Global Outreach

Missionaries We Support

Faith serves with Ignite the Ville at the University of Louisville as a social media manager and graphic design lead, while also editing podcast content, connecting with students, and helping organize and manage invite events. Her role centers around building community, creating engaging and meaningful content, and helping students feel seen, connected, and welcomed. Along with managing social media, she also leads women’s discipleship groups around campus, making disciples who make disciples.

For the past couple of years, Olivia has had the privilege of working with the Discipleship Training School (DTS), a missions-focused program centered on first knowing God and then making Him known. In Amsterdam, DTS students spend 12 weeks in lectures on topics such as God’s character and nature, the Holy Spirit, and Biblical worldview, while also living in community and engaging the city through prayer, evangelism, and service. Following this, students participate in an 11-week Outreach Phase in another country, where they put their training into practice.

As staff, Olivia walks alongside students through mentorship, leading small groups, and supporting logistics such as hosting speakers, managing media, and planning or leading outreach. She especially loves going on outreach and witnessing both locals and students grow closer to God.

Amaury and Catherine founded 8:28 Ministries (Fundacion Ministerial 8:28) in Santiago, Dominican Republic, in January 2010 as a teaching ministry dedicated to sharing the love of Jesus with the people of the Dominican Republic through Drama Ministry, Edification Ministry, and work with a Christian school. Their Ministry Objective is to offer training and education as outreach ministries in order to utilize the skills God has given to them and their volunteers to glorify Him and lead others into relationship with Jesus Christ. Their ministry verse is Romans 8:28, and their lives are testaments to how God does indeed “work all things together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purposes.” They also now have a YouTube channel where their Drama Group, 8:28 Productions, posts videos and short films with family-centered Christian content.

Benny serves as the Associate Staff for the freshman guys. He helps make sure the new students are welcomed, seen, and known from the moment they show up to Ignite. Benny also serves as one of the worship leaders at their weekly gatherings. Behind the scenes, Benny has been able to use his giftedness for data management to create a new system to help track the hundreds of students that Ignite engages with each month. This way, every student can be cared for intentionally!

Wayne is a field coordinator for teams residing in the US, specifically in Oregon, California, and Tennessee.  He serves the teams as a coach, advisor, strategy coordinator, and encourager.  He also assists with new team training, application reviews, and serve as a project coordinator to churches seeking to increase their involvement in mission support.

Eric is a Senior HR Business Partner for our IT, legal, and talent management teams (about 150 staff). He focuses on workforce planning, leadership development, recruiting, people strategy, and staff care. Lauren is primarily at home with our three daughters, Cora, Lydia, and Emma, but also coaches Cru interns through a two-year discipleship and evangelism curriculum.

They previously served 10 years in direct student ministry, including 5 in East Asia. Now, they serve behind the scenes to ensure Cru missionaries are equipped to reach people everywhere. When missionaries are well-supported, the gospel moves further, faster, and deeper.

In August 2024 Brandon, Maleah, and their two sons moved to Granada, Spain, along with their friends/teammates JC and Carla Williams, to be a “Fielded Support Team.” In addition to working in local ministry opportunities alongside the field team in Granada, their desire is to be more strategically placed to partner better with Team Expansion’s workers (over half of whom live within 3 time zones of Spain!), tell God’s story, and be a bridge between the Home Office in Louisville and our fellow field workers around the world.

Brandon is the Media Production Specialist on this Fielded Support Team branch of the Communications Team. He’s essentially in charge of all things audio, video, and photography. He plans, shoots, and edits videos for the organization as a whole, but also collaborates with the field workers on projects for telling stories, reporting to churches, and helping further their media ministries. Maleah is the Third Culture Kid (TCK) Care Coordinator. She works with our TCKs (kids growing up in a blend of cultures) to ensure they are cared for, healthy, and heard. She and her TCK Associates work together with Member Care to make sure families are thriving (not just surviving!) in their time overseas.