Meet the Speakers
Steve & Arlene Richardson
President
Pioneers-USA
Steve Richardson
President, Pioneers-USA
Steve was raised in Indonesia, where his parents planted churches in a jungle tribe. Arlene was also raised in a mission-minded family. Her parents left the corporate world in 1979 to start a new mission agency called Pioneers.
Soon after Steve and Arlene married, they joined Pioneers and moved to Southeast Asia to plant churches among a major Muslim unreached people group. With their team of 40 coworkers, they developed an innovative approach to church planting called Lampstand. Together they helped start a center for evangelism, a handicraft business, several media ministries and two English language schools.
Since 1999, Steve has served as president of Pioneers-USA, based in Orlando. He is the author of Is the Commission Still Great? Arlene founded a global micro enterprise network and authored Threads, a book recounting the Richardsons’ early adventures in business as mission. She speaks on marketplace ministries and serves the hospitality and donor needs of the organization. The Richardsons are blessed with four daughters and many grandchildren.
Pioneers is a growing international movement of approximately 465 teams which impact almost 450 unreached people groups worldwide.
Nathan Clifton
Director of Training
Pioneers Hong Kong
Nathan Clifton
Director of Training, Pioneers - Hong Kong
Nathan along with his beautiful wife Shannon have served in Asia since 2011 and currently live in Chiang Mai, Thailand with their children Josiah (15), Daniel (12), and Esther (10). Nathan’s calling has always been to help equip Asian people to reach Asia. To that end he has focused on training Asian Pastors to understand the great redemptive narrative of scripture by helping create a unique teaching curriculum called CoreStory (www.corestory.org). He also trains Asian believers who wish to pursue full-time international missions in his role as Director of Training with Pioneers Hong Kong office. He has conducted extensive trainings in Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, The Philippines, Nepal, Myanmar and Mongolia. He received a Master of Divinity from Talbot Seminary in 2009 and will finish a Ph.D. in Intercultural Education in 2024. His area of study is Evaluation in Missionary Teaching.
Friday Night for Students
11/1
A special night for Middle School & High School Students. Join Global Partner Nathan Clifton for a FREE Chick-Fil-A dinner, while Nathan shares about Global Ministries and his heart for the nations.
Saturday
11/2
FREE luncheon from 12:00-12:30 in the Fellowship Center at Calvary, all are welcome including the kids. Following the lunch at 12:30, these Global Partners will share about their ministry; Tom & Ruth Chew, Ken & Rhonda Wiest, Skip & Keturah Lake, Nathan Clifton, Marsha Schulz, Marlene Schutter, Doug and Stephanie Gilcrease, Mike McGeath, and Jeff Awe. Then our guest speaker Steve & Arlene will share how they reached the lost for Christ in Indonesia.
The Children’s program, in the Chapel, will begin at 12:30 and end at 1:30.
Sunday
11/3
9:30 & 10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Regularly scheduled services with Guest Speaker Steve Richardson at 9:00 & 10:30 a.m.
9:30 & 10:30 a.m. LifeGroups
Life Groups in the BLOC during their scheduled times for coffee, donuts & time with our Global Partner Nathan Clifton who will teach on “The Biblical Worldview of Missions”.
10:30 a.m. Children’s Program
Elementary Children’s Program at 10:30 in the Chapel with our Global Partner Marsha Schulz.
12:15 p.m. Crossroads & Next Steps Lunch
FREE luncheon for Crossroads and Next Steps in the Fellowship center with our Guest Speaker Steve Richardson & his wife Arlene at 12:15 in the Fellowship Center.
4:00 p.m. Ladies Reception
Ladies Reception for our Global Partners in the Fellowship Center at 4:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Worship Service
Sunday evening service with Steve Richardson at 6:00 p.m. No GO groups that evening