RIDGE MISSIONS
OUR HEART FOR THE NATIONS
At Ridge Church, we are passionate about every person in every context hearing the Gospel and being discipled by Christian leaders within their local church. Below is a list of our missionaries and the unique ways they proclaim Christ across different countries and cultural contexts. We have intentionally structured our church around this mission—every coffee or snack purchased at the café on Sunday mornings or Wednesdays directly supports world missions and the work God is doing around the globe.
Below you will find the missionaries we support. We invite you to pray for them, encourage them, and partner with us as we work together to proclaim Christ to people all over the world.
Love Goes Ministries
Our ministry exists to serve and restore the street boys of Senegal by addressing both their immediate needs and their long-term futures. In a country where a deeply broken system often exploits vulnerable and homeless children, we stand in the gap to fight oppression with compassion, dignity, and hope. At our Love Goes base camp, boys have access to essential health and hygiene resources—including showers, toilets, clean water, and wound care—so they can experience safety, cleanliness, and restored self-worth. We provide consistent meals through free breakfast and lunch, offering peace of mind to children who otherwise live each day unsure of when they will eat again. Education is central to our mission, as we believe early learning is key to breaking the cycle of poverty and empowering boys to build better futures. For older boys, we offer vocational training through woodworking, equipping them with practical skills in craftsmanship, project management, finances, and marketing to create sustainable livelihoods. Through weekly soccer gatherings, the boys experience joy, community, and structure, while also receiving nourishment, hygiene care, and Gospel teaching. Above all, everything we do is rooted in sharing the hope of the Gospel—bringing light to the hopeless, purpose to the forgotten, and a future grounded in faith, dignity, and lasting transformation.
Website: lovegoesministries.com
Diamond Willow Ministries
Diamond Willow Ministries is a Christ-centered nonprofit on the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation in Fort Thompson, South Dakota, committed to sharing the love of Jesus by strengthening families, investing in youth, and fostering spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical wholeness in the community. Through the Ikce Oyate Christian Center, we provide a welcoming extended family where people can grow in faith and relationships, and through the Tokata Youth Center we offer a safe, positive environment for children and teens to receive mentorship, leadership development, and consistent care. Our heart is to serve through meaningful relationships—walking with individuals through every season of life, meeting practical needs, celebrating victories, and supporting people through challenges. In all we do, we strive to reflect Christ’s compassion and hope to the Hunkpati Oyate, believing that the Gospel shines brightest when it is lived out in everyday acts of love.
Website: www.tokatayouthcenter.org
Team Expansion, France
The ministry in Poitiers, France centers on helping a small, multicultural church of about 35 people refocus on evangelism and disciple-making in a largely secular city of roughly 200,000 residents and 35,000 university students. Over the past year, the church has emphasized discipleship training, mentoring leaders, and launching discovery Bible studies, which has resulted in several baptisms and growing confidence in sharing faith. Looking ahead, the focus is on unity in Christ and prayer, including sharing monthly prayer videos with supporting churches, while the long-term vision is to see disciple-making Bible studies spread throughout Poitiers and the surrounding region, an area with very little missionary presence.
Panama City Beach Florida Church Plant
Our family moved from Missouri to Panama City Beach, Florida, to plant Branches Church. We are currently meeting weekly for Bible study with a core group, and our desire is to equip our group to think like missionaries. This looks like meeting people where they are in our city, engaging them with the gospel of Jesus Christ, and making disciples. Our desire is to see a growing number of disciples lead to weekend services, where we gather to worship Jesus, grow together, and leave equipped to reach more people. Right now, we are getting involved with other local ministries, and partnering with another church in our community. Our prayer is that God would use us to raise up and send out people to plant more churches—believing that in order to reach the lost throughout our area, country, and world, more churches need to be planted, telling people about the gospel of the grace of God.
We named the church “Branches Church” to remind us of two important truths: apart from Jesus, we can do nothing, and when we abide in Him, He can do immeasurably more than we could ever accomplish on our own. We want to live, and lead others to live completely dependent on Him, and remembering that our highest calling is to be with Jesus and pursue Him wholeheartedly. From the overflow of abiding in Him, we believe Christ will be exalted, we will be humbled by His grace, and Jesus will build His church using ordinary people like us . At the core of how we disciple and how we live this, we: Abide in Jesus. Grow Together. Reach Others.
Website: www.branchespcb.com