Tim and Tricia Barrow have been missionaries with AEF and SIM.
Their first fourteen years were spent in Zimbabwe, the first ten of those in a very rural situation close to the Mozambique border in the beautiful East Highlands.
At Rusitu Tim taught at a small Bible College and later became Principal. Tricia was heavily involved in HIV/AIDS and orphan work. The last four years of their time in Zimbabwe was spent in Harare where Tim oversaw field leadership for the team and Tricia worked closely with their partner Church in multiplying the HIV/AIDS work church-wide.
They left what had become their home in December 2004 as Tim took up a Deputy Regional Director position in the new ROSA office (Region of Southern Africa) in Johannesburg.
They have four children; Michael, Ben, Sacha and Gabby. They are very under-resourced in the office and so Tim has had to take on temporary field leadership for Zimbabwe, Botswana, Madagascar while also having oversight for Namibia, Angola and Mauritius. His energy spent in these directions can inhibit the proper development of the ROSA office.
Overseas Mission
Overseas Mission
SIM: Tim & Tricia Barrows
BMS: Peter & Vicki Butchers
Peter and Vicki both come from Tonbridge in Kent where they met and were married in 1994.
Before serving with BMS World Mission, Peter was the minister of Sheep Street Baptist Church, Devizes, in Wiltshire for seven years. They have four children Thomas, Charis, Alex and Zoe.
They are now serving in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in church work among the urban poor. Specifically, they have together established a church plant in the slum community of Vergeles.
Vicki is investing a lot of time running a PEPE pre-school to benefit and reach into the community, and as from May 2009 extended her commitment to PEPE by becoming a Co-ordinator for region around Guayaquil whilst Pete heads up a new city-wide mission initiative, Project Nehemiah, that aims to establish a network of new mission works in the slums around Guayaquil.
The children are all studying at a local school.
SIM: Tim & Carol Kopp
Tim and his twin Tom were born in Zimbabwe and grew up in Zambia where their parents taught at Chizela Bible Institute. Carol grew up in Seattle, training as a nurse. Tim and Carol met at Multnomah School of the Bible. They went to Zambia to teach at Chizela in 1973, and Tim introduced Carol to his childhood home. It was an exciting time in his life. He loved to teach and they both knew the call of God to serve there. After some years Tim, still a passionate teacher, became principal of the Theological College of Central Africa. These were challenging years as Tim led TCCA to become accredited. Carol served as nurse and teacher and was always Tim's greatest fan. In 1982 Tim completed his MA in Christian Education.
Concerned for their children's education, Tim and Carol moved to Pennsylvania (1987 to 1994) where Tim was on faculty at Lancaster School of the Bible. In1995, Tim became the International Director for AEF and moved to the UK. He was a major facilitator for the merger between AEF and SIM in 1998. Relocating to Charlotte, Tim became the Deputy International Director responsible for southern African countries. In2004, they were assigned to Johannesburg to establish a Regional Office for SIM. Now, as part of the International Pastoral Team their primary area of focus is West Africa and Europe.
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