Meet Our Team
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Stephanie Alderman
Togo Church Planting Project
Sending Church and Pastor: Trinity Baptist Church, Pastor Tom Messer
Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida
On the field since May 2018
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James & Jenna Roberts
Togo Palms Camp
Sending Church and Pastor: Red Oak Church, Andrews, NC; Pastor Brody Holloway
Hometown: Richmond Hill, GA (James) & Wilson, NC (Jenna)
On the field since July 2022 -
Josh & Ashley Freeman
Initiative Leader
Sending Church and Pastor: Trinity Baptist Church, Pastor Tom Messer
Hometown: Bradenton, Florida (Josh) & Cincinnati, OH (Ashley)
On the field since March 2020 and October 2017, respectively
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Azlyn McCarthy
Deaf Project
Sending Church and Pastor: Prairie Lakes Church, Pastor John Fuller and Ankeny Free Church, Pastor Todd Hessel
Hometown: Ankeny, Iowa
On the field since April 2018
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Suzanne Mauritzen
Sending Church and Pastor: Baptist Church Woodway, Pastor Paul Sands
Hometown: Waco, TX
On the field since 2010
Meet Our Residents
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Savanna Boggess
Deaf Project & Children’s Ministry
Sending Church and Pastor: Vertical Church, Charleston, SC; Pastor Joe Mulroney
Hometown: Conway, SC
Landing in the field fall of 2023
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Bailey Akers
Togo Church Planting
Sending Church and Pastor: Northstar Church Knoxville, TN; Pastor Scott Cagle and Missions Director, Chrissy Toth
Hometown: Knoxville, TN
In the field since February 2023
MEET THE FOUNDERS
A Heart for Togo:
JJ & Melissa Alderman
JJ Alderman grew up as a missionary kid in Northern Togo from the age of six. After meeting Melissa in college and marrying in 2004, JJ and his wife Melissa asked God where He wanted their family to serve. They prayed specifically about people who had the most restricted access to the gospel and expressed their desire to develop leaders and plant churches in these areas. It became clear that God was sending them to serve among the Gen and Watchi (unreached people groups) in Togo, West Africa.
In 2009, the Aldermans began working in church planting and leadership development among the Gen and Watchi in Southern Togo. During that time, they recruited and onboarded 9 families.
JJ, Melissa, and their three beautiful little girls saw lives radically transformed by the gospel on a regular basis. People were discipled, churches were planted; they watched God do a truly great work. Standing on the shoulders of the Alderman’s, the 6° team carries on their same heart and vision for the people of Togo and Benin.
