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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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,…
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The Armor of God
We saw last week that our most basic mission is to stand firm on God’s Word and all He teaches, to hold fast to the Gospel and all the rest…

Recent Devotions

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October 9, 2025
Passage Read: Romans 16 - 1 Corinthians 1 Meditation Verses: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Thought Ouch! This is a brutal truth, but a vital…
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October 8, 2025
Passage Read: Romans 14-15 Meditation Verses: 15:15-16 Thought Paul is writing to a group of believers that clearly contains both Jews…
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October 7, 2025
Passage Read: Romans 12-13 Meditation Verse: 12:6 Thought This sounds like permission to do little, if that's all the faith that I…

Random Posts

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May 14, 2022
Passage Read: Isaiah 39-42 Meditation Verses: 40:6-8 Thought Men and all their "goodness" are but like grass and…
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June 9, 2025
Passage Read: Isaiah 47-50 Meditation Verses: 48:17-19 Thought "If only you had paid attention to My commands, your…
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August 8, 2022
Passage Read: Luke 23-24 Meditation Verse: 23:34 Thought I am so easily angered when things don't go my way. I…