For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” (Romans 10:13-15 ESV)
Bethany Road Bible Church is on mission locally, nationally and internationally because we have a desire to see God glorified as disciples are made. We want to see the same Gospel that has changed our hearts change our own city, our nation and the unreached peoples of the world. We have been commissioned by Jesus to make disciples, to be salt and light, and to be agents of reconciliation between God and man. We are God’s chosen vehicle for the spread of the Gospel. We know that without messengers spreading the good news many will perish apart from the grace of God. And this truth moves us to compassion, to prayer and to action.
LOCAL IMPACT
NATHAN & ERICA SCOTT
Love INC helps meet tangible needs in DeKalb county and helps people get connected with local churches. Nathan Scott and his wife Erica are members of our church, and Nathan serves as the Executive Director of Love INC. This is a vital ministry in our area and we are grateful for the partnership we have in seeing people not only get tangible needs met but helping people get connected to the body of Christ.
GLOBAL IMPACT
MATT & ASHLEY KLOCKENGA
Stationed in the remote regions of Northwest Ontario, Matt and Ashley are serving as missionaries to the First Nations people of Cat Lake, a fly-in only community, accessible by ice road only one month out of the year. Matt and Ashley are members of Bethany Road and were commissioned out of our local church. They are discipling young First Nations believers and equipping them to flourish as a native-led local church.
LEARN MORE ABOUT TO EVERY TRIBE
MATT & NATI TAYLOR
Matt Taylor serves as the Director of Cultural Engagement and Assimilation for To Every Tribe. To Every Tribe exists to extend the worship of Christ among all peoples by mobilizing the church, training disciple-makers, and sending missionary teams to plant churches among the unreached. Matt and his wife Nati live in Texas where they are engaged in training men and women for the mission field and supporting missionaries already serving in the field.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
GREAT COMMISSION COLLECTIVE
We are a part of a network of churches called the Great Commission Collective. Their mission is to plant churches and strengthen leaders. GCC is comprised of a diverse collective of churches resourcing and supporting church planting around the world.
ILLINOIS BAPTIST STATE ASSOCIATION
Through their ministries and missions, IBSA seeks to develop healthy, effective churches, sacrificially working together to advance the Gospel, make disciples of Jesus, and establish new churches throughout Illinois and the world.