DiscipleShape Life

Greetings from Dumaguete City, Philippines!

For more than two decades, our family has had the privilege of serving Christ in this vibrant community. What began as a calling to local church ministry has grown into a broader vision of seeing lives transformed through discipleship and mobilizing others for God's global mission.

Over the years, Andrew has served in youth ministry, associate pastoral leadership, and now as a senior pastor. Alongside these responsibilities, our ministry has expanded to include a children's sponsorship program that helps students access education, a prison ministry, and a Bible study for the expatriate community.

Recently, we had the joy of helping facilitate a Kairos Missions Course, an experience that deepened our conviction that every believer has a role to play in God's redemptive plan for the nations. Watching participants discover God's heart for the world and embrace their place in His mission was both encouraging and inspiring.

Through this experience, Andrew sensed a growing desire to serve as a missions mobilizer with the Betancourt Missions team. His passion is to help others catch God's missional vision—to equip churches and believers to see the Great Commission not as an optional activity for a few, but as a calling for every follower of Christ.

Looking ahead, we are praying toward the development of a Missional Training Center in the Philippines. This is not envisioned as a traditional Bible school, but as a practical training environment designed to cultivate a missional mindset and mobilize believers for the Great Commission. Our desire is to help pastors, church leaders, and everyday followers of Jesus discover how God can use them to reach their communities and the nations. Through discipleship, missions education, mentorship, and hands-on ministry opportunities, we hope to inspire and equip more people to live as sent followers of Christ.

As we partner with Betancourt Missions, our hope is to strengthen and expand the work God has already established here in the Philippines while also inspiring others to engage in His mission among the nations. We believe discipleship remains at the heart of the Great Commission, and we are excited to help raise up disciples who make disciples.

Thank you for your prayers, encouragement, and partnership. Your support enables us to continue serving our local community while helping mobilize others to participate in God's work around the world.

Together, we can see more people reached, more disciples made, and more workers sent into the harvest.