A heart for the nations
At St John’s we have ‘a heart for the nations’ and want to see many people follow God’s calling on their lives and spreading His love through mission. We are committed to supporting our mission partners, both at home and abroad, through prayer, finance and other practical ways.
One of the many things that Global Partner Support aims to facilitate is ‘resourcing mission to reach the world’.
Long term mission
We support around 25 long term missionaries, working both overseas and in the UK. You can find out the latest updates from our long term mission partners, which we regularly post on our blog (St John’s Stories). If you are considering a long term mission project and are seeking support, please contact Jane Butcher on vocations@stjohnsharborne.org, who can arrange a meeting to help discern how we could support you further.
Short term mission
Whether it’s a gap year, summer project, or something more unique, we are committed to supporting short term mission. A short term mission is anything from a few weeks to months, based in the UK or abroad and with a Christian focus. Even if your plans are yet to be decided, please feel free to get in touch, as we have a team of mentors who can help advise or pray through any decisions with you. Contact Nathan and Jenny Burden on shorttermers@stjohnsharborne.org if you have any questions, or would like more information.
Current mission partners
Mark & Ruth Cuthbert
Betel UK | Birmingham
Mark and Ruth work with men, women and families affected by drug and alcohol addiction and homelessness. Ruth has various roles, including developing the children’s ministry, health and safety policies and spending time at the women’s houses, sharing devotionals with them.
Alison Fuggle
Christian Music Ministries | Birmingham
Alison collaborates with Roger Jones in song-writing including musicals as a resource for choirs and church groups in a worship context. Every musical contains material that challenges and encourages incorporating worship, space for God to move and speak, and lyrics that take people right to the heart of the gospel.
Adrian & Helen Harrod
Operation Mobilisation | Cape Town, South Africa
Adrian and Helen are passionate about mobilising the church to fulfil the task of the Great Commission. They network, challenge, facilitate, and support people who have a desire to serve God locally and globally. Their vision is to see the least reached people in all nations of the world come to know and serve Jesus.
Heidi Helbig
GAiN UK, Agapé | London
Heidi has joined GAiN UK(Global Aid Network) - part of Agapé UK. It is a worldwide humanitarian relief and development organisation dedicated to bringing hope and tangible help to the poor and suffering. Their mission is to demonstrate the love of God in word and deed.
Mike & Rachel
Friends International | Birmingham
Mike and Rachel welcome international students and academics to Birmingham, offering a range of activities run in partnership with local believers and churches including cafés, clubs, outings and women’s groups. There are also groups for students who wish to explore the Christian faith and those who decide to follow Jesus, helping to prepare them for their return home.
Nick and Cristina Hoult
Southgate Family Church | Birmingham
Southgate Family Church was started over 13 years ago with a heart to see the lost saved, the broken healed and the Kingdom of God established in homes on one of the most deprived estates in the country. The church’s mission is to see kingdom adoption into the biggest family on earth, with prayer/worship, bible study and fellowship as the regular rhythm of life through the week.
Hikmat & Krista Kashouh
Resurrection Church (RCB) | Beirut, Lebanon
Hikmat and Krista are senior pastors at RCB which has a focus on serving refugees, marginalised individuals and at-risk children. They also serve the persecuted Church in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region. RCB broadcasts LIVE on SAT-7 with 3.5-10 million viewers weekly bringing God’s message of hope and love.
Penny & Juan Carlos Marcés
Church Mission Society | Lima, Peru
Juan Carlos is the pastor at Jesús el Nazareno Church in Lima. He also has diocesan responsibilities. Penny has responsibilities with the children’s ministry and AMA (women’s ministry), coordinating visits by overseas teams and volunteers.
Jo Jowett
Serve7 | Birmingham
With almost 25 years’ experience working with organisations serving in local and global mission, Jo now runs SERVE7. As an independent Christian worker, Jo offers support to organisations in seven key ministry areas. Having relocated from Birmingham to North Yorkshire, Jo and Mark continue to explore opportunities to serve their local church and wider community.
Jeremy Thompson
Restore | Birmingham
Jeremy is the Manager at Restore - a project of Birmingham Churches Together which aims to welcome, include and assist integration of refugees and those seeking sanctuary from persecution.
Mark Watson
Cambridge & District Youth For Christ | Cambridge
Mark is Director of Ministry and passionate about seeing young people’s lives changed by Jesus. He develops local church partnerships to support and equip missional youth ministry alongside building a wellbeing pathway including mentoring in schools, drop in youth cafes, skills-based workshops, and faith exploration. Mark also sits on the Spring Harvest planning group with a Youth focus.
Sarah Gough
Chaplaincy in General Practice
St John’s has had an important role in enabling Chaplaincy to begin being available in General Practice in the UK. GP Chaplains have a unique opportunity to draw alongside people in need, to demonstrate Jesus’ love, compassion and acceptance, to pray for and, when appropriate, to help connect them to places where they can develop their own faith. Sarah works to develop this provision through her role as a manager of two charities: Association of Chaplaincy in General Practice (ACGP), which provides training, accreditation and support for those involved with GP Chaplaincy, and WholeCare, which employs chaplains and partners them with GP practices.
Some of our mission partners do not feature here for security purposes
Give
The financial support for our Global Partners comes entirely from the regular giving of our congregation. If you would like to support by giving financially, head to our giving page where you can find details about ways to give.
Pray
All of the work our mission partners do couldn’t happen without prayer! To pray for our mission partners please check individual details and check out the latest mission partner updates on our blog.
GPS management team
Kate Quarrell | Chair
Nathan Burden| Short Term Mission Coordinator
Di Copplestone | Minutes Secretary
Jane Butcher | Vocations Team Coordinator
Jude Smith | Mission Partner Link
Keep up to date
You can keep up to date with all events and activities of our mission partners through our blogs on St John’s Stories.
GPS guidelines
We have a clear framework which sets out the guidelines under which we provide financial support to mission partners.
Find out more
If you would like to find out more about GPS or St John’s Mission Partners please contact Nathan on gps@stjohnsharborne.org or speak to a member of the GPS management team.
