LA Assemblies of God · U.S. Missions
The American mission field
"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few." That harvest is not a place on a map. It is 330 million people, and the gospel still travels the way it always has: person to person. Matthew 9:37
Meet the workersCrossing cultures, near and far
Odis & Debra Ganey
Alaska Natives · 34 years on the field
For 34 years the Ganeys have braved the elements and every other challenge to carry the hope and love of Jesus into some of the most remote places in America, helping build churches and ministries in 76 locations across the state.
John & Marilyn Campbell
Pembroke, North Carolina · Lumbee Nation
After many years of missionary service in Africa, the Campbells serve as professors at Lumbee River Christian College, training leaders within the Lumbee Native American community.
Rick Roberts
Lafayette, Louisiana
Rick reaches out to Muslim communities in the Lafayette area, building relationships and sharing the gospel close to home, one conversation at a time. Most of these conversations start across a table.
Planting seed that spreads the kingdom
Anthony Freeman
Compassion Corps · Based in New Orleans, sent around the country
Anthony gives oversight to Compassion Corps, a discipleship ministry connected to Bridges Christian College & Seminary that pairs theological training with hands-on ministry experience for interns around the country.
Josiah & Alexis Freeman
Compassion Corps
Josiah and Alexis serve as U.S. missionaries with Compassion Corps, walking with interns as they pair theological training with hands-on ministry experience around the country.
Dr. Justus & Myrinda Freeman
Lead Pastors · All Nations Fellowship, New Orleans
Dr. Justus and Myrinda Freeman have served All Nations Fellowship in New Orleans since 2006, stepping into the role of Lead Pastors in 2020. The church carries a deep commitment to the neighborhoods around it, serving the city with compassion and raising up leaders for the next generation of ministry. Justus holds a PhD in New Testament from B. H. Carroll Theological Seminary and serves as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bridges Christian College & Seminary, and together they are building a congregation that reflects the diversity of the Kingdom of God.
Running toward the sirens
Josh Holder
Emergency Services · New Orleans Fire Department
When the sirens go out, so does Josh. As chaplain to the New Orleans Fire Department he ministers to the needs of these vital first responders, the people who run toward what everyone else runs from.
Josh can help churches that want to reach first responders in their own community. Reach him through the district office.
Light for the city after dark
Donna Engvall
Unashamed Love · New Orleans
Founder and director of Unashamed Love, a ministry to women in the sex industry. Donna and her team reach out to dancers in Bourbon Street clubs and to prostituted women across New Orleans, helping women transition to a life of freedom through street outreach, club ministry, and the hope of the Gospel.
Since her salvation 30 years ago, Donna has served in inner city evangelism in some of the hardest places, ministering to hundreds of sexually exploited women. Her heart is to reach the most broken for Jesus Christ and see them set free, fully restored, and walking in their destiny. You don't want to miss hearing the powerful stories of how Jesus is changing women's lives right here in our own state.
Invite Donna to share these testimonies at your church through the district office.
Out of addiction, into new life
"We get to do this." Greg & Gail Dill, on 40 years of ministry
Greg & Gail Dill
Directors
Graduates of Teen Challenge Bible Institute, Greg and Gail founded Greater New Orleans Teen Challenge in 1987. Under their leadership it has grown into a statewide ministry with eight residential campuses, two corporate offices, and three well-established businesses, walking with people out of addiction and into new life in Christ.
Greg and Gail began serving with Teen Challenge of Louisiana in 1981 and, with God's direction, founded and incorporated Greater New Orleans Teen Challenge in September 1987 in the former Teen Challenge of Louisiana building. That original location remains the heart and soul of the organization, serving today as an induction campus for men and the corporate headquarters. Parents of three children, with two daughters in law and two grandchildren, Greg and Gail live by the idea of "we get to do this" and lead the ministry with immense love and compassion. With over 40 years in ministry, it is clear this is God's calling on their lives.
Gary & Sandy Bentley
Directors
Gary came to Adult & Teen Challenge in 1997 after struggling with addiction for over 18 years. He graduated from the program, joined the ministry full time, and has since helped open seven campuses across Louisiana. He is the author of Rehab is Not for the Soul, a book written to help students and their families.
Gary has been involved in Adult & Teen Challenge since 1997, when he graduated from the program and began working full time with Louisiana Adult & Teen Challenge. Having struggled with addiction for over 18 years, Gary understands what it takes to come out of it. He is married with a daughter and two grandchildren.
Off the bench, into the game
Jonathan Burton
Church Mobilization · Regeneration Church, New Orleans
Jonathan serves with AG U.S. Missions in Church Mobilization, calling churches and believers off the sidelines and into active ministry. He is the Lead Servant of Regeneration Church in New Orleans and the founder of Cross It Up, using speaking, training, and coaching to raise up leaders wherever he goes. Originally from Winter Haven, Florida, Jonathan and his wife Brandy have made New Orleans home.
Invite Jonathan to speak at your church through Cross It Up or the district office.
Bringing Christ to the campus
Christ comes to a campus the way He always has: through people. Chi Alpha carries Him onto twelve universities across Louisiana, led by directors who almost all met Jesus as students on these same campuses. Many serve as appointed U.S. missionaries, and none of them work alone.
UL
Lafayette · State Directors
Eric & Anabelle Treuil
U.S. Missionary
LSU
Baton Rouge
Jonathan & Ali Buras
Chi Alpha Leader
Southern
Baton Rouge · Pioneering
James & Kelsey Price
U.S. Missionary
ULM
Monroe
Tyler & Bethany Gerfers
Chi Alpha Leader
LA Tech
Ruston
Jenni Weiss
U.S. Missionary
McNeese
Lake Charles
Justin & Amber Mullins
U.S. Missionary
Nicholls
Thibodaux
Cecil & Kayla Ellis
Chi Alpha Leader
Southeastern
Hammond
Austin Howenstine
U.S. Missionary
Tulane
New Orleans
Jason & Olivia Jeffries
Chi Alpha Leader
Loyola
New Orleans · Citywide lead
Matt & Jen DeGier
U.S. Missionary
Xavier
New Orleans
Isaac & Morgan Fulton
U.S. Missionary
LSU New Orleans
New Orleans
Christine & Hilton Johns
U.S. MissionaryNone of them work alone. Behind every campus stands a company of appointed U.S. missionaries and Chi Alpha staff who carry the ministry together.
U.S. Missionaries
Miranda Taylor
UL
Carmen Major
LSU New Orleans
Brandon & Katie Daste
LSU
Zachary Parks
LSU
Macie Burell
LSU
Tylus Smith
Southern
Anna-Lisa Leonard
ULM
Malori & Logan Sims
LA Tech
Emily Lasseigne
McNeese
Olivia Parisius
Nicholls
Danae' Williams
Nicholls
Noelle Campbell
Nicholls
Matthew & Julia Templet
Southeastern
Maleighjia Crawford
New Orleans
Chi Alpha Staff
Austin & Macy Shaw
UL
Fabian Sosa
UL
Princess Bolden
UL
Margarite Derise
UL
Juan Rojas
LSU
Makenlee Price
LSU
Nicole Hendricks
ULM
Ashley Prudhomme
LA Tech
Braden Bankson
McNeese
Erin Richterberg
Nicholls
Sean Serigny
Nicholls
Dalton Angelloz
Southeastern
Christian Powell
Southeastern
Angelina & Houston Stewart
Southeastern
Campus leadership per Louisiana Chi Alpha. Meet every campus team, including volunteers and newest staff, at findlaxa.com. U.S. Missionary badges reflect the current AG U.S. Missions roster for Louisiana.
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:5, NIV
The next worker is you
Every unit on this page began the same way: one person, one church, one community looking outward. If God is stirring you toward U.S. missions, or your church wants to partner with a unit on this page, start the conversation.
Eric Treuil
U.S. Missions Director, LA Assemblies of God