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Meet The Radius Staff

 

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Brad & Beth

Brad and Beth spent over 20 years planting a church among the Iteri people in Papua New Guinea. After the Iteri church could function on its own, they returned to San Diego where Brad was the Missions Pastor at Clairemont Emmanuel. In that role, he observed a disturbing increasing attrition rate among missionaries and, along with some other like-minded Pastors and others in the mission community, identified the need for quality cross-cultural training for missionary candidates. After years of research and prayer, RADIUS was born. Brad is the primary Church Planting instructor at Radius and together he and Beth lead and disciple a Community Group. They also travel extensively around the U.S. speaking at conferences and churches. Brad and Beth have 4 married children and enjoy spending as much time as possible with them and their 10 grandchildren.

BRAD & BETH

Founder

CG Leader

Brooks & Nina

Brooks and Nina met at San Diego Christian College and upon graduation they married. Brooks worked in the field of accounting and eventually as a CFO of a Dutch multinational. Through their time in the word, and with the blessing of their local church, they eventually felt led to church planting among an unreached people group. In 2003, after 2 years of training, they, along with their 3-year-old son, left for the country of Papua New Guinea and lived among the Yembiyembi people. By God’s grace, they became fluent in the language of the Yembiyembi, developed an alphabet, taught the Yembiyembi to read and write in their own language, translated the scriptures, and saw the Yembiyembi church born and brought to maturity. In 2016, they returned to the U.S. where Brooks now serves as the President of Radius International and Nina is the Hospitality Coordinator. Brooks recently received an honorary Doctorate in Linguistics and Bible Translation from San Diego Christian College.

BROOKS & NINA

President

Hospitality Coordinator

Carl & Myra

Before joining the staff in 2012, Carl and Myra lived in Iowa where they owned and operated a business for 16 years. They applied all that they learned during that season toward their various responsibilities at Radius. Carl is the Business Administrator (overseeing the financial, business, marketing, & tech) as well as managing the myriad of construction projects that have taken place on the campuses over the past 10 years, while Myra does the job of Office Administrator (supervising the bookkeeping and donation processing). Carl and Myra are very involved in their local church Paseo Del Ray, in Chula Vista, CA. They have two married children who live locally and four darling grandsons they dote on.

CARL & MYRA

Business Adminsitrator

Office Adminstrator

Cathy

Cathy and her husband, Mike, met in their hometown of Rapid City, South Dakota. After they married, they worked as missionaries in Papua New Guinea for 10 years after which they ministered in Tijuana, MX for an additional 10 years. Currently, Cathy enjoys substitute teaching for her Bible Study Fellowship, teaching English to her international students, and assisting as needed for Radius in Accounts Receivables. Cathy and Mike have two grown children and 2 granddaughters.

CATHY

Accounts Receivable

Emily

Emily, originally from Louisiana, has a BA in Spanish and a minor in International Studies from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. As a Radius Alumni (Class of 2016), she is a perfect fit overseeing Radius Interns as a Gap Year Lead. Sent by the Chapel on the Campus in BR, Emily and her son live on campus and are thankful to invest in the Interns and be a part of helping families prepare for the field.

EMILY

GAP Year Lead

Joe & Rachel

Joe and Rachel have been Radius on-site staff for seven years. Joe, who earned his BS from Liberty University, has many positions within Radius including Director of Operations MX, Los Altos Campus Director, and classroom Instructor. Rachel has parlayed her experience as a preschool teacher, home-schooling mom, and trained delivery & postpartum doula into her roles overseeing the Gap Year Interns, developing the Childcare Program, and helping expectant students navigate having a child in MX. Their fun and adventurous family is made up of three grown children and a fourth who is still lives at home.

JOE & RACHEL

Director of Operations MX

GAP Year Coordinator

Joseph & Jessica

Sent by Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, Joseph and Jessica have been on staff since 2012. Before joining Radius, Joseph received a B.A. from Taylor University in both Biblical Studies and Christian Education, and a Master of Divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and then served as an Associate Pastor at RiverLakes Community Church in Bakersfield, CA. He is now the Director of the Castillo Campus and the Instructor of Spiritual Disciplines. Jessica, who received a B.A. from Taylor University in Christian Education, teaches the Culture and Language Acquisition Practicum. Joseph and Jessica lead a Community Group and along with their 4 children feel incredibly blessed to share in the day-to-day life of the students.

JOSEPH & JESSICA

Campus Director

CLA Instructor

Justin & Angela

Before joining Radius as the Chief Operational Officer, Justin and his wife, Angela, lived in Iowa where they began engaging in the Great Commission by mobilizing individuals and churches in their area. Through the word they encouraged the local church to see the part they were to play in sending, praying, and supporting people planting churches in unengaged regions. Active in their home church, they lead the mission's team, shepherded, and sent people desiring to make God known to the ends of the earth. They also used their training in Biblical counseling to counsel those preparing to go to the field and those already on the field under the supervision of a sending agency. They now live in Mexico with 3 of their 6 children and use their previous experiences as a businessman and teacher to guide and encourage the students.

JUSTIN & ANGELA

COO

CG Leader

Laura

After graduating from Grove City College (Pennsylvania) with a B.S. in Elementary Education, Laura taught at a bilingual Christian school in Colombia for 5 years. Raised in Virginia Beach, VA, Laura now lives on the west coast where she is currently pursuing a M.A. in Education at Biola University and working as the Assistant to the Director of Operations MX.

LAURA

Assistant to Director of Operations MX

Lisa

A longtime San Diego resident, Lisa worked as a nurse before she married John and until she chose to stay home to be a full-time homemaker. She enjoyed those full years as a busy mom to four children and an active volunteer at their home church. In 2016, Lisa rejoined the workforce as a 911 police dispatcher and, in 2019, joined the Radius staff working as Accounts Payable and as a member of the finance team.

LISA

Accounts Payable

Peter & Sandy

Originally from Los Angeles, Peter (Master of Divinity from Capital Bible Seminary) and Sandy (Master of Education from UCLA) have served in a wide variety of ministry platforms. Peter has been in pastoral ministry in the roles of children's pastor, youth pastor, college pastor, associate pastor, and senior pastor in churches in CA, MD, KS, and NM with an emphasis on training men to teach and lead in a variety of contexts. Sandy had been actively involved with children's and women's ministries as well as has worked for several independent learning charter schools. They serve as on-site staff over-seeing a Community Group and the ESL program. As parents of 3 children, they both have a heart for discipling families with young children.

PETER & SANDY

CG Leaders

On-Site Staff

Shelly

As the student Registrar, Shelly works with the applicants as they navigate through the admission process. Highlights of her job include phone conversations with prospective students and churches as they seek to learn more about Radius’ training program and communicating with admitted students as they are making arrangements to live in MX for 9 months. Shelly and her husband, Jim, raised their 3 children in San Diego while attending Clairemont Emmanuel Church where they have served in a variety of ways throughout the years and grew in their knowledge of the importance of Jesus’ last command.

SHELLY

Registrar

Tim & Sharon

Tim was raised in England and Sharon grew up as a “Missionary Kid” in Papua New Guinea (PNG). After completing the New Tribes Mission (now Ethnos360) Bible, Missions, and Language/Linguistics training, they moved to PNG in 1988 with their two young children. They served with Ethnos360 in PNG for 14 years, in church planting among the formerly unreached Mamusi language group, in consulting, and in leadership. After returning from PNG, they served for 10 years at the Ethnos360 Training Center where Tim taught Culture, Language and Linguistics while Sharon assisted with bookkeeping. In 2012, they were privileged to help launch the Radius training program, with Tim developing and teaching the Culture, Language and Linguistics courses. He now continues to teach the Intro to Linguistics courses and Sharon is a valued co-worker on the bookkeeping team.

TIM & SHARON

Linguistics Instructor

Accounts Payable

Warner & Grace

Warner and Grace, originally from Laramie, Wyoming, live on-site with their four young children. Before and after graduating with a Master of Theological Studies from the West Institute in 2019, Warner worked in construction which provided him the experience and much needed skills to oversee the Radius campuses as Facilities Manager. Sent by Laramie Valley Chapel, both of them enjoy applying their gifting of discipleship with the Gap Year Interns.

WARNER & GRACE

Facilities

CG Leaders

Wayne & Gail

Wayne and Gail, both originally from Taiwan and with Master of Divinity degrees from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, have served at Radius Asia since its inception in 2018. Wayne was a pastor in Northern California for 5 years before they and their two daughters moved to the island of Biem in Papua New Guinea to plant a church. After the Lord brought that church to fruition, and desiring to help others prepare well to minister in an increasing difficult to reach world, they agreed to join the Radius team. Wayne is the Director of RA which includes not only the responsibility of training RA students but also the development of a staff team able to teach the myriad of components of the program. Gail, according to Wayne, does everything else.

WAYNE & GAIL

Director of Radius Asia

Brad & Beth

Brad and Beth spent over 20 years planting a church among the Iteri people in Papua New Guinea. After the Iteri church could function on its own, they returned to San Diego where Brad was the Missions Pastor at Clairemont Emmanuel. In that role, he observed a disturbing increasing attrition rate among missionaries and, along with some other like-minded Pastors and others in the mission community, identified the need for quality cross-cultural training for missionary candidates. After years of research and prayer, RADIUS was born. Brad is the primary Church Planting instructor at Radius and together he and Beth lead and disciple a Community Group. They also travel extensively around the U.S. speaking at conferences and churches. Brad and Beth have 4 married children and enjoy spending as much time as possible with them and their 10 grandchildren.

BRAD & BETH

Founder

CG Leader

Cathy

Cathy and her husband, Mike, met in their hometown of Rapid City, South Dakota. After they married, they worked as missionaries in Papua New Guinea for 10 years after which they ministered in Tijuana, MX for an additional 10 years. Currently, Cathy enjoys substitute teaching for her Bible Study Fellowship, teaching English to her international students, and assisting as needed for Radius in Accounts Receivables. Cathy and Mike have two grown children and 2 granddaughters.

CATHY

Accounts Receivable

Joseph & Jessica

Sent by Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, Joseph and Jessica have been on staff since 2012. Before joining Radius, Joseph received a B.A. from Taylor University in both Biblical Studies and Christian Education, and a Master of Divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and then served as an Associate Pastor at RiverLakes Community Church in Bakersfield, CA. He is now the Director of the Castillo Campus and the Instructor of Spiritual Disciplines. Jessica, who received a B.A. from Taylor University in Christian Education, teaches the Culture and Language Acquisition Practicum. Joseph and Jessica lead a Community Group and along with their 4 children feel incredibly blessed to share in the day-to-day life of the students.

JOSEPH & JESSICA

Campus Director

CLA Instructor

Lisa

A longtime San Diego resident, Lisa worked as a nurse before she married John and until she chose to stay home to be a full-time homemaker. She enjoyed those full years as a busy mom to four children and an active volunteer at their home church. In 2016, Lisa rejoined the workforce as a 911 police dispatcher and, in 2019, joined the Radius staff works in Accounts Payable as a member of the finance team.

LISA

Accounts Payable

Tim & Sharon

Tim was raised in England and Sharon grew up as a “Missionary Kid” in Papua New Guinea (PNG). After completing the New Tribes Mission (now Ethnos360) Bible, Missions, and Language/Linguistics training, they moved to PNG in 1988 with their two young children. They served with Ethnos360 in PNG for 14 years, in church planting among the formerly unreached Mamusi language group, in consulting, and in leadership. After returning from PNG, they served for 10 years at the Ethnos360 Training Center where Tim taught Culture, Language and Linguistics while Sharon assisted with bookkeeping. In 2012, they were privileged to help launch the Radius training program, with Tim developing and teaching the Culture, Language and Linguistics courses. He now continues to teach the Intro to Linguistics courses and Sharon is a valued co-worker on the bookkeeping team.

TIM & SHARON

Linguistics Instructor

Accounts Payable

Brooks & Nina

Brooks and Nina met at San Diego Christian College and upon graduation they married. Brooks worked in the field of accounting and eventually as a CFO of a Dutch multinational. Through their time in the word, and with the blessing of their local church, they eventually felt led to church planting among an unreached people group. In 2003, after 2 years of training, they, along with their 3-year-old son, left for the country of Papua New Guinea and lived among the Yembiyembi people. By God’s grace, they became fluent in the language of the Yembiyembi, developed an alphabet, taught the Yembiyembi to read and write in their own language, translated the scriptures, and saw the Yembiyembi church born and brought to maturity. In 2016, they returned to the U.S. where Brooks now serves as the President of Radius International and Nina is the Hospitality Coordinator. Brooks recently received an honorary Doctorate in Linguistics and Bible Translation from San Diego Christian College.

BROOKS & NINA

President

Hospitality Coordinator

Emily

Emily, originally from Louisiana, has a BA in Spanish and a minor in International Studies from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. As a Radius Alumni (Class of 2016), she is a perfect fit overseeing Radius Interns as a Gap Year Lead. Sent by the Chapel on the Campus in BR, Emily and her son live on campus and are thankful to invest in the Interns and be a part of helping families prepare for the field.

EMILY

GAP Year Lead

Justin & Angela

Before joining Radius as the Chief Operational Officer, Justin and his wife, Angela, lived in Iowa where they began engaging in the Great Commission by mobilizing individuals and churches in their area. Through the word they encouraged the local church to see the part they were to play in sending, praying, and supporting people planting churches in unengaged regions. Active in their home church, they lead the mission's team, shepherded, and sent people desiring to make God known to the ends of the earth. They also used their training in Biblical counseling to counsel those preparing to go to the field and those already on the field under the supervision of a sending agency. They now live in Mexico with 3 of their 6 children and use their previous experiences as a businessman and teacher to guide and encourage the students.

JUSTIN & ANGELA

COO

CG Leader

Peter & Sandy

Originally from Los Angeles, Peter (Master of Divinity from Capital Bible Seminary) and Sandy (Master of Education from UCLA) have served in a wide variety of ministry platforms. Peter has been in pastoral ministry in the roles of children's pastor, youth pastor, college pastor, associate pastor, and senior pastor in churches in CA, MD, KS, and NM with an emphasis on training men to teach and lead in a variety of contexts. Sandy had been actively involved with children's and women's ministries as well as has worked for several independent learning charter schools. They serve as on-site staff over-seeing a Community Group and the ESL program. As parents of 3 children, they both have a heart for discipling families with young children.

PETER & SANDY

CG Leaders

On-Site Staff

Warner & Grace

Warner and Grace, originally from Laramie, Wyoming, live on-site with their four young children. Before and after graduating with a Master of Theological Studies from the West Institute in 2019, Warner worked in construction which provided him the experience and much needed skills to oversee the Radius campuses as Facilities Manager. Sent by Laramie Valley Chapel, both of them enjoy applying their gifting of discipleship with the Gap Year Interns.

WARNER & GRACE

Facilities

CG Leaders

Carl & Myra

Before joining the staff in 2012, Carl and Myra lived in Iowa where they owned and operated a business for 16 years. They applied all that they learned during that season toward their various responsibilities at Radius. Carl is the Business Administrator (overseeing the financial, business, marketing, & tech) as well as managing the myriad of construction projects that have taken place on the campuses over the past 10 years, while Myra does the job of Office Administrator (supervising the bookkeeping and donation processing). Carl and Myra are very involved in their local church Paseo Del Ray, in Chula Vista, CA. They have two married children who live locally in the San Diego area and four grandsons.

CARL & MYRA

Business Adminsitrator

Office Adminstrator

Joe & Rachel

Joe and Rachel have been Radius on-site staff for seven years. Joe, who earned his BS from Liberty University, has many positions within Radius including Director of Operations MX, Los Altos Campus Director, and classroom Instructor. Rachel has parlayed her experience as a preschool teacher, home-schooling mom, and trained delivery & postpartum doula into her roles overseeing the Gap Year Interns, developing the Childcare Program, and helping expectant students navigate having a child in MX. Their fun and adventurous family is made up of three grown children and a fourth who is still lives at home.

JOE & RACHEL

Director of Operations MX

GAP Year Coordinator

Laura

After graduating from Grove City College (Pennsylvania) with a B.S. in Elementary Education, Laura taught at a bilingual Christian school in Colombia for 5 years. Raised in Virginia Beach, VA, Laura now lives on the west coast where she is currently pursuing a M.A. in Education at Biola University and working as the Assistant to the Director of Operations MX.

LAURA

Assistant to Director of Operations MX

Shelly

As the student Registrar, Shelly works with the applicants as they navigate through the admission process. Highlights of her job include phone conversations with prospective students and churches as they seek to learn more about Radius’ training program and communicating with admitted students as they are making arrangements to live in MX for 9 months. Shelly and her husband, Jim, raised their 3 children in San Diego while attending Clairemont Emmanuel Church where they have served in a variety of ways throughout the years and grew in their knowledge of the importance of Jesus’ last command.

SHELLY

Registrar

Wayne & Gail

Wayne and Gail, both originally from Taiwan and with Master of Divinity degrees from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, have served at Radius Asia since its inception in 2018. Wayne was a pastor in Northern California for 5 years before they and their two daughters moved to the island of Biem in Papua New Guinea to plant a church. After the Lord brought that church to fruition, and desiring to help others prepare well to minister in an increasing difficult to reach world, they agreed to join the Radius team. Wayne is the Director of RA which includes not only the responsibility of training RA students but also the development of a staff team able to teach the myriad of components of the program. Gail, according to Wayne, does everything else.

WAYNE & GAIL

Director of Radius Asia