We currently provide a level of support for 10 missionaries or missionary families, including two who are serving the Lord in sensitive areas of the world. Eight of our missionary families are highlighted and shown below. Our annual missions budget includes funds designated for Trout Lake Camp and Miracle Bible Camp and Converge North Central (church planting and church health).
Steve and Alice Yatckoske
Nett Lake, MN
Native American Ministry
Gospel outreach on the Bois Forte Reservation
Daniel & MeLinda Nelson – Converge Mexico
Guadalajara, Mexico
Church Planting
Church Planter Mentor
Ministry to Pastor’s Wives (MeLinda)
Bob & Gale Romig – InFaith Senior Care ministries to Northeastern Minnesota
Gentle Shepherd Ministries North East, the Romigs conduct nursing home chapel services and chaplain ministry, person to person visitation, and an Easter and Christmas Outreach with the Adopt-a-Senior program to almost 950 people. Bob and Gale strive to share Christ’s love and the gospel to hearts and lives that are headed for a crisis eternity, and mentor other believers to do the same.
Kenny & Linda Danielson – Native American Ministry
Serving in the Lake of the Woods area of Minnesota and Canada.
All Nations New Life Center, Warroad, MN
Northwest Angle & Windigo Island Reserves, Ontario, Canada
Bob & Lisa Schwartz – MMS Aviation (Training Missionary Pilots and Mechanics) Coshocton, Ohio
At MMS, Bob is the Director of Training. Bob and Lisa’s passion is to prepare people to not just survive, but thrive in their missionary service. Bob obtained an FAA mechanic certificate in 2006.
Joel & Jeanne Ramirez – Twin Cities Hispanic Ministries
Converge North Central|
Director of Hispanic Ministries
Twin Cities
Joel coordinates with Hispanic congregations to help train leaders, plant new churches, & build relationships with existing churches to create new ministries.
Pavils & Valentina Grigas – Eastern Europe
Regional Ministry Director, Eastern Europe
Overseeing Awana’s ministry to children across Eastern Europe
Ukraine
In 2005 EBC entered in to a sister church relationship with a congregation in Krasnoselya, Ukraine, which is highlighted on the Ukraine Ministry page. This relationship is very precious to us. Our church has remained committed to missions through times of abundance and also through lean times and has has been an incredible blessing for us. We are grateful that the Lord encouraged us through faithful pastors and leaders to remain a mission-minded church and we look forward to what’s ahead.
On January 25, 1977, Rockwell Church (formerly named Emmanuel Baptist) was organized and incorporated in affiliation with the Minnesota Baptist Conference (now called Converge North Central) and the Baptist General Conference (now called Converge).
We moved into our new building in 1978. Under the leadership of Pastor Dan Maxton in the early 1980s, Our church established a missions program that continues through today.
Rockwell Church 