KINGDOM EXPANSION

Missions

GO ON MISSION

2025-2026 Mission Trips

Chapel Pointe is on mission and we are inviting you to join us!

From Boston to Brazil to Romania, we are sending teams to share the Gospel throughout the world. We want to deepen relationships with current Chapel Pointe missionaries and partners, engage with God’s presence in a different cultural setting, and participate in events to make disciples and multiply transformed followers of Jesus.

Check out the trips listed below for details and links to sign up.

               TRIPS 

Upcoming Mission Trips

  • When: June 27-July 3, 2026
  • Where: Connecticut
  • Team Leaders: Luke Kooienga
  • Cost: $750
  • Trip Focus: We will join The River Church in Glastonbury, CT, and serve kids alongside the ministry for their summer VBS.

Registration for this trip is closed.

  • When: July 1-12, 2026
  • Where: Kosovo
  • Team Leaders: TBD
  • Cost: $2800
  • Trip Focus: Partnering with ABWE missionaries and a local school to engage kids and adults through a basketball camp, science camp, and teacher professional development; sports, education, evangelism and discipleship.

Registration for this trip is closed.

  • When: August 29 – September 2, 2026
  • Where: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Team Leaders: TBD
  • Cost: $750-$950 (cost may vary based on airfare)
  • Trip Focus: Partnering with King’s Hill Church in central Boston to engage people in gospel conversations through serving the community. Each year on September 1st, the majority of apartment/housing leases end and begin. Teams will be helping the Boston community move out of and into apartments. Through this, there is an opportunity to engage in relational connections that lead to prayer, gospel conversations, and invitations to King’s Hill Church.

Registration for this trip has closed.

  • When: Oct. 8-18, 2026
  • Where: Togo, West Africa
  • Team Leaders: TBD
  • Cost: $3,000 (best estimate)
  • Trip Focus: Working with the ABWE team in Mongo, Togo, in the Hospital Baptiste Biblique and the surrounding area for kingdom impact.

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  • When: Oct. 26-Nov. 6, 2026
  • Where: The Philippines
  • Team Leaders: Nathan Potter
  • Cost: $2,500 (best estimate)
  • Trip Focus: This team will serve on the ground in Aurora with Be The Church Philippines. Highly relational focus as we encourage and serve with indigenous pastors, leaders, churches, and seminary students. There is also a touchpoint with our partner seminary in Manila, the Baptist Bible Seminary and Institute, on one end of the trip. Key roles for this team are prayer, discipleship, and spiritual leadership.

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  • When: December 11-18, 2026
  • Where: Santa Cruz, Bolivia
  • Team Leaders: TBD
  • Cost: $2,800 (best estimate)
  • Trip Focus: A relationship-focused mission trip centered on partnering with the orphanage ministry to build meaningful connections with children through a camp experience designed for lasting Kingdom impact. The team will also support practical needs through small carpentry and plumbing projects while sharing the hope and joy of Christmas through intentional ministry opportunities.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sept. 14, 2026

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  • When: Jan. 7, 2027-Jan. 17, 2027
  • Where: Kampala, Uganda
  • Team Leaders: Steve Harrington
  • Cost: $3,000 (best estimate before purchasing airline tickets)
  • Trip Focus: Partnering with Ben and Kari David at Hope Speaks to serve the children and families in their care, supporting evangelism and discipleship efforts. The trip will also include a one-day Be The Church conference focused on encouraging and equipping pastors and leaders.

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  • When: February 7-17, 2027
  • Where: Guatemala
  • Team Size: 20 People
  • Team Leader: TBD
  • Cost:  $2,950 (Best Estimate)
  • Trip Focus: We will be partnering with Paradise Bound Ministries in Guatemala in doing village outreach and meeting tangible needs in various projects. Our team will have the opportunity to build loving relationships throughout the villages that open the door for sharing the gospel and making disciples of Jesus.

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  • When: March 24-29, 2027
  • Where: Long Island, NY
  • Team Leader: TBD
  • Cost:  $900 (Best Estimate)
  • Trip Focus: Partnering with Cornerstone Bible Church to engage the local community through outreach while serving in a variety of ministry roles during Good Friday and Easter services, including children’s ministry, hospitality, and other areas of need.

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Resources to Live On Mission

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Pray for Our Missionary Partners

Come back each month for updated prayers and praises from our missions partners!

Nancy Berends | Serving primarily in Togo, West Africa, based in West Michigan

Praises

  • I had a meeting last week that I had really been almost dreading. I had asked God for wisdom and to help me be gracious. He answered that prayer, and the meeting went better than I expected.

  • I had a very large project that I needed to finish. God helped me push through to the finish last week.

  • A survey trip to Thailand at the end of March-early April was very fruitful. We will begin sending medical teams to work with a new tribal group in northern Thailand. The first trip will go in October 2026.

Prayers

  • Pray that God would send us six to ten more providers who will help us engage with our medical evangelism teams. (We need a couple of docs, nurse practitioners, and/or Physician Assistants.) We could send more out if we had more providers.

  • Pray for wisdom in planning my fall travel schedule.

  • Pray for sensitivity and boldness as I engage with some of my neighbors who need Jesus!

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The Caudill Family | Director of Live Global, based in Pennsylvania

Updated July 2026

Praises

  • Praise God for a successful Missionary Kid Retreat last month! We loved building into 20 teen missionary kids from around the world for a week, helping them process and prepare for transition as they will soon re-enter their passport country for college or post-high school jobs, etc. What a full house and full hearts kind of week! God answered so many prayers for logistics, weather, health, safety, spiritual conversations, and more.
  • Praise God for the 10 individuals joining Live Global this month.

Prayer Requests

  • Pray we can be helpful to the 10 individuals joining Live Global this month as they attend orientation. Pray for God to lead and direct them as they begin the fundraising process.

  • Please pray for wisdom for Andrew and me as we plan what our next international trip or two will look like. Also pray for wisdom for Andrew as he leads Live Global as part of ABWE.

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Saeed and Saida | Northern Caucasus of Central Asia

Updated July 2026

Praises

  • We are very grateful to God that three people were baptized by water in June. We are very happy about this.

  • We are also grateful that the Lord is blessing our church; two new people have started attending our church.

  • I especially want to thank God that some non-believers are thanking our family for the social assistance we provide to many people. They are telling others that our family truly serves God. Our family is very happy about this.

Prayer Requests

  • Please pray for our workshop; with God’s help, on July 8 we will begin studying the Epistles of the Apostle Paul. Pray that the Lord, through the Holy Spirit, will help us and that we will translate every word correctly.

  • Please pray for the exams of our young people who are studying at universities, that they may do well on their exams.

  • Please pray for our ministry among non-believers, that through our ministry the Lord may touch many lives and that they may come to accept Him.

The Sanford Family | Serving in Papua New Guinea

Updated July 2026

Praises

  • We are returning to our center in PNG with quite a few missionaries living there, which is nice. Originally it was looking like it was going to fairly empty.

  • Our two youngest, Emmett and Mila, have progressed very well in their speech therapy this year, which was one of our main concerns coming home on furlough.

  • God has been so kind to us this furlough. We had a place to live, a car to drive, our kids learned to swim and ride bikes, we had good family time, our kids got help with speech issues, etc. We are very thankful.

Prayer Requests

  • Our kids are starting to feel the move back to PNG, especially Evie, our oldest. They are excited to go back, but it can be a lot for them to work through. It’s a big mix of sad and happy for little kiddos.

  • Continue to pray that the Lord burdens someone’s heart for the Gende people to join us.

  • Pray for the goodbyes this month. We are saying goodbye to family and friends for possibly another four years.

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Dave & Jan Santos | Serving in São Paulo, Brazil

Updated June 2026

Praises

  • God provided us with the help and energy we needed to host the Connecticut team well. We dropped them off at the airport last night after they shared, and their pastor preached at a church that’s on the way!

  • The team did an amazing job at our VBS, and we had over 75 different children attend and hear the Gospel.

  • The Lord provided for us to purchase a large, industrial refrigerator for the retreat center!

Prayer Requests

  • As we prepare for our annual trip to the US. The adjustments, logistics, travels, and many different ministries, etc., can feel overwhelming if we let them. We want to be “all there”, but we also want to be “all here”! 8 months in Brazil and 4 months in the US is challenging and at times, frustrating.

  • For Dave’s next meeting on real manhood with the teen boys.

  • For Marcelo and Elines as they navigate challenging waters in their new marriage, find the right ministries to join, and Marcelo finishes up seminary.

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The Stevens Family | Serving in England, based in Oxford

Updated July 2026

Praises

  • We filmed our final Soul Stirrer video and it’s currently in the post-production stage. That makes a total of 15 evangelistic videos that will be used in schools, universities, churches, and community outreaches.

  • Our recent youth weekend away was a big success with lots of fun and many young people learning to hear from God and obey.

Prayer Requests

  • Kiera’s spinal fusion surgery will take place in the next 3-4 months. Pray for the right timing.

  • Ella finishes her summer mission/internship in Ecuador this week.

  • We sense some significant changes are coming in the months ahead for us and our non-profit Start to Stir. Pray with us!

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The Cooper Family | Serving in Togo, West Africa

Updated July 2026

Chris and Lydia Cooper are ABWE missionaries serving in Togo, West Africa at the Hospital of Hope. The hospital cares for patients from over 6 surrounding countries, including many unreached people groups, serving as a church planting catalyst in the region. The Coopers are passionate about meeting the physical needs of unreached families to engage them with their spiritual need for Christ.

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Praises

  • We passed our A2 final exams!

  • We were healthy the whole term and did not miss a day of class.

  • God is equipping more laborers to be sent out to Francophone countries.

  • Chris has been consistently meeting with his language partner, and Lydia got connected with a potential language partner.

Prayer Requests

  • Please pray for the missionaries who finished their language studies and are heading to their areas of ministry.

  • Please pray for smooth travels back to the States and that James adjusts well to the time change (and sleeps on the plane!).

  • Please pray for the language school as they navigate costly changes that need to be made to the buildings on campus.

  • Please pray that we keep up with our French while on summer break.

  • Please pray Lydia’s connection with a potential language partner is a good match!

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Living on mission starts right where God has placed you! As transformed followers of Jesus, we desire to be the hands and feet of Jesus in our community. God has placed each of us uniquely in a community to share His glory with our neighbors, in our schools, workplaces, and more. We would love to walk with you as you journey living missionally right where you are.

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