Our Missionaries

The following are the individuals and groups that God has laid on our hearts to provide financial support for though the generous funds He has made available to us. Though this list occasionally changes, the goal doesn’t; reaching our world with the lifechanging, life-saving message of Jesus!

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Teach Beyond – Matt & Sydney Barker teach students in Dakar, Senegal the love of God through experiences in the classroom.

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Oblong Children’s Christian Home – Located in Oblong, IL, Oblong Children’s Christian Home is a ministry of Christian Churches and Churches of Christ to abused and troubled children who are 5 to 17 years old, providing them God’s unconditional love, and a stable structured environment, in family-style group home.

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Kontakt Mission – Nick & Jess Tuttle and family are currently serving in Ireland with Kontakt Mission.  Nick is a former youth minister here at Lane.  Nick, Jess, Israel, Isaac, Bella & Braelyn made the decision to become missionaries before COVID, but with God's blessings have been in Ireland since 

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Reliant – Alan and Ashley are campus missionaries at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Having both spent the last 10+ years of their lives in Champaign; their heart is for campus and for the students on it. The church they serve at is Illini Life Christian Fellowship, a Collegiate Church Network church.

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Kilson’s in Japan – Travis and Becky Kilson, working with Machida Church of Christ is striving to see the people of Japan come to know Jesus. Japan is a country that is physically and materially well off, but is in great spiritual need. According to the Joshua Project, Japanese people are the second largest unreached people group in the world. The only way that Japan, as a whole, is going to have an opportunity to hear the gospel is through the exponential effect of disciples making disciples and churches planting churches.

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S.O.W.E.R.S. Servants On Wheels Ever Ready (John and Connie Nicholas) – Sowers is an R.V. ministry that travels around the nation doing work and evangelism projects for local churches. John and Connie are long time members of LCC and began traveling with this group in 2015. Along with their work with SOWERS, they also minister the word through music with local congregations via their folk music group “Salty Strings.”  We currently support them through prayer only.

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New Missions Systems International – South East Asia is one of the least gospel-penetrated areas on earth. Seeking to penetrate that land with the Good News of the Gospel are our missionaries, and their family. Working in the country of Myanmar (Burma), they help                                 train church  planters in sustainable ministry and  business.
                                                        Missionaries names omitted for security reasons

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​​Little Galilee Christian Camp & Retreat Center (LGCCRC) – Located just south of
Clinton, IL, in Texas Township, Little Galilee conducts camps, conferences,
retreats and rallies for children of all ages as well as adults. Their goals are two -
fold: that persons not yet Christian may be won to Christ and His Church, as set
forth in the New Testament, and that Christian people of all ages may be built
up in the Christian faith and in their lives.

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Clinton Area Ministerial Association (C.A.M.A.) – Is our local area ministerial association. The aim of this group is to promote unity and community service between the various churches in the Clinton area, drawing as our foundation Jesus’ prayer for unity in John 17:20-23. This group hosts two annual community services (Good Friday, and Thanksgiving) as well as providing benevolent services to the city of Clinton and surrounding areas.

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Backpack Program (Clinton Jr. High & Deland-Weldon) – This program of LCC
serves the underprivileged children of DeWitt and Piatt County by providing
weekend meals for students during the school year. Our Backpack program,
taking to heart the words of Jesus (Matthew 25:35), is changing the lives of
families in need in our community.

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​Bible College Scholarship – We believe that Christians are called to prepare one
another for ministry in God’s harvest field. Part of that call is supporting those in
our congregation who desire to train for service in Christian ministry. To that end,
we provide scholarships for those individuals who are full-time Bible college
students.