Since his first mission trip as a teenager, Dave felt a calling he couldn’t escape — to take the hope of Jesus to those who’ve never heard. After a Global Ventures missions trip in 2007, he knew he had stepped into that calling. Nearly 20 years later, and now 12 years on staff, Dave serves as International Coordination Director, empowering and mobilizing teams to strategically plan large-scale projects that bring God’s love to the farthest corners of the earth — where entire communities have yet to hear the name of Jesus.

Dave and his wife, Marlana, who serves as GV’s Mission Trips Director, live in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma with their two children, Bryson and Kaelyn. One of their greatest joys is serving together as a family on GV mission trips.

Bob Scott serves as the National Director for the Thailand Harvest Plan (THP), a ministry with a threefold vision: evangelizing in unreached areas of Asia, discipling new believers through church planting, and training leaders to shepherd churches and lead effectively at multiple levels.

Having moved to Thailand in 2001, Bob has dedicated over 25 years to equipping nationals to carry out the work of the ministry and to bring a move of God to their communities. He teaches in Bible schools and churches, and coordinates evangelism projects across Thailand. Bob has also planted and pastored churches and currently oversees several congregations. He also His heart is to impart vision and empower local leaders to reach their people with the Gospel.

Bob lives in Thailand with his two sons, Logan and Landon.

Pastor Jesse Tricola was raised in Woodland, Washington, and gave his life to Christ during a youth revival in 1996. After answering the call to ministry, he attended Rhema Bible College and returned to the Northwest, where he served in various roles, including youth pastor, young adults pastor, children’s pastor, and regional director for the Association of Faith Churches and Ministers (AFCM / Jim Kaseman).

In 2013, he and his wife, Christine, became senior pastors of Victory Church in Oregon City, Oregon. In 2021, sensing God’s leading into a new season, they planted Victory Life Church in Sandpoint, Idaho, where they currently serve as senior pastors.

Together, they carry a passion to raise up the next generation of harvesters to reach the lost. Pastor Jesse also ministers internationally, training pastors and leaders to impact their world with the Gospel. His vision is to see the lost saved, disciples made, and nations transformed by Jesus Christ.

Rick Johnson is the founder of Triumphant Ministries International; a ministry committed to reaching the lost and serving the marginalized across the globe. His international ministry has taken him from refugee camps in Nepal to conflict zones in Burma, from African slums to the barrios of South America.

After recognizing their calling in Myanmar, Rick, together with his wife Angela, established their ministry there, purchasing land near Kalaymyo to develop the Legacy Campus. This campus includes the Legacy Learning Center, where at-risk girls receive vocational training, and Angie’s House, providing care for orphans and seniors. Rick also oversees the School of the Harvesters, which trains evangelists to reach local communities and cross-border regions including China, India, Bangladesh, Laos, and Thailand.

He directs Jehovah Jireh Farms, producing rice and other crops to feed orphans, support market sales, and fund evangelistic efforts. Rick also leads Harvest Churches across Myanmar, establishing life-giving congregations with a strong focus on missions and church planting.

Rick serves alongside his wife Angela, and together they continue to impact communities and train leaders for the Kingdom of God.

Peter Ratcliffe, together with his wife Evi, is a devoted missionary and ministry leader from the North-East of England, United Kingdom. After their marriage in 1998, they lived for a short time in Lima, Peru, and Paris, France, completing their studies before returning to the UK for the birth of their first child, Daniel James, in 1999.

Peter began his ministry journey with GOD TV in 2000 at the UK administration office, and in 2002 he and his family relocated to Jerusalem to establish GOD TV’s Broadcast Headquarters. During their five and a half years in Israel, the Ratcliffe’s welcomed two more children—Emily Grace (2004) and Joy Moriah (2007)—and played a key role in expanding the ministry’s global reach.

In 2008, the family moved to the United States to serve alongside John and Martine Smithwick at Global Ventures, where Peter travelled the globe helping to lead short-term mission trips and international outreaches, as well as assisting with the production and distribution of the “Global Ventures” TV program. Their fourth child, Rebecca Marie, was born in 2009.

In 2014, following an impression on Peter’s heart, a prophetic dream, and a life-changing visit to Paraguay (with an extravagant display of confirmations), the family left their beautiful home in Oklahoma to move to Paraguay, following the Lord’s clear calling. Since then, the Lord has blessed their family with three more children: Joseph Michael [2014], Naomi Sarah [2016], and Gabriela Victoria [2021]. As of 2025, Peter and Evi have faithfully carried the simple, powerful Gospel to more than 200 indigenous communities in Paraguay, while also facilitating ongoing discipleship efforts in over 40 of those communities.

Peter and his wife, Evi, reside in Paraguay with their five youngest children—Joy, Rebecca, Joseph, Naomi, and Gabriela—serving wholeheartedly as God continues to lead them.

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Hayne Schurz, together with his wife Heather, has ministered the love and power of God around the world since 1989, including serving as full-time missionaries and pastors in Thailand from 1998 to 2002.

After many years of faithful service as the Missions Pastors of World Outreach Church, Tulsa, OK and Directors of Domata School of Ministry, Hayne and Heather launched out to pursue a broader global mandate: training the untrained to reach the unreached. Today, they travel internationally, teaching the Word of God and imparting both knowledge and Spirit-led experience.

Hayne Schurz is a passionate teacher of God’s Word who equips leaders and strengthens the local church through dynamic preaching and practical training. His ministry emphasizes the integration of biblical knowledge with hands-on experience in church ministry, missions, and leadership development.

With a heart to see healthy leaders raised up and effective strategies implemented, Hayne has ministered in both local and international contexts, investing in pastors, churches, and missionaries to help them fulfill their God-given calling.

Hayne and Heather make their home in Colorado with their three children—Grace, Daniel, and Katie.

Chris Pilkerton serves as a pastor in Birmingham, Alabama, with a ministry that is touching lives both locally and around the world. Since launching into full-time ministry in 1999, Chris has carried the Gospel across nations, preaching in large-scale crusades where the supernatural power of God has been displayed through signs, wonders, and countless salvations.

Together with his wife, Danie’l, Pastor Chris has witnessed more than 1.3 million people come to Christ through their ministry. Their heart for the lost and commitment to proclaiming the Word of God continues to impact multitudes globally.

Chris and Danie’l make their home in Alabama with their three children—Hannah, Victoria, and Jackson.

Jason Law serves as President of World Compassion, an international ministry founded in 1969 by his father, Dr. Terry Law. Carrying forward the vision of reaching nations with the love of Christ, Jason is passionate about seeing the local church unite and impact their communities and nations as the Body of Christ.

Under his leadership, World Compassion actively serves in regions such as Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, China, Cuba, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. When crisis strikes, Jason has positioned the ministry to respond quickly through local churches, combining practical relief with the message of the Gospel.

Jason ministers regularly in churches and events across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He is also a key leader in the Unite My City movement in Tulsa, Oklahoma, championing unity among churches with the desire to see God’s work multiplied in cities around the world.

A graduate of Oral Roberts University, Jason and his wife, Beth, make their home in Tulsa with their two children, Addison and Logan. Together, they serve as elders at Guts Church.

John Smithwick, together with his wife Martine, has devoted his life to taking the Gospel to the nations. Answering God’s call at a young age, John pursued ministry training in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before launching into global evangelism. In 1998, while living in Lima, Peru, he founded Global Ventures, a ministry dedicated to reaching the unreached with the message of Christ.

Since then, John and Martine have ministered in over 40 nations, seeing more than 2.5 million people come to Christ and witnessing countless miracles. Their commitment to equipping pastors and leaders has led to church plants and sustainable discipleship efforts across the globe.

A passionate mobilizer of the next generation, John has led mission teams since 2002, training more than 2,800 short-term missionaries across 25 countries and mentoring over 100 interns, volunteers, and students. In 2011, Global Ventures expanded its reach with the launch of its international reality TV series, which continues to showcase the adventure and impact of missions worldwide.

John and Martine reside in Oklahoma with their two sons, Andrew and David, who actively serve alongside them in ministry.