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 Mission

To develop leaders in ministry (missionary or church, national or international) 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, missionaries and students we have met, and to build into the lives of those they are serving. We have opportunities to serve as campus pastor at Christian schools and invitations to provide staff- and pastor-development training. We also have a burden to encourage the Church in the US and abroad to get more missional 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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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.
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Bosnian Excursion
Two of our Chinese "daughters" are now working at an international school for Chinese students in Bosnia, of all places! So we thought we'd visit them!

Recent Messages

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A Theology of Husbandry Part I: Love
Husbands, now it’s our turn. I’m using another old word in my title, “husbandry.” We use the word today to describe the roles and…
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A Theology of Wifery Part II: Headship
Last week, we looked at Paul’s main command to wives: to submit to your husbands. We saw that a wife’s submission to her husband was tied…
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A Theology of Wifery Part I: Submission
“Submission.” We treat it like a dirty word. It’s OK if everyone has to submit to each other. Not so great when one group has to submit to…

Recent Devotions

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July 1, 2025
Passage Read: Ezekiel 4-7 Meditation Verses: 5:6-7 Thought It is better to have never known the Lord than to know His righteous decrees…
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June 30, 2025
Passage Read: Lamentations 5 - Ezekiel 3 Meditation Verses: Ezekiel 3:24-27 Thought The Lord appears to Ezekiel multiple times,…
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June 29, 2025
Passage Read: Lamentations 1-4 Meditation Verses: 2:5-7 Thought No one thought the Lord would do it, destroy His own temple. But He…

Random Posts

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July 9, 2023
Passage Read: Matthew 11-12 Meditation Verses: 11:21-22 Thought Tyre and Sidon would have repented long ago if they…
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December 21, 2024
Passage Read: Exodus 27-30 Meditation Verse: 29:21 Thought The priest's garments were to pass from father to son,…
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January 12, 2025
Passage Read: Deuteronomy 12-15 Meditation Verses: 13:6-9 Thought It did not matter who enticed an Israelite to…