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.
Registration for this trip has closed.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sept. 14, 2026
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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
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The Caudill Family | Director of Live Global, based in Pennsylvania
Updated July 2026
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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.
Saeed and Saida | Northern Caucasus of Central Asia
Updated September 2026
Praises
I thank the Lord for the opportunity to share the Gospel with new people. Some of them responded very positively. One of them said he wanted to talk to me about it again.
I thank the Lord that an unbeliever came up to me and said he wanted to be like me. He wants to be just as respectful of people as I am. I told him that Jesus made me this way. It was very heartwarming to hear those words and to share the Gospel with him.
I thank the Lord that, by His grace, we can help people with medical needs. A great many people turn to us, and we help them. Some also ask us to pray for their needs.
Prayer Requests
Please pray for the people we’re sharing the Gospel with, that they may become disciples of Jesus Christ.
Please pray for our family, that the Lord will help us find a larger home so we can have adequate space for our family and for our house church. We also often have guests visiting us for various reasons.
Please also pray for the translation of the New Testament and for the workshop that begins on September 17 and lasts for 12 days. With God’s help, the next workshop will be held in early March 2027.
The Sanford Family | Serving in Papua New Guinea
Updated September 2026
Praises
We arrived at a fairly full center of missionaries. Just a week prior, it was pretty empty. It is a blessing to have others to do life alongside.
We are back into homeschooling. It’s a significant part of our lives here in PNG. Thankfully, we’ve been able to start off on a good foot. Kati and the kids are doing well jumping back into the swing of things.
A family is interested in joining our team! It’s been a long year of prayer and not knowing how God is going to move for our family to progress in our ministry. Along with that family there are a couple other new church planters on the way to PNG opening up some potential roads forward. We are encouraged to have opportunities to look into to complete our team.
Prayer Requests
As mentioned, we recently had a family reach out to us interested in joining our church planting team! Please pray for clear leading as we meet this family and consider teaming up. They are based in a different part of the country, so working through team formation has some complications.
I (Ricky) am taking on an admin role until our team is complete. I’ll be helping our church development team coordinate our varying consultants to address the needs of our church plants across PNG. It’s a great opportunity to help while also gaining wisdom on what difficulties our church planters face before entering our own church plant. Pray that I transition into the role well and am an effective help to our church planting teams.
Pray for our Center as we are in a busy season. We’re preparing for our regional conference where all our church planters come together for a few days. It’s a time where their kids receive their standardized testing, we have times of worship and encouragement, and it’s overall time of building up the Body of Christ as most of the time many are in isolated locations.
Dave & Jan Santos | Serving in São Paulo, Brazil
Updated September 2026
Praises
Jan had a good trip to visit her momma (who is almost 87).
Dave had the immense honor and privilege to be one of the speakers at Alpine Baptist Church’s 100th anniversary! This is our sending church and it continues to be a HUGE blessing in our lives and ministry.
We’ve received some more funding for our second MK retreat.
IBCA (our last church plant’s “nickname”) is now 22!! Last weekend they baptized SIX and had a wonderful celebration. We wish SO MUCH we could have been there!
Prayer Requests
We continue to seek funding for the second BMMB MK retreat.
Pastor Ulisses, as he’s held the first session with a new group of pastors.
God to continue to give us good health and stamina as we are still traveling TONS in our visits for reporting on our ministry in SP.
The Stevens Family | Serving in England, based in Oxford
The Stevens will be moving back to Michigan later this year to accept the role of Congregation Pastor at Genesis Church in Petoskey. Pray for all the logistics of moving and the emotions of saying goodbye to all those they’ve ministered to in the UK over the last 23 years!
Updated September 2026
Praises
Our Soul Stirrer evangelistic video series launches in Germany this week!
We just reconnected – at a wedding – with many leaders we’ve trained over the years. It was amazing to see so many serving as pastors, youth ministers, charity workers, teachers, etc!
Prayer Requests
Kiera’s spinal fusion surgery for her scoliosis is scheduled for 15 Sept. Pray that date sticks and for her surgery.
Pray for the timing and logistics of our move back to Michigan
The Cooper Family | Serving in Togo, West Africa
Updated September 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.
Praises
Baby Cooper #2 is so far healthy and growing well, and Lydia’s morning sickness has improved in the last couple of weeks.
Rain! The hot and dry summer is finally over, and temperatures are more bearable.
The school has come to a temporary solution to the nursery, allowing both of us to still attend class full time.
Prayer Requests
Please pray for Baby Cooper #2 and that they continue to grow healthy and grow up to love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. Our anatomy scan to take a closer look at baby’s development is on September 16 and we are praying for continued health and good news.
Please pray for school starting September 1st, and that we finish this last school trimester well.
Unfortunately, one of the totes we shipped to Virginia did not make it to the shipping container company to get to Togo. Please pray that UPS finds this missing tote.
Make an impact in your local community
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.
Looking to learn more about missions at Chapel Pointe? Connect with us by filling out the contact form.
