Missionary Support

The Lord converted Pastor Luke Peterson around the age of 18. Early after his conversion, the Lord impressed upon him a call to pastoral ministry. Originally from North Carolina, Pastor Luke was ordained to the gospel ministry in 2012. He pastored a congregation in North Carolina from 2012 until 2017 when the Lord sent him and his family to Central America. In 2017, he and his family lived in Nicaragua, learning the Spanish language.

In the Lord’s providence, in 2018, he was sent to plant a confessional church in Liberia, Costa Rica. There he served for two years as a missionary. He was installed as a pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in November 2020 and currently serves the congregation full-time. The Lord, in his kind providence, has opened up a door to return to minister in Liberia, Costa Rica at the Reformed Baptist Church of Liberia. The Petersons were sent out from EBC to the church in Liberia, Costa Rica in September 2025.

Pastor Luke is married to his beloved bride, Courtney, and they have two young children.

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Adrian is the pastor of the Reformed Baptist Church of Liberia in Costa Rica. He received his ministerial training through seminary and through training and mentoring in the local church from faithful pastors. He sums up his current ministry as a responsibility to “shepherd the local flock, preach the gospel, and equip the saints.” Adrian has been in ministry and in partnership with HeartCry since 2023. He and his wife, Lindsay, have been married since 2011.

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Andres is the pastor of Iglesia Bautista La Gracia in Costa Rica. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies in Pastoral Ministry from Crown College of the Bible in Powell, Tennessee, and is currently studying at the Seminario Bautista Confesional Costarricense (SBCC). Andres began his pastoral duties within the church in late January of 2020, and is passionate for the building up of the church so that the gospel is proclaimed. Andres desires that the church become pure, holy, and undefiled by following the Scriptures and offering biblical worship to God. Andres serves alongside his wife, Danielle, and they have two children.

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The Jensen family are missionaries to Thailand. Matt and Danielle with their sons, Judah and Gabriel, have been sent by Reformation Baptist Church to plant a church in Northern Thailand. Partnering with Timothy Two Project International, Matt will also be teaching workshops in Thailand and broader SE Asia.

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The Bradley family is engaged in ongoing ministry at Cristo Salvador Bible Church in Dajabón, Dominican Republic, near the Haitian border.

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Dale and Linnea Kellar are engaged in long-term missions work in Reykjavík, Iceland. They are partnering with a church planting network called The Iceland Project which seeks to establish and strengthen healthy, biblically-minded local congregations throughout the nation. They are covenant members of Loftstofan Baptistakirkja (Upper Room Baptist Church), where Dale serves on the pastoral staff and Linnea participates in and helps lead both the Women’s and Children’s ministries. The Kellars both studied at Reformed Baptist Seminary (Coconut Creek, FL) and Dale completed his Masters of Theological Studies in 2019. Dale and Linnea have been married since 2017 and they have four wonderful children.

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Niksic is the second largest city in Montenegro, yet when the Surbatovich’s arrived in 1996 they didn’t know of a single other Christian of any denomination in the entire city. The Lord has been pleased to bless their labors and to see a church planted and growing. Their outreaches beyond the Lord’s Day services include Evangelistic sports camps, Bible studies and evangelism with University students. They often host teams of Christians from other countries who come to assist in these ministries and to learn from the experience and fellowship with Stan and Vicki and the church there. The Surbatovich’s have 5 adult children, all living in the States.

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