The Broken Arrow church family has long been active in foreign mission fields.  The Foreign Mission Ministry facilitates foreign mission campaigns by organizing the campaigns and financially supporting our members who work on those campaigns.

Currently we support missionaries in Cambodia, India, and Ukraine. You can find out more about the work God is doing in those countries by scrolling down. Some of the countries in which our members have shared Jesus in the past include Russia, Belize, Philippines, Australia, Mexico, Venezuela, Scotland, and Japan.  

Our congregation currently supports seven families in Ukraine: 1. Brandon and Katie Price 2. Sasha and Nastia Nikolaenko 3. Valery, Ludmilla, and Nastia Kolchik 4. Sergei Shupishov 5. Yura and Yulia Taran 6. Denis and Yulia Zolotar 7. Alexander and Aleena Padalyuk.

Brandon and Katie Price have served the church in Ukraine for nearly 14 years. They have lived in the cities of Mariupol, Kharkiv, and Kyiv. In 2020, Brandon accepted the role of director with the Ukrainian Bible Institute, a school which trains men and women for ministry and provides benevolence help around Ukraine. When the war began in February 2022, Brandon and his family evacuated the country and are currently living near the Ukrainian border in Kośice, Slovakia. Since the war began, UBI’s studies have moved fully online, and their benevolence work has expanded to help coordinate the delivery of humanitarian all over the country. Brandon oversees these efforts from Slovakia and often goes over the border to stay connected with the Christians there. Brandon and Katie are graduates of the Adventures In Missions program, as well as the Sunset International Bible Institute. They have two children.

Sasha Nikolaenko is a graduate of the Ukrainian Bible Institute and has served the church full-time since 2012. Sasha primarily focuses on reaching unchurched youth and their families. He and his wife, Nastia, have two children. When the war in the east began in 2014, he and his family was forced to leave their home in the Donetsk area and they relocated to Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 2020, they moved to Kyiv, and when the full-scale invasion began in February 2022, they evacuated to The Hague where Sasha continues to partner with the church and reach out to other Ukrainian refugee families. Sasha partners with the Sunset International Bible Institute and the Ukrainian Bible Institute to help provide aid and activities to displaced families.

Sergey Shupishov is a graduate of the Ukrainian Bible Institute and is a minister in the city Irpin, which is just outside of the capital city of Kyiv. Sergei and his wife, Yana, initially evacuated from the area when the war began in early 2022, but they returned to serve the church and their community in a town which was heavily damaged from the war. Sergei partners with the Let’s Love ministry to help provide aid to the local community.

Denis Zolotarev ministers at Irpin alongside Sergei Shupishov. He is a graduate of the Ukrainian Bible Institute. In addition to his work with his local congregation, Denis coordinates and participates in the deliveries of humanitarian aid through the Let’s Love ministry. Denis’ wife, Yulia, and their two children are currently living in Croatia due to the continued conflict in Ukraine.

Yura Taran is a graduate of the Ukrainian Bible Institute. He, his wife, and their family are from the city of Zaporizhzhia, where they served for many years. When it became too dangerous to stay in their city, Yura and his family evacuated to Warsaw, Poland where they have ministered to Ukrainian refugees and helped establish a Ukrainian congregation. Yura partners with the Sunset International Bible Institute and the Ukrainian Bible Institute to provide aid and other help to the refugees in Poland.

Valeriy Kolchik and his wife, Ludmilla, are originally from the city of Gorlovka where Valeriy served as a minister for many years after he graduated from the Ukrainian Bible Institute. He and his family were forced to evacuate their home when the war began in 2014. Eventually they moved to the city of Ivano-Frankivsk where they mostly minister to internally displaced Ukrainians. Valeriy and his congregation partner with the Sunset International Bible Institute and the Ukrainian Bible Institute to provide humanitarian aid and other help.

Currently Broken Arrow provides partial support for Brother A. Visweswara (Brother V). Brother V’s father was converted by J.C. Bailey, a Canadian preacher who was one of the first to bring the gospel to India. He became a preacher and Brother V has followed in his footsteps.

Brother V preaches at both the Arikirevula congregation and the Kovvor congregation and holds many evangelistic meetings and preacher lectureships, teaching preachers in the local area to minister to their communities. He is also the director of the Christian Charitable Society Bill & Sharon Paxton Children’s Home in Arikirevula. Brother V has developed a Christian Charitable Society in which he provides some care for a leper colony and many widows in the area.

The congregation at Arikirevula raised money for a television ministry. Brother V tapes the programs and they are aired every Sunday morning. The weekly program reaches 81 villages and 6 districts, approximately 140,000 people regularly watch the program.

The churches at Kovvur and Arikirevula are both active and growing. The congregation in Kovvur averages 55 in attendance, with eight new converts in 2008. The congregation in Arikirevula averages 155 in attendance, with five conversions for the year. Both congregations support their own programs and assist Brother V with his evangelistic outreach.

Brother V has been preaching the gospel since 1980.  He became a grandfather recently and his youngest daughter recently married a minister's son in India.  His son continues to study medicine in Rajahmundry, 20 km from his village and also involves himself in church work. He has begun teaching Bible stories and songs to school children in the area, as well as filling in for Brother V at the leper colony.

Brother V can be contacted at the following addresses:

Bro. A. Visweswara Rao
Christian Charitable Society
Door # 15-4-14BAPUJINAGER
KOVVUR-534350
W.G. A.P. S, INDIA

avrao_kvr@yahoo.com

The Cambodia Bible Institute is a work of the Sunset Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas.  Rich and Ronda Dolan have served the Cambodia Bible Institute since 2007.  Rich serves as the Dean of the school.  Rich’s work involves teaching and training, scheduling visiting teachers from the States, establishing the schedule and curriculum, recruiting students and working with local churches.  He also arranges vocational training for the students to allow them to be self-supporting, if needed.

Due to laws in Cambodia forbidding door-to-door campaigns, there are scheduled Evangelism Weeks which give students the opportunity to return to their home villages and preach the gospel.  As another tool for outreach, Rich has arranged for the translation of Bible commentaries which serve as study guides.  The first project completed was a commentary of Romans titled "Paid in Full" by Richard Rodgers.  "Paid in Full" is given to all graduates, church leaders and sold in the Bible bookstore in Phnom Penh.  Recently a man of a different faith from the Phnom Penh Bible School requested a copy of the book in English from which he plans to teach a class and assign reading.  A second book, in the process of translation, is "The Life of Christ."  Once completed, 2000 books and 1,000 study guides will be completed. 

Rich and Ronda attend and work with two congregations.  “Usually I preach and teach class 3 or 4 times a month at the Phnom Penh congregation.  Most Sundays I teach Bible class at the University congregation where I am also helping lead and train men.”

A note from Rich:

Although we are now miles apart, we continually thank God for all of you in Broken Arrow.  You are our dear friends, brothers and sisters.  We are grateful that you are partners with us in God's work here in Cambodia and love that we can be your representatives here.  You continue to be a special part of our lives. We hope you know that we love you all very much! 

Rich and Ronda maintain a blog concerning the mission effort in Cambodia.