Doxa Church follows the Great Commission by spreading the Gospel of Christ through its support of church plants, ministries, and missionaries worldwide.
Our Missionaries and Church planters
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Luke & Katie Benninger
(Camp Barakel, Fairview, MI)Camp Barakel is a year-round, Christ-centered camp in northeast Michigan built on 350 acres that hosts nearly 10,000 guests each year. It’s a place where we hope you feel the weight of God’s glory, know the depth of Biblical truth, and see the beauty of the Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
Luke and Katie Benninger joined Resident Staff in 2021, commissioned by Doxa Church in Rochester Hills. With three daughters, Katie’s primary duties are centered in the home, but she helps Luke especially with recruiting and overseeing the college-age, summer staff leaders. Luke works in the program department and is the Waterfront, Zipline, and Ranges Coordinator.
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Brett & Alyson Haynes
(Southern Romania)We are Brett and Alyson Haynes, originally from the Kansas City area. Along with our four children we live in Craiova, Romania where we gladly serve the Lord by making disciples. Our vision is to see God glorified in Romania and beyond by engaging unreached neighborhoods, equipping the local churches, and prayerfully mobilizing Romanians to be sent to the nations. One of the greatest needs here in Southern Romania is authentic, life-on-life discipleship and training in the gospel. As we live in intentional community with those in the city, we joyfully engage the lost around us with the gospel, disciple other in a one-on-one context, support the local church and train up others to be disciple-makers. Please join us in praying for God to be glorified and disciples to be made in Craiova and beyond.
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Dale & Linnea Kellar
(Reykjavík, Iceland)Dale and Linnea Kellar are engaged in long-term missions work with Reaching & Teaching International Ministries in Reykjavík, Iceland. They are partnering with a church planting network called The Iceland Project which seeks to establish and strengthen healthy, biblically-minded local congregations throughout the nation. They are covenant members of Loftstofan Baptistakirkja (Upper Room Baptist Church), where Dale serves on the pastoral staff and Linnea participates in and helps lead both the Women's and Children's ministries. They are also actively engaged in Icelandic language acquisition and continued cultural acclamation. The Kellars both studied at Reformed Baptist Seminary (Coconut Creek, FL) and Dale completed his Masters of Theological Studies in 2019. Dale and Linnea have been married since 2017 and they have four wonderful children: Cedar, Zion, Avonlea and Isla. They are joyfully sent out from Five Points Community Church in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
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Josh & Kayla Loomis
(Champaign, Illinois)Josh and Kayla are originally from Minnesota. They met in college, and served with Cru for two years in East Asia. After receiving his MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Josh felt called to church planting. Specifically in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois, home to the University of Illinois. He spent two years in a church planting internship with another solidly evangelical church in Champaign, and in August 2025, officially launched The Grove Church, a sister church in our district of the EFCA.
There is a confirmed need in this community for more gospel preaching churches. And there are many opportunities for disciple making and evangelism among both college students and permanent local residents. There is great theological and ministry philosophy alignment with Doxa. Josh and this church plant were commended to us by district leadership. You may view the church website at:
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Brian & Joanne Parks
(Dubai, UAE)In 2002, the Parks and two other couples moved to Dubai to pioneer college student ministry, now active on 25+ campuses. In 2017, after serving as a lay elder, Brian planted Covenant Hope Church, which shares theological alignment with Doxa.
Evangelism to Emiratis is restricted, but the UAE’s large foreign worker population can worship with limitations. Covenant Hope has grown to 135 members from 23 nations, with many converts from Hindu and Muslim backgrounds and a strong culture of evangelism.
Over eight years, Brian has led a pastoral internship program in theology, preaching, ecclesiology, and discipleship, training 18 men who returned home to plant churches. Due to the transient worker population, Covenant Hope is not self-sustaining. Support is proposed for both the church budget and the internship program.
