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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The Power of Hope
Hope helps us get through hard things in order to gain better things. In 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV), Paul writes, “And now these three…
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Intimacy with God - Part II
How close a relationship does God desire to have with us believers? How does building a close relationship with God differ from a typical…
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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,…

Recent Devotions

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January 16, 2026
Passage Read: Numbers 24-27 Meditation Verse: 24:13 Thought How does Balaam go from this to advising Moab in how to cause Israel to…
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January 15, 2026
Passage Read: Numbers 20-23 Meditation Verses: 23:11-13 Thought What amazes me most about this event is Balak's arrogance in thinking…
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January 14, 2026
Passage Read: Numbers 16-19 Meditation Verses: 17:12-13 Thought This is exactly what the Lord promised, that that generation would all…

Random Posts

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March 18, 2023
Passage Read: Psalm 23-26 Meditation Verse: 24:1 Thought The world and everything in it belongs to the Lord, so He…
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November 12, 2023
Passage Read: Revelation 11-12 Meditation Verse: 12:11 Thought The only way to overcome the devil and his hatred of…
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August 2, 2022
Passage Read: Luke 11-12 Meditation Verses: 12:51-53 Thought Jesus didn't come to destroy men's lives, but neither…