima, Peru to assist with church planting and the New Life Prenatal Center. Their desire is to partner with nationals and equip local churches for counseling ministry. Asa is passionate about challenging young men to live for God. Suz (a former MK in Chile and Nicaragua) loves helping new mothers feel prepared and empowered for their divine calling of motherhood through practical education and biblical truth.
Ramirez Family
Since 2008, we’ve had the joy and privilege of serving the Lord among the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people, deep in the heart of the Sierra Tarahumara in northwestern Mexico.
Beto, a medical doctor, uses his skills to serve the local community through a clinic that God has graciously provided. While he enjoys the medical field, his greatest passion is sharing the Gospel and discipling the believers God is drawing to Himself. Over the years, we’ve witnessed God establish a fully indigenous church, and Beto’s main focus has become the discipleship and leadership training of native Rarámuri leaders.
Ale dedicates much of her time to raising and homeschooling our daughters, and she also disciples the women of the church in our village of La Mesa.
We are also part of the Bondservant Missionary Training Program, where we serve as staff and instructors. This ten-week program combines classroom teaching with hands-on ministry in the Sierra Tarahumara, giving students a chance to experience cross-cultural missions firsthand and serve alongside the local church using the tools they’ve learned.
Additionally, God has opened doors for us to teach on cross-cultural missions in three Bible institutes. There, we offer classes on worldview, cross-cultural evangelism, spiritual warfare, and more—equipping others to carry the Good News to the nations.
Toney Family
At Redemption Church we exist to proclaim the gospel, make disciples, for the glory of God. This has been our vision from day one. Appalachia is in desperate need for healthy, local churches. We believe the best solution is taking up the missionary test and planting churches. Noah and Cheyanne Toney moved to Beckley, WV in 2020 to plant Redemption Church. The church launched in August of 2021 with 10 members. They welcomed their son, Samuel, in May of 2025.
Melissa Erikson
Punks. Anarchists. Atheists. East Berliners. Melissa serves the Lord in Berlin, Germany, also known as Europe’s atheist capital. East Germany has gone three generations now without any concept or even curiosity about God, Jesus, or other faiths and religions. Germans aren’t asking IF God exists, they’d want to know why it’s relevant in the modern day. Melissa’s focus is the highly relational discipling of East Germans, engaging them about Jesus in ways that are relevant to their lives, especially within the punk anarchist movement. Along with the other fifteen-ish people on her team, Melissa is equally intentional about empowering, developing, and releasing local church leaders into new church plants, gospel movements, or revitalizing stagnant congregations. She’s proudly sent by CVC and works for ReachGlobal, the missions branch of the Evangelical Free Church of America denomination (EFCA).
Pearl Island
Pearl Island is a tropical paradise full of kind people, sweet fruits, and gorgeous sunsets. Underneath the idyllic Instagram images is a veil of deceit that keeps those kind people stuck in the darkness. Our team works to take truth and light to the villages across Pearl Island. We partner with churches in America so that anyone can have the experience of sharing their faith with someone who has never heard the name of Jesus. Visible progress has been slow so far, but we know God is faithful and has a big plan for the people of Pearl Island. Thank you for partnering with us to take the gospel to Pearl Island.