The Bemenderfers

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  • Serving beneath the Cross

    Serving beneath the Cross

    Still "reaping and training reapers" wherever the Lord takes us

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  • Tim on Guitar

    Tim on Guitar

    July of 2023, just before Tim left for the Dominican Republic.  He's also great on the piano!

  • George on Drums

    George on Drums

    George, with a fan. He's also become quite the guitar player, taking over leading worship once Tim left.

Our vision

To develop leaders in Christ's service anywhere in the world through foundational discipleship tools and sound Biblical teaching

With our years of experience in evangelism, discipleship, teaching and training, we plan to spend significant periods of time (1 to 3 months—or more!) with the many contacts we have made across the globe. We offer discipleship training both to enhance the ministry of those pastors, cross-cultural laborers and students we have met, and to build into the lives of those they are serving. We have opportunities to serve Christian schools and invitations to provide staff- and shepherd-development training. We also have a burden to encourage the Church in the US and abroad to get more "Great Commissional" in life and purpose. We want to serve wherever there is both need and hunger—and an open door!

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A little about us

For more than 30 years, we have served the Lord in east Asia, the Dominican Republic and eastern Iowa.  Over the years, our ministry has focused on evangelism, establishing new believers, and discipling them as leaders in ministry.  It has expanded to preaching and pastoring.  We have always been about "reaping and training reapers."  We desire to serve a broader base, offering further training to friends and contacts in all parts of the world, including Europe, East Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

Recent News

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We've Arrived!
We've safely arrived in Bosnia and are settling into our new apartment, timezone and role!
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Winding Down and Gearing Up
We have our flight tickets and will be leaving for Bosnia on September 22nd!
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Moving Forward
We're going. To Bosnia. God willing and with your help.

Recent Messages

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Intimacy with God - Part II
How close a relationship does God desire to have with us believers? How does building a close relationship with God differ from a typical…
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You Can Be Forgiven
We are all alike under sentence of death. We all deserve to die; we all alike deserve eternal condemnation.  We know we have done wrong,…
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Prayer and Peace
We are called out from the world to live in faith and obedience to Jesus Christ, to a life that stands apart from the ways of the world,…

Recent Devotions

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November 13, 2025
Passage Read: Titus 3 - Philemon 1 Meditation Verse: Titus 3:3 Thought Foolishness, disobedience, being deceived and enslaved to all…
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November 12, 2025
Passage Read: Titus 1-2 Meditation Verses: 2:9-10 Thought This is true for everyone under any authority. We make the teaching about God…
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November 11, 2025
Passage Read: 2 Timothy 3-4 Meditation Verses: 3:2-5 Thought At first blush, Paul seems to be talking about the whole world, but he…

Random Posts

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May 28, 2023
Passage Read: Jeremiah 37-40 Meditation Verse: 38:17 Thought Zedekiah could have saved Jerusalem, if he had only…
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June 17, 2022
Passage Read: Daniel 4-7 Meditation Verses: 7:11-12 Thought The last beast, the Antichrist, he is destroyed by…
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October 22, 2023
Passage Read: Hebrews 11-12 Meditation Verses: 11:13-16 Thought Just a few verses earlier, the author mentions that…