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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Holiday Updates 2025
Greetings from Varna American International School where we celebrated Thanksgiving on November 7th. Thanksgiving was the month’s theme, and we’re now approaching finals and gearing up for Christmas holidays trips. As one of our chapel choruses repeated, we have “so much, so much to be thankful for!”
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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!

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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January 6, 2026
Passage Read: Leviticus 11-14 Meditation Verses: 11:44-45 Thought These uncleanness instructions, for the most part, are health and…
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January 5, 2026
Passage Read: Leviticus 7-10 Meditation Verses: 9:5-8 Thought Moses brought the whole congregation near to watch the whole sacrificial…
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January 4, 2026
Passage Read: Leviticus 3-6 Meditation Verse: 5:5 Thought The Lord makes a distinction between sins committed intentionally and…

Random Posts

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May 27, 2023
Passage Read: Jeremiah 33-36 Meditation Verses: 33:24-26 Thought It is a mistake to think that just because the…
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April 1, 2025
Passage Read: Job 33-36 Meditation Verses: 33:29-30 Thought Elihu believes he can explain to Job exactly what is…
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December 22, 2025
Passage Read: Genesis 41-44 Meditation Verses: 44:32-34 Thought Many years before, their jealousy and hated of…