The Basick Family has served with Reach Beyond for almost 15 years. Currently, they are based Stateside where Roger is serving as Vice President for International Ministries. No matter where the family finds themselves, they strive to impact others for the Kingdom of Christ. As VP of International Ministries, Roger oversees a team of five regional directors. Together they strategize and implement media, healthcare, and community development initiatives. Our mission is to make disciples, work with national partners by using non-traditional forms of ministry where Christ is least known.  

Corey was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, he is a graduate from Moody Bible Institute, and he holds a B.A. in Biblical Exposition and Pastoral Studies. Corey serves as the Executive Director for Chicagoland Prison Outreach. Corey loves his family, his community, and his church, but first and foremost he loves his God.

Shelley Hernández is serving as a missionary with the Pathway to Jesus School (Caminito de Jesús) located in the Dominican Republic. Pathway to Jesus is a Christian school that Shelley founded in 2003 to provide an excellent education to lower-income families, while giving each child and their families the opportunity to know Christ. The school offers an outstanding academic program at a very reasonable price. God has entrusted the school with over 250 beautiful children, each and every one of them with their own story and their own special needs. She feels it is a true privilege to be a part of the work God is doing in the DR.

Milton serves as the Executive Director of Cru Inner City, giving leadership to 11 staffed cities.  Milton maintains his office in Chicago at the Agape Center and serves the local team leading various trainings and discipling inner-city Pastors and ministry leaders. Cynthia continues her role as Development Coordinator for the Chicago Team.  She helps to facilitate the Discipleship Training for the women ministry leaders.  She also serves on Inner City’s Executive Team, helping with Leadership Development and Human Resources. 

Nelton and Bethany founded Genesis Church (9 years ago) with a vision and purpose to transform individuals to the things of God. Nelton is the head pastor. The church was planted in a hurting community. They seek to be the church throughout the week in practical ways and to raise up disciples to be disciple makers. They currently open their home to 15 young people who come from broken homes, gang violence, and drug addiction. The church uses evangelism ‘cell’ groups, spiritual encounter weekends and discipleship training. 

Sergei became the Russian ministry leader for Back to God Ministries International in 2002. He oversees gospel media outreach in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other areas where Russian language is spoken. As a young Muscovite growing up in an atheistic culture, Sergei came to know Jesus through Christian programming on short wave radio. Included in the broadcasts he heard was a Russian language translation of The Back to God Hour radio program. Today his own messages are broadcast across Europe, central Asia, and North America.

Resonate’s senior missionary in Japan, Larry continues to bring the Good News of Jesus to this largely “unreached people group” through a preaching and teaching ministry, and he consults with local Japanese congregations as well as regional groups of the Reformed Church in Japan to help them engage in this work more effectively through richer worship and more effective deployment of members. Larry also manages the corporate and financial business of the Christian Reformed Japan Mission, of which he is the “CEO.” Ruth works as coordinator of the Student Support team and middle school resource teacher at the Christian Academy in Japan, and serves as the Child Protection Officer, the first CAJ staff member to fill this new position. CAJ is a K-12 school of about 450 students operated by Resonate and 5 other missions for the children of evangelical missionaries and other Christians.

Leah serves as the Intercultural Facilitator at the Nehemiah Center in Managua, Nicaragua. Her main responsibilities in this role are to maintain contact and build meaningful relationships with our North American supporting network of churches. She also continues to be involved in ministry through the local international school serving as a coach for the girl’s volleyball team, subbing in classes and volunteering in the youth group that is a combined ministry of the school and international church.

Evan is the campus pastor at Geneva Campus Church, serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He works to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who are far off, and to minister to those who already belong to the family of God. His work focuses on engaging the university with the good news of Jesus, equipping students, faculty, and staff to serve in Christ’s kingdom, and embodying the gospel among the university community.

Mike serves as the Team Leader for Resonate Global Mission in Nigeria as well as an Advisor to the Missions Department of the Christian Reformed Church, Nigeria and as the liaison between Resonate and its partner churches in Nigeria. Mike acts as a resource for organizations and national churches in their outreach efforts as well as teaching courses and workshops on missions that encourage and train Nigerian missionaries, pastors, evangelists, and church leaders.

Mike and Pretty VanProoyen serve in the Philippines with the ministry of Word of Life Fellowship. Mike is the Executive Director, leading four main ministries and a team of 90 missionaries, 85 of whom are Filipino. These four different ministries are, Camping, Local Church Ministries, Campus Ministry, and Bible Institute. The Camping ministry has two camp properties, one located in the province of Laguna, the other on the island of Mindanao. More than 30,000 young people are ministered at these camps each year. The Local Church Ministries helps local churches all throughout the Philippines with leadership development, training, and curriculum for having an effective and Biblical Youth Ministry. The Campus Ministry is located at the University of the Philippines, Los Banos. They have a student center for discipleship, Christian fellowship and Bible Studies. The Bible Institute trains men and women in the Word of God. There is one year and four years program preparing young leaders for effective Christian Ministry. Students from all over the World come to Word of Life Bible Institute – Philippines for this training.