Our Purpose

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Sean Benesh

Sean Benesh is the Director of Intrepid which focuses on combining church planting, community economic development, and startups for the betterment of communities. He has a Master’s in Church Planting and Church Growth from Simpson University, a DMin in Transformational Leadership for the Global City from Bakke Graduate University, and post-doctoral studies at Portland State University in urban studies.

Sean has written twenty books on the subject of cities and church planting, and currently teaches at two universities in Portland. He’s been involved in church planting for the past 20 years as a church planter, church planting strategist, trainer, and professor.

John Condie

John and Angela met in Los Angeles while attending USC School of Medicine and were married in 1980, a week after graduation. Angela began her pediatric residency at LA Children’s Hospital, while John pursued general surgery at LA County/USC Medical Center. After completing residencies in 1985, and with two sons in tow, John joined his father’s surgical group in San Jose, CA. They began Bible courses required for missionary service, added another son to their family, and finished paying off debt.

By 1989, having felt for some years a call to missions, they joined The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) and departed for Bach Christian Hospital in northern Pakistan. After a year of language study and the birth of their fourth child, a daughter, they began what became a three-decade adventure with God. In addition to medical care for their neighbors, they and the hospital team had continuous opportunities to share Christ with patients & relatives through ward messages, prayer, literature, personal testimony, and media. They were also privileged to disciple several believers that the Lord gave over the years. It was their joy to partner with and mentor young Pakistani physicians who will be the foundation for future ministry at BCH.

John has also been the Area Leader for TEAM Pakistan since 2009 (14 years). Over the last 2 years, he has overseen the transition of mission leadership into the hands of a godly Pakistani Board of Directors who, by the power of the Holy Spirit, will carry forward the ministries of the hospital, school, Bible correspondence institute, camp, church association, and seminary that TEAM helped to establish over the last 70 years. After 34 years of service, John & Angela are retired from TEAM, but still active in recruiting and mentoring roles. Their four children are married and have given them eight beautiful grandchildren!

Atsi Dolie

Vitsilhuto (Atsi) Dolie served as the Executive Director of the Angami Baptist Church Council, Nagaland (India) from 2013 to 2022. He is currently the President of the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC), which is the central organization of the Baptist Churches and Associations in Nagaland. Atsi has a Th.D. in Systematic Theology from Asia Baptist Graduate Theological Seminary, Baguio, Philippines, and a Th.M. in Christian Ethics from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX. He served in Shalom Bible Seminary, Kohima, Nagaland from 1997-2012 in different capacities as Lecturer, Academic Dean, Vice- Principal, and adjunct professor. He also serves as the Chairman for the Living Tree School in Kohima, Nagaland, and will be the new President of the Centenary Mission Society of Baptist Church Khnonoma this year (2023).

Atsi provides leadership to the ministry of his Council and has a special interest in missions. He has deep concern for the deepening of Christian faith and ethics in his society and involved in reconciliatory ministries. He is married to Peteneinuo, the Director/Administrator of Living Tree School, Kohima. They have been blessed with two sons – Kevile and Kevisevor, and a daughter, Niepukhrie-e Kathleen.

Judy Friesen

Judy Friesen is a wife, mother and retired missionary who loves the Lord and is motivated to glorify Him by serving others. She has been married to Arnie for 41 years and together they have 2 grown sons and one grandson, who all live in British Columbia, Canada.

In the early days, Judy was a piano teacher and had a successful home studio for 27 years. During that time, she started a part-time health consulting practice alongside her part-time piano teaching. Leaving behind her teaching, Judy responded to God’s nudging to become a full-time missionary so that her leadership skills could contribute more directly to the body of Christ. For 20 years Judy served as a fundraiser and then Director and ultimately Vice President of Development for a number of charitable organizations – World Vision, Power to Change (formally Campus Crusade for Christ), Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL), OneBook and Wycliffe Bible Translators, Canada.

During those years, Judy renamed her consulting company to Consulting Plus One where she provided training and coaching to various senior level staff of various mission organizations in the area of resource development and strategic planning. She also served on her church Board and spoke at numerous conferences, the most recent being the Canadian Council of Christian Charities on the topic of “Growing Generous Donors”.

At the end of July 2017, Judy retired but serves on the Board of TEAM Canada and on the Executive Committee of Ministry Fundraising Network (MFN) while part-time in her consulting company. Judy is also regularly involved in her community as a volunteer driver for cancer patients.

Dorothy Lok

Dorothy Lok was born to Chinese Christian parents in Indonesia. At the age of 5 she was sent to Canada to live with her grandma, then at 13 she was sent to Singapore for High School. It was while living in Singapore that Dorothy grew in her personal relationship with God; she couldn’t get her hands on enough Christian and missionary biographies, and as her faith grew her passion for missions also ignited. She decided that she was going to be an Engineer and a missionary tentmaker.

After high school, Dorothy returned to Canada and completed a degree in Civil Engineering. She currently lives in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada and works as an approvals manager for the provincial government in the ministry of environment. Although God hasn’t called her (yet) to be a missionary tentmaker, he has provided different opportunities for her to be involved with international missions, such as being on the board of Team of Canada. Additionally, she has been on several short-term mission trips, including a 3-month stint in India, and is currently involved in intercultural ministries at her church. Dorothy enjoys meeting people from different parts of the world and learning about their culture, especially their food.

Mark Nerud

Mark is currently President and CEO of the asset management subsidiary of a large insurance company and has over 35 years of experience in the financial services industry. Mark began his career as an auditor and certified public accountant for KPMG. Mark has extensive experience serving on corporate boards, industry boards and non-profit boards. Mark has been involved with the organization and creation of a U.S. fundraising charity for an orphanage in Kenya (and served as board member and treasurer); served as treasurer and board member for Potters House Association International, that serves the poor in Guatemala; served as Committee chair for YoungLife in Naperville; and has served in numerous deacon, finance, and other committee roles at church. Mark recently completed his Masters in Management of Nonprofit Organizations from Biola University in late 2021.

Mark has been married to his wife, Kris, for 35 years and lives in Naperville, Illinois. Mark and Kris have two children who are each married and living in Southern California. Mark and Kris have a passion for stewardship, hospitality and mentoring younger couples and college students.

Adrian Reeves

Adrian is a missions mobilizer and serves as the Director for the National African American Missions Council (NAAMC). In this capacity he oversees missions programming for children, teens, and adults empowering them through resourcing, equipping, and networking for cross-cultural missions. He moderates “The Table of Brotherhood” through NAAMC to foster racial healing and harmony among multi-ethnic churches and missions’ agencies.

Adrian also serves as the Executive Pastor for Christ Kingdom Church in Prince George’s County, Maryland. After accepting the Lord Jesus Christ at the age of 12, he dedicated his life to the advancement of God’s Kingdom and strives to build capacity in God’s people through insightful instruction and edifying encouragement.

Adrian studied sociology at the University of Maryland College Park. He is a Hillman Entrepreneur Scholar passionate about establishing structure and strategy for organizations and institutions. His experience in human resources and non-profit management has allowed him to train ministry and marketplace leaders for positive cultural impact.

Hanibal Rodriguez

Hanibal Rodriguez is a graduate of Northeastern University where he received his undergraduate and Master’s degree in Education. He also has a Master of Arts in Theology from Covenant Theological Seminary. He has been on staff at Wheaton Bible Church, West Chicago IL, since 2005 serving in several pastoral roles including Youth Pastor, Lead Pastor of Iglesia del Pueblo, Wheaton Bible Church’s Spanish-speaking congregation and Executive Pastor. In May of 2021 he was confirmed as Wheaton Bible Church’s Senior Pastor. Hanibal serves on the Counsel for The Gospel Coalition both in English and Spanish. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Ministry at Covenant Theological Seminary.

Hanibal has been happily married to Heidi, whom he met in high school, and they have two daughters, Camila and Alejandra.

Janet Stump

With thirty-seven years of experience in fund development and nonprofit leadership, Jan understands the crucial role of mission-driven advancement to build vibrant and sustainable nonprofit organizations. Most recently Jan served as TEAM’s Executive Director of Global Resources, overseeing mobilization stewardship, donor relations, and communications. Jan began this role in June 2019, after serving five years on the TEAM International Board. She retired from her staff position at the end of 2022.

For over fourteen years, Jan served the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) in two roles. As Executive Director of the ACSI Education Foundation, she led the advancement effort to strengthen and sustain ACSI’s global mission and creatively resource the Christian schooling movement through thought leadership, innovation, resource development and advocacy. She also launched a fund development effort at ACSI as its first Director of Development and Public Relations.

Jan has spoken widely in the US, Africa, Asia and Europe about contemporary culture, Christian schooling, advancement, and leadership. Jan holds an MA in Literature from the University of Alaska and is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), 2001 to present.

Jan and her husband, Don, enjoy a heritage of faith passed on by missionary parents and their legacies in Alaska and China. Don and Lorene Stump served over fifty years with Interact Missions and Vernon and Frances Mortenson, similarly, invested in TEAM’s global mission. Don and Jan have three sons and daughters-in-law, and six grandchildren.

John Tompkins

John is a retired Christian business executive, having retired from the Canadian employee benefits consulting industry five years ago after a 39-year career. John also has extensive experience serving on charity and Elder Boards.

Being retired provides John with additional time to spend in Kingdom service. John has served his local church as an elder (where he helped lead a church merger) and has served his local community on the Toronto Youth for Christ Board for the past 20 years, including 14 as Board Secretary. John joined the TEAM of Canada Board in 2017 and serves as Board Secretary. John then joined the TEAM Board in 2018 where he also serves as Board Secretary. Internationally, John and his family have a passion for serving in rural Uganda and John has travelled there four times in the past ten years.

John has been married to his wife, Anne, for 41 years and lives in Newmarket, Ontario. John and Anne have 2 grandsons: one from their daughter Jennifer and husband Adam, the other from their son Dave and wife Kait. They all currently attend The Well Community Church in Maple, Ontario (just north of Toronto).

Donek Zemo

Donek was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia into an Ethiopian Orthodox family. She became a follower of Christ through a youth ministry in her high school and later through a Navigator’s ministry at her current church.

Donek began to have a heart for people living and dying without Christ when she met missionaries at her church and later worked with them in a mission organization called SIM.

Donek and her husband, Israel, have two children, Boaz, and Priscilla. They are active members of the International Evangelical Church (IEC) in Addis Ababa where they have been involved in various ministries including serving in worship, leading small groups, and teaching Sunday School.

Donek is the Ministry Evaluation and Learning Lead serving SIM globally. Before that she served as the Deputy Director of SIM Ethiopia. Donek also serves as the Board chair for the SIM East Africa Sending Office where East Africans are mobilized, equipped, and sent to work as cross-cultural gospel workers.

Dave Hall

Dave grew up in a military family and as a result lived in a variety of locations in the USA and overseas before graduating from high school in Florida. He and his wife Joni met as college students in Tennessee and were married in 1976. After seminary studies, Dave served as a youth pastor in a church in Virginia, during which time all three of their children were born. In 1987, after several years of learning about God’s global plans for the church, Dave and his family left for ministry in Spain where they served until 1993.

Upon their return to the USA, he served as Mission and Executive Pastor at Calvary Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for ten years. In 2004 Dave was called to the pastoral staff of Emmanuel Faith Community Church in Escondido where he served as Outreach Ministries Pastor. In 2019, Dave assumed the role of International Director of The Evangelical Alliance Mission. Having retired from that position in 2024, Dave continues in his love to see the church mobilized to extend Christ’s Kingdom locally and globally. He is a past board member of the Alliance for Saturation Church Planting and The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM).

Dave and Joni continue to make their home in Escondido, California where they are involved in their local church and various volunteer ministry roles.

Josh Heidelman

Josh Heidelman is a founding partner of Castañeda + Heidelman LLP, a boutique law firm focused on employment, litigation, investigations, and intellectual property. In addition to regular business clients, Josh currently serves as outside counsel to several international ministries/mission agencies. Prior to launching his current firm, Josh served as in-house General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Wycliffe Bible Translators and also spent several years working as a business and employment litigator at two of the largest law firms in the world.

Josh is based in the Chicago area and has been married to Susan for 24 years. They have five children. When not spending time with family, Josh enjoys golf, running, backpacking, and spending time on a lake near Minocqua, Wisconsin.

International Director

Justin Burkholder

Prior to his appointment as International Director in July 2024, Justin served in a variety of leadership roles within TEAM, including the position of Executive Director of Global Ministry. Justin and his wife Jenny served alongside the Guatemalan Church in Guatemala City and were involved in planting and leading two churches. Justin was profoundly influenced at a young age by multi-cultural relationships and experiences having grown up as a missionary kid in Mexico City. He graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a B.A. in Theology and later received his M.Div. Justin and Jenny have three daughters: Isabella, Olivia, and Zoey.

Executive Director of Ministry Strategy

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Executive Director of Global Services and CFO

Vonna Laue

Vonna has served ministries and churches in financial and operational capacities for more than 25 years. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and an MBA in Leadership and Human Resource Management. She is the author of Glad I Didn’t Know and previously co-authored three ministry financial books. Vonna serves on three national or international boards of directors and is a frequent conference speaker. She and her husband Bryan have two grown daughters, a son-in-law, and an adorable grandson. 

Executive Director of People Development and Care

Pauline Mwanzia

Pauline and her husband Mark have two grown children, Wesley and Ashley, and two grandchildren. Originally from Kenya, Pauline together with her husband currently live in West Asia.

She holds a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management and Strategic Management, a Bachelor of Commerce in Business Administration from Daystar University, an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration from ABE UK, and a Global HR certification from HRCI, USA.

With over 34 years of experience with SIL Global, Pauline brings extensive expertise in HR leadership, organizational development, and supporting leaders and staff across the globe. She is passionate about developing people, strengthening teams, and enabling mission workers to thrive in their service.

Executive Director of Global Mobilization and Collaboration

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Regional Executive Director, Americas

Emily Johnson

Emily and her husband, Pete, serve with TEAM as Directors for Rancho el Camino in La Paz, Mexico, a ministry that serves children, youth, and families through therapeutic recreation, community development, leadership training, and traditional church planting ministries. Emily and Pete have served in Mexico for the past 12 years. They have 4 children between the ages of 12 and 16. Emily has also served in various regional leadership roles with TEAM since 2019. She is passionate about working in community development, equipping the next generation for life and service in God’s kingdom, and reading too many books! Emily has BAs in Education and Spanish (Wheaton College 2003), an MA in Applied Linguistics (Old Dominion University 2007), and an MA in Global Leadership (Fuller Theological Seminary 2023).

Director of U.S. Mobilization and Church Partnerships

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Paul believes that mission is not an extra-curricular activity of the church but the purpose of the church.  Paul worked in tech start-ups in California before God called him to the mission field in Southern Thailand, where he and his wife helped start For Freedom International and Justice Semester.  Paul seeks to serve the Global Church and inspire people for greater mission as TEAM’s Director of Mobilization USA.  When not working, he is pursuing a Masters in Global Leadership from Fuller Seminary, enjoys cooking for his wife and two kids, and dreams of “breaking 80” on a golf course. 

Director of Communications and Marketing

Sarah Bradfield

With 18 years of experience in both corporate and nonprofit settings, Sarah brings a wealth of creativity and insight to her role at TEAM. She studied graphic design in both New York City and London and served on a marketing team for an international mission organization for 14 years prior to joining TEAM. Sarah enjoys using visual storytelling to highlight impact and foster meaningful connections to support Kingdom expansion and global workers. Her passion is photography, and she has used her skills to document various global initiatives to raise funds and bring awareness to important causes. She has four children and two boxer dogs, and enjoys scuba diving, mountain climbing, triathlons, weightlifting, baking, and reading.

Director of Development

Molly Little

With over two decades of nonprofit experience, including fifteen years in Haiti, Molly brings program management, resource development, and cross-cultural leadership skills to her role at TEAM. After returning to the U.S., she co-founded a marketing agency helping nonprofits expand their impact and strengthen donor relationships through digital platforms and strategic storytelling. She enjoys using her background in both international fieldwork and marketing to connect mission-minded individuals with transformative global initiatives. Molly is passionate about bringing people together to amplify missional impact. When not engaged in DIY projects, Molly and her husband Dave enjoy exploring western Michigan’s extensive network of scenic biking trails.

Director of Finance

Nicole Wallenfelsz

Nicole Wallenfelsz, CPA, MBA, has worked in various finance roles in higher education, nonprofits, and a nonprofit accreditation organization. She loves working alongside faith-based nonprofits using her giftings in finance to support the work of ministries. Her family which includes a husband, two children, and Sully, a yellow lab, live in Northern Virginia where they enjoy the beautiful outdoors offered by the Shenandoah Valley.

Director of Personnel

Ryan Wyss

After graduating from Moody Bible Institute with a B.A. in International Ministries, Ryan began his ministry with TEAM by focusing on evangelism and discipleship among a minority group in Asia. He and his wife, Deb, met through TEAM and were married after serving together on the same team in Asia.  Their family returned to the United States in 2012 and settled in Minnesota. Since that time, he has served in several different roles including his current role of Director of Personnel. Ryan and Deb have two children; a daughter, Elena, and a son, Isaac. 

Director of International Church Ministries

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Director of Global Security

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Director of Member Care

Steve Maybee

After earning his Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, Steve and his wife moved to Eastern Europe for several years and served, predominantly in Romania. As God led them back to the States, Steve worked at Alongside, a counseling center for global workers and North American pastors. After 20 years in that ministry, Steve came to TEAM to minister with the Member Care team and provide proactive and responsive care to TEAM’s workers worldwide. Steve and his wife have four grown sons and have had the privilege of adding one daughter-in-law to the mix.