Missions
ABBA Women's Choice
ABBA, Women’s Choice, opens its doors to women and men whose lives have been changed due to an unplanned pregnancy. With pregnancy testing, limited obstetric ultrasound, limited STI/STD testing, educational, sexual health and restoration programs, and mentoring, generations are being transformed. It’s your gifts that help empower women to choose life.
Bruce & Heather Beal
Bruce and Heather serve with Wycliffe Bible Translators. They base out of the International Linguistic Center in Dallas, Texas. Bruce is the Director of the ILC’s Elementary School Summer Camp and also serves in various service roles on the ILC Campus. Heather is the Dean of Academic Affairs at Dallas International University where she also teaches a course on Oral Bible Translation. Heather also serves the Mexico Branch of SIL as a linguistic consultant.
Dwight & Jess Bernier
Dwight grew up near Portland, Maine and was raised in a Christian home but decided that church and God were not for him. After several years, a series of events led him back to Christ and he enrolled in a Bible college. While there, he met several men from Quebec who told him about the incredible need of the people of Quebec to hear the gospel. Montreal is a thriving, diverse city where the gospel has never taken root. Less than 2% of Montreal are Christians. Over the past 40 years, people of Montreal have turned away from their Catholic background and embraced an extremely pluralistic society that embraces all world views and cultures as long as they have nothing to do with the church. This has led to an ignorance of the Bible, Jesus and the church and how God can interrelate with their lives. Dwight spent several summers in Montreal working with a missions organization reaching out to people of the city. His heart was burdened with the desire to plant churches in Montreal and to share the gospel with those in the city. Dwight and his wife, Jess and their children are planting churches in Montreal. Dwight also supports church planting efforts across Canada.
CEF of Maine
CEF is a Bible centered, worldwide organization, whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in a local church for Christian living. The state office helps to coordinate activities among the regional Maine chapters and operate a full summer program of camping at Camp Good News. They offer teacher training and a training program (Christian Youth In Action) for teens interested in teaching children.
Mike & Caryn DiGena
Mike and Caryn have followed the Lord’s calling to France where they have served many years. They are based in Lyon, France’s second largest metropolitan area. Mike serves as leader of the Lyon City Team of missionaries. The team is committed to the vision of seeing ‘Communities of true worship in every ‘quartier’ (neighborhood)’. Jesus’ clear statement that the “Father seeks worshipers that worship Him in spirit and in truth” is our inspiration as we reach out by ‘Carrying Christ, making disciples, and transforming communities for the glory of God’. Current team involvement with like minded partners includes French church planting, International church planting and ministry to refugees and victims of human trafficking. Thank you for joining us in praying for more workers to join us in this field of harvest.
Free Indeed
We are in the ministry to help those who struggle with relational and/or sexual brokenness. We have learned a tremendous amount about addiction and how to treat it according to God’s inerrant, true, living Word. We have improved the effectiveness of how we treat sexual addiction and caused the lives of hundreds of families to change their own personal relationship with their creator and ultimately their interpersonal relationships. We have three purposes. Our first purpose is to offer hope for the captive. We provide 6 highly effective, biblical based discipleship programs to meet individual needs. These are: Freedom Fighter Program, Freedom Fighter Follow-on Program, Taking Back Ground Program, Taking Back Ground Follow-on Program, Wives Issues Program, and Create In Me a Pure Heart Women’s Program. Our second purpose is to be a Christian preservative in our culture. Our third purpose is to support your local church. We provide support to the local pastors and families dealing with these difficult issues in their families and church communities. We speak in local churches to share information about this ministry and to speak directly to the issues of these struggles.
Greater Portland Christian School
Founded in 1973, Greater Portland Christian School (GPCS) is an independent, multi-denominational, college-preparatory day school for preschool through twelfth grade. We are a Christian institution, founded and maintained for God’s glory above all other considerations. To achieve our highest goal of directing our students to worship their Creator and Savior through learning, we partner with Christian parents and churches in training our students to view every subject and every aspect of life through the lens of God’s Word, the Bible—to think biblically about their world, and then to live in harmony with that biblical perspective. GPCS parents choose this school for their children because of our Christian worldview; our competent, caring faculty who share their biblical values; the strong academic program; small class sizes; extracurricular opportunities; and supportive community atmosphere. Greater Portland Christian School provides a distinctively Christian education which complements the home and church, brings a biblical perspective to every subject, and helps parents prepare their children for a God-glorifying life.
Rebecca Harrington
Rebecca first came in contact with Cru as a student at Dartmouth College, where being part of a women’s Bible study community positively impacted her walk with God and helped her see reaching out to others with the hope of Jesus as an important part of every Jesus-follower’s role. She joined staff with Cru in 2010 after graduating. Rebecca serves with Cru on the Northeast Lifelines team in greater Portland, ME.
Lifelines is the outdoor and experiential learning network of Cru’s college campus ministry. Rebecca and her fellow staff coach local campus ministry groups near Portland, leading Bible studies and mentoring students. They also lead evangelism and development trips for college groups all across the Northeast, from New York to Maine. Students are challenged spiritually and physically on outdoor trips like rock climbing and white-water rafting. Adventure tends to expose our deepest fears and beliefs about ourselves, God, and others! In that place of heart awareness, staff share about Christ in the discussion and how he’s relevant to all aspects of life. Diverse groups come on trips, like fraternities, sports teams, Cru student groups, and freshman dorm groups. Cru’s desire is to give everyone the opportunity to place their trust in Jesus, to build people up in their faith, and to help them invite others to be disciples of Jesus as well.
David & Katrina Hasbrouck
David & Katrina Hasbrouck
David and Katrina live in Spain and are involved in a couple of ministries. David primarily does video production for an Arabic speaking audience. Katrina helps with Comunicando vida, our Spanish counseling and church training ministry. If you would like more information, please contact a missions committee member or feel free to e-mail us at david@avmi.org or katrina@avmi.org.
His Mansion
His Mansion serves two distinct groups in the body of Christ. They offer help to those suffering from physical, emotional and spiritual problems and they equip and train Christians who are called for ministry. His Mansion has been called to minister those with addictions (alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, and others), victims of abuse (physical, emotional and other), those suffering from emotional and behavioral dysfunction, and pregnant women in crisis.
His Mansion presents several opportunities for Christians desiring to be trained and equipped for ministry including short and long-term internships, counseling courses, support group seminars, and other classes and conferences. His Mansion has as one of its foundational beliefs that it is necessary to deal with the sins and guilt in people facing difficulties in order to produce healing of the body and soul.
Life in Messiah
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Sharing God’s heart for the Jewish people.
Since 1887, Life in Messiah has helped Christians understand the Jewish roots of our faith and God’s ongoing commitment to His people. We teach that antisemitism is inconsistent with biblical faith. We “pray for the peace of Jerusalem,” which includes her spiritual renewal as well as physical safety. In all we do, our priority is to share the gospel message.
We are passionate about reaching the Jewish people with the gospel – and equipping the church to join us in this vital work! Our staff regularly reach out to unbelievers through Bible studies, street and campus evangelism, hospitality for Shabbat (sabbath) meals and Jewish holidays, and more. We engage with local believers through speaking engagements, volunteer opportunities, and ministry trips. Learn more about our in-person ministry.
Dale & Ann Little
Dale & Ann began serving in EFC church planting, mission leadership and theological education in Japan in 1984. As of 2023 they work out of TOKYO JAPAN 3-4 months per year and MAINE USA the remaining months. They oversee Tokyo Multicultural Church that they launched in their apartment complex in 2013, lead the Asia region of ServeBeyond (EFC of Canada), and Dale teaches theology part-time in Tokyo. During 2024-2025 they are also visiting their 21 supporting EFC churches in Canada and the US.
Rus & Jen Wilette
Rus & Jen Wilette
Rus and Jen both grew up in Christian homes. Rus grew up near Portland and spent some time in his early 20’s in the Boston area in school and coaching. Jen moved to the Portland area when she was 18. During their engagement (and for the first 8 years of their marriage), they were active leaders in the youth ministry at their church. After the birth of their 2nd child, they began to open up their home once a week to the local college students. Both Rus and Jen felt this ministry was perfect fit for their gifting and pursued ministry with the Navigators. They continue to offer weekly gatherings at their home and Rus has taken on more leadership roles in the college ministry in Maine and they have seen opportunities open at USM and Maine Maritime Academy. These ministries are led by student leaders who are themselves discipled by Navigator staff. New ministry opportunities and possibilities of other college campuses continue to arise. The purpose of the Navigators is to advance the Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom into the nations through spiritual generations of laborers living and discipling among the lost. We spread the Good News of Jesus Christ by establishing life-on-life mentoring (or discipling) relationships with people, equipping them to make an impact on those around them for God’s glory.
Larry & Debby Porter
The Porter’s ministry with CEF began in 1987 after Larry graduated from Word of Life Bible Institute. They continued to serve as local directors until 1992 when they made preparations to serve in Haiti. They ministered in Haiti from 1996-2004 when they had to leave due to political unrest. Upon their return to the USA, they served CEF at the World Headquarters. In 2006, they came to Maine to serve as the Southern Maine directors. They led in this capacity until 2014. They transitioned to work at Child Evangelism Fellowship of Rhode Island, where they bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the children. Their focus is to disciple them in God’s Word and to establish them in local churches where they can continue to grow in their Christian lives.
Transformation Project
Transforming Live That Transform Communities
Captives Set Free, Hope Restored, Lives Transformed
Our communities are in desperate need of reliable and effective men; sons, husbands, fathers, workers, and leaders. Our families have been ravaged by addictions, abuse ,and incarceration. The Transformation Project is a recovery and reentry ministry that offers FREEDOM, HOPE, and TRANSFORMATION through Christian discipleship. Men are being transformed, walking in freedom and bringing hope to our families and communities.
Ernesto Zavala
We are involved in reaching out to the Deaf Community of Peru and those who work with them. We are focused on hearing mothers of deaf children who need to learn Sign Language so that they can communicate with their deaf children. Then they can become the catalyst with the other siblings and the expanded family of their deaf children, and the community at large.