Missions
Grace Missions is called to impact our world with the love of God shown in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and through the gifts God has graciously given us. Learn how GPC is sharing God’s love—in The Woodlands and the surrounding communities, across the nation and around the world.
2026 Mission Partners
Local Partners
ESL Program at Grace Presbyterian Church
The ESL Program at Grace Presbyterian Church serves English learners from many nations. Each week, we welcome students representing over twelve languages, offering instruction and hospitality in the name of Jesus. Classes meet every Tuesday night during the semester. This ministry is made possible not only by teachers, but also by those who faithfully coordinate the program and prepare and serve snacks and coffee as an expression of Christ’s love.
Learn more: https://www.gpcwoodlands.org/esl
Interfaith Family Services – The Woodlands
Interfaith of The Woodlands is a nonprofit social service agency that provides programs and services to meet the needs of The Woodlands and surrounding communities. Rooted in compassion and cooperation among people of faith, Interfaith seeks to build a more loving and caring community through service. Through dedicated staff and volunteers, their programs respond to real community needs with dignity, care, and excellence in serving neighbors in need.
Learn more: https://woodlandsinterfaith.org/
La Trinidad Church
La Trinidad is a church planting project in Houston’s East End where disconnected people are invited to discover the grace of Jesus in a community that feels like home. Its mission unfolds through making disciples, mobilizing leaders, and multiplying churches to build lasting gospel presence. Together, these form a single gospel movement that equips leaders and launches new ministries to bless Houston and beyond. Andrés Zelaya serves as the church planter, and he and his family are excited to be part of what God is building through this work.
Learn more: https://www.latrinidadhouston.com/
Pregnancy Assistance Center
Pregnancy Assistance Center North is a 501(c)(3) pregnancy resource center that educates and empowers regarding pregnancy and sexual health. Serving in a context often marked by confusion and pressure surrounding unexpected pregnancies, PACN seeks to reflect God’s love and the miracle of new life through compassionate care. Acting as an extension of local churches, the ministry provides physical, emotional, and spiritual support at no cost in a peaceful and respectful environment.
Learn more: https://pacn.org/
Redeemed Ministries
Redeemed Ministries offers restoration services to adult survivors of domestic sex trafficking through a trauma-informed, holistic healing program and the support of community partners. The ministry pursues sustainable solutions that lead to new beginnings for women who have experienced deep trauma. Redeemed is committed to walking alongside survivors with steady support and compassionate care, honoring their resilience and hope for renewal.
Learn more: https://www.redeemedtx.org/
RUF at the University of Houston
Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) at the University of Houston reaches students from all backgrounds with the hope of Jesus Christ during a formative season of life. RUF invites students into authentic relationships and the study of God’s Word, welcoming both the convinced and the unconvinced to explore faith and ask honest questions. Through this ministry, students are invited to find their place in God’s redemptive story and engage in the life of the church. Brooks Hardwood serves as the campus minister, and he and his family are grateful to be part of what God is doing among students at the University of Houston.
Learn more: https://ruf.org/ministry/university-of-houston/
Tamina Community Center
Tamina Community Center serves as a community focal point, bringing people together in positive ways so they can become a force for change in their community. The Center provides a safe and welcoming environment for children and youth, creating opportunities to develop basic skills, participate in life-enrichment activities, and experience life-changing growth. Through community outreach programs, the Center assists families and individuals in strengthening family life and improving overall well-being.
Learn more: https://www.taminacommunitycenter.com/
Young Life – The Woodlands
Young Life is a Christian ministry that reaches middle school, high school, and college students—locally and around the world—with the hope of Jesus Christ. The ministry seeks to introduce adolescents to Jesus and help them grow in their faith through prayer, presence, and personal relationships. By going where students are, Young Life leaders earn the right to share the good news of the gospel and invite young people to respond. Victor Barron serves as the Area Director, leading this work alongside dedicated volunteer leaders, staff, and supporters.
Learn more: https://twtx.younglife.org/
National Partners
Mission to North America
Mission to North America (MNA) provides expertise with excellence to PCA churches, presbyteries, and networks across North America. Through practical ministry resources—training, equipping, and assisting in missional purpose—MNA serves communities to advance God’s kingdom. MNA desires to see the Presbyterian Church in America flourish in the current age by planting new churches and growing healthy congregations and presbyteries. The ministry is committed to pursuing this vision through a renewed focus on church planting and vitality.
Learn more: https://pcamna.org/
RUF at Baylor University
Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) connects the big truths of the Bible with the big questions college students face. RUF at Baylor University is a gospel-centered ministry with a heart for college students and the campus. Its desire is to be a community that provides a safe environment where students can come and hear what the Bible claims is true. Way Rutherford serves as the campus minister, and he and his family are grateful to lead and invest in students at Baylor.
Learn more: https://ruf.org/ministry/baylor-university/
RUF at the University of Texas at Austin
Reformed University Fellowship at the University of Texas seeks to reach students with the good news of Jesus and equip them to serve others. At RUF, we do not pretend to have it all together; we are people in need of grace. For that reason, all are welcome to be part of the community, regardless of personal or religious background. Ryan Dougan serves as the campus minister, and he and his family are grateful to be part of this ministry in Austin.
Learn more: https://ruf.org/ministry/university-of-texas-at-austin/
RUF at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) connects the big truths of the Bible with the big questions college students face. As a campus ministry at UTSA, it seeks to love God, love others, and love the campus. It does so by welcoming students, declaring the message of Jesus, providing opportunities to grow in grace, and encouraging them to serve the campus and the church. Lee Wright serves as the campus minister, and he and his family are excited to invest in students and the life of the UTSA campus.
Learn more: https://ruf.org/ministry/university-of-texas-san-antonio/
Southwest Church Planting Network
The Southwest Church Planting Network (SWCPN) is a cooperative work of Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) churches in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Its vision is to plant more than 120 new churches and initiate Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) ministries at colleges throughout the Southwest United States. SWCPN seeks to plant churches that are deeply shaped and fueled by the centrality of the gospel, vibrant, and missional.
Learn more: https://www.plantchurch.org/
Global Partners
The Bagbys
The Bagbys have served international students through Texas A&M RUF International, welcoming people from all nations and reflecting God’s grace to an international audience. RUF International seeks to equip students as kingdom ambassadors for the worldwide church. In a new call through Mission to the World (MTW), the Bagby family is moving to Inverness, Scotland, to serve at Tornagrain Community Church. There, they will support discipleship among first-generation Christians in a post-Christian context so that congregations may flourish and multiply to the glory of God.
Learn more: https://mtw.org/
The Congdons
Joe and Felicity Congdon have served with Mission to the World (MTW) in Japan since 2015, seeking to raise up the next generation of pastors and church leaders in Tokyo. Joe serves as a church planter and team leader for MTW’s Tokyo City Team and helped launch Setagaya Grace Church in 2023. The vision of the church is to see communities of people who glorify God and enjoy Him forever spread throughout Setagaya, a Tokyo neighborhood home to nearly one million people. Through relationships with families and students in Setagaya Ward, they prayerfully share the gospel, trusting the Lord to build His church.
Learn more: https://mtw.org/missionaries/details/joe-and-felicity-congdon/
Covocacional – Jaime Jiménez
Covocacional develops pathways for co-vocational leaders, propelling them forward in God’s mission to see gospel saturation across the United States and Latin America. The ministry partners with churches and networks who share a passion for God’s mission. Together, they create sustainable opportunities for emerging and current leaders to be inspired, equipped, and sent into their unique contexts. Covocacional seeks to realign leaders’ lives with God’s mission and rethink traditional models of leadership development and church planting.
Learn more: https://www.covocacional.org/
Krystal Watson – Pioneers
Krystal Watson is from Magnolia, Texas, and serves with Pioneers, a mission organization committed to reaching the ends of the earth through the pursuit of the unreached. For more than 40 years, Pioneers has partnered with local churches to bring the gospel to every corner of the globe and now operates through 15 mobilization gateways worldwide, working toward the goal of seeing no more unreached people groups. After teaching in the United States for a year, Krystal sensed God calling her to long-term overseas ministry. She now serves in Eastern Europe in evangelism and discipleship.
Learn more: https://pioneers.org/
Rachel Pontier
Rachel Pontier serves at City Church Manchester in the United Kingdom as Discipleship Director. After earlier missionary service in Nicaragua and years of ministry in the United States, she returned to the mission field in 2023 with a desire to see the gospel advance in the UK. At City Church, Rachel equips believers to study and teach the Bible, grow in their relationship with Christ, and ultimately become more like Him. She also serves alongside the staff to equip and encourage members in their faith and practice while helping build a strategic vision for equipping the saints at other church plants across the UK.
Learn more: https://www.citychurchmanchester.org/
The Shepherds
Doug and Masha Shepherd serve with Mission to the World (MTW) in Ukraine, helping the Ukrainian Presbyterian Church plant new congregations in the western region, beginning in L’viv. Doug leads the church planting strategy in L’viv as Team Leader, while Masha serves as wife and mother and as Director of Children’s Education for the church plant. They are also involved with “Crates for Ukraine,” a ministry of MTW Ukraine and Team L’viv that provides life-saving humanitarian aid in partnership with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine, delivering vital aid to churches and displaced communities during the ongoing war.
Learn more: https://mtw.org/missionaries/details/doug-and-masha-shepherd/
The Stoddards
David and Eowyn Stoddard serve with Mission to the World (MTW) in Germany, laboring in church planting, theological education, and discipleship. After many years serving in eastern Berlin, they moved to Munich in 2024 to continue supporting church planting efforts. David serves as MTW’s International Director for Europe and Managing Director of Field Operations, while Eowyn contributes through evangelism, teaching, and women’s and mercy ministries.
Learn more: https://mtw.org/missionaries/details/david-and-eowyn-stoddard/