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.
TIM & RACHEL SCHAD
Tim and Rachel Schad are missionaries with Cru and members of Bethany Road, serving at Northern Illinois University and nearby community colleges. Tim leads their staff team, partnering with the church to advance the Great Commission through evangelism and discipleship of college students. They desire to make Christ-centered multiplying disciples who are sent into the world to do the same, so that everyone knows someone who truly follows Jesus.
GLOBAL IMPACT
MATT & ASHLEY KLOCKENGA
Matt Klockenga serves with To Every Tribe as the Vice President of Sending & Planting, where he helps guide and support missionaries from calling to long-term field service. He oversees recruiting pathways, field strategy and missionary care across cross-cultural church planting efforts worldwide.
With a heart for missions, people and systems, Matt works to strengthen missionary care, develop sustainable sending structures, and equip teams for long-term faithfulness and effectiveness in cross-cultural church planting. He collaborates closely with leaders, churches, and families to remove barriers to service and build healthy pathways for those called to go. Matt and his family live out their calling together, believing deeply in the gospel and the central role of the local church in missions.
MATT & NATI TAYLOR
Matt Taylor serves with To Every Tribe, where he helps train and equip missionaries and church-planting teams to build healthy, indigenous churches that endure and multiply. His work focuses on aligning theology, culture, and practice so that the gospel takes root without dependency or confusion. As an artist, teacher, and missional thinker, Matt brings formation, creativity, and clarity to those preparing for long-term cross-cultural ministry.
JASON & TIRZA HINTON
Jason and Tirza are missionaries and ministry apprentices in Speke, England. England has become a very post-Christian country and thus many people have great need for the gospel. Speke Baptist Church serves the at-need community of Speke, which Jason and Tirza partner with.
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.