Rose Hill Making a Difference

Serving around the world

*Dan & Peggy Agee
Dan and Peggy serve with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Oaxaca, Mexico. For 8-1/2 years, Dan was the Director of Mexico Branch of SIL , overseeing, with the help of an administrative team, all the work of Bible Translation and Language Development by SIL in the country of Mexico. Peggy has served as the Coordinator of Language and Culture Learning supervising the language learning of teams learning indigenous language in Mexico in preparation for their participation in a translation project.
Following Dan's directorship, the Agees plan to remain in Mexico to assist the work of scripture translation as the Lord leads. 
*David & Joan Cram
Dave and Joan Cram retired March 31, 2017 after over 34 years serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators. In spite of their retirement from Wycliffe, they haven't stopped serving the Lord. During many of their years with Wycliffe, Dave and Joan oversaw Wycliffe's worldwide financial operations. Dave served nearly 9 years as the Vice President for Finance, then served another 10 years as Corporation Treasurer. Through this experience, God gave them both considerable knowledge of how the finances in Christian ministries should operate. God has now called them to use that knowledge and experience to help other organizations, not just Wycliffe. Their new ministry includes assisting churches and ministries with tax and accounting issues, helping churches evaluate their financial controls, assisting pastors and outreach workers with their tax returns, and teaching in college classes and various seminars on nonprofit financial and accounting issues. Dave also serves as Rose Hill's Corporate Treasurer.
Ray & Angie De Lange (Cora, Elijah, Lydia, Anna)
Ray and Angie are Church Planting Catalysts among a Middle Eastern people group in the Vancouver, BC area serving with East-West Ministries International. In keeping with East-West's vision, they are working to grow the Church among people from a nation that is currently one of the spiritually darkest places of the world, meaning there are high risks for people who convert to Christianity and for those who try to convert them. Because of this, it is difficult, though not impossible, to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with this people group in their homeland. But for God's good purposes, millions of them are scattered around the globe, living in nations such as the U.S. and Canada that uphold religious freedom and speech. The De Langes have many opportunities to come into contact with this people group. Through service to others, evangelism outreaches into the community, and encouraging and discipling those new to the faith, they spread the good news of the gospel. Their prayer is that through these efforts many new leaders will be called to plant healthy, reproducing churches among their people in Canada, the US, and ultimately back in their homeland.

​Karen Erickson
Karen Erickson serves with RCE (Resourcing Christian Education) International. After 12 years as a teacher and administrator in St. Petersburg, Russia, Karen now serves as Curriculum Coordinator and Teacher Mentor/Coach at Roy and Dora Whitman Academy.  At Whitman, she works with faculty and students from numerous cultures and nationalities. Many of their students are "Third Culture Kids", students growing up in a culture other than their parents' or of their country of nationality. As an international English-speaking Christian school, Whitman strives to create a multinational atmosphere that stimulates greater understanding and compassion for all individuals.


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​Brian and Brooke Johnson (Asia, Leif, Slater, Skye)
Brian and Brooke Johnson serve with Ethnos360. From 2009 - 2019, they served in the Philippines as Head Culture and Language Coaches. Now the family is headed to new work (and adventures) in Mexico. Both Brian and Brooke grew up as MKs in the Philippines (as have their children!).
​Kevin & *Sarah Johnson (Alina, Lydia)
Kevin and Sarah (Agee) Johnson serve with UWM. Until mid-2021, they lived in Guatemala where Sarah spent 12 years working with Viña Studios' Deditos project, a series of Old Testament Bible story videos for kids. These videos are produced in Spanish and designed to be dubbed into indigenous languages. Kevin taught theology in Medellín, Colombia for three years before they were married, then continued to teach remotely for the Biblical Seminary of Colombia's online program and part-time with Centro Esdras, a Guatemalan ministry that focuses on practical theological training with a special emphasis on meeting the total well-being of persons and communities.
In the summer of 2021 the family moved to Illinois, so that Kevin could pursue additional graduate studies at Trinity Evangelical Seminary. The ultimate goal is for him to complete his PhD, in order to better serve the church in Latin America through training pastors and teachers. 


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​Larry & Andrea Ciccarelli (Amani, Shireen)
Larry and Andrea have been serving in West Asia and Africa since 2001. In 2004, they completed work with people from a nomadic people group on dramatized Bible stories. These Bible stories were first distributed on audio cassette and CD, and are now being accessed on the Internet and through mobile phone.
The family now resides in Canada, where the girls are continuing their education while Larry and Andrea collaborate with artists and translators throughout West Asia/Africa to produce audio-visual materials that make the Scriptures relevant and accessible to local communities by using new media and local art forms.
​James and Gina Nie (Colton, Nikyla)
James and Gina Nie serve with Tyndale Bible Translators. During a five-year period of maritime service in the South Pacific, they transported families, delivered goods and supplies, brought local translators to training programs, and enabled outreach teams to access remote areas quickly and safely.
They are currently back home in the states leading the Melanesia Boat Project, dedicated to the construction and deployment of a boat specifically designed to meet the needs of the Melanesian islands. Many of the people groups located on these islands are difficult to reach! The Nie's continuing vision is to provide appropriate and reliable transport that will support humanitarian aid, medical services, and gospel outreach in this area.
*Bill& Julie Odom
Bill and Julie Odom serve with NAYM (Native American Youth Ministries)/ROCK (Reaching Out in Christ's Kingdom). Bill is a recording engineer and they are presently working in the Havasupai language. The Odoms have been in scripture audio recording work since 1976 putting the translated scriptures in nearly 90 languages back into audio form for those who cannot read. They were mobile for seven years, then settled near Tucson, working closely with the Summer Institute of Linguistics Mexico Branch. They began with Bible Translations on Tape, worked with Audio Scriptures International, Help International Ministries, and are now with NAYM. They have worked in languages from all over the world, from Chinese, to two African languages, Middle east languages, Asian and  European languages, languages in the South Pacific islands, languages of Mexico, of Alaska, of the native peoples of Canada and the US. Working closely with Bible translators, this is done with native narrators to get the Word of God back into the heart languages of these people groups in a form they can use (audio).

​TS John & Family
TS John and his wife founded South Asia Access (www.southasiaaccess.org) in 1997 in partnership with Joni and Friends. South Asia Access's goal is to minister Christ's hope and healing to children, families and communities struggling with disabilities in South Asia.

​Matthew & Elizabeth Van Wart (Nathaniel, Maddy, Annie, Alex)
Matthew and Elizabeth are currently serving with WorldVenture  in Mbarara, Uganda, East Africa. Matt's official title is Public Health Coordinator. Their ministry includes the training of public health workers in rural churches where there are no clinics or health workers to assist villages with a basic, much-needed outreach; help with the physical need to be able to reach the spiritual need.  An additional focus of their ministry is learning Runyankole and building relationships with the Ugandan people. Elizabeth supports and assists Matthew in his ministry, as well as homeschooling their 4 children and raising them to love and serve God.
​Richard & Wendy Yancey (Nathan, Rachel & Anastasia)
 Richard and Wendy serve with PIONEERS at Black Forest Academy (BFA) in Kandern, Germany. BFA is an accredited international school for students from numerous countries in grades 1 - 12. Richard’s role is working as a resource teacher for middle school students. Wendy substitute teaches for middle school French and is working on developing relationships with African immigrants in the area. Nathan, Rachel and Anna are current students at BFA. Previously, the Yanceys served in Eastern Europe in the ministry of church-planting among an unreached people group. They had also previously served in this capacity in West Africa. Richard and Wendy met in Nigeria, where Richard was serving with the Presbyterian Church and Wendy with SIM.
Dr. John (Jack) & Nell Chinchen - African Bible Colleges
Dr. John (Jack) Chinchen and Nell Chinchen founded the African Bible Colleges http://africanbiblecolleges.com in 1977. The first college was in Liberia, the second in Malawi and the third in Uganda. They are currently serving at the college in Malawi where Jack preaches to the students on a regular basis at Chapel services. Nell is the Director of Mass Communication for all three colleges. They are both in administrative positions as members of the Board of African Bible Colleges, but travel back to the states once a year to visit supporting churches. The Chinchens have also founded four radio stations: Liberia , Lilongwe, Malawi, Mzuzu, Malawi and Uganda.

​NEWS: We mourn the passing of Jack Chinchen, but rejoice in the assurance of his homecoming to Christ. His legacy endures. Read more here.
To correspond with any of our RHC overseas workers, contact the Church Office Manager (office@rosehillpc.org) for more information.

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