D.H. Easter has been General Director of Good Shepherd Baptist Missions since he was requested to lead in the forming and organization of the ministry in 1993. He works with the Administrative Team to establish and direct the ministries of GSBM, oversees all of the ministries, serves as Director and Instructor of both the Missionary Training Schools and the Pastors Training Schools, and responds to the vehicle breakdown calls for Emergency Road Assistance.
The Emergency Road and Housing Assistance should develop into Mexico from the U.S. and Canada. Pastors Training Schools should expand into a second phase and then move into other countries throughout the world as our Lord opens doors. Good Shepherd Baptist Missions will likely have God-given opportunities to expand its educational aspects into higher learning.
D.H. was saved at six years of age and called into the ministry, but did not surrender until he was 30 in 1974. He had graduated from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, with a B.S. in Business Administration in 1971. Upon surrender to the ministry, he attended Tennessee Temple Seminary from 1975 through 1977 working on a Masters in Divinity. He holds a Master of Ministry (Pastoral Ministry) (1996) and also a PhD in Religion (Bible) (2008) from Bethany Divinity College and Seminary. D.H. worked as an Ironworker while attending college, served in the U.S.A.F. under the Air Force Security Agency as an electronics technician, and after college worked as part of the management team for Deering Milliken Textiles. Before seminary D.H. served as a bus worker and Sunday School teacher at Oakside Baptist Church in LaGrange, Georgia, and then as pastor of Port Serena Baptist Church, a Highland Park Baptist Church chapel in Hixon, Tennessee. After seminary in 1977, he was pastor of churches in Georgia, Indiana and Alabama until 1992. He also served as principal of Oakside Christian Schools in LaGrange, Georgia.
He married Meige in 1965. They have one son, who is a career officer with the U.S.A.F, and two grandchildren.
D. H. Easter
General Director
Good Shepherd Baptist Missions
1657 Magnolia Street
Alexander City, AL 35010
(256) 329-3436
Mark Gostlin is a missionary with Beacon International Baptist Mission focused on reaching the 130 million French speaking people through the use of evangelistic teams to penetrate the cultures and church planting teams to establish reproducing New Testament churches. His base of operation will primarily be in the country of France but he looks forward to assisting with efforts in West Africa as well.
Mark was born in South Eastern Michigan and was raised in North Eastern, Ohio. He graduated from High School in 1979 and from Heritage Baptist Institute, Cleveland Ohio, in 1989. After planting a church in Wayne County, Ohio from 1988 to 1990, and then working as an Associate Pastor for one year, Mark served as the senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Spencer, Ohio from 1991 to 2006. He serves on the Administrative Team of GSBM and has served in a key role in the development of all GSBM ministries, especially the Pastors Training School. He has served as instructor in both the Pastors Training School and Missionary Training School. Between 2002 and 2006 Brother Gostlin served as Co-Director of PTS. He continues to serve as Co-Director of MTS. He resigned the pastorate in August, 2006 to begin the ministry to the French-speaking people.
Mark and Anne Gostlin were married in 1980 in Seville, Ohio and have six children and three grandchildren.
Mark Gostlin
Missionary
Beacon International Baptist Missio
45 State Route 42
West Salem, Ohio 44287
(330) 416-8623
markgostlin@yahoo.com
markgostlin.com
Pat Hain is the wife of Roger Hain and labors at Grace Bible Independent Baptist Church serving as teacher of the Ladies’ Sunday School Class, Music Director, Church pianist, Church secretary, Ladies’ Bible Study leader, Co-ordinator of Jr. Camp meals, Co-ordinator of and worker in Wednesday Prayer meeting Nursery. Her desire is to be faithful in living for Christ as a wife, mother and church member and to see women grow in godliness. Mrs. Hain serves as ladies’ instructor at GSBM’s Missionary Training School.
Mrs. Hain was born in Pennsylvania and graduated from Northern Lebanon High School. She and Roger have four children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Patricia M Hain
392 Coon Crossing
Shinglehouse, PA 16748
(814) 697-7257
Roger Hain is the pastor and founder of Grace Bible Independent Baptist Church in Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania. GBIBC is a Christ-centered local church in a rural area of northwest Pennsylvania featuring
music of traditional hymns and gospel songs. All areas of the church use only the King James Version of the Bible. The church has conservative youth ministries that impact the lives of children and teenagers.
An effective world-wide outreach is experienced through a Bible-based missionary ministry. Leadership for all areas of the church involves an interactive role by leaders of all ages. In addition to serving as a pastor, Brother Hain serves with Good Shepherd Baptist Missions as Director of Emergency Housing, Instructor at the Missionary Training School and Pastors Training Schools and as an Administrative Team member.
His vision for GBIBC is to develop a believer’s relationship with Christ through a knowledge of Bible truth by a spirit yielded to the Holy Spirit. He believes mature faith then enables discernment by personal and ecclesiastical separation as the church serves Christ.
He was born in Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Evangelical Congregational School of Theology in Myerstown, Pennsylvania with a diploma of theology. Churches have been pastored in Reading, Harrisburg and Bell Run, Pennsylvania. In 1971 he left new evangelicalism and became a Bible-based fundamentalist.
He is married to Patricia Hain, and they have four children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Pastor Roger Hain
Grace Bible Independent Baptist Church
392 Coon Crossing
Shinglehouse, PA 16748
(814) 697-7257
rhaingbibc@frontier.com
gracebiblepa.org
Bob Mach accepted the Lord Jesus Christ in repentance and faith on August 26, 1977, in a high school chapel service at the Heritage Christian School of the Cleveland Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. He had heard the Gospel for two years and had made a false profession of faith. However, on the above date, a preacher preached on being ready for Christ’s second coming. Bob realized that he was not at all ready, and he accepted Christ in repentance and faith that day.
Becky accepted the Lord Jesus Christ in repentance and faith in June of 1969 at a Sunday evening service of the Wheeling Baptist Temple which was pastored by her father at the time. She had been asking her parents questions for a period of time. Finally a guest preacher came to preach at their church, and Becky went forward to accept Christ.
Within a year of accepting Christ, Bob began to feel burdened for those of the world who did not hear the Gospel as he had. After counseling with his parents and pastor, he went forward during a Sunday morning service to announce that the Lord was calling him to be a missionary.
After his junior year in college, Bob took a trip to Togo, W. Africa, which the Lord used to direct Bob the the Sub-saharan section of West Africa.
While on staff at his home church, God used prayer and conversations to direct Bob to the country of Côte d’Ivoire, W. Africa
Becky surrendered her life to any service the Lord would have for her at a young age. Her surrender was evident in the service she provided to her family’s ministry.
Upon completing high school, Bob attended Pensacola Christian College where he received a B.A. degree in Missions in 1985. Afterward, Bob attended Missionary Aviation Institute where he received the Commercial/Instrument Flight certificate and the Airframe/Powerplant Mechanics certificate in 1988.
After completing his schooling, Bob returned where he served on the faculty of Heritage Christian School teaching Bible, English, Speech, and P.E., and coaching soccer, basketball, and baseball for four years. In the final year, Bob also served on the pastoral staff of Cleveland Baptist Church where he worked with the Discipleship Program, the college and career class, and the children’s ministry.
Upon completing high school, Becky elected to remain working full time in her family’s evangelism ministry. She became proficient in vocal and instrumental (violin, mandolin, piano) music as well as musical arrangement for her family’s music ministry. As well, she filmed, directed, and produced video and audio productions for her family’s ministry.
Bob and Becky were married on May 
18, 1991, at the West Chester Baptist Church in West Chester, Ohio, by Pastor Tom Trammell. The Lord has blessed them with the following children:
Bob, Becky, and Bobby traveled together on deputation from October 1992 until February 1994. In that time, the Lord provided fully the support they needed to go to the field.
Bob, Becky, and Bobby moved to Boucherville, Quebec, where they attended French language school fulltime directed by Gerald and Margarite Pauley. They started in July of 1994 and spent 6 hours a day, five days a week at school. This training was concluded in June of 1995, and Marylyn was born the following month before moving to Côte d’Ivoire.
Bob, Becky, Bobby, and Marylyn arrived in Côte d’Ivoire for their first term on September 16, 1995. They moved to the city of Anyama where they assisted Tom and Melissa Vineyard with the establishment of the Fundamental Baptist Church of Anyama and the Fundamental Baptist Institute of Anyama. Tom and Melissa had arrived in Côte d’Ivoire in 1994 and had already started the church at the time of the Mach’s arrival. The Mach Family was physically present working in Anyama from Sept. of 1995 until November of 1997 and from April of 1999 until January of 2000.
From mid-November 1997 until the end of March 1999, the Machs were stateside. The first few months were to complete the open heart surgery necessary for their daughter Morganne Lea Mach who was born during their first term on the field. Once she had recovered, the Machs took their first furlough to report back to their churches.
The Mach family returned to Anyama in April of 1999 and then moved to the city of Bingerville in January of 2000. This move took place shortly after the first coup d’état in Ivorian history. There the Machs opened the Fundamental Baptist Church of Bingerville on June 18, 2000, in the downstairs section of their home. As a ministry of this church, they opened the Alpha Baptist Literacy Center in 2001 to teach people to be able to read their Bibles and to reach out to the muslim community. In November of 2004, they opened the Urban Clinic of Bingerville as a ministry of their church in order to reach out to the villages around Bingerville. As well, Bob started another Bible College in a sister church in Grand Bassam.
With time, the Lord provided land for the church. Before leaving for their second furlough, Bob helped build a temporary wood building so that the church could meet on its own property.
On September 19, 2002, war broke out in Côte d’Ivoire resulting in a rebel army occupying the north and later the western regions of the country. Luc was born the day after the conflict started. Given the situation, Becky and Bob had to handle the birth themselves at home. The family evacuated the country the following October only to return to Takoradi, Ghana, in March of 2003. As such, the family lived in relative safety in Ghana while Bob traveled back and forth between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire on the weekends to keep the Bingerville church going. The family returned full time to Côte d’Ivoire at the beginning of 2004 where they stayed before furloughing at the beginning of 2005.
After their second furlough, the Machs returned to West Africa in April of 2006. They started in Ghana moving back and forth between the two countries until they returned permanently to Côte d’Ivoire in November of 2006.
In this third term, the Machs continued the development of the Bingerville church. A school building was built to meet the needs of the church Sunday school program, the Alpha Baptist Literacy Center, and the future Christian elementary school. As well, they completed the foundation and basement for the permanent church building. Work was continued at a Bible College which had started in Grand Bassam. As well, Bob helped with the development of a Pastors Fellowship, soccer tournaments involving our sister churches, and a newspaper called The Missionary which circulates in all our sister churches in Côte d’Ivoire.
In January of 2009, the Machs helped to open another church in the village of Zanaplédougou in the far north of the country. The church is pastored by an older man trained at the Bingerville church and Grand Bassam Bible College. An Alpha Baptist Literacy Center has also been opened in this church to teach the villagers to read the Scriptures and to evangelize those who are not yet saved there.
In the summer of 2010, the Machs have taken their third furlough to again report back to their supporting churches in the states and Canada.
In our fourth term, we hope to accomplish the following:
- Finish the permanent church buildings for the Bingerville and Zanaplédougou churches.
- Build, develop, and open the Fundamental Baptist Bible College of Bingerville.
- Expand the Urban Clinic of Bingerville to become the Hope Baptist Hospital of Bingerville.
- Open the Fundamental Baptist Elementary School of Bingerville.
- Continue bringing the Bingerville church to autonomy with a national pastor.
- Open a clinic as a ministry of the Fundamental Baptist Church of Zanaplédougou.
Furlough contact information good until September 2011
Robert Mach 4459 Tiedeman Road Cleveland, OH 44144 (216) 544-0290 RobertCMach@cs.com
Field contact information after September 2011
Robert MACH B.P. 551 Bingerville, Côte d’Ivoire W. Africa 011-225-22-40-10-26 RobertCMach@cs.com
Jerry Mullendore is the Director of Beacon International Baptist Mission in Johnson City, Tennessee. The purpose of BIBM is to recruit, train and place missionaries; survey new fields; and attempt to get works started whereever God opens the door. His vision of ministry is to see the mission grow numerically and spiritually and place missionaries in as many countries as possible until Jesus comes. Brother Mullendore also serves as an instructor in GSBM’s Missionary Training School.
Brother Mullendore was born in Tennessee. He went to Chuckey-Doak High School and attended East Tennessee State University. After entering the ministry he attended the course of study at Duke University for two years, then entered Liberty University School of Life Long Learning and graduated in 1988. He received a Doctor of Divinity from Heritage Baptist University in August, 1988.
He served in the United States Navy from 1964-71, with active duty from 1966-1968. He served three rural Methodist Churches from 1979-1983 and resigned to start Eastside Independent Baptist Church in 1983 with 9 people. God grew the church to 300 over the next 14 years.
In 1995 Jerry started a mission called Evangelization in Eastern Europe. The mission grew and in 1996 he resigned Eastside Independent Baptist Church to lead EEE as its Director..
In 1996 the mission was moved to Johnson City, Tennessee where it continued to grow. With the growth, there was a need for office space, so the mission purchaseed a building in 2003 and renovated it to give the mission 3200 square feet of office space, a conference room and a nice prophet chamber.” In 2005 the Mission expanded to a world-wide mission and was renamed Beacon International Baptist Mission.
In 1966 Brother Mullendore married Christine. They have three children: their oldest daughter is a pastor’s wife with two children; their second is a son who is married with one child and involved in a Baptist church in Tennessee, and their third is a missionary wife with one child serving in Greece.
Jerry Mullendore, Director
Beacon International Baptist Mission
P.O. Box 5907
Johnson City, TN 37602-5907
Office (423) 928-5759
bibm@beaconibm.com
http://www.beaconibm.com
Steve Williams currently serves as the General Director of Harvest Baptist Missions, a local church-based missionary sending agency ministry of Columbia Road Baptist Church in North Olmsted, Ohio.
He worked with his pastor, Alan Jenkins, to establish this ministry in 1999 and has continued to lead its day-to-day operations since that time. HBM currently serves ten missionary families that are
actively involved in various church planting efforts around the world. The main thrust of HBM is to assist the missionaries and their sending churches. All services provided by HBM are done so without cost to the missionary or their sending church. HBM does not aspire to be a “large agency”. Their desire is to faithfully serve those families that God sends their way. In additional to the sending agency, HBM also oversees Nehemiah’s Network — a helps ministry providing quality used building materials and church supplies to missionaries and churches free of charge. Since their beginning, they have given away materials conservatively valued at over $500K. Brother Williams serves on GSBM’s Administrative Team and is an instructor with the Missionary Training School. He also serves as the leader of the PTS Audio-visual and Reinforcement Team and has previously served as an instructor at the Pastors Training School.
Prior to his call to the ministry, Brother Williams was employed by Ameritech Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio for 13 years. During that time, the Lord was preparing him for future service by giving him a broad range of managerial responsibilities and experiences including project manager.
Raised in Ohio, Brother Williams graduated from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio with a degree in Business Administration. Following graduation, he moved to the Cleveland area and joined the Columbia Road Baptist Church. Over the past 18 years at the church, Brother Williams has received his Bible training under the leadership of his pastor and the church’s Bible Institute.
Brother Williams resides in Ohio with his wife Kris, and their three children.
Steve Williams
General Director
Harvest Baptist Missions
33085 Fern Tree Lane
N Ridgeville, OH 44039
Office (440) 734-9970
Fax (440) 777-1124
