Missions 

GraceLife Bible Church is committed to fulfilling the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. It is our desire and prayer to raise up long-term, full-time missionaries in order to complete the task of worldwide church-planting. We also partner with several missionary families who are seeking to spread the gospel to “every tribe, tongue, people and nation.”

Our missions partnerships fall into two categories:

  1. Missionary Partners: These are either an elder-qualified leader called by the Holy Spirit and sent out from his local church to plant or establish churches amongst the ethnic people groups of the world OR a godly, biblically qualified saint sent by their local church who comes alongside a church-planting missionary to support the church-planting mission.

  2. National Partners: These are indigenous, local church pastors in other parts of the world. While these local pastors are not missionaries in the technical sense, partnering with them and their churches is a strategic way of accomplishing the Great Commission.

Missions Lead: Pastor Matt Kopp (contact)

Missionary Partners

D & C

This couple focuses on church planting amongst the unreached/unengaged people groups in the Arab World through leadership development, evangelism, and discipleship. They seek to run a sustainable business in their community and leverage it to identify and raise up spiritual leaders, along with ongoing evangelism and discipleship.

James & Faith Cha

Leesburg, VA

James and Faith previously were involved in church planting and ministry in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. They are currently based out of Virginia and are focused on reaching Muslims and others through evangelistic ESL classes and other outreaches. The Chas have three grown children and one grandchild.

national Partners

Lilongwe Bible Church

Lilongwe, Malawi

Pastored by Ernest Kanzangaza and Kellen Hiroto, Lilongwe Bible Church (formerly IBF Church) is located in the capital city of Malawi. In addition to faithfully serving the church, both pastors also help lead the Central Africa Preach Academy (CAPA), training pastors in Lilongwe and throughout Malawi. Ernest and his wife Naomi have 2 children: Nathan and Chloe. Kellen and his wife Becca have 3 children: Yami, Jaden, and Kiara.


Iglesia Biblica Evangelica de Murcia

Murcia, Spain

Pastored by Ismael Garrido, Pablo Cabrera, and Adolfo Garrido, Iglesia Biblica Evangelica is one of a very few number of Bible churches in all of southeastern Spain. The church was planted in partnership with the Iglesia Evangélica de León and the Berea Seminary (also in Leon). Ismael and his wife Ana have 5 children: Enoc, Zoe, Mia, Abi, and Joy. Pablo and his wife Dina have 3 children: Noel, Itai, and Liam.