Clark Mummau has joined the DiscipleMakers' staff team!

Clark Mummau has joined DiscipleMakers! Clark first connected with us through our online Summer Discipleship Challenge in the summer of 2020 through a DM intern that summer. Two years later, Clark interned with us this past summer and we are thrilled to have him join us as a missionary.

In accepting his new position, Clark said, “DM has had a huge impact on my life, and I rejoice in the Lord that I can join DiscipleMakers in going out and sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with college students!”

Praise God for raising up Clark to serve on our staff team, and please pray for him as he begins raising support full–time for his ministry with DM upon the completion of his Biblical & Religious Studies/Christian Ministries degree at Grove City College in May 2023.

Colby and Kierstyn Benedict will serve on our NEPA Team!

We are excited to announce that Colby and Kierstyn Benedict will serve on the Northeast Pennsylvania (NEPA) team when they reach their ministry funding goal! They are just over halfway in reaching this goal. The NEPA team serves on East Stroudsburg University and Wilkes University.

Colby and Kierstyn have been praying since the beginning that God would place them where they could best serve Him. “Over the last few months, it has become abundantly clear that the NEPA team, and the campuses that it serves, is the place where we can play a strategic role in fulfilling the vision of DiscipleMakers to bring the love and grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to the college campus.” They added, “We are so excited to be joining what God is doing in and through this team to work in the lives of their students!"

Brian Seay, the leader of the NEPA team, shared his anticipation for their arrival on campus by saying, “The Benedicts are the Lord’s answer to long prayed prayer! We’re so encouraged by their eagerness in accepting the assignment and embarking into the NEPA region with us."

Please pray for the Lord to complete Colby and Kierstyn’s initial support raising, as well as their preparation to join the NEPA team.

Tony Beard has reached his ministry funding goal!

Tony Beard

We’re pleased to announce that Tony Beard has reached his ministry funding goal! Tony and his wife Angela will now transition to their next ministry assignment: ministering to students at Elizabethtown College as members of DM’s Lancaster Team.

Tony joined DiscipleMakers after a successful career in higher education. He has a passion for reaching college students with the gospel and can’t wait to do that directly through his ministry with DM.

Upon reaching his ministry funding goal Tony shared, “Support-raising was a unique challenge that God called our family into. Through this process, it's been incredible to see how supporters have surrounded us in prayer and affirmed this calling into college ministry. God grew my faith in ways I never imagined and revitalized a prayer life that was nearly dormant. We are so excited to start connecting with students and be part of what God is doing at Elizabethtown College. It's such an exciting time!”

We also talked to Gary Christman, Tony’s mentor through the support-raising journey, and his new teammate on the Lancaster team, who shared, “Tony’s journey through support-raising has been marked by God’s hand of faithfulness. Over and over when the way forward seemed unclear, God led Tony forward. I marvel at Tony’s response in each of these circumstances to move forward, with God, in faith, and despite uncertainty. I’m thankful to have him as a friend and coworker!”

Praise God with us for sending another laborer into His harvest field on campus!

Megan Weik will serve on our Mason-Dixon Team!

We are pleased to announce that Megan Weik will serve on the Mason-Dixon team when she reaches her ministry funding goal! 

Reflecting on her fundraising journey so far, Megan said, “I stand in awe of God as He has revealed His power, wisdom and Sovereignty to me abundantly throughout my time in support raising for my ministry with DiscipleMakers. Nothing is too hard for God.”

Megan’s support raising mentor, Carolyn Kirsch, added, “Meg has faithfully pressed into full-time support raising, eager to honor the Lord and to get to campus as soon as possible. I have no doubt that the students on the Mason-Dixon team will be significantly blessed by Meg’s love for the Lord and His Word.”

Kevin Noyes, the team leader of the Mason-Dixon team, expressed the team’s excitement for her arrival on campus. Megan is just as eager to join the team as she has seen God work in all of the details. “Ephesians 1:11 states, ‘God works all things according to the counsel of His will.’ All things — to the waves of the ocean, to the death of Jesus, to the gift of repentance and faith, to my placement on the Mason-Dixon team. I am excited to go and to serve the Lord and to see His name proclaimed on college campuses."

Megan is now just over halfway toward her ministry funding goal! Please pray as she continues to raise support and prepares to transition to the Mason-Dixon team.

Janae Taft has reached her ministry funding goal!

We’re pleased to announce that Janae Taft has completed her initial fundraising for her ministry with DiscipleMakers! Having reached this milestone, Janae will begin ministering with DiscipleMakers’ International Student Group (ISG) on Penn State’s campus.

Since January, Janae has been working on recruiting a team of partners to support her ministry with DiscipleMakers through prayer and financial support. Janae shared that while her support-raising was one of the most stretching periods of her life, it built her faith and joy in the Lord tremendously. She also had the joy of building new friendships along the way.

This semester, she will be spending her time observing her teammates in their ministry roles and building relationships with students to better partner in the women’s and international ministry in a substantial way. Please pray for Janae as she begins investing in students through outreach, bible study and discipleship. “I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to use the gifts that God has given me to reach others for Him here at Penn State. I am so excited to get to know my teammates better as well as the students!”

Praise God with us for His provision to send another laborer into the harvest field on campus!

Janae Taft will serve on our Penn State Team!

We’re pleased to announce that Janae Taft will join DiscipleMakers’ Penn State Team when she reaches her ministry funding goal! She will have a focus with DiscipleMakers’ International Student Group (ISG) on campus.

“Last summer, I had the opportunity to serve in the international ministry at Penn State with DiscipleMakers, and ever since then, I've been consistently praying that God would provide a way for me to return and serve in that ministry full-time,” Janae said. “He has granted me the desires of my heart, and I pray He will use me mightily in the lives of many international students.”

A leader with the ISG Team, Matt Geiger, shared that the team is excited to welcome their new member, “Janae has a boldness and eagerness to share the gospel that will be a welcomed addition on Penn State's campus, particularly as she focuses on reaching international students.”

Janae received her campus placement following her reaching a significant milestone in her fundraising: God has provided 50% of the giving to DiscipleMakers that she needs to reach her funding goal. She began raising support in January, having graduated from Albright College in December.

Jared Knorr has reached his ministry funding goal!

Jared Knorr

We’re pleased to announce that Jared Knorr has reached his ministry funding goal! Jared will now transition to his next ministry assignment: ministering to students at Bloomsburg University, Bucknell University, and Susquehanna University as a member of DM’s Susquehanna Valley Team.

Jared has been working on recruiting a team of partners to support his ministry with DiscipleMakers through prayer and financial support since June. “ The Lord has provided!” he said. “Though support raising was not always easy, God was always using it to prepare me well and to let His glory shine through it all!”

James Osinski, Jared’s mentor through the support-raising journey, shared, “It's been a joy walking alongside Jared through his support raising.” He described Jared as “eager to serve, genuine, a hard worker, and always willing to press into harder things if it meant drawing closer to the Lord.” Looking ahead, he added, “I have no doubt that the Lord will use Jared and get much glory as he faithfully labors on campus.”

Jared described what he is looking forward to in the coming weeks, “I am so thankful and excited to be able to start my ministry now and catch the last few weeks of the semester. I’m even able to sign up for Focus (our week-long conference after finals), which I am very eager to attend and get to know some of the students I’ll be serving.” On top of being able to meet students right away, Jared will be able to prepare over the summer for the Fall semester!

Praise God with us for sending another laborer into His harvest field on campus! 

Micah Natal has joined the DiscipleMakers' staff team!

Micah Natal has joined DiscipleMakers! Micah and his wife, Calie, plugged into DiscipleMakers during college at Alvernia University. After graduating in 2019, Micah continued to volunteer with the ministry and has been interning with us this past year on our Lancaster campuses. We are thrilled to now have him as a full-time DiscipleMakers missionary!

In accepting his new position, Micah said, “I am honored to be part of an incredible ministry that the Lord has used tremendously to grow and develop me. I couldn't be more excited to see all the incredible things the Lord will do through this journey with DiscipleMakers!”

Praise God for raising up Micah to serve on our staff team, and please pray for him as he’ll begin raising support full–time this summer for his ministry with DM.

Megan Weik has joined the DiscipleMakers staff team!

We are excited to announce that Megan Weik has joined the DiscipleMakers staff team! Megan is graduating this May from Kutztown University after serving as a student leader in the Christian Fellowship on campus. She also interned with us earlier this year.

Megan came to know who Jesus is during her time in college and describes her excitement to teach others about Him saying, “Throughout my time at Kutztown University, the Lord has put many gracious redirections in my life. I have experienced what it looks like to go from living in darkness to the light. I am eager to share the joy that Jesus gives to the next generation of college students and see the eternal impact on their lives.”

Megan only has a couple of months left before she begins her journey of support raising. Please pray for her as she graduates from Kutztown, and as the Lord builds a team of prayer and financial partners for her ministry with DiscipleMakers. We can’t wait to see what the Lord does through Megan in the coming years!

Colby Benedict and Kierstyn Martin have joined the DiscipleMakers staff team!

We are excited to announce that Colby Benedict and Kierstyn Martin have joined the DiscipleMakers staff team! In May of 2022, Colby will be graduating from Shippensburg University and Kierstyn will graduate from Lancaster Bible College, and they plan to get married shortly after! Kierstyn was introduced to DiscipleMakers through Colby’s involvement as a student leader in Shippensburg’s Christian Fellowship. The Lord drew Kierstyn toward relational ministry through the opportunity to serve in overseas missions.

Upon accepting his new position with the ministry, Colby described his excitement saying, “Through the work of DiscipleMakers, I have learned of the love of God through the Gospel, its power to change lives, and the need for the world to hear it. I am so excited to labor for the gospel as a missionary with DiscipleMakers and help others know this Gospel." Kierstyn added, “I am honored to be a part of how the LORD is using DM to bring His name glory.”

Please pray for these two as they graduate this semester, get married, and begin raising up a team of prayer and financial partners for their ministry with DiscipleMakers. Pray that the Lord would provide and that He would use Colby and Kierstyn’s ministry to college students to reach the world with the Gospel!