Meet the Andersons
Frances, Ben, Joyce, Tegwen, Jaclyn
Contact
Phone Postal |
+1-317-783-0300 PO Box 127 |
Brief Bio
Ben Anderson was born and raised in the Philippines as the son of founding TCM missionaries Vernon & Darlene Anderson. In 1978, he returned to the United States where he went to college and joined TCM in October 1984.
Joyce grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. Her father, the late Cliff Kinkead, was the pastor of the Grace church. In 1986 Ben and Joyce met at the Grace church. They married and travled to Kenya the same year.
Ben & Joyce pioneered the TCM work in Kenya, seeing it grow to 40 churches, a Bible school, spiritual Kenyan leaders and a national church planting movement called Project 2010. Their three daughters, Tegwen, Frances and Jaclyn were born in Nairobi. The Andersons lived in Kenya for 18 years before being called to the directorship of TCM.
Dates
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Ben Joyce Tegwen Frances Jaclyn Anniversary |
March 7 September 19 January 31, 1988 July 19, 1989 July 19, 1989 August 16, 1986 |
Ben & Joyce Anderson
Indianapolis, United States
Serving the Lord
In January 2004 the TCM board voted for Ben to become the director of Things to Come Mission. After 18 years in Kenya, it was both a joyful and also a painful process to turn the ministry over to others. Gardner Improso became the Field Representative while Samuel Mwangi and later Peter Kagwi took the directorship of Grace Bible Church. These men had been mentored in the ministry for many years and were well-prepared for the task they faced.
Ben took the directorship of TCM in January 2005. The work can be divided into three primary areas. 1) TCM Headquarters: This involves handling finances and missionary requests and producing the prayer letters, International Harvest and News You Can Use publications. There is a staff of five people who work with Ben in the office. 2) Church Relations: Since TCM is a sending organization of the U.S. Grace churches, it is essential for Ben to stay in contact with the pastors, board and mission committees of these churches. This also includes visiting Bible colleges and seeking to encourage Americans to become missionaries. 3) Field Development: TCM seeks to evangelize the world using the methods of the Apostle Paul. This requires going to the "regions beyond" where Christ is not named. Ben helps each field to develop their strategy for reaching their own country while looking at new countries to reach with wonderful message of God's saving grace.
Joyce is involved with raising the children and making the house a home. Tegwen will be attending Grace Bible College in the fall of 2006 while Frances and Jaclyn will be entering their senior year of high school.