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!

A little about us

After 27 years serving the Lord in east Asia, we moved to the Dominican Republic to help disciple disciplers of teens in crisis. That door closed, so we returned to Iowa.  We now serve Lafayette Salem Evangelical Church, a small rural church north of Cedar Rapids, and the Hawkeye Chapter of Child Evangelism Fellowship.

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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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.
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A Time to Go
"What are we thinking?" We're thinking seriously about going back overseas! Follow me down the rabbit-hole of my thoughts.

Recent Messages

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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…
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Our Most Basic Purpose
The word for “submission” that we’ve been reviewing for weeks now comes out of a miliary context. It seems now Paul presses forward into the…
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Submission Defined
We’ve talked a lot about submission and obedience over the last many weeks, in particular who we’re called to submit to, why we’re required…

Recent Devotions

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August 31, 2025
Passage Read: Luke 13-14 Meditation Verses: 13:1-5 Thought Jesus' response to these tragedies suggests that the people all held the…
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August 30, 2025
Passage Read: Luke 11-12 Meditation Verses: 11:27-28 Thought This is such an interesting statement from a modern perspective. This…
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August 29, 2025
Passage Read: Luke 9-10 Meditation Verses: 10:8-12 Thought Jesus references Sodom first as comparison to the judgment the rejecting…

Random Posts

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June 25, 2024
Passage Read: Ezekiel 16-19 Meditation Verses: 18:19-22 Thought Why would anyone be upset that the son does not…
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February 2, 2023
Passage Read: 2 Kings 12-15 Meditation Verse: 15:34 Thought Uzziah/Azariah was afflicted with leprosy at some point…
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April 30, 2025
Passage Read: Psalm 95-98 Meditation Verse: 97:8 Thought Jerusalem and the villages of Judah rejoice over the Lord…